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Abate,"subside , or moderate"," rebate means discount... i.e reducing the price..abate and rebate are rhyming words ", (Tag : ) abate which is rhyming with debate.Debate means raising(actually in discussion imagine that in every thing) just opposite to debate consider abate that is reduction in nature ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary ab ate mat karo abate your weight
Aberrant,"abnormal, or deviant", (Tag: Global) ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT. Ants normally move together in a queue. imagine all these ants moving randomly like a group of honey bees. That would be abnormal behaviour. , (beer+ant)...ant drank beer and walking abnormal.. ," ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT, usually an ant follows a path ... so moving away from (root ab means away from) that path means, error in regular path and hence deviating from normal path...or behaviour "
Abeyance,suspended action, a+beyance .. here concentrate on beyance.. it sounds like buoyancy which which suspends objects above the ground level.. ," remember ""abey"" in hindi... abey mat karo... do it later! ", Interpret it as opposite of obey+ance -- not obeying the given orders and suspend the work (action)
Abscond,depart secretly and hide," Abscond – ab + scond. ‘Absent in a second’. When you will absent in a second? =when u STEAL OFF & HIDE, or when u DEPART secretly. "," absCOND sounds like abs'KAND'..when you do KAND you run away, depart secretly and hide :) ", focus on cond=condition if elders keep conditions to do this n that we will do it secretly or we will escape from that place secretly
Abstemious,sparing in eating and drinking; temperate,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary focus on 'abs' part of this word. Abs...To build a six-pack abs, eat n drink carefully ", ABstain from eating STEM ," abs (abs) + stemious (stamina): To build stamina or six pack abs, you have to eat and drink carefully. "
Admonish,warn; reprove," in the add of ""eak choti si love story"" monisha koiralla on orkut and she shall admonish u/warn u for doing so ", adm(in)+on(e)+(pun)ish : (net)admin in the company is one step away (Giving strong warning now) from punishing you.bcoz you are accessing prohibited network sites. ," to avoid A DEMON-ish act, a mother Warns her naughty child[Note: A face of a demon as the warning Sign] "
Adulterate,make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary dull+the+rate = impure, means to decrease the rate "," Adults are more impure than children, so adulterate means to make impure "," when a child becomes adult he loses his purity and innocence...so any thing adulterated is contaminated or has lost its purity. "
Aesthetic,artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful," aes + theticopposite of ""pathetic""..means beauty ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary aes sounds like ash-aishvarya.so,everyone appreciates the beauty of aishvarya. "," Sounds like ""anesthesia,"" which makes you loopy, thinking everything around you is beautiful... "
Aggregate,gather; accumulate," aggregate- a gre gate - all of us need gre ""total"" score to reach gate of university ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary What are your aggregate marks?... means what is your grand total marks ," agree+gate, both should agree to mixed together or combined. "
Alacrity,cheerful promptness; eagerness, take the suffix crity we can link it with creativity.creative people are so eager to learn n create things differently. ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary alacrity sounds like AT+LAST+IN+CITY..a person who is first time in a big city is excited n eager to c da city... ," remember it as a la carte.. which means selecting food from the menu.. usually when ppl go to restaurants they are ""eager"" to get food!! "
Alleviate,relieve,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary ALL (all)+ EVI (evil)+ ATE (has been eaten up) so hence you are relieved of the pain and you feel relief , alleviate ~ elevator: It sounds like elevator and elevator helps us reduce leg pain while walking or climbing stairs. ," alleviate= ALL+LEVIS+ATE , people of old age r wearing dhoti while they ate as it gives relieve to them,bt nowadays ALL youngsters r wearing LEVIS JEANS while they ATE n r saying that it gives us RELIEVE while we eat. "
Amalgamate,combine; unite in one body,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary suppose you are shy girl and you have a+ male+game+mate (amalgamate)what you should do ? of course combine or unite with your mate against other groups ," amalga+mate ,mate means combine........ ", amalgamate: as we all know that AMALGAM is the alloy of mercury.and alloy means MIXING things together.SO AMALGAMATE means mixing or combining.
Ambiguous,unclear or doubtful in meaning, ambi means two/both..guous sounds like guess..both are wild guess so its doubtful ," Ambi (am + bi) means 2 , while guous sounds like guess. So if 2 people guess on something, then it will make the subject doubtful or unclear. ", ambi means two...guous sounds like guess so it may have one or more meanings
Ambivalence,"the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotionalattitudes"," matches with ""ambulance"" . In case of severe emergency, inside an ambulance, you have mixed emotions.. bachega ya nahi! ", I AM BI BALANCED..balaced on both sides ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary ambivalence ~ am (I) + bi (both) + value; I value both sides and hence have mixed feelings.
Ameliorate,improve,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Ameli (Imli) improves the taste of food. ," In movie Amelie, Amelie tries to improve other's life. ", Take the suffix 'rate'. With the increase in product rate it's quality will also improve.
Anachronism,something or someone misplaced in time," you know about chronometer- means clock. Anything with ""chron"" is related to time. Anachronisim-an+chron+ism> here an is used in negative sense> so anachronism means something or someone that is not in its correct time ", Anachronism = Ana + chron (chronology) + ism = A person or thing who is out of chornological order .i.e. Person belongs to earlier time. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary chronous(relating to time)as in synchronous.ana(not)chrounous(in time) "
Analogous,comparable,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary remember analogous from analogy ," ana""log""ous:in log tables all values seem similar ", We know analog watches >> their movement is similar to that of the earth >> time progresses as the earth moves in rotation.
Anarchy,absence of governing body; state of disorder," Anarchy-Sounds like 'monarchy' (like tibet was ruled by monarchy)...so, absenceof government "," Anarchy = A + Narchy -> Narakh (like ""hell"" in hindi).. and in hell there is complete disorder and lawlessness. ", sounds like hierarchy take “a” as no hierarchy i.e state of disorder
Anomalous,abnormal; irregular, anomalous means abnormal. Think of abnormal when you read the word anomalous ," anomalous behaviour of water with different forms as in solid liquid and gas... ice, water and vapours... so irregular in characteristics ", anomalous ~ a (not) + nomal (normal); someone who is not normal and hence abnormal or deviating from general.
Antipathy,aversion; dislike,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary CAN REMEMBER IT AS OPPOSITE OF sympathy.RHYMING n OPPOSITE WORDS - antipathy n sympathy ", antipathy-- anti + path.. not on the same path due to a feeling of intense dislike. ," if u can remember this like anti-pathy(desi),then a person who is anti to her pathy,is an opposition in the house as she dislikes him..hehehe... "
Apathy,lack of caring; indifference," consider pathy==sympathy,there are two words.1. antipathy = dislike2. apathy = disinterestedSince ""anti"" is stronger than ""a""..disliking is 1 step above disinterested.. ",, apathy sounds like chapathy means roti in hindi.so say i dont like chapathi i like breads only.
Appease,pacify or soothe; relieve,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary appease…app(appeal)+pease(peace) appeal for peace..…when war was going on in kasmir…our prime minister appealed people to maintain peace in the region. ," ease is somthing to pacify, soothing,very ease. ", when u drink appy(app) drink u feel ease and relieved..
Apprise,inform, one who will inform will get the prize , when u get a ap + PRISE (PRIZE) ......SO WHEN U GET A PRIZE....YOU ARE INFORMED BY AUTHORITY OR NOTIFIED BY THE OFFICIALS THAT U HAVE TO BE PRESENT ON THAT DAY. ," APPle+RISE......Instead of Sun, If you see an APPLE has risen...what will you do????? you will INFORM peopla, media etc to see the miracle!!!!!! "
Approbation,approval, Ap+PROBATION: You get CONFIRMATION/APPROVAL in your job after your Probation period ," APPRO-bationsomething related to approve or approval ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary The employer was apprised by the manager that the chances of the employee being appraised in the next appraisal cycle are at the discretion of the director's approbation.
Arduous,hard; strenuous," arduous = read it as: ""hard to do for us"" ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary (h)ard + u (you) + ous (we); This work is very difficult and required full of hard work from us and your side. , aath(8)+dus(10):lot of hard work so v require 8 or ten ppl
Artless,without guile; open and honest, without the art of deception ," art + less, without having any art(skill) ", artful is cunning artless is opposite of artful not cunning OR HONEST
Ascetic,practicing self-denial; austere, someone who leaves all AESTHETICs is an ascetic ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary sounds like acetic—remember acetic acid(vinegar)i.e., sour in taste, one who has made is life sour in taste, i.e., away from pleasures for religious purposes ", Aastic(Opposite of Nastic) Is ascetic
Assiduous,diligent, assiduous+ass+in+the+dust.a donkey working hard in the dust.meaning hard working or industrious or diligent ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary if u get ""assi"" i.e 80%, u sure r a hardworkin nd ASSIduous :P "," as+Siduo+us: If you know the meaning of Sedulous, which means diligentm, hardworking. One can find the same word in Assiduous too. AS+SEDUOL+OUS.ASS is also a trigger, Hardworking as an ASS or a donkey "
Attenuate,make thinner, If tenu(=you) eat(ate) less you will attenuate ," AT+TEN+YOU+ATE(gutkha,drugs)....if at the age of ten you start eating gutkha,drugs, you will become weaker day by day and will waste your life.... ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary attenuate...A+tenu(TEND)+ate(past form of eat,eaten(P.P))..well if bacteria TEND TO EAT (degrade)your body,that is A indication of your weak IMMUNE SYSTEM. "
Audacious,daring; bold," audacious..auda(AUDIBLE)....IF YOU WANT to be audible to millions of people you have to be very daring and bold ,to go to the stage and deliver your message. "," it sounds like ""how dare she is(audacious)""i.e au(how)da(dare)c(she)ious(is)..so it is daring ", when you go for some audition you need to be bold and daring.
Austere,forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented, AUS-australia TERE-tear(sorrow). like the recent beatings of Australians in INDIA. so one should deny oneself from going there , austere sounds like severe which it means ," remember austin? I mean STONE COLD steve austin. he was harsh , severe and stern "
Aver,"assert confidently or declare; as used in law, state formally asa fact", A VERy confident statement! , A(affirmative) version , aver: I Svear! (I swear)
Banal,hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality, abey nal to roz hi kholte hain... ," SPLIT INTO ba-nalba-BAR - COMMONPLACE FOR MEN TO MEET &NAL(HINDI - TAP) - COMMON PLACE FOR WOMEN TO MEET. ", 'ban + al' --> 'ban all' those directors whose movies are 'banal' (the same old story lines are repeated ; (another meaning) dull and unoriginal(dubbed))
Belie,contradict; give a false impression,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary belie has lie. , belie ~ lie means something false. , be(make) lie. IF you make lies you will negate (or misrepresent) the truth.
Bolster,support; reinforce, RELATE TO BOLT>> USED TO SUPPORT OR REINFORCE , read bolster as booster which mean giving extra energy and hence to support and strengthen someone or something. ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary usually when thr is a divan in the hall of a house...we place cushions and BOLSTERS (longer cushions)to sit comfortably and for back support
Bombastic,pompous; using inflated language, BOMBS and firecrackers are used to impress people and they cause high sound ," bombaat- this word in kannada,somthing like a pompous speech,inflated language. "," similar to others above...The U.S. likes to BOMB bombastic dictators like Saddam Hussein "
Boorish,rude; insensitive, boor means =bura .... ill mannered... so make adj boorish..!..:) ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary every one sounds BOO towards RUDE and INSENSITIVE persons , Hindi for old women is BOORI.Everyone feel rude and insensitive to the oldish (Hindi-booriSH)people.
Burgeon,grow forth; send out buds, Burge+on sounds like Bulge which means growing big , BARO(grow)+JIYO ," burgeon ~ burger; If you eat a lot of burgers, you will gain weight (hence grow) "
Burnish,make shiny by rubbing; polish,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Remember Varnish - used on wooden things to make them shine ," burnish-this brings us to the word ,cald furnish,ie , polishing and rubbing to make it shine.. ", BURNT thing is polished TO MAKE it SHINY.
Capricious,unpredictable; fickle, ca(CAR) + PRIC(PRICE)...PRICE OF cars nowadays is becoming unpredictable with the launch of Tata's 1 lakh car. , CAPRICONS(SUN SIGN) ARE GENERALLY IMPULSIVE N UNPREDICTABLE PEOPLE , Capricorn the goat(zodiac symbol) is capricious
Castigation,punishment; severe criticism, In olden days lower CAST people were severely criticized... ," Castigated sounds similar to castrated, which would be a harsh punishment for any guy. ", due to the CASTe system there is so much agitATION....therefore it is under severe criticism
Catalyst,agent that increases the pace of a chemical action," CATA(LOOK like CATION..ions which has positive charge)like mn+2 which is a cation ,and cations SPEED UP THE RATE OF REACTION,that is how they BRING A CHEMICAL CHANGE IN A REACTION. ", My new CAT caused A LIST (lyst) of things that suddenly changed in my life. ," cat is a fast moving animal & we all know that catalyst is a chemistry word, v can assume that if we put catatalyst it will work as cat in chemistry..,. "
Caustic,burning; sarcastically biting," caustic soda is very common and its ""harmful "" for health if taken in large quantity....therefore caustic means harmful or burning. Since its a soda its somehow related with chemistry as well.. "," sounds like 'caution'... meaning, be careful, there is something..... that is corrosive... or... 'can cause corrosion'. "," In medical terms 'cauterize' is burning or sealing the ends of blood vessels/nerves similar to destroying; As far as speech, talking about the holoCAUST can be harsh "
Chicanery,trickery; deception, chicanery sounds like shikari who uses means of deception to trick animals into his traps. , (In Hindi Language) chic(young girl0 + Nari(hindi) wat is a difference between chicks n Nari??? chic is DISHONEST BUT ATTRECTIVE AND THEY GENERALLY DECEIVE PEOPLE. , 'CHICks' often use their assets as means of deceit to get what they want
Coagulate,thicken; congeal; clot," Colgate - think about the ""thick"" paste ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary congeal- geal resembles gel,,ie this gel is a coagulant. ", the use of colgate toothpaste strengthens oue teeth without germs
Coda,"concluding section of a musical or literary composition;summarizes or concludes"," ie ,conclusive part of the lunch ,is done by soda(coda) by watching music on television. ", At the end of the musical performance everyone took pictures with their KODAk cameras. , coda...imagine Devedas is drinking rum mixed with soda and listining paaro's song which she is about to end.
Cogent,convincing, cogent - gent - a gentle person is always the right person to convince others. , co+agent...cooperative agents make congent suggestions. ," CO & GENT, two men (gents) joining together (co) in a team to persuade you, will be more 'powerfully persuasive' than just one gent. "
Compendium,"brief, comprehensive summary", CUM(hindi for less) PEN use karke u can just write summary of topic. , An audience always wants that whoever COMES to speak on the PODIUM should speak briefly. , Compendium=Compact Ending...!
Complaisant,trying to please; overly polite; obliging," com + plais(please) + antcome and please the a(u)nt..lol "," FOCUS ON sant(saint!), who is always obliging. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Complacent is self satisfied and Complaisant is a person who satisfies other people
Compliant,yielding; conforming to requirements, one who never complains and obeys everything is compliant ! , compli(comply)+ant(aunt)..TO comply with UR AUNT wishes or willings. ," complain not I am yielding,ready for ur requirements "
Conciliatory,reconciling; soothing, Heyy thz sounds like CONSOLING...which means soothing... ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary concil is pronouncing like council,in council elections the standing candidate wants to win the feelings of others "," Can remember this with the word reconcile. Once u have a fight with your friend, then you do something good to appease him....so as to get back to normal friendship (or you reconcile with him)So this can be taken as a conciliatory act. "
Condone,overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse, if u use condom u will be forgiven by health and family welfare department , condone = consideration + done ~ you do not consider STH anymore , if you use condom(condone) you overlook baby
Confound,confuse; puzzle, CONfusion FOUND == CONFOUND , CONFused + dumbFOUNDed , con found: cannot be found => puzzle
Connoisseur,person competent to act as a judge of art; a lover of art," (In Hindi Language) Connoisseur sounds like kaun inse sure nahi hoga, kaun nahi sure.. Ye to expert hai. He is connoisseur. He is EXPERT. "," in connoisseur take ""nn"" and ""ss"" as two persons. theres a tie between them. so who is the winner? connoisseur should decide who is the winner. so he is a judge. ", Connoisseur is always SURE as he is an expert or a good judge
Contention,claim; thesis," contention = contend is to compete, but contention has tension also, so a person cannot win a sport if he is full of tension. "," (IN HINDI) contention sounds like>> kaun tension le yaar, inke claim (or thesis) ko fact maan lo. ", CON + TENSION. YOU ARE IN TENSION WEN U ARGUE.
Contentious,quarrelsome, Contentious- (Contender+Serious) One who takes competition too serious always fights and quarrels) ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Remember as non-contented. One who is not contented is always quarrelsome. , contentious=content+tious(relate with malicious)..i.e. malicious content which pertains to argumentive or contravercial content..its so easy...right..?:)
Contrite,penitent," SPLIT AS cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT). COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT. "," for being a conTRITE i.e lacking originality ,i REGRET ", can't(CONT) I did it right(RITE)... so regretful
Conundrum,riddle; difficult problem,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary drum ke andar kaun hai ," Hey this rock start got only one ""drum"", how he is going to do the show!! It's a difficult situation. ", o
Converge,approach; tend to meet; come together," Co- togetherVerge- become one "," : in a CONVEx lens, light rays meet at a common point, and CONVERGEnce is a property of meeting at a common point ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Converge (Sounds like COme aNd mERGE)
Convoluted,coiled around; involved; intricate,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Convolution theorem was very hard to understand!! , volve is root which means to roll. con is prefix which means together.If you roll some thing completely (within it self) it becomes complicated!! and difficult to entangle it! , Convoluted sounds similar to convalescent; and a convalescent home would require intricate and complicated medical care for its patients
Craven,cowardly, craven -- is the opposite of 'brave'. , Craven sounds like Cita + RAVana => Ravana was a coward man!!! he proved it by taking away Cita/Sita in absence of Ram. , craven - relate with cave + in. You hide in cave if your are coward (in a jungle)
Daunt,intimidate; frighten, daunt = haunt = if you are frightened you will be discouraged to go into the haunted house. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary this mnemonic is in hindi....daunt..sounds simillar to ""daant""(scolding) aur jab bhi daant padti hai we easily get disheartened and frightened. "," daunt sounds like DON'T,means som1 discouraging u "
Decorum,propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners," ""decor um""; decor them to make them more proper and correct "," DECO (dekho) yaar, RUM pine ke baad, there is very little possibility that you will be in ORDERLINESS and GOOD MANNERS, CONDUCT. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary decorum -- decoration . If something is decorated everything is in order and in good manner.
Deference,courteous regard for another’s wishes," if there is no DIFFERENCE between you and him, then you will respect his wishes. ", sounds like REVERENCE ," defeat+reverence.in battles we give reverence to even those who we defeat, hence deference toall. "
Delineate,portray; depict; sketch, Delineate = (Diligently and neatly) portrayed painting. , FOCUS ON line IN DElineATE & RELATE WITH OUTLINE N PORTRAY ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary delineate sounds like alienate, and if you are attacked by aliens, you would describe the event in vivid detail in order to make people believe you! "
Denigrate,blacken," focus on the 'nigrate' part of this word and relate it to 'nigger' (which means people who have black skin)no racism plz... "," DENIGRATE=DENY+GREAT.so if yu deny someone is great ,it means you BELITTLE him ", READ DENIGRATE AS DEGRADE...WHICH MEANS TO DEFAME OR PUT A BLACK BLOT ON SOMEONE.
Deride,ridicule; make fun of, de -ride -- riding a horse upside down.. ppl will make fun of you ( ridicule) ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary RIDE = RIDiculE , DE(lower)RIDE(ride a cycle) if u ride a cycle of low quality people will REDICULE u
Desiccate,dry up, desi cake is always dried up. ," ""Desert Cake"": Cake that has been dried out and turned dull in taste. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Desi+cat is always dry because if she will be wet she will be called bheegi billi...remember 9xm.
Desultory,aimless; haphazard; digressing at random, De-result...Obviously a haphazard or desultory approach will result to nothing. ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary desultory think like de story-> moving away from the main story , desult...de(means without)+sult(RESULT)+tory( a member of conservative party in britain known as TORY)....so if the tories DID NOT WIN ANY ELECTION THIS TIME becoz of their desultory attitude..or since they lacked any definate plan to win election..t
Deterrent,Something that discourages; hindrance, DETER + RENT. A high rent IS ALWAYS A discouraging factor FOR TENANTS. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary FOCUS ON rent OF DETERRENT.rent IS ALWAYS A HINDRANCE AND IS DISCOURAGING FOR TENANTS. "," [hindi] dete bola rent, nahi diya.. bechara discourage ho gaya, sala rent lene mein itne hindrances.. "
Dichotomy,split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones), can be think as di + cut _ ... so dichotomy is cutting into two parts , DICHO-'two'+TOMY-'cut' so CUT INTO TWO ," FOCUS ON THE WORD dich(READ AS ditch).WHEN A FRIEND DITCHES U, U SPLIT WITH HIM HAVING CONTRADICTIONS. "
Diffidence,Shyness, it is like opposite of confidence means you are shy not confident ," diffi means deficiency and relate ffidence with confidence so lack of confidence ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary This word sounds similar to Confidence but is opposite in meaning. So, Diffidence means lacking self-confidence. "
Dirge,Lament with music," Dirge - di means die, so when you die and have done good things for people in life, a song of grief or lament will be sung for you. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary A dirge gives me da (the) urge to start crying. , DIRGE sounds like DARD(pain)..song filled with DARD
Disabuse,correct a false impression; undeceive,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary story: like a girl fall in love with a rascal, and her father comes to know. what he will do is abuse the boy and disabuse the girl about the boy. simple naa. ", REMEMBER AS the opposite of abuse(use harsh words or create wrong impression). , correcting a false impression without abusing so disabuse ;)
Discerning,mentally quick and observant; having insight," READ IT AS di-screening. A DUAL SCREENING PERSON, WHO KEEPS ON SCREENING EVERYTHING AROUND TWICE( VERY OBSERVANT, ALERT) "," Discerning is similar to ""Discovering"". When you discover something you reveal something "," disCERNing thus, to go to CERN you should be discerning. be a quick perceiver and have good insight "
Discordant,not harmonious; conflicting," FOCUS ON disco-RDANT. dISCOs ARE always inharmonious. same as cacophonous ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary dis+chord as in not a chord, so it is conflicting or harsh in sound "," Con+Cordant means ""with agreement"". Dis+Cordant means ""Without Agreement"" "
Discredit,defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve, U will give the credit card to that person whom u have confidence.Dis means not having confidence ," REMEMBER this word means, not to give credit, as opposed to credit (TO GIVE FAME OR CREDIT). ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary to reduce the credit's of some one!..
Discrepancy,lack of consistency; difference,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary break into dis+creep+fancy=this is creep and this is fancy what an inconsistency with this item .i.e fancy and creep are different "," dis + crep (crap)...if you think its crap, it will obviously lack consistency because your opinions will differ from the others...so discrepancy. "," sounds like dis consistency "
Disingenuous,lacking genuine candor; insincere," INGENUOUS(can be remembered as genuine) IS SINCERE, INNOCENT AND SOPHISTICATED.AND disingenuous IS not naive, insincere ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary This word is derived from the word ""Genuine"", which means true and real. Disingenuous is just the opposite of genuine. "," FOCUS ON sin IN THE WORD.CAN RELATE sin TO insincere OR sin TO liar(LIARS ARE NOT SINCERE) "
Disinterested,unprejudiced,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Dis-Interest...if a particular issue is not of any interest to me (dis-interest), i'll pass a biased free opinion about it... "," Dis - Not + Interested.The Judge was not interested in the case, so he was not bothered about the outcome; he was disinterested and unprejudiced towards the case. ", Disinterested = not having any self interest; unprejudiced
Disparage,belittle, dispa-rage can be read as display a rage. When you display your RAGE on your juniors you BELITTLE them in front of the others. ," dis-opposite, parage-praise so if u don't praise 4 someone u criticize him. ", disparage~discourage : when you give negetive comments/opinions about the effort put by people around you they get DISCOURAGED!
Disseminate,distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds),"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary dis + seminateseminate could be taken as seminar, so for a seminar people gather at a place.Hence disseminar could be understood as the scattering of people. "," Dis+seminate -Think of seminate as ""semen"". You use your semen to spread and disperse your genes to many random woman, especially when intoxicated "," dis+sem+i+n+ate:dis sem(semister) i not ate coz i distributed all my food to poor ppl....so it means distribute...spread... "
Dissolution,disintegration; looseness in morals," dissolution is the opposite of resolution. When you make a resolution you make a promise, when you make a dissolution you BREAK or dissolve the promise! "," came from ""dissolve""when a thing dissolve into another ,it itself disintegrate... ", dissolution; dissolve some thing or terminate it..
Dissonance,discord; opposite of harmony, dis-sonance::DIS RESONANCE--not resonant....so not in harmony ," Dissonance is opposite of resonance, which is cacophonous, discordant. ", Dis + sonance (hormony) so something not hormonical and not pleasant..so discord..
Distend,expand; swell out, try to relate it with dis means distance and extend means to expand. ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary This(DIS) Tent(TEND) can expand easily ," dis(apart) + tend(stretch)So distend means to stretch apart or expand. "
Divest,strip; deprive, opposite to invest; di + vest; vest means an inner garment; divest is to remove it. ," di + vest; (A vest is a type of collarless sleeveless upper-body garment. ); divest is to remove it. ", to see the vest's one need to strip the clothes..;)
Dogmatic,opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal," If you try to read ""dogmatic"" from back to front, you will get ""i am god"". the person who think that he is a god is arrogant and stubborn ", dogmatic=dogs+mat..dogs dont stay constantly on a mat...they always roam here and there....dogmatic means constant ," Dog+matic..... Dogs once chase you, they will not leave you, until bits you!!! "
Dormant,sleeping; lethargic; latent," see the word DORMant, DORM is a dormitory a place to sleep..so if you are sleeping you are inactive or lethargic.. ", Dormant is like DoorMat which SLEEPS on the floor...so INACTIVE ," dormant-""DOOR""+""MAN"" is mostly sleepy(inactive)...but becoms active if sumone comes... "
Dupe,someone easily fooled, duplicates(in movies) are used to fool people.... ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary DUPE sounds like dope means so ""to impure something"", means to cheat someone.... ", dupe = [du]mmy+[pe]t ex. a fool dog
Ebullient,showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm, Your dad purchasing you a new 'Enfield Bullet' so you shpw ur 'Excitement' -> ebullient! :D ," If u can think this word in a good sense, ""bulli"" is always showing exitement or overflows with enthu ,wen a hot gal passes ", it is close to jubilation...which is excitment
Eclectic,"selective; composed of elements drawn from disparatesources"," eclectic or elect means, chosing the best from many sources which is the meaning of the word eclectic ", nowadays even after the elections the governments formed are generally eclectic.composed of many parties ," sounds like election, and in election only the best candidated are chosen !! "
Efficacy,power to produce desired effect, effic(EFFICIENT)+AC(Y)..so just check out if your AC has the efficiency to PRODUCE DESIRED cooling . ," EFFICACY = EFFI + CACY = EFFEct producing CApaCitY "," efficient+accuracy = efficacy;if sth is efficient and accurate,it does produce desire result "
Effrontery,"impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve;presumptuousness", for every discussion he comes to the FRONT and argues...in a rude manner. , think she stepped IN FRONT OF ME. How dare she be so bold! ," if u can remember the word effront, it brings to mind the rude soldiers who stand in front of the queen's palace .these people are generally rude .u try to talk to them or scold them,they dont even move ,so wen a person scolded continuosly and if he "
Elegy,poem or song expressing lamentation, E(a)-LEGY(legendry).....so if a legendry person dies......people sing a mournful poem or people lament or regret for his death..... , sounds like eulogy... , basically this is taken from a greek elegos which is a song of mourning .........and we mourn if someone dies
Elicit,draw out by discussion," implicit - which is understood ..explicit - means specifically told/derivedso elicit - explicit "," implicit-which is understood ..explicit - means specifically told or written.. ELICIT means which is not specifically told or understood but WE HAVE TO DRIVE BY REASONING ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary saari baatein poochke ek list banani hai
Embellish,"adorn; ornament; enhance, as a story", emBELLish--we add BELL to the Christmas tress to adorn it , belle is used to describe beautiful girls.. they generally adorn themselves ," concentrate on the middle section of this word - belli (Belly), which is said to be one of the most sexiest part of the female body. So girls usually adorn it (by Belly Ring) to enhance its beauty. "
Empirical,based on experience, Empire...maintaining an empire requires much practical experiences and workouts.... ," empirical sounds like ""inspired frm practicals""...and dats the meaning.. "," ""Empirical"" college of london is so famous becoz its professors are so ""EXPERIENCED "" "
Emulate,imitate; rival, Grandma gave me an 'Amulet' so that one day I can 'Emulate' Zidane. ," He is like an EMU( a bird) when he eat(..ATE)...EMU+L+ATE..imitating the emu ", we use emulator as to imitate our cell phone software in computer.
Endemic,"prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specificarea or country", simple think of epidemic as an epidemic desease that spreads a vast area and endemic disease as a disease that spreads only a confined area , epidemic is something that is confined to vast area and endemic is confined to small area ," end of(demic)democracy-this characteristic,nw a days,is confined to a very little no of countries.. "
Enervate,weaken, ENERV(w)asTE whwn you waste you energy you become weak ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary break it as e + nerve(nerv) + ate... what happens when our pulse reduces; we WEAKEN. , can also be broken as ener(energy) + vate (wait) when energy is waiting somewhere else....you have less energy left in yourself
Engender,cause; produce, when two gender's male & female end up together .. they produce or give rise to a CHILD.. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary When genders get together they cause, produce, and give rise to children. ", engender ~ gene ~ make offspring
Ephemeral,short-lived; fleeting," sounds like e-funeral. Electric funeral is SHORT "," 'fermi' is a very small secientific unit [10 ^(-15)]So think of fremi second with ephemeral (e-phermi-real) ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary elephant+marela hai..he lived short! :|
Equanimity,calmness of temperament; composure," EQUAL+ENEMY(ity) Seeeing enemy as a friend i.e., with CALMNESS OF TEMPERAMENT. ", equal mind ," When meditating, you find equanimity when you find your EQUILIBRIUM. "
Equivocate,lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth, equi(equal) vocal(sound)... if we make similar sounds then it would be ambiguous(unclear) to distinguish!! ," equi+vocate sounds like advocate... corrupt advocates LIE, to CONCEAL THE TRUTH which MISLEADS the judge.. ", equivocate = equi + vocate = equal + voice ~ambiguous
Erudite,learned; scholarly, taken from rude+ite...in olden days people who were higly educated were basically very rude...as they were having profound knowledge of a subject they use to behave very rudely with less educated or illiterates people. ," e+RUD(RUDE)+IT+e....now just concentrate on RUDE IT....NOW THINK OF rude IT PROFESSIONAL WHO IS BASICALLY CONSIDERED AS A LEARNED man..or scholarly. ", R U DEITY? Are you a deity; deities are gods and know it all.
Esoteric,hard to understand; known only to the chosen few, HISTORIC things are known to few people ," the world is like Estrogen, which is a female hormone..and we all know that females are HARD TO UNDERSTAND and KNOWN ONLY TO FEW :) !! ", Experts (E) are so (SO) fond of terrible (TER) words.
Euphemism,mild expression in place of an unpleasant one," Assuming: females are milder than males as they are more emotionally inclined.It reads like E(xpress) U(yourself) Phemism(like feminism). "," you+feminisn(sounds like) girls try to avoid certain words and circumlocate... so if u practise euphemism, you act like a female "," eu- <> dys-(good) <> (bad)-phemi ~ phone ~ sound=> euphemism ~ make good speech instead of bad one "
Exacerbate,worsen; embitter," Latin ex+acerb+ate; Latin acerb- means bitter, harsh; So exacerbate means to make bittter, to worsen. ", if in an Exam u keep your hand on your head[ie SAR(in hindi)/CER]...you wil WORSEN your paper... ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary ""Ex Her b Ate"".. her ex came and ate with her family. which worsen the relation even more. "
Exculpate,clear from blame, exculpate sounds like ex-culprit = culprit...but now he has been cleared of the charges. ," ex(expert)+culpate(culprit) expert culprit are always clear from blame ,, ", Honor the culprit by exonerating and exculpating
Exigency,"urgent situation; pressing needs or demands; state ofrequiring immediate attention"," exigency ~ exit + emergency;you remember the emergency exit, only when at the time of an urgent situation. ", Exigency and Emergency rhyme....... ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary think of urgency/emergency
Extrapolation,projection; conjecture, During election time many news channels show extrapole of elections they just try to make predict who will going to win election based on current known information extrapolation is similar ," hw much EXTRA did PAUL ATE ? u will hav 2 guess that! :D i.e Infer, conjecture "," split it like....extra+pol(sounds like pull.)+ate......AND YOU PULL SOMETHING EXTRA ....TO EXPAND OR EXTEND IT SOME MORE SO EVERY ONE CAN know it.......simillarly extending your knowledge in a unknown area. "
Facetious,joking (often inappropriately); humorous,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary someone who makes funny facesFacetious>>>Face is not Serious "," Face-tease, tease by making funny faces ", FACE....SO THINK OF someone who never give serious look on his face.
Fallacious,false; misleading," fallacious.split it like fallac+ious...if you just concentrate on fallac..it look like FALSE,......so THINK that SOMETHING is based on a FALSE OR incorrect notion..... ", basically this word is taken from... fallacia..means deceitful......so something which is deceitful is always based on misleading and incorrect notion. ," the root fall means to deceive,if u remember this root it will in other words like infallible-not prone to errorfalsify-lie "
Fatuous,"brainless; inane; foolish, yet smug", remembles FAT ASS an ass is considered foolish , focus on 'fat' in this word ..for some foolish people fat people are generally foolish , generally fat people in US are foolish!!
Fawning,"trying to please by behaving obsequiously, flattering, orcringing"," relate it with FAN..imagine of a crazy FAN who ALWAYS TRY TO exhibit his affaction....AND COURT A favour to be with you whole day by flattering with you.. "," fawn~~fauna~~animalur pet tryin 2 please u 4 u givin it a meal "," FAWNING --- > fa+wning.....We normally use scent """" fa"""" to please a woman rite???...to smell goodThus the meaning "
Felicitous,apt; suitably expressed; well chosen," felicitous sounds like felicitation... in felicitation the person is praised with SUITABLE, APT , WELL CHOSEN remarks.. ", this word is derived from FELIX(root word means lucky..happy)..felix is name given to lucky and famous people. ," yash is a gr8 guy.wenever dat (FEL)la (cit)s with (us), we all hav a HAPPY time "
Fervor,glowing ardor; intensity of feeling,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Fervor - relate it to exam fever. U become so much ardent and enthusiastic to study for that one night to get good marks.. U have an intense feeling to study.. Hope this helps , RELATE FERVOR TO fever-BODY BECOMES WARM & AND YOU GET warm attention when u have fever , fever sounds like for her... You have intensity of feeling for your girlfriend/wife..
Flag,droop; grow feeble," white flag is used to indicate surrender as in a war, a white flag is used to indicate acceptance of defeat. thus low in vigour, grow feeble ", flag rhymes with sag which means to droop or grow feeble , flag sounds lyk slag n slag is a waste material...if u become WEAK then u r considered waste...!!!!
Fledgling,inexperienced," sounds similar to sledging in cricket...normally inexperience young players if unable to get wickets than do sledging..hope this ll help ", rhymes with duckling.. a young duck thus referring to inexperience. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary fully fledged = mature or experienced.. but fledgling means the one who isn't matured , i.e. is a neophyte(newbie = noob ) "
Flout,reject; mock; show contempt for," FLOUT... FOUL + OUT. When a player is sent out by foul, the player shows his contempt to the referee. "," A kid asked me if he could FLY his paper plane in the room, I replied bluntly-FLY OUT. "," Can be associated with word ""Clout"" which means ""great influence"" as ""Person who has clout tends to flout"" == A person who has great influence tends to show contempt for and break the rules. eg. Salman Khan "
Foment,stir up; instigate, Foam starts to appear once you profusely foment (stir up) a soapy hot water bucket(2nd meaning ). , Science students can easily remember it as it sounds similar to fermentation.. and stirring is an important part of fermentation process. ," f[oment] => moment. In dynamic kinetics, moment incite wheel to rotate. "
Forestall,prevent by taking action in advance, Fore means before. Stall means to stop. Hence Forestall == Before Stop. i.e to stop something before it happens. ," stall is to stop.. fore means before.. i.efore + stall = taking precautions before itself, to prevent unwanted action.. ", Go FORward with putting the horse in the STALL to prevent him from getting out and causing trouble.
Frugality,thrift; economy," frugal means avoiding waste... read it as free+girl...if a girl comes for free,it saves waste of money ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary FEW+GIRL friend...if you have few girl friends,it's ECONOMICAL...when you have many,it's costly.....and frugal means the quality of being economical with money or food... ", [fru]gality => fruit. Fruit is cheap (cheaper than meat)
Futile,useless; hopeless; ineffectual,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary futile is not fertile.. hence not fruitful , futile sounds like foot oil ..spending 1000$ on foot oil is WASTE..and UNPRODUCTIVE bcoz even then hair will not grow on your foot ..haha seems funny but works.. , futile is opposite of fruition
Gainsay,deny," she has (Gain)ed weight but is not (say)ing it which means, she is denying the fact. ", A(gain)st-(say) , GAINSAY~ GHANTE SEY...we say ghante sey when we want to deny sumthing..so GAINSAY=GHANTE SEY= DENY
Garrulous,loquacious; talkative; wordy, (garrulous can be related to girls when pronounced)and girls talk more than boys ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary ""Girls, rule us!"" They rule us in their ability to talk non-stop about nonsensical matter... ", sounds like careless... means careless chatter
Goad,urge on," goad tells you to ""GO And Do [it]"" ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary goad…sounds like god…..everyday when we pray…we always URGE to god ,to give us courage to face all the hurdles and obstacles in life. ", GOAd...Just think of GOA...This itself is enough to URGE or STIMULATE you to go there
Gouge,overcharge," In slang language we call goggles as gouge - So when you buy a pair of branded gouge, which are expensive, you think the shopkeeper is overcharging you. "," relate it wid """"gao ge""(in hindi as we pronounce singing)->IndianIdol ->Anu Malik-saying agar tum aisa bekar gao ge to main tumhari ankhen bahar nikal dunga (by digging/ scooping action)!Can he use a chisel also in doing so?! ;) ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary GAUGE meter measures cloth quantity and if something is wrongly measured, u say if it is not acc to guage , i will gouge out this cloth(to make a hole in something in a rough or violent way) and give it back to u "
Grandiloquent,pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language, Grandiloquent…GRAND+ELOQUENT only an ELOQUENT speaker can deliver a POMPOUS/BOMBASTIC speech in front a HUGE/GRAND crowd…… , Split GRANDILOQUENT as grand and eloquent (expressing yourself readily) which is the grand or mega way of expressing something i.e. pompous , GRANDiloquent sounds like grand open. Grand open need to be grandiloquent.
Gregarious,sociable," remember AGGREGATION means gathering something together...similarily AGGREGATION -> GREGATION ->GREGARIOUS ", for gre we attend classes in groups ," GRE-garious.GRE is needed to be ""SOCIABLE"" in USA. "
Gullible,easily deceived,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Gullible = Gull + ible = girl/galli + able A girl who is able to be tricked or deceived easily. , gali = street (in hindi).. street people like slum can be easily deceived (although the other way is also true) ," Gullible: Gul(Girl)+Li(Lie)+Ble(Believe) so girls believe the boys those to lie,since they can decept easily,so thet are GulLiBle,credulous,innocent,trusting,..... "
Harangue,"long, passionate, and vehement speech","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary HARANGUE can be split as har + ang + u + e....so when YOU are ANGry with HAR(her), she is subjected to a long or intensive verbal attack. ", HAR (her) + ANGUE (anger) = she VERBALLY ATTACKED me because of HER ANGER at me. , split it to HAR + LANGUE . HAR = harrass and LANG = language .. hence harangue is harassing language
Hyperbole,exaggeration; overstatement,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary hyper(beyond the limit)+bole(means speak)..so someone who gives the statement beyond his limit..overstating basically. , hyper-excessive;bole-means speaking on Hindi....So excessive speaking ," hyperbole = hyper means very more than normal, bol means talk i.e effective talking or something. "
Iconoclastic,attacking cherished traditions," icon = idolclash = fragments.So, one who destroys idols into pieces is iconoclast. ", ICONOCLASTIC -> ICON(idol) + CLASH. CLASHing/destroying IDOLS/traditions , ICON +BALASTIC - blasting the icons
Idolatry,worship of idols; excessive admiration, combination of idol+ adulatory(adulation) gives the meaning , idol+atry::idol ki aarti(मराठी)...worship of idol.. ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary idol..ideal....god ram is a ideal man....and we WORSHIP and devout to him.
Immutable,unchangeable," mutation implies changes in genes etc.Therefore, it is im(non) + mutable ie cannot change ", immutable is something immune to changes , mute control in tv used to CHANGE from high volume to total silence. if ur remote becomes immutable then u cant change the volume. imutable = unchangeble
Impair,injure; hurt," Opposite of Repair.Repair is to mend, Impair is to Injure.. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary im+pair. If you damage a pair of something..you seperate them...so you injure them... ," impair=i+m+pair.....when my gf said to me that ""i am paired(i m pair) with some on else for the dance competition""...it HURT/INJURED my feelings a lot...................:) "
Impassive,without feeling; imperturbable; stoical," Impassive-> A person saying-""I m Passive(Not Active)"", that means he has no feelings,emotions. ", Passive : inactive hence a person inactive in revealing emotions.zzzz , IMpressively PASSIVE
Impede,hinder; block,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary impede from impedance meaning resistance , Ped (Tree in hindi)on the way..... , relate it with stampede.in a stampede there is great obstruction
Imperturbable,calm; placid," imperturbabble--im + pertur (like tur tur) + babble ( just talking foolishly..). So, the person who never do any tur-tur and never babbles is a very cool, calm and peaceful guy. "," im-'not'+perturb(able), meaning not perturbed....so a person who is not perturbed stays calm and placid. ", imperturbable- im+perturbable. Perturb has a rhythm with Disturb. Imperturbable is a person whom u can't feel disturbed/upset easily- that's why he is always calm.
Impervious,impenetrable; incapable of being damaged or distressed, im(not)+pravesh(enter) so unpenetrable... ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary ""i m pervez(pervez musharraf)""...no matter wat u say, i won't be affected!! "," A pervert is trying to rape me. But I'm not scared. He won't be able to penetrate me, because I'm impervious - immuned to perverts. "
Implacable,incapable of being pacified, Sounds like IMPLEASABLE -- some one who cannot be pleased or appeased -- not pacifiable , IM(Not) + PLAC(Place) + ABLE = You will not a place in her heart. ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary implacable = im (not) + play + cable; cable is not playingi.e not friendly environment.
Implode,burst inward," ex-'out'+plode-'burst'...so im-'in,inwards'+plode-'burst'...so implode means burst inwards "," it sounds like a load.if it is (over)loaded it will collapse. ", implode:when the load increases it'll be collapsed...so meaning is collapse
Incongruity,lack of harmony; absurdity, IN+CONGRess+no UnITY...take it as fun ppl..;) , Congruent triangles....incongruity is opposite of congruent.. so in-congruent people always clash on their views i.e. not in confirmity , in+ con(bad)+gruity(sounds ike unity..) .. hence bad unity refers to LACK OF HARMONY..
Inconsequential,insignificant; unimportant, consequence means result- we are never worried about the result of inconsequential or worthless things. , Not essential ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary in (no-negative)+consequential(consequences) of a study is INSIGNIFICANT to parents :(.
Indigence,poverty," Indica + Zen (Cars)…Cars owned by poor people. Antonym:""Opulence"" which means ""Rich"" Mnemonic :Opel Astra(Its a car owned by very rich people) ", Indian gents are very poor as compared to other countrymen ," indigence- indigenous or aboriginal people in most of the countries are passing their days in extreme poverty. "
Indolent,Lazy, indolent - in + dolent => jo dolta nahi hai(hilta nahi hai) ," In India people are lazy for giving rent {indo = india , dent = rent} ", IN(negative) DOlent(DO some actions) --- so not doing any action is being lazy
Inert,inactive; lacking power to move," recollect your chemistry . INERT gases hardly react, therefore INERT means LACKIN ABILITY TO MOVE OR ACT. ", inertia ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary inert: in + earth : unable to move as they are in earth
Ingenuous,naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated, In+genuine- In genuine relationship people are naive and trusting to each other. , naive and young ppl are generally genuine... ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary IN (suffix, means NO) + (genuous) (genius) ~ one who is not a genius artist and hence is artless ~ INGENUOUS "
Inherent,firmly established by nature or habit, in+ here , in heredity: habit that came as heredity... , In heart.
Innocuous,Harmless," in(not)+nocuous(noxious)........means not noxious......something which is not noxious is harmless... ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary innocuous ~ innocent ," Although some spiders are POISONOUS, most of them are INNOCUOUS (harmless) "
Insinuate,hint; imply; creep in," The girl has lost her memory. The boy telling her - This is the INStitute IN which U ATE. He is trying to HINT, IMPLY to her. ", IN(not)+SIGN....without any signal i.e indirectly hint or imply .... , in (sign) ate
Insipid,lacking in flavor; dull," in+sip+id(it)in-'not, -ve prefix', so when you do not sip it, i.e a juice ,then it means the juice lacks flavor. ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary in+ sipid(spell it as spit..) ,we spit when the FOOD LACKS FLAVOR : or it is TASTELESS.. "," if u take a SIP IN, and realize that u were stuPID enough to taste such a flavor , then the drink is insipid "
Insularity,narrow-mindedness; isolation," we insulate electrical wires.. by insulating , we are ISOLATING the wires from the environment... ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary, insular = In Cellar...so u isolate
Intractable,unruly; stubborn; unyielding,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Intractable: things which can not be brought in the right track...opposite of tractable. ", tract(TRACK)..SO you have decided to track about your UNRULY CHILD...and you have approached the agency to do this. ," Intractable is IN(Not)+TRACT(STRETCH)+ABLE(Do)...means if something/someone is not stretchable/flexible,implies STUBBORN or UNYIELDING. "
Inundate,overwhelm; flood; submerge, I+NUN +DATE....I asked the NUNs for a DATE and i was FLOODED with letters from christian societies for violating the social norms. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary sounds like ""KIRAN DATE""shahrukh ask kkkkkkiran for a date,she replied with flood of ssssslaps... ", 1 nun ki itni date hoti hai ki hamesha overflow hoti rehti hai
Irascible,irritable; easily angered," concentrate on rasc- a rascal is one who is irritable, choleric, shor-tempered & hotheaded "," rascible sounds like ""racist able"". so, making racist remark can easily anger anyone... "," IRASCIBLE > Ira + scrible on the black board, for which the 'irascible'(easily angered, irritable) teacher hit her! "
Irresolute,uncertain how to act; weak, (IR)not knowing... how to make resolutions. ," ir+resolute--- resolute means firm and determined, irresolute means the opposite, doubtful "," think urself as inspectorand suddenly a commisoner cameu will confused whether to saluteu r uncertain about itas he is in formal dress "
Itinerary,plan of a trip, the car i10 is rarely used to plan a trip in it... ," Latin word itiner= journey.... itinerary means schedule or plan a detail route.Other words based on same root are...intinerant, intinerate. "," it-italy, nerar-near ...I'm near Italy according to my plan of the trip... "
Laconic,brief and to the point," LAC..LACK, SO LACK OF WORDS in her speech, specify that she used very few words to portray her ideas. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Laconic = Lacking in sonic. , La - conic There is a LAck of words in the COMIC book. (lack-comic)
Lassitude,languor; weariness," After a heavy lunch, if you drink a glass of LASSI, you will go into a lassitude i.e. weariness, lethargy and ultimately go to sleep. ", lassitude , we drink LASSI(.. buttermilk in hindi..) when we are tired or WEARED DOWN..
Latent,potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden, regroup the words and spell it as talent.. many people have POTENTIAL(talent..)but undeveloped..where as some people HIDE their talent.. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Latent heat can be seen as heat which is ""HIDDEN"". "," when u lay in tent u become hidden to anyone outside. "
Lethargic,drowsy; dull," Sounds like alergic. When you have lack of interest in doing something i.e. alergy "," lethargic sounds like leth(LOST)+argic(energy).....so you have LOST ALL YOUR ENERGY,THATS why you are feeling DULL AND DROWSY. "," Let(Leg,LAAT) + har(haar) + gic(gayi) >>> legs ya laatein haar jane ke baad we get tired and loose energy to walk and get lazy and wanna go to bed as soon as possible.. "
Levee,stone embankment to prevent flooding," levee..(sounds like level..) we LEVEL the land ,with LEVEE so that there is no seep of water(..flooding..) "," So bye-bye, miss american pie.Drove my chevy to the levee,But the levee was dry. "," it also means a reception.u take LEAVE to participate in a levee "
Levity,lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity, lev(leave)+it+y(.yaar)..you casually leave things without any seriousness , lev+ity..together sounds like leave+take...so you take a leave whenever you want..thats shows that you are not serious about your furure. ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Live and eat.
Loquacious,talkative, it is derived from the root word 'loqua'... which refers to SPEECH or TALK , Remember Loqua with mokka. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary loquacious : loq(speech,talk)+voracious. "
Lucid,easily understood; clear; intelligible," when u LOOK(luc) the ID of micorsoft employee...u will "" clearly,tranparently understand,that he is clever n inteligent "," lucid has root 'luc', means 'light'Under the light, we easily understand everything ", LUCing(looking)In Day is very clear. we can see anybody clearly in day time. so LUCID is sth which is crystal clear
Magnanimity,Generosity,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary magNANIMAous, NANI MA in hindi, is always ""generous"" to us "," ""magnanimity"" = ""magna""(magnet = attract)+""enemity"" =those who attracts his enemy too ,,, are ""generous , kind"" "," MAGNA super market is so ""generous"" that its raining offers on the customers "
Malingerer,one who feigns illness to escape duty, Ma linger= child lingering around her mom to avoid going to school. ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Malinga feigned illness to avoid bowling to Tendulkar ," mali+inger(sounds like injure)(p.s MY MALI IS INDER :)))))),.......my mali got injured yesterday while working... so today he is feigning illness and refused to come "
Malleable,capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable, relate with meltable; so possible to reshape , Many women believe they can mold their MALE (malle) partners into ABLE-bodied husbands. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary malleability is the capability of stretching to a wireDuctility is the capability of pressing to a sheet.Both are properties studied in material science "
Maverick,rebel; nonconformist,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Mave+""RICK"" sounds like Ricky Ponting who is rebellious and non-conformist as he does not believe in umpire descisions during India's Cricket match "," those who play counter strike will be aware of the bot ""maverick"" who has cooperation as zero. which is what maverick means!! ", maverick-MAIN BHI RICKshaw chaloonga even I am engineer/doctor. I want to be maverick.
Mendacious,lying; habitually dishonest, mendacious = requiring mending (correction) ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary A mendicant (beggar) is usually a mendacious person. i.e. given to lying; habitually dishonest. , mendacious= men + audacious. men who are audacious can LIE easily.
Meticulous,excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary it sounds like matriculation(admission to a college).To get matriculation we should be as a meticulous(careful) aspirant to clear the exam. ," Meticulous:Met(Meet)+ICU(hospitals intensive care unit),so whenever u met any person in ICU u need to be very/extremely careful about his health,......etc "," Meti means fear..every one knows ""where ever fear is there ,care should be there"" otherwise we fall in risks... "
Misanthrope,one who hates mankind," ""misien""in greek means "" to hate"" and ""anthropos"" means ""mankind"" so misanthrope means one who hates mankind ", Ms.Anthrope hates all humans ," Mis-anthrope: miss anthro(pology) -study of human kind. Imagine saving the creatures of the universe, and leaving out humans. How dare you miss humanity ?! "
Mitigate,appease; moderate," Mitigate > ""Gate pe kutte ki potty pe mitti daal do"" why? so that the intensity of bad odour will lessen. ", think of MITIGATE as COLGATE(toothpaste).Use of COLGATE lessen or try to lessen the extent of germs in our teeth. Use of MITIGATE will also lessen or try lessen the extent of [depends on your usage :)}] , mitigate -> MIT + i + gate... when you reach the gates of MIT.. your tensions about PG admissions will be appeased/mitigated!!
Morose,ill-humored; sullen; melancholy, in hindi it is like MOR(peacock) RO(weep) SA raha hai-means it is in sorrow and hence brooding ill humoured ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary A guy gave a crushed(MOroda hua(Hindi)) ROSE to girl as a humor she got pissed on this ill humor at the guy and canceled the plan of party(unsociable) , MOROSE..ITS LIKE DIS..nOROSE..SO NO ROSE FOR UR GIRLFRIEND SHE LL BE SAD..
Mundane,worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday," monday, tuesday, wednesday....everyday ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Mundane sounds like Monday. After an exciting weekend, Monday is just another mundane day. "," mundane=(monday)sunday is intresting but monday is ""unintresting and dull"" "
Negate,cancel out; nullify; deny," ne=no + gate=door, so there is no entrance through that door ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary NO gate so No existence...wtf!! ," negate sounds similar to negotiate,,,cancel out "
Neophyte,recent convert; beginner," split the word into ""neo = the matrix hero"" and ""phyte = fight"". Thus neo fights in matrix movie as a beginner or new commer to save the revolution. "," neo+phyte ~ new + fight;A new member or beginner always has to fight to establish his own identity. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary NEW(neo)+FAITH(phyte)....a person who has faith in new religion is a neophyte
Obsequious,lavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic, or obse(ssed)-Qui( yes in frech)-ous=always obsessed with saying yes to it all ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary ob + SEQUI + ous .. sequi means sequence where one thing ""follows"" the other.. and servants follow what their masters say.. "," seq = Suck, uio = Your, us = Ass. He sucks your ass, therefore he's obsequious. "
Obviate,make unnecessary; get rid of," obviate - viate sounds like deviate, deviate yourself from studying(happen something).... ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary ob+viate .. viate can be rhymed with void.. and making void means removing something.. hence getting rid of.. ," if it is obvious you can obviate it easily (you can prevent it), obvious and obviate sound similar "
Occlude,shut; close," when you include someone they are welcome and the gates are always open but when you OCCLUDE(rhymes with EXCLUDE), they are unwelcome and hence the gates are SHUT or CLOSED on them. ", Occlude - sounds like conclude. Means close or shut something... , Harry Potter fans may remember occlumency which is the subject that helps to close one's mind.
Officious,meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one’s services,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary OFFICIOUS,the first part of the word sounds similar to office. Imagine a government office where people poke their nose in other's affairs, they are INTERFERING. "," Offi(in offices)+cious(curious)..in offices ppl vl be curious for promotions so they vil be pushy in offering services ", excessive eagerness to do OFFicial work of OFFering service or advice..
Onerous,burdensome, it sounds like on+er+us..that is ONUS.. when something is ON US ..we feel burdensome , Onerous= one+rous. If u assign much work on ONE person it will be ONErous for him , onerous....can be associated wid owners on us...who r trouble some
Opprobrium,infamy; vilification," If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized, humiliated & put to shame. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary oppROBrium..stress on rob..if u rob something ull be dishonoured ," 'opprobrium' sounds similar to 'oppressed i am', thus dishonoured "
Ostentatious,showy; pretentious; trying to attract attention," oSTENTATIOUS....read it as Stuntatious....Stunts...you perform stunts to attract attention, showy. ", sounds like Austin(stone cold steve austin) wwe wrestler .. they always pretend and speak crap to grab attention.. , Nothing is as ostentatious as OSTRICH feathers in your hat.
Paragon,model of perfection, paragon which is a slipper brand makes products which are models for perfection , ARAGON in the movie Lord of the Rings was a perfect soldier ," paragon = para-'related to' + -gon'figure has many angles'. If a polygon has infinity angles, it becomes circle. Circle is perfect "
Partisan,one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party," parti(think of a political party)+san(son)...so a father who is favouring his son's political party, instead of a good party. "," A partisan says, 'my party is my SON, my daughter, my mom & my dad' "," just d way civism is being a good citizen, partism (reminds of partisan) is being a good(ardent) supporter of a party/group/person/activity "
Pathological,pertaining to disease, This PATH of LOGICAL behaviour of the Harmon’s will lead to new breakthrough of the disease ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR has a lying addiction/disease. ," pathology link this with the other common words which you have already heard like osteopathy , pathogen and recall that it is related to the disease "
Paucity,Scarcity," pau - paav as in paav bhaji and only one ""paav"" for the whole city...so obviously it will be scarce "," take it as somebody saying about a city as pau;in hindi PAU(pao-a small weght)i.e ""ek pau ki to city hai"" ", paucity=scarcity....these two words rhyme....
Pedantic,showing off learning; bookish," Can u smell the word <b>'PANDIT'</b>( ""Scholar"" in english) from ""Pedantic""? PANDITs are usually very strict about the bookish stuff. ", pedantic sounds like VEDANTIC. Any body who follows Vedas is usually a v. conservative and bookish person. , rhymes pendant. pendant is a small thing but when it is lost you are damn worried. so worrried about small things
Penchant,strong inclination; liking," p+enchant- something that enchants you, you have a strong liking for that. ", chant- verses are chanted by sages because they have a strong inclination towards spiritualiism. , Some fool is chanting his pen because he likes it so much.
Penury,severe poverty; stinginess, pen+ru(pee).........no rupee to buy a pen , pen (penny) + ury (uri means ud gayi in hindi) means penny penny ud gayi matlab poverty ," in telugu ury means hanging urself,so no mny to buy a pen also so ury veskunadu "
Perennial,something long-lasting,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary if you remember we have learnt about perennial rivers in social studies which means LONG LASTING rivers , sounds like PURANI(old)...purani things are perennial ," Per is the prefix of "" through"", Ennial is the root word of year -->perennial means ' through out the year.' "
Perfidious,treacherous; disloyal, per+FID+ious.. FID stands for fidelity.. i.e. loyalty.. hence perfidious is its opposite ," perfidious --- perfumerelate to perfume which reminds us of a beautiful lady who could be disloyal to you ", perfidious.....imagine a guy who applies PERFume as well as DIOdrant....so he is disloyal to one of them......
Perfunctory,"superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, orenthusiasm"," PARAI(other's)+FACTORY - if you are told to take care of somebody else's factory, you would casually care about it ", per+FUNC+tory .. FUNC stands for function i.e. job.. so if you are doing a job quickly just to finish it and not caring enough about it.. doing job superficially.. it is called a perfunctory act.. , Perform+hurry....perform in a hurry....perfunctory....
Pervasive,spread throughout," look the word carefully..PERVASI+VE....and doesn't it sound like PRAVASI BHARTIYA DIVAS.....an initiative by the Indian government to attract NON RESIDENT INDIANS who are SPREAD WIDELY ACROSS THE WORLD........ ", perva(means festival in hindi) festivals are spread thorughout ," sounds like persuasive, if u are persuasive youre ideas will be pervasive "
Phlegmatic,calm; not easily disturbed, phlegmatic -> plleg (flag) when we hoist a FLAG we have the AUTOMATIC reaction be calm and unexcited. , Sounds like PRAGMATIC(practical) --> practical people think with logic and show little emotion. , If u have lots of phlegm due to cold then u would unresponsive or impassive due to tiredness.
Piety,devoutness; reverence for God,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Pie+tea if we get a pie and a tea when we are hungry we thank god and devout to him. Or else when we need them we devout to god... , piety for the deity(god) , paita(piety)means saree in telugu..when u go 2 temple so ladies cover with paita(piety) ;)
Placate,pacify; conciliate, PL + ac + ATE = a PLATE full of tasty food to SATISFY someone. ," ""playing"" wid ""cat""...it'll surely pacify salman... ",
Plethora,excess; overabundance," like if you go home after many days, your mother will insist that you eat more. What she will say is ""Pe Le + Thoda Aur Le""ultimately, aisai lene se, it will become an excess at the end. You will be full :) "," PleTHORA~(Play thoda),but child resist that he will play more and more and more,thus excessive. ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Sounds like ""Please throw a""...Can we PLEASE THROW A party? We have an overabundance of food that we need to get rid of before it goes bad. "
Plummet,fall sharply," plummet rhymes with ""comet"" which falls so sharply. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Plummet sounds like Planet (something very very heavy) .. a heavy thing will fall or drop sharply. , it can be plum+met. as we seen earlier plum(b)=vertical. plummet can be MET the VERTICLE extreme limit(lower).i.e. it fell.
Pragmatic,"practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with thepractical worth or impact of something", PRA + gma + TIC = PRA + c + TIC + al ," Relate it to ""PREGNANT-ISM"" In order to make a girl pregnant you need to PRACTICALLY do something...by only talking theoretically you can't make her pregnant... ", Sounds like problematic. In such a situation you should be concerned with what is practically reasonable and logical
Preamble,introductory statement," PRE(before) + AM (i) + BOL(tell): in a meeting political leaders will say: what I want to say before I start my lecture is bla bla bla. All this will take 1 hour. :) . This is what preamble is. "," Pre(Before) + amble(moving)...i.e. A speaker before heading to main topic,starts with an INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT and then elaborates the topic. ", amble means to walk preamble before walk information
Precarious,uncertain; risky, PRE+CARE+IOUS -> We have to take CARE while doing something risky so that it does not go wrong. .. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary what we do before starting something unsafe or risky,we say our prayers.so: PRAY + KARI = precarious ", Precarious-sounds ilke please carry Us..but thats very risky
Precursor,forerunner," ""precursor"" = pre(before) + cursor(that points out) == something that points out in advance == forerunner :) "," She PREpared him for the CURSORy scene he was about to witness, serving as a PRECURSOR. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary cursor is at the place while precursor is before so to tell fortune
Presumptuous,arrogant; taking liberties," Focus on ""Presum"" (Presume)--> To overstep your boundaries by boldly PRESUMing/assuming something. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary," Consider the word in bracket only :pre(sum )ptuousWe can relate sum with Money or hafta vasooli. The ppl doing hafta vasooli are ARROGANT and taking LIBERTY of our silence "
Prevaricate,lie," divide is as pre(..before)+var(truth..)+icate(..gate) ..i.e. before truth, you have kept a gate. Hence you are LYING or HIDING THE TRUTH.. ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary pre+var(truth)+cate(fabricate) is to fabricate the truth, meaning to lie. ", pre(before)varicate(varying) i.e varying the truth b4 bcomz a lie
Pristine,characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled, sounds like priest(ine) means pertaining to priests which is to remain in pure state. ," pristine; fresh teen,a virgin!!! "," pri(pre)+tine(time) ""purana zamana""....so characteristics of earlier times.. "
Probity,uprightness; incorruptibility, PRO(pahle)+beti(ladkiya) sounds like girls first 'something having high morale' , Probe is done to verify probity.So probity=neccessity (or reason ) for probe. , basically this word is taken from latin probus..means honesty..............
Prodigal,wasteful; reckless with money,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary prod(rodies) +gals(girls)=extravagance.If you are with girls of rodies then you have to be extravagant.. "," prodigal = prodi (proud )+ gal (girl)= the girls who is having excessive proud is always wastefulor divide prodigal as PRO+DI+GAL, => PRODUCERS and DIRECTORS r using gals for sex.it means they are PROFLIGATE. ", PRO with GAL: to become a pro (casanova) among gals you will have to waste money
Profound,deep; not superficial; complete, whatever professional or researchers found(read find) has to be deep. , PROFessors u FOUND will have profound(deep) knowledge ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary profound seems like purana funda and purana funde have depth meaning "
Proliferate,grow rapidly; spread; multiply, life rate=its always increasing ," PRO+LIFE+RATE-->promote life rate ", pro + life + rate : increase in rate of production (pro) of life (living organisms) causes population to increase rapidly
Propensity,natural inclination," now a days people are inclined towards ""CITY"" dats y thery r migrating from villages.... ", prop + city = people get propelled towards city only because of strong inclination towards city life , (PRO+PEN)a PRO has a natural tendancy to hold the PEN in the way he can do caligarphy(art of good writing)
Propitiate,appease, PROf+PITI- if you want professor's pity then you would have to appease him/her. , propiti + ate .. propiti sounds very close to property.. + ate .. so just imagine if you elder brother ate (here it means encroach) all your property ....you will quarrel with him... your father will try to appease or pacify you. ," ""prop""(prophet) + ""itiate""(initiate) initiate the work of a prophet/priest..i.e maiking peace. "
Propriety,fitness; correct conduct, divide the word as propr+iety ..propr(sounds like PROPER)..hence it refers to being PROPER or CORRECT IN CONDUCT.. , PROPER + APPROPRIATE = PROPRIETY , propriety
Proscribe,ostracize; banish; outlaw," When you want a magazine, you PREscribe(subscribe) it. Similarly when you want to stop it, you will have to PROSCRIBE.SO PROSCRIBE = prohibit ", A doctor Prescribes medicines and Proscribes unhealthy food... , it can be written like this pro means before + scribe means to write .SO A WRITER WHOSE WRITING ARE PROHIBITED TO BE PUBLISHED in that country.
Pungent,stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary remember pug dog of vodafone. It's very stingy. , pun + (negli)gent : As you know punning means playing with words. So if we pun negligently on others it may hurt/wound them. ," pun-punch+agent ,punch a agent he is strong and sharp "
Qualified,limited; restricted," Primary meaning qualified :above a given standard(quality)Secondary meaning:limited in quality(just the opposite) "," even though I was a QUALIFIED engineer, I was RESTRICTED from attending the conference. ", though i was QUALIFIED for the job but was RESTRICTED from getting the job because of my drop years
Quibble,minor objection or complaint," mnemonic in hindi.. read it as qui(kyun)+bble(bill)..KYUN BILL ITNA ZYADA HAI?, you OBJECT to reading of meter & COMPLAIN to the authorities.. ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Query + babble (minor objection/murmuring). "," Remember, the magazine by Luna LoveGod's father - ""The quibbler"", it was called so because it carried petty criticism of people. "
Quiescent,at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive, quiescent => quies ~ quiet = motionless , quies(QUITE)+scent(in hindi shant means quite)..so someone who is quite or shant for a period of time. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary quiz + cent, teacher asks students who will get cent(100) in the quiz...everyone reamains silent for sometime "
Rarefied,made less dense (of a gas)," rare(,,very less)+fied(..like field which means environment), hence environment where GAS is VERY LESS DENSE.. ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary rarefied is a past tense of rarefy. And, rarefy = rare+fy(to make), i.e. to make something rare, or less dense... :) ", rarefied meaning is to make refine or pure so rarefied-ra+refined= rarefined
Recalcitrant,obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly," re+calcit(looks like calcite)+rant...as we know calcite is a hard mineral found in calcium carbonate which forms the major part of rocks, chalk and marble, is hard to break and likewise a recalcitrant person is also stubborn. ", re+calci(calculator->calculate)+trant....so imagine a person who has made a mistake in calculations using a calci and is unwilling to re-calculate...it shows he is STUBBORN ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary recalcitant : recall+reluctant..boss asked me to call ad guy again but i didn't obey him,i was reluctant.(unwilling to obey) "
Recant,"disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openlyconfess error"," RE (again) + CANT (cannot) = ""I have told you this AGAIN and AGAIN, it CANNOT be done, it has been REJECTED."" "," re + chant(sing): singing/telling again. what??telling what i told earlier is wrong wrong!! "," re+cant telling that it cant which means it is wrong and DISAVOWED, DISCLAIMED "
Recluse,hermit; loner, re+close . Closed=hermit , recLUSE : read luse as lose ; if u lose in any game u like to live alone , sounds like seclude
Recondite,abstruse; profound; secret," read recondite as ""re conduct"". The professor re coducted(repeated) the topic as the students could not understand properly. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary recon-dite:recon sounds like reckon which means guess...if a question is DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND u will GUESS the answer , RECKON + TRITE (repeated) = the word was DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND even after REPEATED attempts to RECKON its meaning.
Refractory,stubborn; unmanageable,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary refractory--means factor ,who always factors the law into piece,means don't follow the law. ", one who doesn't refract or bend at all meaning stubborn , Remember SATISFACTORY....REFRACTORY can br the OPPOSITE of SATISFACTORY
Refute,disprove," refute rhymes with refuse, when you DISAPPROVE OF something, or if something is false or incorrect..you refute it or disapprove.. ", Refute can be considered as REFusing something to have trUTh or prove to be false/incorrect , 'are fut' - means to overthrow by argument
Relegate,banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign," relegate..split it like rele(relatives+gate)your relatives are crying at THE GATE because you are not allowing them to enter your house, you have put them in a worse place i.e the GATE WHICH IS ALMOST LIKE A FOOTPATH. ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary divide it like rail+gate. Earlier station Master is now appointed as a watcher of rail gate. so, in worse position. ", Being a delegate is an important position. Take care of it. Don't let anyone relegate you.
Reproach,express disapproval or disappointment, divide it as re(again..)+proach(..approach).. you ask someone to APPROACH AGAIN & AGAIN since you DISAPPROVE OF HIS WORK..(eg during submissions) ," If u see a cockRROACH, u express disapproval! "," RE + POACH (killing animals).. Sallu (Salman Khan) is killing Chinkara again and again. You express DISAPPROVAL and DISSAPOINTMENT.He is a total disgrace or shame to INDIA "
Reprobate,person hardened in sin; devoid of a sense of decency, reprobate: rep(repeatedly)+rob+ate.. a person who again and again robs other peoples food and eats it up has no moral values. , reprobate is a person who has no probity ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary rape+rob+ate...change ate to eat...a person does unscrupulous things like this...hardened in sin..rep-rob-ate
Repudiate,disown; disavow," he ate the PUDDING AGAIN.. When his mother asked him if he ate the pudding, he tried to REPUDIATE (deny eating it)... :) ", re(reject....)+pudi...(pudding..a sweet dish given after meal)...ate......past participle of eat.....well anyone who reject to eat a cake pudding , repud(refused)+iate(to eat) = refused to take anymore or acknowledge
Rescind,cancel," rescind reminds us of ""resign"", where resign is to cancel your appointment and rescind is to cancel an agreement. ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary chodd na RESEND kon karega cancel kar de , rescind sounds like resend. So you cancel and an official doc and resend for correction.
Resolution,Determination," resolution reminds me of revolution, so during American Revolution, America determined to win. ", when prof. blame raju that he copied the solution..he gave a resolution....he said i am determined about my solution sir.....he is firm in his response ," Wanna REconsider the SOLUTION?... NO,NO,NO… implies a determination... "
Reticent,reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to silence,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Cent (Saint) is stereotypically reluctant to speak or draw attention to themselves. ," 50Cent -> talks too much..on the contrary..reticent-> talk less ", REHTA+SHANT....shant rehne waal i.e a person who doesn't talk or who is reserved in speech....
Reverent,respectful; worshipful, reverent-divide as river end i.e we bath in the rivr end as a part of worship , Reverent sounds like Reverend(Priest) now think of the feeling most people have for them. ," RE-> Real + VE-> Veneration ie. Real Veneration or ""great respect"" "
Sage,person celebrated for wisdom," If one knows meaning of saga,dat is any legend,one can easily remember sage.a saga will b a wise person,sensible. "," who has ""usage"" ? of course sage person. you can use his/her experiences.hence sage has usage ", S + AGE... a wise aged man(your grandpa)..
Salubrious,healthful, (related to bollywood)remember salman khan........all health and all....... , SALUBRIOUS and NUTRITIOUS are rhyming words which describe something that is healthy or health-giving. ," SALory+U+BRIng+USthen happy&healthful "
Sanction,approve; ratify, u can read it like sanction ~~ SANG SONG so u sing song when u have been approved or accepted it's like being approved to USA.. ," I- SAY-ACTION, slang for I give you permission ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary SANCTION or PERMISSION or AUTHORISATION - to get the authority to do something.
Satiate,satisfy fully, I SAT & ATE till I was full! ," remember with s-ate, so when we have completed our food,we are satisfied to full..(pet bhar kar khaana) ", SATIATE - The greedy glutton SAT and ATE and ATE and OVER ATE until there was no food left at all.
Savor,"enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality", SAVOR and FLAVOR are rhyming words. You savor (feel the taste) the flavor (taste) of the food you eat. , focus on SAVe+or.if you save your money IN youNG AGE YOU can ENJOY LATER IN FUTURE LIFE- A CLICH.. , SAVE+HER .. so u ll ENJOY as u will get a kiss from her . u can also smell and feel her flavor and taste!! LOL!!
Secrete,"hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into anorganism", Secret+e which is to be concealed or hidden ," SECRETE and EXCRETE which are rhyming words, mean, to produce and discharge a substance. "," It sounds like secretary who hides unnecessary things n tell those things which is needed "
Shard,"fragment, generally of pottery", s + hard..it is very HARD to join the broken FRAGMENTS OF POTTERY. , ( visualize SHARaD pawar our head of BCCI---his face is like broken pot. ," Shard - flip 'd' vertically. You get sharP, broken part of pottery and glass are usually sharep. "
Skeptic,"doubter; person who suspends judgment until havingexamined evidence supporting a point of view"," Skeptic-just remove 'K' -Septic-When a person is Wonded/Injured he always have doubt whether it is going to get septic or not.So he is doubtful.:) "," can not ""kept"" things ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary break it as ""skip for a tick""...tick means right answer.. "
Solicitous,worried; concerned,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Solicit means to request earnestly for something, but if you have to wait for it to happen then you are liable to become solicitous. ", soli(solo).if u r doin a work on ur own(solo) then u ll do t wit much eager and care ," SOLO+SIT !!QUESTION: WHEN DO YOU SIT ALONE??? ANSWER: WHEN YOU ARE WITH FULL OF ""ANXIETY AND CONCERN"" ABOUT YOUR CHILD WHO IS IN ""US""..SOLICITOUS "
Soporific,sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness, (in hindi) 100(soo) puri kha kar I felt soporific. ," watching ""SOaP Operas"" makes u sleepy ", so poor fiction makes u sleepy
Specious,seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading (often," It sounds like 'suspicious'. "," Like the movie ""Species"" about an alien woman who looks human but has other plans "," Seemingly true/plausible/attractive, but when SPECulated closely, it was found to be fallaCIOUS. "
Sporadic,occurring irregularly,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary sporadic== opposite of periodic, we know periodic things occur regularly. "," Take the first half of the word, i.e SPOR which sounds like pores. Pimples which OCCUR IRREGULARLY create pores in the skin. "," sporadic..spora(spores). spores are cells which grow irregulary,like a media plate when exposed to fungi spores ,next day you will see a irregular growth. "
Stigma,token of disgrace; brand," Stigma (STICK + MAA)Imagine someone hitting his MAA with a STICK. How disgraceful it will be !!! ", Opposite of six sigma which is considered very graceful and good , stigma = sounds like enigma is always disgraceful.
Stipulate,make express conditions; specify," staple+it-- Staple the documents, so that it GUARANTEES that they stay together permanently! ", stipules are plant parts present at the base of leaf. additional leaves present along with leaves. similarly STIPULATE is an condition (AGREEMENT) present in the MAIN AGREEMENT. stipulate = agreement in an agreement ," stipulate=steep+lateimagine that you are going for a meeting where you are going to do some verbal agreement with the party but because of steep slope of the route you couldn't reach in time(reached late) at the desired place.. "
Stolid,dull; impassive," stone likeIt becomes 'T' SOLID. So someone very SOLID against 'T'(ears) or emo'T'ions. "," STOL(sounds like stool)..and a stool is a nonliving thing without any emotion,simillarly a STOLID is like stool without any emotion,always dull and boring. ", when you are stolid your face is solid
Strut,pompous walk," rhymes with SLUT - imagine the way she walks...pompous, with head erect and chest thrown out. "," Rhymes with straight. For something to be straight, you need a support. "," m not spamming guys, its a video on how you strut ure ass. Watch these 2 minutes and enjoy the memory aid "
Strut,supporting bar," rhymes with SLUT - imagine the way she walks...pompous, with head erect and chest thrown out. "," Rhymes with straight. For something to be straight, you need a support. "," m not spamming guys, its a video on how you strut ure ass. Watch these 2 minutes and enjoy the memory aid "
Subpoena,writ summoning a witness to appear," Its pretty simple... read it as COURT MEIN ""SABOOT POST KARNA""!!! ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary ounds like SAB+ P + HEY NA ??Here 'P' stands for PRESENT. So court issues a writ confirming SAB P(resent) Hey Na?? if not they have to pay fine. Smile "," ""Sub + poena"" in Latin means ""under penalty""The person who's under penalty is required to attend the court hearing. So he's issued a subpoena. "
Subside,settle down; descend; grow quiet, imagine there is a violent mob.the police comes to make them settle down.there first dialogue to the mob will be SUB SIDE ho.. ,"Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary sub pange se side le lena,ie: become less active or intense ", compare with subsidy which means reduces
Supersede,cause to be set aside; replace; make obsolete," when a SUPER new thing arrives, we REPLACE /SET ASIDE the old thing because it is OBSOLETE.. ","Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary super (Latin) = oversedere (Latin) = sit (as in sedentary, sediment etc.,)So, something that sits over another makes the latter obsolete. "," A seed is eventually ""replaced"" with a SUPER-seed, because that's better "
Tacit,understood; not put into words, tacit ~ take it; imagine you are giving permission to someone to take something from your room...but you didn't say it verbally but via your actions. ," tacit= take + itor you will have to take something which is not expresssed... ", Tacit - Change the word to Tact - You tactfully (with perfection)handled the situation even without expressing it in words (tacit).
Tangential,peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing," Word Tangent(ial) taken from maths. A tangent is a line that touches a circle with a 90`degree angle. So the meaning comes from there only slightly connected, not central, preipheral. "," Tangential - Take it as Tangent which is Divergent, meaning, scattered or dispersed. "," : a TANGENT touches a circle at exactly 1 pt, so meaning is SLIGHTLY CONNECTED, after touching circle it moves AWAY FROM NORMAL(PERPENDICULER i.e., radius), so AWAY FORM NORMAL OR CORRECT PATH "
Tenuous,thin; rare; slim," this word sound very close to TENNIS....and most of the female TENNIS PLAYERS ARE VERY SLIM AND THIN... "," TENUOUS can be split as TEN+US,so TEN of us goin to USa together,the chances are very SLIM and it'll be a RARITY ", Tenuous comes from Attenuate. Attenuate means to make thin.
Tirade,extended scolding; denunciation; harangue, sounds like tired.. your mom gets tired after a TIRADE..i.e. LONG ANGRY DENUNCIATORY SPEECH.. ," In Trading job, if something goes wrong, they will scold you ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary papa made the rade of evening tea by tirade .(tea+rade)
Torpor,lethargy; sluggishness; dormancy," Well its quite opposite to what is a topper who is naturallydiligent ", tor-por....TORRENT PAR..........TORRENT PAR most of the seeders were INACTIVE due to which downloading the movie becomes a SLUGGISH task.... ," RAJ THAKERY TO MNS PEOPLE..""aaj tum sab itne LATHARGIC,SLUGGISH kyu lag rahe ho? hume kal THOD PHOD karne jana hai...yaad hai na?"",,,,,,,,:) "
Tortuous,winding; full of curves, a tortoise does not move in straight line... it keeps twisting and turning making path complicated. , tortuous - torque(twisting)uous: full of twisting ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary TORTUre fOr US to follow
Tractable,docile; easily managed," Tractable sounds like tractor ,which makes it easy to manage a field . ", It is easy to 'Trace' a 'Table' in a house. So it is easily managable. ," tractable:means someone can be put into track easily, thus easily managable "
Transgression,violation of a law; sin,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Trans + aggression....imagine the army of Pakistan aggressively crossing the Line of Control (LOC) and hence violating the law trans(=across) border. , take it this way..train aggression ..so aggression in train is against the law!!! ," (transcribe + gre) transcribe means copy, so copyin in gre is a violation of law "
Truculence,aggressiveness; ferocity," truc(sound like truck) + cull(means to kill animals) + ance(hence).. the truck driver culled some of the animal while driving, hence the villagers are angry with him and are agressively barring him from entering the village. ", sounds like turbulent means property of being wild i.e. showing aggressiveness. ," A truculent person will tell you to ""TRUCK"" off "
Vacillate,waver; fluctuate, sounds like OScillate..so something which moves from one position to another position. , vacillate=VACI bhi bahut LATE ho gaya hai.....now u dont VACILLATE between what you gonna wear for the party..........;) , things refers to oscillation where as feelings refers to VACILLATion
Venerate,revere, ven(..when)U RATE someone higher.. you TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT . ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary vanar who ate the mountain - hanuman - we revere him ," venerate is like( V RATE) u know if channel v rates somebody it would be idolized, adorable or respected personality "
Veracious,truthful," the root word 'VER' refers to true.. hence we can frame words like:veracious - truthful and verisimilitude - an appearence of truth. ", VERAcious...VEERA always tells truth :) , Mendacious is the opposite of veracious. Mendacious is falsehood and veracious means truthful.
Verbose,wordy, VER for verbal BOSE for boss; so you may say that your boss is excessively verbal. ,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary verb + ose ..hence can be related to verbal and hence word ," relate it to ""Verbal"",as verballywe go for words to convey our msg,so verbose is with lots ofwords(wordy) "
Viable,practical or workable, SURVIVABLE ! got it? , vi(VIV=LIFE) + ABLE....so some one who is ABLE to live his LIFE. ," via = through or way.... , able = possible..... so its something possible by a certain way or not! :) "
Volatile,changeable; explosive; evaporation rapidly," volatile memory is a computer memory which gets erased when power is turned off, i.e., changed suddenly like RAM, so VOLATILE means Lliable tochange ",Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Think: Vola (volume)-tile (vile)... The VOLUME of the liquid in the VILE changed quickly into a vapor. ," Volatile and ethereal...both mean light, delicate. "
Wary,very cautious,Powered by Mnemonic Dictionary Wary and worry sound the same... you become wary (cautious) if you have too many worries in life. , WAtch out caRyfullY = WARY , WARY = WAR+ARmY - in case of WAR ARmY has to be on alert.
Welter,turmoil; bewildering jumble," I would remember it as 'world tour'.so you are planning for a world tour, but 'confused' as where to start from, because there are quite a lot countries to be covered.Hence 'confused due to multiple things'. ", I fell into a WELL of TAR to get drenched and entangled in it. , WHEN PRONOUNCED sounds like WET in WATER....SO WHEN you went to visit sunder bans you suddently fell into mud thus you became wet due to muddy water.
Whimsical,capricious; fanciful," Whimsical sounds like comical...whimsical is , impulsive, playful...comical is amusing and funny. "," whim sounds like vim bar for washing dishes , vim used for changing dirty dishes to new .so "," Whimsical = WHISTLE.. when u c a gal u whistle.. dats behave with impulse rather den reasoning. "
Zealot,fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal," zealot -- zeal + lot one who shows a lot of zeal.... ", zealot -- zeal + lot a person possessing a lot of zeal ," Zealot is like bigot... a bigot is a person who is intolerant to differing views, is prejudiced "