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Philanthropy

(Noun)

Meaning:Love of humankind
Looks Like:Phil (Philadelphia)_ant_trophy
Imagine This:A peace trophy is awarded to Poppy, the ant, for her love of ant-kind in Philadelphia.In the speech he said, “Thank you for this Philadelphia ant trophy.I would like to thank my parents, 357 brothers, 765 sisters and every ant here tonight.�
Remember This:Phil- or -Phil → A root or stem of a word meaning lovePhilanthropist → One who loves to uses his wealth to benefit mankind Anglophile → One who love England and EnglishSometimes you’ll see the newspaper with articles about some generous person who made a substantial donation to certain charitable organization and they are referred as philanthropist.

Placate

(Verb)

Meaning:To calm down the anger; tranquil
Looks Like:Play_ate → Play & eat
Imagine This:If the prison provides “play & eat� just like a resort, will you bet that the inmates will calm down and become less violent?

Plausible

(Adjective)

Meaning:Seeming right or reasonable; possible
Sounds Like:Possible
Remember This:If something is reasonable, will it be possibly believable?
Other Forms:Plausibly (adv.)

Plummet

(Verb)

Meaning:Drop straight down; to drop sharply and abruptly
Sounds Like:Plum (the fruit)_mitt;Plum (the fruit)_met (meet)
Imagine This:If you use plums instead of baseballs to play baseball, they will drop straight down after a few seconds because it’s not made of the same material.The plum drops abruptly, so you must use plum mitt to catch these weird ‘plum balls’.
When the plum (fruit) is ripe, it will suddenly drop straight down from the plum tree one day.When the plum meets the ground, the ants will come to welcome it.
Remember This:Share prices have plummeted to the lowest point.
Other Forms:Plummet (noun)
Connect With:Plummet (noun)

Politic

(Adjective)

Meaning:Clever in the words to say, shrewdly tactful
Sounds Like:politics (noun)(See Note below)
Remember This:In government politics, you have to be shrewdly tactful to gain respect from fellow politicians, and to avoid attacks from your political opponents.
Note:Don’t be confused with politics (noun) which is the practice of government