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abase
lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect

 (Tag: Global) abase = a + base; without a base; Imagine you shifted to a new house whose base is not
very strong (without base) and hence it may fall down anytime and can abase you in front of your
neighbours.

 (Tag: ) (A-BASE A table BASE is always on the lower side.

 (Tag: ) abase-abe(a slang used to degrade a person)+shhh(se)usually an attempt to degrade a person's
opinion..ovral goes to humiliate a person....
 (Tag: ) Playing a baseball game (abase) naked is a really degrading experience!
 (Tag: ) base lekunda unddadam.....avamaanam
 (Tag: ) GANGU TELI WAS ALWAYS ABASED BY RAJA BHOJ BY SAYING "KAHA RAJA BJOJ KAHA GANGU TELI"

abash
embarrass

 (Tag: Global) What happens when u get a bash? (bashing)....u get embarrassed.

 (Tag: Hindi) sounds like ab-ash (Abhishek-Aishwarya, Bollywood Actor-Actress) married and abashed
Salman(Bollywood Actor)

 (Tag: ) abash is lyk ab(sum slang)+ash(burning sthg into ashes lyk by whch u get embarrased)...
 (Tag: ) HAVE U EVER DREAM IN WHICH..."U GO TO SCHOOL WITHOUT SHIRT AND FEEL ABASHED OR
EMBERESSED???"

abate
To reduce in amount;Put an end to; subside or moderate

 (Tag: Global) Focus on ‘ate’ part of abate. (eat, ate, eaten). When you eat anything, you reduce it's
quantity.

 (Tag: ) (Tag : ) ab+ate , conc on ate, if u ate (spent) all ur money , ur property comes to an end (abate)
 (Tag: ) Focus on �ate� part of abate. Also, eat (ate, eaten). Eating something means destroying
something and hence to put an end to something.
 (Tag: ) To catch a fish you need a bate. That way you reduce the amount of fish in the sea
 (Tag: ) rebate means discount... i.e reducing the price.. abate and rebate are rhyming words
 (Tag: ) Once Lord Buddha proclaimed that "The deepest of pain abates with the passage of time" DUKH
JITNA BHI GEHRAA HO WAQT KE SAATH KAM HO JAATA HEY
 (Tag: ) or you have abate......and bate is derived from abate
 (Tag: ) bate(if some body beats u,ur self respect for him gets diminished)...hence abate counts for getng
diminishd by sum means...

abbreviate
shorten

 (Tag: ) a+brevity(breviate)whch is d quality f speakin in short wrds....implies to shorten...

abdicate
renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)

 (Tag: Global) ab (root ab means away as in abandon) + dic (dictatorship) + ate (to eat and hence
reduce) : means to give away (or reduce) dictatorship and hence to give-up power.

 (Tag: ) ab+dicate; ab as in abandon and dicate as in dictator so he's givin up his throne

 (Tag: ) ab(nw)+decade(dicate)whch counts for ten yrs...if sumthg to happen nw seems to happen aftr a
decade,we give it up...hence abdicate is to give up sthng...
 (Tag: now u cant take decay tea so u've to discard it . so abdicate=discard,resign) abdicate( ab + deca + t

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aberrant
abnormal or deviant

 (Tag: Global) 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

 (Tag: ) aberrant sounds like different. and meaning also

 (Tag: Ab - now in hindi) Ab(now) + err(error) - Error being done now. So deviation.
 (Tag: ) terrorists are ABERRANT as they follow DEVIANT OR DEVIATED path.

aberration
deviation from the normal; mental disorder

 (Tag: ) focus on ab+operation due to the mentally disorder doctors want to do immediate operation of
the patient
 (Tag: ) ab+err+ation.. in this if we concentrate on err.. which relates to error.. which is deviation from
normal..
 (Tag: ) It sounds like abortion which is not normal delivery.it is deviation from what is happening.

abet
assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage

 (Tag: Global) a+bet ; a bet generally assists you to do something wrong

 (Tag: English) to differentiate abet from abate=degrade, we can pronounce it as abeat...so, my mom

beat me when I assisted my brother in stealing chocolates...this can give an idea that abbeat=abet is
related to something doing wrong.
 (Tag: english) "a"+"bet" Normally in teenage,college students "bet" to their friends that i will make a girl
to fall in luv with me n even his fnds supports n encourages him.

abeyance
suspended action

 (Tag: Global) Interpret it as opposite of obey+ance -- not obeying the given orders and suspend the work
(action)

 (Tag: ) it seemingly sounds like ab+yawns.... so, think of something like 'students started yawning and so
the teacher gave them 5 mins break' i.e. temporary suspension...
 (Tag: English) remember "abey" in hindi... abey mat karo... do it later!
 (Tag: ) a+beyance .. here concentrate on beyance.. it sounds like buoyancy which which suspends objects
above the ground level..

abhor
detest; hate

 (Tag: Global) a + bhor (bore).. a bore person is always rejected. Many people generally abhor a bore
person.

 (Tag: ) It sounds like a + boar. (Boar means a male pig) you will feel hatred of pigs.
 (Tag: ) Abhor - The last part sounds like HORror ppl hate horror films, they detest them.
 (Tag: ) Focus on "hor"(suffix) hor=horse--so ,i hate horse

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abide
dwell; abide by: comply with; put up with; tolerate; Ex. abide by the rules; Ex. I can't abide rude
people.

 (Tag: ) bide in abide sounds like bind(something that binds you).....so abide means that fails to bind you
from your heart..but you merely have to tolerate
 (Tag: ) abi(abhi"name of a person")+the second part sounds like hide(abhi hides from his stupid
friends....because he cant tolerate them.
 (Tag: ) a+bride(bide)genrally guyz loose their independence aftr d marriage bcoz f their bride...so as to
bear them n their principles...so abide counts to bear sthng or hate sthng...
 (Tag: ) abhi hides himself in d(THE) well(DWELL)......
 (Tag: ) abide : concentrate on bide it sounds like hide,to escape you hide as u can't bear them lik that

abject
(of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-
respect; Ex. abject apology

 (Tag: English) �Abject� sounds like �Reject�...hopeless person is always rejected

 (Tag: language) 'Submissive' ppl are treated as mere OBJECTS THAT ARE OWNED (compare object wid
ABJECT) and less humane..
 (Tag: ) interpret "abject " as opposite to OBJECT...Wen we think of object immediately it strikes that
object is a point or thing ..so point or thing has got some location or some reference to it..so opposite to
reference and hope is hopeless or miserable.
 (Tag: ) interpret "abject " as opposite to OBJECT...Wen we think of object immediately it strikes that
object is a point or thing ..so point or thing has got some location or some reference to it..so opposite to
no reference and no hope that is miserable o
 (Tag: ) Abject sounds like REJECT. Poor people are like REJECTED (Abject) people in the society.
abjure
renounce upon oath

 (Tag: ) abjure=ab + jure. ab shows -ve meaning and jure=jury hence ,-ve jury means jury gave up his oath
and hence renounce.
 (Tag: ) ab+jure...jure- jor (in Hindi) Jor lagaao chodoo mat....(Don't Give up) (this mnemonic is in Hindi
Language)
 (Tag: ie forcefully) ab(now);(jury).one compulsoryly have to take an oath in front of a jury

ablution
washing

 (Tag: English) ablution ends just like solution. solution...a liquid solution used for cleaning and washing
purposes
 (Tag: ) blu sounds like blue washing powder
 (Tag: ) take the suffix.lution sounds like lotion .so,i am washing(cleaning) the wound my some antiseptic
lotion.
 (Tag: ablution=ritual of washin(with a blu solution) priest hands) a+blu+solution=detegent n its used to
wash
 (Tag: English) ABlution=AB+pollution that means causing not pollution

abnegation
renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation

 (Tag: ) Ab-negate � relate negate to negative. It implies subtracting something. Subtracting (removing)

some important aspect of your life means sacrificing something.
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abode
dwelling place; home

 (Tag: ) abode: some people get bored staying in home.

 (Tag: ) abode sounds jus like aboard= a+board... boarding refers to living room or place
 (Tag: ) a-bode(body) ......a body needs a dwelling place/home
 (Tag: English) Children use Adobe software to make abode(houses) in pictures

abolish
cancel; put an end to

 (Tag: ) 2nd part sounds like ISSSSHHHH n when dis sound is pruduced it means something is not gud n
needs to be cancelled or brought to an end.
 (Tag: ) abolish..A+bolish(sounds like POLICE...)so A POLICE team came to wedding hall,and cancelled the
marrige as he was marrying second time without divorcing first wife.
 (Tag: ) sounds sumwhat similar to demolish..which means put an end of sumthing
 (Tag: ) the last letters sounds lyk ishhhh whch reminds us f aishwarya rai..her memories puts an end 2
our heart beat...hene abolish is to put an end 2 sthng....
 (Tag: ) conc on ab....o(zero)of abolish.that is "ab zero pe aana padega" or come to zero.i.e.come to an
end.
 (Tag: a+polish puts end to dust) abolish
 (Tag: ) abolish sounds like a+polish which means it cleans bad....put an end to dust

abominable
detestable; extremely unpleasant

 (Tag: ) dis mnemonic is lsightly disgusting.... bomi in bengali means Vomit...and sure it is

unpleasant....Sorry [:P]
 (Tag: ) ab+omin(OMIT)+ABLE......now think of our indian cricket team ,right now are we able to omit any
one? no !because everyone is playing good
 (Tag: ) " AVOMIN " (pretty famous drug) given wen u feel a vomiting sensation( which is an unpleasant
feeling)..Associate avomin to abomin...
 (Tag: ) ever heard of abominable snowman??...its an apelike wild animal ....so its unpleasant
 (Tag: ) ab=abroad,omin=omen,able=unable.so,i am unable to go to OMEN coz people there are
unpleasent

abominate
loathe; hate

 (Tag: ) omi here sounds like omit, we omit the things we hate

 (Tag: Eng) once again wid reference to mnemonic of abominable ....abominate has BOMI(bengali of
Vomit)....which is unpleasant experience
 (Tag: ) the last four letters sound lyk hate(nate)....hence abominate is to hate sb/sthg...
 (Tag: ) ab(abhi..a name of a person)+ominate(sounds like "mina"(focus on middle part..name of girl...
+omit...(means deliberately )....abhi omitted mina from his team because he hated her like anything.
 (Tag: ) ab(abhi...a name of person)+ominate(sounds together like omit mina.....means leave out
mina)......abhi omitted mina from his team because he hated her like anything
aboriginal
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine

 (Tag: ) "a"--b--"original" 'a' is the first alphabet,so it says the 'first'. 'original' is 'oroginal' -->"first-original"
 (Tag: ) abo+regional(riginal)whch correspons to a aprticular place or a native place..hence aboriginal
refers to indigenous or native place.....
 (Tag: ) see the word origin which means first of a kind.
 (Tag: ) intepret the meaning from 'original' in this word..
 (Tag: ) ab many things we buy are not original we used to get these earlier in primitive days
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abortive
unsuccessful; fruitless

 (Tag: English) abortion---the 'protection' used during sex was UNSUCCESSFUL.

 (Tag: ) Relate it to abort..things usually gets aborted when it seems that it would be unsuccessful or
fruitless
 (Tag: ) Antonyms:complete, consummated, effective, effectual, efficient, fruitful,successful

abrasive
rubbing away; tending to grind down

 (Tag: ) hav a look at "RAS..E" it sounds lik erase which means rubbing

 (Tag: ) take first three letters of this word...i.e. ABR... nw simply jumble the wrd.. it will give
u...RAB...n it sounds like RUB..i.e. meaning too
 (Tag: ) abrasive..it sounds like aggressive,which means harsh behavior

abridge
condense or shorten

 (Tag: ) bridges can shorten the transportation time..

 (Tag: ) a+bridge..well bridges are meant to reduce the gap between something..so abridging..something
means reducing�or shortening something.

Abrogate……..abolish
 (Tag: ) A�s Brother is standing on the INDIA GATE to abolish the excise duty law
 (Tag: ) ab+*rog*+gate What does a ROGUE do if he is given power? -> Abolish things officially !!!
 (Tag: ) Imagine a boy is making sighs to a girl standing in front of her GATE,seeing that her BRO comes &
get rid of the boy (abolish)
 (Tag: english) ab*ROG*ate .. concentrate on ROG , it sounds like rogue and normally we like to ABOLISH
rogues
 (Tag: English) (this mnemonic needs understanding of Hindi language) ab ro gate par aakar (in Hindi)
imagine a person crying(ab ro gate par aake) in front of a gate because his form has been cancelled
(abolished)
 (Tag: English) abro-gate to ask someone to get out of our gate . thus you are abolishing that person.
 (Tag: telugu,rogam meaning disease) rogam-disease need to b abolished

abscission
cutting off; separation

 (Tag: English) ab +scission=scissor scissor seprates two things by cutting them ,so separation
 (Tag: english: plant hormone) its from word abscissnic acid which causes cutting of bud off the plant. so
abscission is cutting off
 (Tag: rogam meaning disease need to b abolished3) rogate is something that sounds rogam which should b
abolished......
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abscond
depart secretly and hide

 (Tag: ) Abscond � ab + scond. �Absent in a second�. When you will absent in a second? =when u STEAL
OFF & HIDE, or when u DEPART secretly.
 (Tag: ) 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

absolute
complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute
honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism

 (Tag: ) "solute" sounds like salute and we use to salute people having complete power.

absolve
pardon (an offense)

 (Tag: English) ab -solve . so you solved a dispute between you and your friend , how did you solve it by
forgiving and pardoning him/her .
 (Tag: ) as u solve the prblm i will pardon u
 (Tag: english) absolve also=exempt,discharge,dispense,exculpate,acquit,exonerate,vindicate

abstain
refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one's vote;

 (Tag: ) ab+stain...we tend to stay away from stain....

 (Tag: ) this can be written as "ab+stai......and stai......sounds like stay.... and .. stay out of something
means not involving in sth that doesn't concern to one.
 (Tag: ) Focus on stain mom will scold us if we have some ud or ink stains on our dress .So,promise to
mom i wont play in mud again(choose not to do something")
 (Tag: ) like in above case intentionally not using one's vote.means one knows that even if he/she uses
thier votes politicians will never change hence they are concern about it and staying out of the voting
process

abstemious
sparing in eating and drinking; temperate

 (Tag: ) ab+stemious sounds like stamina.. n who has stamina, the one who eat n drink carefully..
 (Tag: ) ABstain from eating STEM
 (Tag: English) focus on 'abs' part of this word. Abs...To build a six-pack abs, eat n drink carefully
 (Tag: English) *ABS*temious , concentrate on ABS .. one who eats and drinks less/lightly will have abs ( of
course with work out :) )
 (Tag: ) just focus on abs we get abs by eating food and its abstemious soo abs for u
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abstinence
restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote

 (Tag: ) abstinence is like being absent from enjoying pleasant things

 (Tag: ) ab+stinence..(looks like STRINGENC(y)....MEANS sticking to the rules)...so your doctor has asked
you to stick to the rule of eating only bread ,if you want to reduce your belly.

abstract
theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational

 (Tag: ) Ab..A(NOT)+stract(EXTRACT)..(here it means..to gain an information from something)....so if you

are a given passage on philosophy,will you be able to understand something,as it very much theoretical
and based on general ideas.
 (Tag: ) abs+tract(able). Do u think getting abs is tractable(manageable) or easy,certainly not its only
theoretical in most case.
 (Tag: ) abstract: sounds close to extract....and you cant extract anything from an abstract speech or
passage.

abstruse
obscure; profound; difficult to understand

 (Tag: ) it conatins "ab....use" ab stands for negavtive sense and so difficult to use.A word will be difficult
to use if it is diificult to understand and so the meaning got it ?
 (Tag: English) abstruse=>absurd..(remove se from the word)and arrange abstru to absurt.. or absurd..
which can be correlated to difficult to understand..
 (Tag: english/hindi) (ab+str+use)ab=now str use or v can say use str now.its difficult to use n that it
means
 (Tag: english/hindi) (ab+str+use)ab=now str use or v can say use str now.its difficult to use n that it
means
 (Tag: english/hindi) (ab+str+use)ab=now str use or v can say use str now.its difficult to use n that it
means

abusive
coarsely insulting; physically harmful

 (Tag: English) ab meane s not usive means use.The languagwhich should not be used becuase it makes
insult of person

Abut……border upon; adjoin

 (Tag: ) A+But. 'But' is used to (ad)join two sentence example He is good guy, but not a good student.
 (Tag: English ) Look at your BUTT (Dont take it offensively).Its like two pieces of flesh together marked
by a boundary in between them ..Thats abut .
 (Tag: English) ab+hut=> all huts generally will be side by side.
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abysmal
bottomless

 (Tag: ) a+bys(take dis as 20 i.e.bees in hindi)+mal(take it as mile).....ao a 20 mile deep pit in the ground
looks like its bottomless
 (Tag: ) bys...sounds like base..a-base..no base...so bottomless
 (Tag: ) You might have seen "Aladdin"..in dat there was a negative character named as "Abysmaal"...i.e.
"extremely bad" man...
 (Tag: ) if use rearrange the word abysmal u get "smalbays" which sounds lik "small base" which is
approximately equal to no base ie bottom less..

abyss
enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit

 (Tag: ) A+bys....(this mnemonic is in hindi...ek 20(bees) fit ka gadda)..i.e. Vast bottomless pit....

academic
related to a school; not practical or directly useful

accede
agree

 (Tag: ) sounds like accept....u accept only when u agree

 (Tag: english) ac+cede( means to yield)..so accede means to yield to somebody opinion or wish.
 (Tag: English) Sounds like exceed,a boy request a girl to exceed the limits of her parents and run away
with him, also excess of money will make the person the King(the other meaning of the word)
 (Tag: ) take last word cede as seed.so,i agree seed is not there plant will also not be there.
 (Tag: English) accede = a + ccede This means proceed as I agreed.e.g. you can proceed as I agreed.

accelerate
move faster

 (Tag: ) accelerate..A+CCELERATE(SOUNDS LIKE CELEBRATE).....well imagine you got a chance to

CELEBRATE your birthday with britny spears and you need to be on time,so please MOVE FASTER , so you
can reach on time.
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accessible
easy to approach; obtainable

 (Tag: ) ACCESS(something which you are able to use or enter)+ible(ABLE)...SO you are ABLE to use your
computer,well mail ur resume to companies as it EASY TO APPROACH them via mail.

accessory
additional object; useful but not essential thing

 (Tag: ) access(EXCESS)+ory(ornaments)..SO you have got excess of ornaments ,which are not very
essential for you,as your clothes,then why do you waste so much money on additional objects like this.

acclaim
applaud; praise; greet with great approval; announce with great approval; Ex. The new drung has
been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N: strong expression of approval and
praise

 (Tag: ) look at the last 3 letters AIM -> when you had reached ur aim u will be praised
 (Tag: ) A+claim..imagine you have claimed to a news channel that you have designed a super computer
,so every where people are praising you for your great invention
 (Tag: ) look at the last 3 letters AIM -> when you had reached ur aim u will be praised
 (Tag: ) look at the last 3 letters AIM -> when you had reached ur aim u will be praised
 (Tag: ) like if u claim that u get teh drug to make man immortal, what u will get? acclaim

acclimate
adjust to climate or environment; adapt

 (Tag: english) ac+climate.....so you are adjusting your self accordingly the climate change...means you
have learned to ADJUST ACCORDING to THE CLIMATE.
 (Tag: ) ACCording to CLIMATE = acclimate

acclivity
sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity

 (Tag: ) remember it with cliff+elevate, dat gives ramp,incline,gradient,rise,gade..

 (Tag: ) if u knwo that cliff is A steep high face of rock, then its easy to remember
 (Tag: ) ac+cliv+ity....cliv is similar to CLIMB..can relate to the meaning...climbing the steep upslope of a
hill
 (Tag: english) ac+CLIV+ity..cliv= means SLOPE or tendency so an UPWARD SLOPE.
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accolade
award of merit; strong praise and approval

 (Tag: ) a+col+lade.. seems like "a college leader"..and if u r a college leader then u'll get a strong praise
and approval...
 (Tag: English) it sounds like chocolate.. parents accolade if kids do home work properly
 (Tag: ) let ac means not...colade means collision...a person prevented two buses from collision,so he was
praised
 (Tag: ) focus on COLA-coca cola the worker in coca cola company got award of merit 4 giving the idea of
chota coke

accommodate
oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ.
accommodative; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging

 (Tag: English) you accomodate when you provide accomodation. so you are helping

accomplice
partner in crime

 (Tag: ) A+com(COMBINE.....means partenering)+plice(POLICE).....it seems that police was combined with

murderer who shot the famous celebrity.
 (Tag: ) i alter the mnemonic given by preetisoni...Accomplice-Ac+com+plice rearrange it u ll get
com(company)+ac(assume as "against")+police and it looks like company against police which is a crime..
 (Tag: ) com sounds as come ,u move with partners and plice reminds of police who r always related to
crimes ,so we could take this as partner in crime

accord
agreement

 (Tag: ) sounds like ACC(ACCORDING)+cord(record)...well ACCORDING TO our RECORDS we are in

agreement with our investors ,as where to invest their money.
 (Tag: ) agreement between father and son that he will buy accord(car name)for his son if he scores top in
GRE.

accost
approach and speak first to a person

 (Tag: English) accost -- sounds like at any cost...at any cost-- i will approach and speak to her at any
cost.

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accoutre
equip; N. accoutrement

 (Tag: ) Accouter =equip accoutre ~sounds like encounter.....imagine... cops often need to be well
equipped (accoutred) during encounter
 (Tag: ) accoutre: sounds like "scouts" , hence scouts students shld be trained with equipments.
 (Tag: ) accouture...well u al must b aware f haute couture-whch is a busines f fashionable n expensive
clothes 4 women..in whch womens take part in fashion showz wid wel equipd dress...so basically couture
counts for well equipped dresses

accretion
growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex.
towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete

 (Tag: English) accretion= add+creation , this addition to creation leads to growth

 (Tag: ) ACCRETION sounds like secretion which gives an idea of growth in size.

accrue
come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue
from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual

 (Tag: ) sounds like AKDU(hindi...means haughty)....so a person becomes akdu when he gains a lot
 (Tag: ) Accrue also means accumulate,increase,mount up,amass..And sounds like a-crew and crew
means: all the people working on a ship, plane, etc.. so rem it with crew members woh accumulate
food,other necessary things while they sail..
 (Tag: Hindi, English) Sounds like 1 crore, one who has 1 crore bugs will do the following :acquire, amass,
collect, earn, gain, grow, increase, multiply, redound, snowball, swell, these are the synonyms of
ACCRUE

acerbity
bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bitter; acrid (in taste, manner, or tone)

 (Tag: Hindi) a + cerbity( in hindi language sharbati means sweet solution) and 'a' shows negation hence its
like something which is not sharbati hence bitter.
 (Tag: ) acer( SIR)+bity(BITE)...well your boss(SIR) is using BITTER WORDS FOR YOU,what are you
thinking??(man to karta hai KACCHA BITE (kha) jauo)
 (Tag: English) ACER laptops!!! sounds sarcastic, Ppl dnt buy them much,rather prefer IBM,HP,SONY
laptops... don't they?
 (Tag: ) bity there gives some idea of bitterness

Acetic….vinegary
 (Tag: ) acetic is derived from acetic acid..which is a week acid,which we generally use to make bakery
products.
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acidulous
slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic

 (Tag: ) ACID..(USUALLY SOUR AND BITTER IN TASTE)...so anything which include acid will automatically
give you sour and bitter taste

acknowledge
recognize; admit

 (Tag: ) ac(ACCORDING)+knowledge...according to my knowledge B SCHOOL generally ADMIT very

intelligent students.
 (Tag: ) ac(ACCORDING)+knowledge.. in Hindi we say...("Hume apni akal se hi logo ko pehchaana chahiye")
In English-("We shud RECOGNIZE ppl acc(according) to our own KNOWLEDGE")

acme
peak; pinnacle; highest point

 (Tag: ) sounds like LAKME...whose products promise your beauty to reach its peak

acne
skin disease (on the face)

 (Tag: ) sounds like lakme aswell.whose products may cause skin disease on face:p.
 (Tag: ) it sounds like LAKNE the duplicate product of LAKME... so dnt use dis otherwise dis will cause SKIN
DISEASE...

acoustics
science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in

 (Tag: ) It "sounds" like a "scientific" wrd.... so better understand by these line only....
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acquiesce
assent; agree passively; comply without protest

 (Tag: English) acquiesce - a+kiss......a girl is agreeing (passively) for a kiss when u asked for one
 (Tag: English) acquiesce--aqua--water which is easly avaibale, acquiesce is easily tractable means
compliant
 (Tag: English) sounds some thing like quiet ac-quiesce agreeing something quietly
 (Tag: ) quiese sounds like quiz , i agree passively that i lost in quiz
 (Tag: English) acQUIEsce..concentrate on the part quie. and remember quiet.. which means submissive..
or imagine some1 who is quiet will give in without any protest

acquittal
deliverance from a charge; V. acquit: free from a charge or accusation; discharge from a duty;
conduct (oneself) in a specified manner

 (Tag: English) Sounds like quit.. i.e., to quit an accusition

acrid
bitter (to the taste or smell); sharp; bitterly pungent

 (Tag: ) remove "r" now it becomes acid... and acid is always bitter in taste and when smelt its pungent
too
 (Tag: ) Remove ac, it becomes rid,,so to remove something or cut ,, we need a sharp thing to cut..

acrimonious
stinging; caustic; bitter in words or manner; N. acrimony: bitter ill-natured animosity in speech
or behavior

 (Tag: ) acri+moni+ous ..excess of money ,which generally make person bitter,harsh

 (Tag: ) a+cri+monious...take cri as cry.....stinging bitter words hurt and make people cry

acrophobia
fear of heights

 (Tag: english) a-crow,crow flys at a HEIGHT, phobia-fear hence esay to remember

 (Tag: English) acro + phobia=height+fear
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actuarial
calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics

 (Tag: ) actuarial sounds like factorial which implies doing calculation.

 (Tag: ) act-tutorial actuarial doing math stuff calculating
 (Tag: ) actual+arial=caluclating the cost of ARial

actuary
someone who advises insurance companies

 (Tag: ) actuary actual, serious who deals with insurance companies

actuate
motivate; activate; cause to act

 (Tag: ) actuate.. sounds like activate..we need motivation to activate our thinkings..

 (Tag: ) sounds like accurate and when you presented ACCURATE sales figure to the BOARD,they
motivated you for your honest work
 (Tag: ) The senior actor, performed and motivated his junior actor. act - to - motivate,,thus gives ,,cause
to act and motivate as synonym.
 (Tag: ) actuate: act+uate..move to act...

acuity
sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)

 (Tag: ) There was a cuty(cute) girl with sharp(sharpness) features..

 (Tag: hindi) a-CUIty,CUI seems like SUI{needle} in hindi,sui is sharp and penetrating...INTELLIGENT
people are such-SHARP QUICK & PENETRATING
 (Tag: English) acuity .. when u tell it , it kinda sounds like ACUTE and hence the meaning
 (Tag: ) acuity....sounds like acute-means intelligent and quick and intelligence is nothing but sharpness
of mind.
 (Tag: Global) Everyone at party was impressed by her cuteness (look) as well as acuteness (brain).
 (Tag: ) ACUITY= sounds like accuracy which menas sharpness.

acumen
mental keenness; sharpness of judgment; ability to judge quickly and well; Ex. business acumen

 (Tag: ) acumen sounds like IQ-men.. men with high IQ have ability to judge quickly..
 (Tag: English) acu+men its sounding like active men. Active men have an ability to think and judge
quickly
 (Tag: English) acute of men-->ability to understand and judge any men quickly Ex:Business ACUMEN
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acute
(of the senses) sharp; quickly perceptive; keen; penetrating; brief and severe; Ex. acute sense of
smell/analysis/pain

(Tag: ) acute angle is angle less than 90degree...so angles with small measurement will have SHARP vertex...

Adage…..wise saying; proverb

 (Tag: English) Adage-add+age=when a person is adding in age (increase in age) he is always saying WISE
words to his children

Adamant…….hard; inflexible
(Tag: ) A+DAM+ant...A DAM IS GENERALLY INFLEXIBLE AND HARD so vehicles can pass through it.

 (Tag: Hindi) Adiyal Man is always: hard, immovable, inflexible, relentless, rigid, stony, stubborn,
unbendable, unyielding...
 (Tag: ) adam+ant...adam is comparing with the ant and saying he is hard and inflexible than the ant

adapt
make or become suitable for a specific use; alter; modify; adjust; N. adaptation: act of adapting;
composition recast into a new form; Ex. The play is an adaption of a short novel.

 (Tag: ) A(according)+dep(devloping)+t...so you are trying to devlop your self according to requirment.

addendum
addition; appendix to book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)

 (Tag: ) add+end+um...anything added at the end

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Addiction……compulsive habitual need

 (Tag: ) diction sounds like fiction.reading fiction stories became a compulsary habbit to me to read until i
will complete the book.

Addle…….make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; become rotten (egg)

(Tag: ) ADDLE= sounds like riddle which is usuallu confusing and hence we get confused.

 (Tag: ) addle like idle no work and no thought eventually no brain.

 (Tag: English) Sound like "a+ dull”, and a dull person is always confused
 (Tag: English) a+ dull : rotten eggs always look dull.
 (Tag: ) Ad + dull..for a dull person everything is confusing...

address
direct a speech to; speak to; deal with or discuss; direct one's efforts or attention to; make with a
destination; N: formal speech

adept
expert at; very skilled

 (Tag: English) A+dept – dept – department - consists of EXPERTS.

 (Tag: English) Adding to above mnemonic, DOD- that is Department of Defense in USA has group of
experts working for it..

adhere
stick fast; be a devotd follower; N. adhesion: adhering; devotion; loyality

 (Tag: english) Adhere is relating to a adhessive which is used to stick or join two materials.......so the
meaning
 (Tag: ) ADD+here....i.e. stuck to something..whether it be as a follower,believer..etc
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adherent
supporter; follower

 (Tag: ) add+her+in to the group....because she is a supporter and follower of our group

 (Tag: ) Ad(Add)+Here. Some who remains added here.
 (Tag: ) It means someone always with you to support.

adjacent
adjoining; neighboring; close by

adjoin
be next to

adjourn
suspend until a later time; move from one place to another

 (Tag: ) journ-short for journey....in a journey we move from one place to another

 (Tag: ) adjourn:relate it like end/adh + journey means to break/half left the journey

adjunct
something attached to but holding an inferior position

 (Tag: English) Remember "junk" as soon as u hear adjunct. Junk is something waste...which is

added...therefore adjunct.
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adjuration
solemn urging; V. adjure: entreat earnestly; enjoin solemnly

 (Tag: ) adjuration:ad+jur(JURY)+ation...so a request to jury about something...

 (Tag: English) solemn urge to make addition to jury-->adjuration
 (Tag: ) Jury adding some work. so its Adjuration

adjutant
staff officer assisting the commander; assistant

 (Tag: ) ADJUT(adjecent of an) ANT....ants usually assist one other to trace path..since all ants are side
by side **** so fictiously think that an staff officer ant is assiting path to the commander during the war
 (Tag: English) Sounds like sergeant,lieutenant in army , thus they are:an army officers who does office
work and helps other officers

admonish
warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove

 (Tag: ENglish) to avoid A DEMON-ish act, a mother Warns her naughty child [Note: A face of a demon as
the warning Sign]
 (Tag: English) 'admonish - ADD MANISH' -- Add Manish in the list of guys whom we will WARN to stay away
from her
 (Tag: Ammonic) sounds like Am-mo-nic. An Ammonic smelling is a sign of warning.

adore
love deeply and respect highly

 (Tag: ) [hindi] ye(A) doore(DORE) pyar bhadathi hai..

 (Tag: ) ADORE = a+ dore (in hindi...that helps kite to fly).....so adore is pyaar ki doori or dore
 (Tag: ) ADORE=replace D with L and R with V, hence a love.
 (Tag: ) A+DOR I Love
 (Tag: ) ADORE=replace D with L and R with L, hence a love.

adorn
decorate

 (Tag: English) adorn=ad(d)+orn(ament). that is adding an ornament is to decorate

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adroit
skillful (in using mind or hand)

 (Tag: ) adoroit sounds like draw.for drawing u must be skillfull.

 (Tag: ) Remember with Detroit which is famous for its motorcycles,which are made by able, adept,
artful, brainy, canny, clever, cunning, deft, dexterous, dextrous, expert, facile, finished, good, handy,
ingenious people
 (Tag: ) if u wanna dro.. draw something u hav to be adroit.

adulation
flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved

 (Tag: English) adulation-->(to act)AD U(came)late so producer became furious...in order to cool him u

need to FLATTER producer abt how handsome he is....
 (Tag: ) adult boy flattering with his girlfriend.
 (Tag: ) u get a word lesson sounding like that.. so when a kid doesnt do his lesson homework his mother
butters him by saying that she would give him ice cream..so adulation

adulterate
make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances

 (Tag: ) when a child becomes adult he loses his purity and innocence...so any thing adulterated is
contaminated or has lost its purity

Advent
arrival

 (Tag: ) assume that if you call dad's office to know the arrival of your father the the office boy
says.....your dad(AD) went(vent) to home...that means he is arriving.

adventitious
accidental; casual; happening by chance

 (Tag: ) sounds like adventurious.. when u go for adventure then somehting happens accidental..or by
chance.
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Adversary…….opponent; enemy
 (Tag: ) adversary..concentrate on ADVERSE..one who gives us adverse effects i.e opponents
 (Tag: English) Adversary sounds like Adviser, generally Enemies,opponent make sarcastic comments, Like
for eg in the film Troy, King Agmemnon comments to many of his enemies to surrender the army to him,
so that he cud use them whenever he wants

adverse
going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile

 (Tag: ) adverse or say ad-worse, worse means unhappy and can be linked to adverse as
unfavorable,contrary,unfortunate,inopportune which r its synonym..
 (Tag: ) verse sounds like versa car- versa car is nt favourable to buy

adversity
great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event

 (Tag: ) ad-worse, when the conditions r worst, its your misfortune..

advert
refer

 (Tag: ) advertisement.. it sounds like that.. so ads refer to a product

 (Tag: ) Advert sounds linke Adword and Google adword used for advertisement.

advocacy
support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something

 (Tag: English) advocate always supports his client

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Advocate
speak in favor of; support (an idea or plan); urge; plead for

aegis
shield; protection; defense

 (Tag: ) sounds like ages of empire.. the game where the soldiers wear that shield.. for protection
 (Tag: ) aEGiS, EG means and EGG and S stands for SHELL, which is a SHIELD,that PROTECTS

aesthetic
artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF.
aesthete; CF. aesthetics

 (Tag: ) aes sounds like ash-aishvarya.so,everyone appreciates the beauty of aishvarya.

affable
easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly

 (Tag: ) Affable reminds of affinity which means attraction... those who are attracted to each other are
friends and they can be easily approached by each other
 (Tag: ) aff+able able means sumthin possible so a friend is easily approcahble able to approach a fren in
distress

affected
artificial; pretended

 (Tag: ) affected.....past form of affect....affect..af+fect(FACT).SO SOMETHING which has nothing to do

with facts....or reality hence ARTIFICIAL AND THE KEY WORD HERE IS FACT...reality..and opposite of it
artificial....

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affidavit
written statement made under oath (for use as proof in a court of law)

 (Tag: English) AFF-ID-AVIT: now making a sentence out of it, I gave my ID to David th judge, thus a
written statement that you swear is true, and that can be used as evidence in court
affiliation
joining; associating with

 (Tag: ) affiliation....AFFI+li+ation.......look at the letters AFF+ATION...this word rhyms like

AFFecTION......SO YOU JOIN a group or you ASSOCIATE with only people whom you like or you have some
kind of affection FOR THEM.
 (Tag: Affiliated to university�so joining of a college to a university..or association of
college�) Affiliated to university�so joining of a college to a university..or association of college�

affinity
feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two
languages

 (Tag: ) fin- is the thing to see,fish fins ae almost similar.

affirmation
positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm;
ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination

 (Tag: ) firm in the middle of the word tells there is somthing positive.a positive notion.

affliction
state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on

 (Tag: ) it can be a combination of two words..affection and conflict....so when thr is a conflict in
affection its a cause of great distress and suffering.
 (Tag: English) lic(lick)-refers to tongue rite,so if we all remember ,a proverb says - tongue is the root
cause for many family problems,so think b4 u talk.hence ,wen there is a problem,there is a state of
distress.
 (Tag: ) Affliction - flic(flick) is the middle word which means to steal in slang. So if you steal somebodies
things, they go to a state of distress

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affluence
abundance; wealth

 (Tag: ) sounds like influence....wealthy ppl have influence...hence affluence is wealth...

 (Tag: ) afFLUENCE-fluence resembles somthing fluent in our mind. someone fluent in somthing will talk
much to show there skill,which is there wealth.

affront
insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally
  (Tag: ) af+front.......in(front)... and whenever you insult someone in front of others you do it
intentionally to hurt them.
 (Tag: English) In life this happens many a times, When 2 elder or wise ppl are talking and U come in front
and say something or try to give them sum advice, U insult them,dis.Or imagine U going and challenging a
Sage !!!

afterlife
life after death; later part of one's life

agape
openmouthed

 (Tag: ) A+gap(narrow opening) in mount

 (Tag: English) A-Grape: Imagine U are sitting on ur couch watching movies and eating a bunch of grapes,
ur mouth is opened, and suddenly ur Parents arrive, U will b shocked !! Will not U?
 (Tag: ) agAPE- a person with a ape attitude,is open mouthed. ( always ready to eat)

agenda
items of business at a meeting

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agglomeration
collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass;
heap

 (Tag: ) ration is the word to see. if we all remember ,ration is a place ,where heaps of rice ,wheat are
stored for sale.
 (Tag: ) glaomer is similar to Glamour. Glamourous people have collection or heap of money,fame etc.

aggrandize
make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizement

 (Tag: ) aggregate + grand = sum up the success details

 (Tag: ) grand in the middle sounds like grand father.so,we will get fame from our grandparents
popularity sometimes.
 (Tag: ) grand- this resembles to somthing huge,great,wealthy.

aggregate
sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100
dollars

 (Tag: ) What is your aggregate marks? means what is your total marks

aghast
filled with great surprise or fear; horrified

 (Tag: ) i we replace "a" by "o", then the word becomes aghost.take only ghost,now a ghost house is filled
with a lot of surprises and fear and we get horrified.

agility
nimbleness; ability to move quickly

 (Tag: ) GILI- this is the one to watch out.gili refers to gilchrist,who has the ability to move quick behind
stumps.
 (Tag: ) Agility consider it as "Age I L� i.e.; Age I Love. And in this age you are naturally agile or very
quick.

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agitate
stir up; disturb

 (Tag: ) Agitate is rhyming to Irritate. You get irritated if somebody disturbs you

agnostic
one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

 (Tag: ) This word can be remembered from ego. One who has ego would always consider himself superior
and would deny the existence of others.
 (Tag: ) a - G - NO - stic => God No => Deny existance of god. But he is not sure. So confused about
existance of god.

agog
highly excited; intensely curious

 (Tag: ) when u wear goggle at the first time u were so excited n drive ur bike so fastly
 (Tag: Hindi) Remember the song of Anil Kapoor: AG OG yeh bhi sunogi,kehta hu mai jo woh tum bhi
sunoji..1 2 ka 4 4 2 ka 1, My name is lakhan.. ;) He is to excited in that song, and is curious to tell his
story to everyone...
 (Tag: ) a gog sounds like a dog(may be silly but helps) dog always barks.u shout wen ur excited.
 (Tag: ) aGOG = sounds like gong = strike a bell with a gong - it gets excited and produces sound.
 (Tag: ENGLISH) wen u race u feel excited wen refree say GO!!
agrarian
pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform

 (Tag: ) agra-tkae this as agri. wen its agri,then its somthing related to agriculture.and wr is agriculture
done ? Ans- on land. (hehehe-probly a silliy one),but,its gre u c..

airy
of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal

 (Tag: ) air itsel relates to the answer.

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alacrity
cheerful promptness without reluctance

 (Tag: )  (In Hindi Language) alacrity=Alag aakrity. wen do u make alag aakrity??=when you have GREAT
WILLINGNESS & ENTHUSIASM. alag aakrity banane ke liye you should have Alacrity
 (Tag: ) take the suffix crity we can link it with creativity.creative peopple are so eager to leran n create
things differently.
 (Tag: ) 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...
 (Tag: English) "Alas, she cried out. I am ready to help!" Think of the "a" in "alas" and the "c" in "cried" as
phonically related to "alacrity."

alchemy
medieval chemistry

 (Tag: ) ALL+CHEMIcal--related with chemistry

alcove
nook; recess

 (Tag: English) alcove reminds us of a cave which has a small opening

alias
an assumed name esp. by a criminal (usually to mislead people); ADV. alias

alienate
make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of
  (Tag: ) Alien+ate. treat someone like alien i.e. being unfriendly or getting seperated.
 (Tag: ) alian+ate...if a alian comes and eat all food on earth .we all become unfriendly and hostile to it.

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alimentary
supplying nourishment

 (Tag: ) ailment..sounds like element..element like calcium is very much necessray for bones..as they
provide nourishment to our bones nad made them stronger.
 (Tag: ) aliment sounds like ailment (some problem with health). You need nourishment to cure your
ailment.
 (Tag: ) mentary,if u think it as mentally,then u can probly remember like this- nourishment is supplied
for the mentally retarded for them to get well.
 (Tag: ) People who have studied biology must be knowing that stomach is called alimentary canal
because it provides nutrition. Similarly alimentary food is nutritious food and alimentary talk is healthy
discussion.
 (Tag: ) change 'a'in alimentary, it sounds like elementary i.e. essential or basic part and essential thing
always require nourishment.

alimony
payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce

 (Tag: ) Ali(name of the person) + mony(money), Ali giving money to his ex- wife everymonth.
 (Tag: English) Ali+mony mony==All I need is Money and not my wife.

allay
calm; pacify

 (Tag: ) lay calm...!!!!
 (Tag: Hindi) ale ale ale chup ho jaao

allege
state without proof

 (Tag: ) can be taken as eligible ,,so an eligible person will also have a proof with him, like if a boy turns
18 and now he is eligible for voting,then , he has to show his birth certificate as a proof for his age.
 (Tag: ) all ege(is) fine wen there is a statement without proof..

allegiance
loyalty

 (Tag: Hindi) allegiance = alleg + ia + nce..read it as allege n..alag nahi (in Hindi)..and hence loyal or
binded.
  (Tag: ) this sounds together like alleg(ALLEGE)+iance(sounds like fiance)....you allege your fiance of not
being loyal to you.
 (Tag: ) ALLE+JEANS- this jeans u put on for all time, binding with u.
 (Tag: ) this word brings in mind the word ,elegance,isnt it ? well,if so- loyalty is for elegance,vice versa.
 (Tag: ) sound like reliance. so, when will u rely on anyone, simply if he is loyal to u. :)
 (Tag: English) ally+giance,ally means friend and a good friend is always loyal
 (Tag: ) calling �allah ji� instead of �allah� shows loyalty

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allegory
story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable

 (Tag: ) A girl to be ALL+GORY in all characters is like a dream and can be only portrayed in story or play
 (Tag: ) all-e-gory. gory ,somthing like a story.or,all gories are generally seen on a play or picture,isnt
it ?,next.. all-e, all are e(symbols) in this story. so ,all-e-gory....im sorry,this may be a height of
silliness,but,wat to do we cant help..hehehe

alleviate
relieve (pain)

 (Tag: English) It sounds like elevator...and elevator helps us reduce leg pain while walking or climbing
stairs.
 (Tag: ) viate-supress

alliteration
repetition of beginning sound in poetry

 (Tag: ) All+Iteration(repeating)
 (Tag: English) sounds like literature iteration (observe the word very carefully). hence can be related to
repetitions(iterations) in poems.
 (Tag: ) add + letter makes it "add the same occurrence letter"
 (Tag: ) add + letter makes it "add the same occurrence of letter"

allocate
assign; set apart for a particular purpose

 (Tag: ) Allocate- to locate, and then assign a value.

alloy
mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure;
lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure;
complete; unqual
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allude
refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference

 (Tag: allude sounds like 'elude' elude is to avoid. Normally if u want to avoid anyone u avoid him
indirectly.) 
 (Tag: English) All-u-Did.Imagine some one scolding a group of people but his eyes were only on one
person REFER INDIRECTLY that everything was done by him.-all-u-did.-
 (Tag: ) allude sounds similar to a lewd,meaning a philanderer.so yu dont refer someone a lewd directly,u
REFER INDIRECTLY

allure
entice; attract; tempt

 (Tag: ) allure= take 'lu' and tempted to got lu.

 (Tag: ) ALLURE=take 'lu', hence tempting to go to lu hehehe

alluvial
pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

alms
money or goods given to the poor

 (Tag: ) alms.take alm..take alm as alma matter,if u can reemember,alma matter,is somthing

christian,godly.christly,so christ used to give money,food to the poor. or alms,take this as arms,give an
arm,refers to help some one or give a support..
 (Tag: ) alms = 'al=all & m=money'

aloft
upward; high up in the air

 (Tag: ) aloft= sounds like lift which is used to go upward.

 (Tag: ) aloft..sounds like left alone.....(alone in this sense means leave something without any help of
other things)......so imagine you go to a fair..and you buy. few balloons....now if you leave them
suddenly....it will automatically go high up in the a
 (Tag: ) it will go high up in the air
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aloof
apart; not open in one's relationship with other people; reserved; ADV.

 (Tag: English) Alone on roof top !!

altercation
noisy quarrel

 (Tag: ) wen things are altered without telling the elders,then there is a noisy quarrel..hehehe..
 (Tag: Chemistry) A little bit of basic chemistry understanding is needed for this : Alter + cation : if you
alter (change) cation, it will become anion... and there is always a dispute between cation and anion.
(Both are of opposite nature)
 (Tag: English) When taken alteration of physical things like, cutting of clothes,marble,wood(by
carpenter) there is always lots of noise. Isn't it?
 (Tag: English) ALTERCATION (Altering conversation) Imagine a peaceful conversation altering into a noisy
quarrel (as in group discussion)

altruistic
unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of
others; unselfishness; OP. egoism

 (Tag: ) chk out tru in this word..a person with tru(e) heart ,will have the above charecters..
 (Tag: ) al+tru.. someone who is always true i.e. somelike Gandhiji.. unselfish concern for welfare of
others

amalgam
combination of different things; mixture of metals (containing mercury) used for filling holes in
teeth

amalgamate
(of societies or groups) combine; unite in one body
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amass
collect (gradually, in a very large amount)

 (Tag: English) add masses or collect things.

 (Tag: ) aMASS-how does a mass gets made? or how does some mass gets accumulated ? ans-when it is
collected( and stored).

amazon
female warrior

 (Tag: ) amazed on female warrior

 (Tag: telugu) amazon..ame don

ambidextrous
capable of using either hand with equal ease

 (Tag: ) need to know cartoon network: in dexter show the small kid's name is dexter who is highly
talented,skilled...

ambience
environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely
surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature

 (Tag: ) if u can remember, the room spray called ambience,then that will do things easy.a room freshner
is sprayed to keep the room environment or atmosphere smell nice..

ambiguous
unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation

 (Tag: ) Ambi means 2, while guous sounds like guess. So if 2 people guess on something, then it will make
the subject doubtful or unclear.
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ambivalence
the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions

 (Tag: English) ambiguous + equivalent
 (Tag: ) Holy Valence...!!!

amble
walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly

 (Tag: English) Sounds like tumble. Amble man always tumbles

 (Tag: Hindi) Amble sounds like AM(general)Lok. am lok akser paidal chalta hai.
 (Tag: ) AMBLE:..SOUNDS LIKE ABLE....so you are ABLE to walk at an easy pace after a heavry injury....
 (Tag: ) There's an ample park to amble every evening.

ambrosia
food of the gods

 (Tag: Hindi) Aam Ka rasia (Mango Juice) the food of the God.

ambulatory
able to walk

 (Tag: ) why do u need ambulance when u are ambulatory

ambush
act of lying in wait to attack by surprise; sudden attack made from a concealed position; Ex. lie
in ambush; V.

 (Tag: ) if u remember, the tribal people attack the animals,by hiding behind a bush or a huge rock.
,else,a tiger attacks its prey ,waiting behind the bushes and with a surprise.
 (Tag: English) am"bush"- somebody hides in a "bush" and attacks you They fired from ambush.
 (Tag: ) as we know president bush has attacked 2 countries so.
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ameliorate
improve

 (Tag: ) Take the suffix 'rate' so,if the rate increases then the product improves in quality
 (Tag: ) In movie Amelie, Amelie tries to improve other's life.
 (Tag: English) Ameli (Imli) improves the taste of food.
 (Tag: English) deteriorate = degrade ameliorate = improve

amenable
obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable
legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very
amenable

 (Tag: ) Amen is a word used in islam and christinity. meaning of which is i agree. So amenable means
something table to be agreed.
 (Tag: ) a MEN ABLE-ABLE MEN are obedient,compliant,readily managed,etc.

amend
correct; change ; generally for the better

amenities
convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies

 (Tag: ) Sounds like "A+man+at+ease" so its "features that helps to make life pleasant"

amiable
agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly

 (Tag: ) AMIABLE=AMIT+ABLE=AMIT IS ABLE TO MAKE FRIENDS BCOZ OF HIS FRIENDLY NATURE

 (Tag: ) am + I + able or lovable

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amicable
peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement

 (Tag: ) there is a CABLE in between A and MI(me) that means we have a friendly connection...
 (Tag: ) amicable= tkae mic means microphone which always makes sound and opposite of it is peaceful.
Origin

 L. amicus "friend," related to amare "to love." added by userdce

amiss
wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.

 (Tag: english) a+miss..miss..when you miss to do something..important...that is you fault..as you have

missed something..
 (Tag: English) a+miss -- a mistress is always "wrong" to keep!

amity
friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations

 (Tag: ) AMITY= AMIT CAN MAINTAIN GOOD FRIENDSHIP

amnesia
loss of memory

 (Tag: ) iAM iN aSIA?(am i in asia or AMNESIA). i lost my memory please tel where am i he..he.he.

amnesty
pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)

 (Tag: ) amnesty.amnes+ty..amnesia....a mental diseases...in which a person forgets

..everthing......forgetfulness....so forgetting someone mistakes and ..granting them pardon.........

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amorous
Strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love.

 (Tag: ) if you check the word properly, you will get the answer by yourself. amorous::am - or - us...hope
u get some meaning out of it.

amorphous
formless; lacking shape or definition

amphibian
able to live both on land and in water; N.

amphitheater
oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena

ample
enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality
of being ample; abundance; largeness of space

 (Tag: ) amplifier means to increase in strength of signal so ample means in abundance

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amplify
increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex.
amplify one's remarks with a graph

amputate
cut off part of body; prune (a limb)

 (Tag: ) break like - ARM PE TAPE ... you have to put tape on arm because its surgically cut.
 (Tag: ) amPUTate,concentrate on the highlighted word,put which rhymes with cut,so the meaning is CUT
OFF

amulet
charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck

 (Tag: ) AMULET=amul + et = amul baby which is charm.

anachronism
an error involving time in a story; something or someone misplaced in time; ADJ. anachronistic

 (Tag: ) 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
 (Tag: ) Anachronism = Ana + chron (chronology) + ism = A person or thing who is out of chornological
order .i.e. Person belongs to earlier time.

analgesia
condition of being unable to feel pain

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analgesic
causing insensitivity to pain; N.

 (Tag: ) a person who has taken analgesic, is in the state of analgesia.

analogous
comparable; similar

 (Tag: ) Analogies are given by the lecturers while teaching which compares the example with the present
subject

analogy
similarity; parallelism; comparing two similar things

anarchist
person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority

 (Tag: English) ANA-ARCHEIN-IST....person against the rule or law..

anarchy
absence of governing body; state of disorder

 (Tag: ) sounds like hierarchy take �a� as no hierarchy i.e state of disorder

 (Tag: ) anarchy(noun)�.divde this word like AN(.when used as prefix before noun it means..person)
+arch(y)�means�most important or head of something��now think of a country in which there is no
person at the most importanat position(usually a rular,or PMor
 (Tag: ) sounds like 'monarchy'(king ruler).so related government.
 (Tag: ) the most importanat position(usually a rular,or PMor president...).to rule the country..to amend
laws for country. so now think what will be the situation of that nation....obvieously..disorderness
everywhere.

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anathema
solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse; V. anathematize

 (Tag: Hindi) Sounds like ANAATH MAA; Being ANAATH or having no MAA is obviously a CURSE...
 (Tag: English) ANA-THEMA..against the concept...hence it is disliked and disapproved
  (Tag: Hindi) sounds like ashwathema who had SOLEMN CURSE of Lord Krishna

ancestry
family descent; ADJ. ancestral

 (Tag: ) lean it from ancestors

anchor
secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; N. anchorage

 (Tag: ) remember logo of Anchor switches ,_|_,. Anchor is used to harbour the ship to the sea shore.
 (Tag: ) or you can tie the chor with rope and call the police...so you are tieing the chor because you
want him to be fixed in one place..
 (Tag: ) anchor..split it like an.+chor..a chor(a thief).....and a thief enters your house, so you tie him with
rope and plan to drop him down from ur roof.......same wise,..anchor is tied with rope and dropped down
from ship or boat

ancillary
serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary; N.

 (Tag: ) if u guys kno,there is a book calld ANCI C. anci serves as an aid or accessory to learn c language.

anecdote
short story of an amusing or interesting event

 (Tag: ) anecdote= sounds like date, hence story of an old date.

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anemia
condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; ADJ. anemic

anesthetic
substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness; N. anesthesia

anguish
acute pain; extreme suffering

 (Tag: ) anguish..split it like ang(anger)+uish...when you are in ANGER with someone you wish him/her to
suffer pain and distress...............

angular
sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner

animadversion
critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval

 (Tag: ) a mad version of a speech or sentence is a remark.and above that,it is mad,so things are critically
needed.

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animated
lively; spirited

animosity
active enmity

 (Tag: ) pronounce animosity like 'Enemy'sity. so i someone is having enemysity he will have ill will
intentions.

animus
hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition

 (Tag: ) pronounce it like 'enemy'us. So having hostile feeling

 (Tag: English) relate it with "animal"(feeling like a raging bull)

annals
records arranged in yearly parts; history

 (Tag: ) annals as channels which keep records of everything

 (Tag: English) canal is always kept a record about for over flowing, hence (c)annals means record

anneal
reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)

 (Tag: English) TO make "NAAL" ( horse shoe) One has to heat the iron then cool it, and repeat the process
to get a tough horse shoe...A-NAAL ..:)

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annex
attach; add to a large thing; take possession of; incorporate (territory) into a larger existing
political unit (by force); N: building added to a large one

 (Tag: ) Annexure in passport application form means some additional sheets attached with it

annihilate
destroy

 (Tag: english) annihilate sounds like ELIMINATE...so ELIMINATE someone completely from your life..
means kill them
 (Tag: English) Can be remembered by inhalation of poisonous gas that causes destruction and death,also
the incident: Union Carbide subsidiary pesticide plant released 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas,
killing approximately 3,800 people.
 (Tag: ) remember nihl of roadies who destroyed everyone to reach 2 finals

annotate
comment; make explanatory notes

 (Tag: ) split the word into an+ note...does it make any sence

 (Tag: English) U made a note while eating, a(n)-note-ate, its a rough note , it provides explanation and
reference ..

annuity
yearly allowance

 (Tag: English) annual + I(cap. I is for income )...... got it !!

annul
make void

 (Tag: ) an+nul....nul..nullify.....to nullify something means cancelling something

 (Tag: C Programming) AN NULl value is VOID.. C programming !
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anodyne
drug that relieves pain or trouble;opiate; ADJ. Ex. anodyne statement

 (Tag: ) read it like a no die.a drug which wont let u die it means it wil relieve pain hehehe;

anoint
consecrate; put oil on (in a religious ceremony)

 (Tag: English) Can be treated as AN-OINTMENT that is applied on hair !!!

 (Tag: ) an+oin+t...oin souds like oil.....and in rajasthan.....in some communities during weding they put
oil on bridegroom and bride head before they get ready for wedding ceremony.as they consider it sacred

anomalous
abnormal; irregular

 (Tag: English) PRONOUNCE IT AS a-nomal(normal)-ous WHICH IT SELF SOUNDS AS anormal i.e not normal

anomaly
irregularity

 (Tag: ) Anomaly sounds like abnormal.. that is one who deviates from normal order
 (Tag: English) Anomaly= A(means NO) + Nomaly = A(no) + Normality = ABNORMALITY, DEVIATION FROM
NORMAL ORDER

anonymity
state of being nameless; anonymousness; ADJ. anonymous

 (Tag: ) a+no+nym(name)+mity. conentrate on middle two i.e. NO nym(NAME) this is the meaning of the
word.
 (Tag: ) a+no+nymity....nymity...sounds simillar to amity.....means having good relation with
somebody....but if we dont know somone we cant devlop relations......so no amity.... means not knowing
someone.........so the other person is anonymous to us
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antagonism
hostility; active opposition; V. antagonize: cause to become an enemy; N. antagonist: person
who is opposed to another; opponent; adversary; principal character in oppostion to the
protagonist

 (Tag: ) Anta(anti-against)+go+nism. Going against someone is being hostile or opposing someone.

antecede
precede

antediluvian
antiquated; extremely ancient

 (Tag: English) ANTIQUE-LUV, we love antique,old fashioned things, try to preserve them.

 (Tag: ) ANTE== BEFORE DILUVIAN== DILUGE (FLOOD {BIBLICAL})means === extremely old fashioned

anthem
song of praise or patriotism; Ex. national anthem

anthology
book of literary selections by various authors; CF. omnibus

 (Tag: ) like ants groups, groups or collections of literacy sections as logy relates to literate sections
 (Tag: English) nth, we say nth term in maths,so N number of writers compiling and publishing there
written stories,acc to Oxford: a collection of poems, stories, etc. that have been written by different
people and published together in a book
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anthropoid
manlike; resembling a human being; N.

 (Tag: ) Many of u must be knowing that anthropology is study of human beings. I think anthropoid is the
root word for anthropology.

anthropologist
student of the history and science of humankind

anthropomorphic
having human form or characteristics

 (Tag: ) etymologically anthropos means 'mankind' and morph means 'shape or figure'..so anthropomorphic
is having human form or figure

anticlimax
letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after
something important or exciting

antidote
remedy to counteract a poison or disease; Ex. antidote to the economic troubles

 (Tag: English) anti=against,dote = poison,because poison is consumed in small drops,so poison can be

dote

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antipathy
aversion; dislike or opposition

 (Tag: ) remember antipathy as anti party. in politics the people of anti-party are quite opposite in feeling
 (Tag: ) 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...
 (Tag: English) CAN REMEMBER IT AS OPPOSITE OF sympathy. RHYMING n OPPOSITE WORDS - antipathy n
sympathy

Via French antipathie < Greek antipathēs "feeling the opposite" < pathos "feeling
antiquated
obsolete; old-fashioned; outdated

 (Tag: English) Antiquated has the syllable sound antique...antique is something that is very old.

antique
made in an earlier period and usu. valuable; N: object that was made in an earlier period and that
is rare or valuable

 (Tag: anti has to be refered t que to refers to queue, because if some thing is rare and very beautiful
people stand in a queue to watch it) antique.anti= ante=former,que="queue"

Via French < Latin antiquus "old"]

antiquity
quality of being very old; ancient times;

antiseptic
substance that prevents infection in a wound; ADJ.

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antithesis
contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical

 (Tag: ) split the wor into...anti + the + sis....which means anti to his sister which is common in kids...it
means directly opposite...

late Latin < Greek antitithenai "set against" < tithenai "set

antler
bony growth on the head of a deer

 (Tag: ) antler- this reminds of an antelope(=horned mammal).

anvil
iron block used in hammering out metals
anfilte, anfealt < Indo-European, "to beat

apathy
lack of caring; indifference; lack of concern or interest in important matters; Ex. He was sunk in
apathy after his failure; ADJ. apathetic

 (Tag: ) A mean without and pathy mean feeling in latin.(a+pathy),without feeling

Early 17th century. < French apathie < Greek apathēs "without feeling" < pathos "feeling"]

ape
imitate or mimic (a person's behavior or manner)

 (Tag: English) Apes or monkeys can imitate human actions efficiently

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aperture
opening; hole; adjustable opening in a camera that limits the amount of light

 (Tag: ) aperture = perture = puncture ; where puncture is a hole or opening in the tube etc...

Mid-17th century. < Latin apertura < apert-, past participle of aperire "to open"]

apex
tip; summit; climax; highest point

aphasia
loss of speech due to injury or illness

 (Tag: English) a face(phasia) injury..... i.e. unability to speak

 (Tag: ) Try to remember with the word "amnesia", means loss of memory whereas, "aphasia" means loss
of speech.
 (Tag: ) i think ,this problem is commonly seen among asians.remember the word asia.

[Mid-19th century. < Greek < aphatos "speechless" < phanai "speak"]

aphorism
pithy maxim or saying; ADJ. aphoristic
  (Tag: ) hor-pit(hy) maxim(um) hope u guys understand this.
 (Tag: ) break aphorism into a-phor-ism : interpret this into a (saying) - for - (hindu)ism

Early 16th century. < French aphorisme < Greek aphorizein "define" < horizein "delimit" (see horizon)]

apiarist
person who keeps bees

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apiary
a place where bees are kept

 (Tag: ) bee hives are usually pear shape..... so a-piary

Mid-17th century. < Latin apiarium "beehive" < apis "bee

apiculture
bee-keeping

aplomb
poise; composure in difficult situations; assurance; self-confidence

 (Tag: ) you have the word "om" in it which ppl normally chant when they do meditation and be calm and
poise
 (Tag: English) Take it as a-bomb, so a bomb defusing team must have following characteristics:
assurance, balance, confidence, coolness, equanimity, nerve, nonchalance, poise, surety, tact... Nd these
are the synonyms of aplomb!!!

[Early 19th century. < French à plomb "perpendicular"]

apocalyptic
prophetic; pertaining to revelations especially of disaster; N. apocalypse

 (Tag: ) calamity means a disaster- so focus on 'cal' in apocalyptic

13th century. Via late Latin < Greek apokalupsis "revelation" < apokaluptein "uncover" < kaluptein "to cover

apocryphal
(of a story) widely believed but untrue
  (Tag: ) Derived from root "crypt" which means "secret" Apocryphal means "of doubtful authenticity"

14th century. Via ecclesiastical Latin, < Greek apokruphos "hidden away" < kruptein "to hide

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apogee
highest point; the point farthest from the earth; OP. perigee

Late 16th century. < French < Greek apogaios "away from the Earth" < gaia "Earth

apolitical
having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

tag: a=without+ politics= political activities….i.e without political activities

apologist
one who writes in defense of a cause or institution; N. apologia

(Tag: english) think "apologize". a person who apologize is apologist.

Mid-16th century. Via French apologie and Latin apologia < Greek, "speech in defense" < logos "speech" (see
Logos)]

apoplexy
stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain

 (Tag: ) Remember 'perplex'?- means cant decide what to do- a sudden loss of sense? Like that apoplexy
means to loose consciousness. The preffix Apo sometimes mean away from. So apoplexy means 'away from
plex or consciousness'

14th century. Via French and Latin < Greek apoplēxia < apoplēssein "strike completely" < plēssein "to strike

apostate
one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy

 (Tag: ) Prefix "apo" means away from "state" :: One who's away from his state or religion. (Abandonment
of religious values)
 (Tag: ) a-po-state:: a means no,generally as we kno. po- take this meaning in tamil,that means "go".
state- this is a normal state,state in a country. so, no going to state..no going to his state,or one who
abandons his state..(im sorry,if it is silly)
14th century. Via French and Latin < Greek apostatēs "somebody caused to stand away" < stat-, related to histanai
"cause to stand

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apothecary
druggist; pharmacist

 (Tag: ) a+pot+he+cary=imagine a pharmacist carrying drugs in a pot

14th century. Via French < late Latin apothecarius "storekeeper" < Greek apothēkē "storehouse" < apotithenai "put
away" < tithenai "put

apotheosis
elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something

 (Tag: ) theo- theological, somthing related to god. theology elevates oneself to god hood.
 (Tag: ) apotheosis = apo(person) theo(god) size(raise) == means "raise to the level of the god"
 wid ur gf/bf...rest will take care of itself :-P..afterall Krishna's apo wid Radha is like a religious "theory"

appall
dismay; shock deeply

 (Tag: ) appall- all app(lications). if u are asked to learn all the applications of a perticular thing. a kind
of shock is displayed on ur face..
 (Tag: Marathi) a+pal(in marathi it means lizard)...when u see lizard u r shocked
 (Tag: ) App(sounds like Apes)+All. think of a situation where there is a sudden attach of all the Apes, u
will be in deep shock.

apparent
evident; easily seen or understood; appearing as such; Ex. apparent improvement

apparition
ghost; phantom

 (Tag: ) A + PARI i.e. ghost

 (Tag: ) sounds like appear son..so ur dead son appeared in front of u last night, and hwen u went near to
him.he disappeared....means a ghostly apperance in front of you..KEY WORD APPEAR ..WILL REMIND YOU
APPEARNING OF YOUR DEAD SON IN MIDNIGHT.......SO....A
 (Tag: Mr. India, Mogambo) Anil Kapoor in Mr. India movie.

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appease
pacify or soothe; Ex. appease a crying baby; N. appeasement

 (Tag: ) 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.
 (Tag: ) ease is somthing to pacify, soothing,very ease.

appellation
name; title

 (Tag: ) Imagine the finest Tech company- Apple.....It's a symbol of designation,a prestigious title
 (Tag: ) sounds like application name which shows title.
 (Tag: English) appellation=app(aap)+relation...so the thing which has relation with you is of course your
title

append
attach

 (Tag: ENtertaghere) append=ap+pend(if we keep on pending our work it will attach/add to tension )

 (Tag: English) app-end : add to the end - attach

application
diligent attention; diligence; V. apply oneself

apposite
appropriate; fitting

 (Tag: English) "application on site" that is fitting something appropriately on the site...

 (Tag: ) remember with opposite,

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appraise
estimate value of; N. appraisal

 (Tag: ) appRAISE- raise means ,somthing in rise, value is onething where u can estimate ,and which has
this feature.

appreciate
be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be
felt; Ex. appreciable difference

tag: < late Latin appretiare "value, estimate, rate, appraise" < pretium "money spent, worth, value
apprehend
arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N. apprehension

 (Tag: english, hindi) appre(sounds simillar to hindi word UPPER karo)+hend(HAND)...SO when POLICE

come to ARREST SOMEONE or take someone in custody..they ask HANDS UP!!! appre(upper +hands..
 (Tag: ) when you read it....read it like.....A PRE HAND......sitution....PERCEIVEING about sth which will
happen in future.....
 (Tag: English) up your hands - said the FBI before grabbing the criminal.

14th century. Directly or via French < Latin apprehendere "take hold of" < prehendere "seize

apprehensive
fearful; discerning

apprehensive…when
tag:apprehend=arrest+sive(sounds like seize)=
someboby is arrested he might be FEARFUL.

apprise
inform

 (Tag: when apple price increases it means that its value has been increasedgenrally people are instructed
about price of apple because,apple a day keeps the) ap=apple,p=price,rise=increase
 (Tag: ) when u get a ap+PRISE(PRIZE)......SO WHEN U GET A PRIZE....YOU ARE INFORMED BY AUTHORUTY
OR NOTIFIED BY THE OFFICIALS THAT U HAVE TO BE PRESENT ON THAT DAY.
 (Tag: English) one who will inform will get the prize (apprise)
 (Tag: English) relate it with "surprise" means inform suddenly-
 (Tag: English) apple price...to tell the price of apple (to inform)

Late 17th century. < French appris, past participle of apprendre "make learn, teach

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approbation
approval

 (Tag: English) APPRO-bation something related to approve or approval

appropriate
acquire; take possession of for one's own use without permission; set aside for a particular
purpose; allocate; CF. misappropriate

15th century. < Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare "make your own" < propius "own
apropos
with reference to; regarding; Ex. remarks apropos (of) the present situation; ADJ. ADV.

 (Tag: English) apropos = apro+pos = appropriate+position -appropriate+situation...

 (Tag: ) apropos sounds like "Propose" This issue is faced by many teenage boys/girls :) When is the right
time to propose to a Girl/Boy you love? Hence apropos is an opportune moment or right moment/time.
 (Tag: ) split it like a+propos.sounds like..propose...and you propose a plan in your office related to or
concerning to" how to increse sales of product.."
 (Tag: ) sounds also similar to purpose.... so if you have .a. purpose .or aim.to do something you
wait...for the opportune time to come..

Mid-17th century. < French à propos "to the purpose

aptitude
fitness; talent

aquiline
curved; hooked; of or like an eagle; Ex. aquiline nose

 (Tag: ) aqui(aqua) reminds us of water(or catching fish)..a curved hook is used for fishing or catching
fishes.
 (Tag: ) Aquiline-> A-Q-Line ,now when we write the letter Q, its not a straight line,but a curved line.

Mid-17th century. < Latin aquilinus < aquila "eagle

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arable
fit for growing crops; Ex. arable land

 (Tag: English) agriculture-able
 (Tag: English) associate the word with ARAB.The desert is totally unfit for agriculture.hence,you
remember ARABLE as it's exact opposite

15th century. Via French < Latin arabilis < arare "to plough

arbiter
person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge who is in a position ot make influential
judgments; Ex. supreme arbiter of fashion in beachware

 (Tag: Technical+Eng) Its similar to arbitrate and Mnemonic for arbitrate is bit-rate, bit rate is the judging
or deciding parameter for the transfer rate or say speed of data transfer..
 (Tag: English) Arbiter: A person who listens to arbit discussions and give arbit judgements.
arbitrary
unreasonable or capricious; random; tyrannical; Ex. arbitrary ruler

< Latin arbitrarius "uncertain, depending on the judgment of an arbiter" < arbiter "judge

arbitrate
act as judge (at the request of both sides)

 (Tag: Technical+Eng) bit-rate, bit rate is the judging or deciding parameter for the transfer rate or say
speed of data transfer..
 (Tag: ) arbitrate sounds similar to "illiterate". An illiterate cannot read or judge anything. So opposite of
illiterate is arbitrate.

arboreal
of or living in trees

 (Tag: ) ar-bore-al : think of a woodpecker who makes a bore (a hole) to live in trees

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arboretum
place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited

 (Tag: ) ARBORE(t)um arboreum.sounds like herbarium.and it is a collection of plants & .all botany

students need to prepare herbarium.....the word herb is related with small trees in herbarium you
exhibit...all kind of trees and plants.......as a sample.....

Mid-19th century. < Latin, "place grown with trees, plantation of trees" < arbor "tree

arcade
a covered passageway usually lined with shops

Mid-18th century. Via French < Italian arcata < Latin arcus "bow, curve, arch

arcane
esoteric; secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated; Ex. arcane ritual; Ex. arcane process
closed to the uninitiated listener

 (Tag: ENtertaghere) Arcane=ar+cane(Kane).... this is for WWF watchers...Kane (undertaker brother) he

has really mysterious behavior....as he many times fought with his brother also.
 (Tag: ) To change a sugarCANE into ARC needs a mysterious knowledge.
 (Tag: ) improvising the first mnemonic.., Ar + Kane - Kane's face always remains secret, as he
uses a mask.

Early 16th century. < Latin arcanus "closed, secret" < arca "box

archaeology
study of artifacts and relics of early mankind

archaic
antiquated(out of date, out of fashioned); no longer used; belonging to the past; N.

 (Tag: ) Remember with Archive. As we keep very old thing in archive- Archaic is related something very
old.

Mid-19th century. Via French < Greek arkhaikos < arkhaios "old, ancient" < arkhē "beginning
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archetype
prototype; primitive pattern

 (Tag: ) arch(means old)+type......so something of old type orof primitive pattern

archipelago
group of closely located islands

Early 16th century. < Italian arcipelago < Greek arkhi- "chief, main" + pelagos "sea

archives
public records; place where public records are kept

 (Tag: ) sounds like archies, which is a collection of greeting cards, which is also a collection of records

Via French < Latin archivaarchia < Greek arkheia "things kept at the public office," plural of arkheion "ruler's
house, public office" < arkhē "beginning, government

ardor
heat; passion; zeal; ADJ. ardent

 (Tag: ) ardor= arey zor sey means passion.

 (Tag: ) ardor and eager are rhythmic so it's easy to remember.
 (Tag: English) normally one works (H)ARD if he is ARDENT about it
 (Tag: English) remember of a person who wants to say "order order" in a court;

14th century. Via French < Latin ardor < ardere "to burn

arduous
hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work

 (Tag: English) (h)ard+ u +ous (full of hard work for u) arduous is full of hard work.

Mid-16th century. < Latin arduus "steep, difficult

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argot
slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people

 (Tag: ) argot = ar + got (goat) goat when it says "meh...mheh...meh..." we cannot understand its lingo -
only goats can understand it. So...argot is a lingo only small group of ppl (here goats :) ) can understand.

aria
operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio

 (Tag: ) mARIA mARIA song of santana

 (Tag: ) imagine u r calling Riya Sen(Aa Riya!) 2 sing a song 4 u
 (Tag: ) a+ria...riazz...and we know that if we have to learn singing we have to do riaz... so a riaz is the
way to improve our singing...so think if you are given an elaborate song for riaz.
 (Tag: Hindi) ARIA- if u remember salman khan in a movie sings a song in a program..O priya O
priya..priya...(link it with Opera)

arid
(of land) dry; barren; unproductive

 (Tag: English) Arid-> Take es as A-Rigid,, a rigid thing CANNOT b made to change its shape, thus it can be
taken as dry, barren, and unproductive.
 (Tag: ) Arid-> Take es as A-Rigid,, a rigid thing can b made to change its shape, thus it can be taken as
dry, barren, and unproductive.

Mid-17th century. Directly or via French < Latin aridus < arere "be dry

aristocracy
hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat

 (Tag: English) Remember by the famous liquor : ARISTOCRAT since its very costly, only UPPER CASS ppl
can have it..

15th century. Via French aristocratie < Greek aristokratia "rule by the best" < aristos "best" + kratos "power, rule"
(see -cracy

armada
fleet of warships

 (Tag: ) remember the armagadon.

 Tag : arm+data=collection of arms…..of warships..
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aromatic
fragrant; having a sweet smell; N. aroma: strong pleasant smell

arraign
charge in court; indict

 (Tag: ) remember with Err which means to do error. Arraign means to call before a court for making any
error

array
marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered
group; Ex. in battle array

arrears
being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done

 (Tag: ) sounds similar to 'in-tears', why..because of DEBT :)

< obsolete arrear "to the rear, overdue," via Old French < medieval Latin adretro < Latin ad "to" + retro
"backward, behind

arrhythmic
lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia

 (Tag: ) A(aginst-lack of)+rrhythmic. lacking rhythm

 (Tag: ) arr(sounds like ERR which means ERROR)+rhythm= error or lacking of rhythm...
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arrogance
pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's
own importance and a lack of respect for other people)

14th century. Via French < Latin arrogant-, present participle of arrogare "claim for yourself" < rogare "ask

arroyo
gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater

 (Tag: Hindi) ab mat rroyo, poori gali bhar di tuney to

arsenal
storage place for military equipment

 (Tag: Hindi) SENA(HINDI) ke use mai aane waala saaman

Early 16th century. Directly or via French < Italian arzanale < Venetian Italian arzaná < Arabic dār-(aṣ-)ṣinā'a
"workshop, factory

artery
blood-vessel; CF. vein

artful
exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice

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articulate
effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate
speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints

(Tag: ) articulate speech is 'artistic'...it attracts attention of ppl..

12th century. Via French < Latin articulus "joint, section" < artus "joint, limb
artifice
deception; trickery

 (Tag: ) ARTIFICE: sounds like artificial fish which is nothing but a trick.

 (Tag: ) art(ART)+fice(SOUNDS LIKE FISH)......fishermans only know art of catching fish,they use some
clever techniques like giving them bait,and thus catch them,so offering bait to fishes,a trick commenly
used by fishermans.

Early 17th century. Via French < Latin artificium "craft, art, cunning" < artific- "artisan, contriver" < art- "skill" +
facere "make

artisan
a manually skilled worker

 (Tag: ) sounds like mason who is manually skilled worker.

 (Tag: ) Arti(artist)+ san (son): Son of artist is manually skilled worker or craftsman.

Mid-16th century. Via French < Italian artigiano < Latin artit-, past participle of artire "instruct in the arts" < art-
"skill

artless
without guile; open and honest

 (Tag: ) art + less, without having any art(skill)

ascendancy
controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant

 (Tag: English) 1>2>3>4>5>6>7.. The numbers are arranged in ascending order with 2 ASCENDANCY OVER 1

14th century. < Latin ascendere "climb to" < scandere "to climb

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ascertain
find out for certain; make certain

Late 16th century. < Old French acertain-, stem of acertener < certain (see certain

ascetic
practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of
Buddhist monks; N. asceticism

(Tag: ) someone who leaves all AESTHETICs is an ascetic

Mid-17th century. Directly or via medieval Latin < Greek askētikos < askētēs "monk, hermit" < askein "to exercise

ascribe
refer; attribute; assign

 (Tag: ) Scribe means refer to ex. describe-refer to something and expalin. Monthly subscribption to a
magzine means referring to the mag wil be possible monthly

15th century. < Latin ascribere "add to in writing" < scribere "write

aseptic
preventing infection; having a cleansing effect

 (Tag: ) Antiseptic and aseptic is same

ashen
ash-colored; deadly pale

 (Tag: ) split like ash coloured hen.

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asinine
stupid; Ex. asinine remarks

 (Tag: ) as(ASS)+inine.......focus on ass ....A TYPE OF DONKEY......AND DONKEYS OR ASS ARE GENERALLY

STUPID in nature.
 (Tag: ) A fool teaching a ASS how to speak NINE.
 (Tag: ) asiNINE-nine, thenumber that represents the nuetral gender.people with this gender generally act
stupid..im sorry ,if it is stupid..hehehe

15th century. < Latin asininus < asinus "ass

askance
with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at
  (Tag: ) ASKew+glANCE
 (Tag: ) askance.. reminds u of the word GLANCE..so when u want to glance at someone , u look SIDEWAYS
or give a INDIRECT LOOK..
 (Tag: ) ask+an(ANN)+ce(SE) ...if something happens..and u suspect ann....but since you are angry on
her ,you dont want to talk and look at her ,so u take your friend help .you say him"ask ann se bhai" kahi
usne to nahi kiya ye sab.
 (Tag: ) u r viewing her with suspicion
 (Tag: ) so here u are indirectly...looking at her or in other u are viewing

askew
crookedly; slanted; at an angle

 (Tag: ) a +skew......skewed....means something which is not straight and levelled...something which is

crooked
 (Tag: ) as+kew....kew..sounds like key......as we know all the keys are somewhat twisted in shape
 (Tag: English) Also it can b taken as SCREW which is not straight,it is bent, zigzag etc

asperity
sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter

 (Tag: ) aspiri+ty..aspiriN......ASPIRIN...IS given when there SEVERE pAIN OR headache...............

 (Tag: ) asPERIty- chk the word PERI,peri,take it as perinial.perinial ,means highest point,thats the
tip.how is a tip? Ans-its sharp.

13th century. Via French aspérité < Latin asperitas < asper "rough

aspersion
slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on

 (Tag: ) As + persion..Ass + person. calling someone As(s)pers[i]on means passing slanderous remark

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aspirant
seeker after position or status

aspire
seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the
leadership

assail
assault
  (Tag: ) take 'sail' from 'assail'- for begining an war many warships are sailed to the warfront

assay
analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore)

 (Tag: English) assay...SOUNDS SIMILLAR TO ESSAY.....and you have been asked to analyze an essay..

 (Tag: ) say,is jus a say..ifu say it AS it is said,its assay.that means giving more presure to the word
say,using AS.

assent
agree; accept; N. assessment

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assert
state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by
forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence

assiduous
diligent

 (Tag: English) acid+do, to get acid sharp results you need to do it diligently

 (Tag: ) Ass is donkey and donkey is hardworking.
 (Tag: relevance) 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
 (Tag: English) I will add to logic87, that acid means vigorous, so doing work vigorously ....

assimilate
absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able
to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of
behaving or

 (Tag: ) try to [as]similate means try to be similar to something may be food habits, language or
behaviour.
 (Tag: ) assimilate.. sounds like accumulate..so getting (accumulating) similar things together..

assuage
mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
  (Tag: ) assuage .....sounds like AT YOUR AGE. imagine a nurse is ASSUAGING an 70 year old PATIENT .and
saying.." AT YOUR AGE you should take some rest......
 (Tag: ) "as u age" your exitement temper etc come down
 (Tag: ) a+sewage provides the relief ;) hope u get it

assumption
something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of; Ex. her assumption of
power; V. assume
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assurance
firm statement that something is certainly true

 (Tag: )  a+SURE+ran(RUN)..so people are sure that your government will RUN for all 5 years,because
people have confidence in you.

asteroid
small planet

astigmatism
eye defect which prevents proper focus; OP. stigmatism

astral
relating to the stars

 (Tag: ) aSTRAl-check the letters in capital,ie STRA,jumble it a bit,STAR..so related to stars..

 (Tag: English) AS_SATRS, celestial,remote,sidereal,starlike,visionary..

astringent
binding; causing contraction (stopping bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent; Ex. astringent
criticism

 (Tag: English) astrin + agent -- an agent who is harsh

 (Tag: ) aStringent- stringent means harsh ,severe..so we can probly remember like this..

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astronomical
enormously large or extensive

 (Tag: ) ASTRO(means STARS)+NOMICAL...and we all know that stars are many times bigger in shape than
our solar systems member's.

astute
wise; shrewd; keen; seeing quickly something that is to one's advantage
  (Tag: ) A(MEANS NOT)+STU(STUPID)..well think of someone who is NOT STUPID,MEANS he is very WISE
,AND INTELLIGENT.
 (Tag: English) It an also b remembered by ACUTE, that has the same meaning, sharp,shrewd.

asunder
into parts; apart; V. sunder

 (Tag: ) Entry of a+ sunder(beautiful) girl can break a boys gang apart

 (Tag: ) Asunder reminds me the word Thunder. The result of thunder is everything breaks apart into
many parts. In the same way Asunder means intu parts, apart
 (Tag: ) if u remember this statement, famous one, "Under and apart "...im sure u can remember it...

asylum
place of refuge or shelter; protection (religious or political)

asymmetric
not identical on both sides of a dividing central line

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atavism
resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; reversion to an earlier type; throwback;
ADJ. atavistic

atheistic
denying the existence of God; N. atheism

 (Tag: ) A(WITHOUT)+THEI(GOD)..someone who says this world is surviving without GOD ,actually he is

DENYING THE EXISTANCE OF GOD

atone
make amends for; pay for; Ex. atone for

 (Tag: English) atone and stone sound like.imagine someone throws a stone on someone else and then
realizes his mistake .So he atones.

atrocity
brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious
  (Tag: English) Remember TROY-CITY, if hav seen the Holywood moive Troy, U can remember this
easily.In Troy,Greek destroyed everything,killed thousands of unarmed man,children etc ..atrociousness,
egregiousness, enormity, flagrance, flagrantness,
 (Tag: english) atro + city -- city where cruel (brutal) acts are done
 (Tag: ) divide it like.atro(sounds like metro)+city ...and we always get the news of brutel and cruel
behaviour ..from METRO (ATRO)CITIES...

atrophy
wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use)

 (Tag: English) A+trophy...Even after many years of practice, he didn't win a trophy, so that was just
wastage of his energy.

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attentive
alert and watchful; listening carefully; paying attention; considerate; thoughtful; politely helpful;
Ex. attentive audience; Ex. He was attentive to the old lady; N. attentions: act of courtesy and c

attenuate
make thin; weaken

 (Tag: English) If tenu(=you) eat(ate) less you will attenuate

 (Tag: ) 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.

attest
testify; bear witness

 (Tag: ) A +TTEST(TEST)...ATTEST IS A TEST of your originality.

attire
clothe; N: clothing; array; apparel

 (Tag: ) a(ALL)+ttire(TRIED)....so you have TRIED ALL kind of CLOTHES ,but nothing fits you.
 (Tag: ) the holy attire...!!

attribute
essential quality; V: ascribe; explain

 (Tag: ) paying tribute to somone,is a good quality.

 (Tag: ) sounds like contribute...well anyone who has got the essential quality (of being educated)..can
CONTRIBUTE alot the national growth.
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attrition
rubbing away by friction; gradual decrease in numbers or strength; reduction in the work force
without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment; Ex. a war of
attrition

 (Tag: ) attrition = at + rition(sounds like RATION).. What is RATION? Something is given in DECREASED

NUMBERS!
 (Tag: ) Sounds link Adulteration, which decrease the strength of purity.
 (Tag: ) attrition sounds like CONTRIBUTION,.. so you have contributed alot in your company's
performance to decrese the trade deficit.

atypical
not normal; not typical

audacious
daring; bold; N. audacity

 (Tag: ) when you go for some audition you need to be bold and daring
 (Tag: ) When someone 'has the audacity' to do something, they have the nerve aka courage
 (Tag: English) 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 massege.

audit
examination of accounts of a business; official examination; V.

augment
increase; add to

 (Tag: Hindi) AAG+MINT- if u put MINT in AAG then aag's intensity increases.

 (Tag: ) you can remember it as opposite of segment...... segment means to make less.... augment to add
 (Tag: ) say"augment"- ur mouth,opens in such a way that,somone or somthing is in ur mouth,and it is full
and increasing.Ex- while ur rnds, keep birthday cake in ur mouth,wen u cut it..
 (Tag: ) "augment" sounds bit like INCREMENT which means to increase....
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augury
omen; prophecy; sign of coming events; V. augur: predict; foretell; be a sign of (something in
future)

 (Tag: Hindi) aagey aa rahi events

 (Tag: ) augury..think it to be aug(aag i.e fire in HINDI) +u +ary(HARRY)..u got a prophecy that u will b in
fire along with harry,,,
 (Tag: ) gury-replace u by o..so gory...gory means somthing ghostly..
 (Tag: relevance) Augury: Ogury: OMEN
 (Tag: relevance) Augury: Ogury: OMEN

august
impressive; majestic

 (Tag: English) august reminds the king augustus who was majestic and impressive

aureole
sun's corona; halo; bright circle of light

 (Tag: we have to remember aurora australis) aurora+hole,aurora refers to star which is bright and hole
refers to round shape,aureole refers t bright hole around a saint

auroral
pertaining to the aurora borealis; CF. aurora australis

auspicious
favoring success; giving signs of future success; Cf. auspices
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austere
forbiddingly stern; ascetic; without comfort or enjoyment; severely simple and unornamented;
Ex. a monk's austere life; Ex. austere grandeur of the cathedral; N. austerity

 (Tag: ENtertaghere) austere sounds like severe which it means

 (Tag: ) (in Hindi language) Austere = A(hindi, means NO) + Ustere = A + USTARA(Hindi, Knife) =
No+Ustrara => Aaj ke jamane me one without Ustara, it means he is SEVERLY SIMPLE

authenticate
prove genuine

authoritarian
subordinating the individual to the state; completely dominating another's will; Ex. authoritarian
regime/father

authoritative
having the weight of authority; regarded as providing knowledge that can be trusted; reliable;
peremptory and dictatorial; Ex. authoritative dictionary/manner; CF. definitive

autocratic
having absolute unchecked power; dictatorial; N. autocrat, autocracy

 (Tag: ) auto(means self)+cratic(cracy)......means goverment...............goverment by self ,goverment by

one person.

Via French autocrate < Greek autokratēs "independent authority" < kratos "power
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automaton
mechanism that imitates actions of humans; machine that works by itself

 (Tag: ) S: Zombie.. Somethin thats automatic like a machine and imitates actions of humans

Via Latin < Greek, neuter of automatos "acting by itself

autonomous
self-governing; N. autonomy

 (Tag: ) Autonomous resembles automatic..somethin thats self governing doesn need or require help..

< Greek autonomia < autonomos "having its own laws" < nomos "law"]

autopsy
examination of a dead body; postmortem; V.

tag: Via French or modern Latin < Greek autopsia "seeing with your own eyes" < autoptēs "eyewitness

auxiliary
offering or providing help; additional or subsidiary; N: helper; assistant

avalanche
great mass of falling snow and ice.

(Tag): a(away or negative something)+valance=a great mass like vast snow or iceberg is
something out of valance.

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avarice
greediness for wealth

 (Tag: ) avarice- a+very+rich > strong desire to be 'a very rich'

 (Tag: ) a+varice..varice...sounds like hindi word waris..and now imagine a family where a greedy
member of family kills the patriarch to obtain his wealth...so that he can become a waris of family's
wealth.
  (Tag: ) a+varice..varice...sounds like hindi word waris..and now imagine a family where a greedy
member of family kills the patriarch to obtain his wealth...so that he can become a waris of family's
wealth

avenge
take vengence for something or on behalf of someone; Ex. They avenged his death by burning
the village; Ex. He swore to avenge his brother; Ex. They avenged themselves on their enemy.

 (Tag: ) avenge sound like revenge...............and to take a revenge on somebody means you want to take
vengence for something

aver
state confidently; declare as true

 (Tag: ) A(affirmated)+ version(descriptive something on account of person )

averse
reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed; Ex. averse to cats/doing the house work

 (Tag: ) averse- remember with adverse> opposite situation

 (Tag: ) a(away,not liking something)+ver(true,reality).........anything which is not real or away from
reality is never liked by people and people oppose these kind of thing,and thus they become disinclined to
what you offer to them

aversion
firm dislike

 (Tag: ) made of word averse(opposed to something)+ion....averse as in above case...one who is disclined

towards something...............and anyone who is disinclined always has firm dislike for that thing
 (Tag: )  averse(sounds like adverse=opposite to something)+ion

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avert
prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking;
Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight.

 (Tag: ) sounds like DIVERT.

 (Tag: ) i dunno if dis helps...but avert sounds like 'hurt' ......u always avoid getting hurt....so avert=avoid

aviary
enclosure for birds; large cage
  (Tag: ) not a mnemonic.. jus something that can help.. aviary is where birds are kept and apiary is where
bees are kept.. this might help relate in some way..

avid
greedy; extremely eager for; Ex. avid learner; N. avidity

 (Tag: ) a person is always eager to be in avid(a video)

 (Tag: English) aVID is made up of words a+vid=a video. Think of a person who is eager to get a video
player and is too enthusiastic for it. It has been his longing desire and he is too dedicated for the cause.

avocation
secondary or minor occupation

 (Tag: ) in a vacation u do very little /minor work only....hence avocation implies minor occupation
 (Tag: ) a+vocation........(means work which we feel is suitable for us ...but may not be a primary source
of earning for us , because we just do it for sake of our inner happiness)
 (Tag: ) we do not give much importance to it,as to make a living ,we need to concentrate on our work
 (Tag: English) A-V-OCATION ---> A - WORK - DONE OCCASIONALLY...
 (Tag: ) persuing a hobby of dancing...is a secondary occupation

avow
declare openly; N. avowal

 (Tag: ) (a-vow) vow means to make a promise so you declare openly

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avuncular
of or like an uncle

 (Tag: english...) split the word like av+UNCUL(UNCLE)+AR...SO related to an uncle or suitable to an

uncle..avUNCULar..uncle.

awe
solemn wonder; feeling of respect mixed with wonder and fear; V: fill with awe; ADJ. awesome

 (Tag: ) when surprised with a feelin of wonder n fear..we tend to say 'w'hao!! A'w'e
 (Tag: ) when surprised with a feelin of wonder n fear..we tend to say 'w'hao!! A'w'e

awful
terrible; very bad

 (Tag: ) aw(an exclamation used to express something which you don't consider good,or you disapprove of
something)+ful.............and something which is full of aw is always very bad.

awl
pointed tool used for piercing

 (Tag: ) awl sounds like hole......and to make a hole in the leather we need a sharp and pointed tool
which can pierce through it....hence we need a awl for this
 (Tag: ) we make a hole on the wal(awl) with an awl which is awry.

awry
distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry.

 (Tag: ) this mnemonic is in hindi....awry sounds like a cutting tool in hindi "aarii"which is bent and
somewhat distorted in shape
 (Tag: TELUGU) AWRY sounds like AREY! in telugu . When do we call someone angrily AREY! .. When he
doing something crooked, distorted .. !
 (Tag: ) we make a hole on the wal(awl) with an awl which is awry

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axiom
self-evident truth requiring no proof

 (Tag: English) Ax +i+om - when axe is on me I will tell the truth. This is surely evident.
 (Tag: ) Axiom is a rule or principle that most people believe to be true( /universally recognized)... See
"om" in Axiom which is universally believed

azure
sky blue

 (Tag: ) azure (sounds like aajgar......categorised under reptiles(snake...type)........if bites

someone.....we could see that srounding area of skin where the aajgar has biten... turns blue in colour
 (Tag: ) sounds simillar to azo..which is dye used to colour clothes..........derived from azo
compounds...this dye is available in blue from also
 (Tag: ) blue form or colour