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in/search/label/V isual%20links Abase - to lower down, degrade

Usage - His maths teacher abased him in front of the whole class when he failed in his course. Link - 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 neighbors.

Abashed - embarrassed, ashamed or feel guilty

Usage - I was abashed when a strange girl came and proposed(to me) on a busy road. Link1 - What happens when u get a bash? (bashing)....u get embarrassed. Link2 - Unabashedly Mallika shehrawat was talking about sex.

Abate - to become less strong

Usage - Rather than leaving immediately, we waited for the storm to abate. Link - A man said to Adnan sami," ab ate mat kar..bahut kha liya...abate your weight."

Abdicate - to give up such as power etc.

Usage - Home minister has to abdicate his duties after huge failure at Mumbai blast case.

Link - ab+dicate dicate sounds like dictator. Dictator is an authoritarian ruler who has lot of power. To remember better,ab normal is opposite to normal.So,abdicate is opposite to dictator (ie)losing power.

Aberrant - unusual or not socially acceptable

Usage - The fish did not display any aberrant behavior when returned to water.

Link - ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT. Ants normally move together in a queue. imagine all these ants moving randomly like a group of honey bees. That would be abnormal behaviour.

Abet - to help or encourage somebody to do something wrong

Usage - He abetted him in stealing a bat. Link - a+bet ; a bet generally assists you to do something wrong.

Abeyance - temporary suspension

Usage - Legal proceedings are in abeyance. Link1 - Interpret it as opposite of obey+ance -- not obeying the given orders and suspend the work. Link2 - He said to me," Abe answer de...don't keep this in abeyance." Link3 - A-BEYOUNCE(singer)Singer BEYOUNCE's concert was suspended due to riots.

Abhor - to hate somebody/something

Usage - I abhor this violence against Indian students. Link - a + bhor (bore).. a bore person is always rejected. Many people generally abhor a bore person.

Abject - wretched, showing utter resignation or hopelessness

Usage - Many people in India still live in abject poverty. Link1 - Abject sounds like Reject...hopeless person is always rejected. Link2 - Ab jacket is in abject condition. Link3 - My laptop rom got wretched as soon as I EJECTED it and I lost all the pride for my laptop.

Abjure - to give up publicly.

Usage - Kareena Kapoor abjured all calorie loaded sweets to become size-zero. Link1 - abjure ~ ab (away) + jure (jury). He abjured (rejected, moved away from) her earlier statements in front of jury. Link2 - Ab jor se kaha...I will abjure this belief.

Ablution - act of washing yourself(for religious purposes)

Usage - Ablution is a prerequisite to start any sacred work. Link - A blue lotion(Ujala) for ablution of clothes.

Abnegate - self sacrifice

Usage - Mahatma Gandhi practiced abnegation to set India free from the shackles of British empire. Link - abnegate: ab+nahi+get; meaning giving up something.

Abominable - hateful, extremely disgusting or unpleasant

Usage - example:- abominable treatment of prisoners. Link1 - A bomb killed many children...this was an abominable incident. Link2 - abo + min + able : this work is not even above (ab) my minimum (min) ability (able) level.. so it's exceptionally bad.

Abrasive - rude and unkind

Usage - an abrasive character Link - My girlfriend showed an abrasive character when she didn't removed her bra.

Abridge - shorten or condense

Usage - The President's speech has to be abridged before it can be published. Link - A bridge always shorten the distance between two places/cities.

Abrogate - to officially cancel or end a law or an agreement

Usage - Let us join hands and abrogate this stigma called 'Child Labour'. Link - 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).

Abscission - the act of cutting something off

Usage - Did you know?? Abscission of leaves and flowers is a useful process. Link - It had the word sciss(scissors) in it.Scissors are used for Cutting,seperating.

Abscond - to escape a place that you are not allowed to leave

Usage - He was declared 'absconding' owing to continuous absence from office. Link1 -Ab se we will abscond and do it only if we have condom. Link2 - absCOND sounds like abs'KAND'..when you do KAND you run away, depart secretly and hide.

Absolve - pardon, acquit, rescind

Link - if you can solve this problem, I can absolve your sin from the accusation of cheating in exam. (a teacher said to his student)

Abstemious - avoid much food or alcohol

Usage - Abstemious person abstain(stay away) from too much food. Link1 - abs (abs) + stemious (stamina): To build stamina or six pack abs, you have to eat and drink carefully. Link2 - "Ab se tea nahi" , said an old abstemious person suffering from sugar problem.

Abstruse - difficult to understand

Usage - Fruitful discussions on an abstruse topic. Link - sounds like TOM CRUISE... his all action scenes were very dangerious and complicate.

Abut - adjoin
Usage - My house abuts against his tiny strip of land. Link - Look at your BUTT (Dont take it offensively).Its like two pieces of flesh together marked by a boundary in between them.

Abysmal - bottomless, extremel bad or of low standards

Usage - Akshay Kumar's abysmal performance in 'De dana dan' embarrased everyone. Link - Abysmal performance of Bismillah Khan(famous shehnai player) at a marriage because he divorced a day ago.

Abyss - a very deep wide space, enormous chasm

Usage - We have to lift her out of the abyss of depression she has fallen into since her grandfather passed away. Link - A bus fell into an abyss when driver got distracted as a woman showed her ass.

Accede - to agree to a request/proposal etc.

Usage - She acceded to my request of doing with her. Link - sounds like acid...When a criminal says that give me all money or else will throw acid then u agree to give everything.

Acclaim - to praise or welcome somebody publicly

Usage - They acclaimed his performance with great gusto. Link - You can claim the success of your movie only if it's acclaimed by audience.

Accolade - award of merit, strong praise or approval

Usage - Nobel Prize is considered as the highest accolade any scientist can receive. Link1 - acco + lade(laden) - if somebody catches laden then he will get the highest prize from US government. Link2 - a + COLA company has won several accolades for being a market leader in softdrinks.

Accomplice - partner in crime

Usage - She was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for being an accomplice in the murder of her husband. Link - accompany + police; so accompany police implies helping police in reducing crime ; accomplice means opposite of this : partner in crime.

Accord - agreement
Usage - The committee decided to accord high priority to John's case. Link1 - In HONDA ACCORD car u do the accord of girls with bigshot businessmen or pimps. Link2 - Accord between Honda Accord and my tyre company named 'FVB'.

Accost - approach and speak to a person(only used for strangers)

Usage - A sexy girl accosted me and asked my friend's number. Link1 - sounds like at any cost. I will approach and speak to her at any cost. Link2 - A man accosted me and asked the cost of the car.

Accoutre - equip
Usage - The government secretly accoutered the terrorist organization. Link - sounds like encounter..... imagine cops often need to be well equipped (accoutred) during encounter.

Accretion - growth, increase in size due to gradual addition

Usage - Accretion implies creation of new layers. Link - Accretion sounds like Erection,,, so u r dik grows in size during an erection.

Accrue - increment, come to one as a gain or as an addition

Usage - The interest accrues every month in bank on principal amount. Link1 - sounds like AKDU(hindi...means haughty)....so a person becomes akdu when he gains a lot. Link2 - Sounds like 1 crore, one who has 1 crore bucks will do the following :acquire, amass, collect, earn, gain, grow, increase, multiply, redound, snowball, swell, these are the synonyms of ACCRUE.

Acerbity - bitterness or harshness of words(speech)

Usage - His acerbity towards her mother put her off. Link - a + cerbity (in hindi language sharbati means sweet solution) and 'a' shows negation hence its like something which is not sweet hence bitter.

Link2 - When there was no asar to his beti, he spoke to her with acerbity.

Acquiesce - to accept without arguing

Usage - We should never acquiesce to unrealistic and unnecessary demands. Link1 - a+kiss : My girlfriend acquiesced when I tried to kiss her on her lips. Link2 - A quiet person always agree passively watever u ask to do or tell him.

Acrid - pungent smell

Usage - The acrid smell of burning rubber. Link1 - remove "r" from acrid, so now it becomes acid and acid is always bitter in taste and when smelt its pungent too. Link2 - The child cried because of acrid taste/smell.

Acrimonious - angry and full of strong bitter feelings and words

Usage - The minor disagreement resulted in an acrimonious dispute. Link1 - acri + moni + ous ~ a crore money; excess of money, which can make someone bitter, harsh Link2 - Acrimony between them..coz both crying for money.

Actuary/Actuarial - person whose job involves calculating insurance risks.

Usage - The actuarial findings were an eye-opener. Link - actuarial sounds like factorial which implies doing calculation.

Actuate - motivate
Usage - The similar nature of the homicide actuated the police to seek help from the CIA. Link1 - actuate.. sounds like activate..we need motivation (or some incentives) to activate our thinkings. Link2 - sounds like accurate and when you presented ACCURATE sales figure to the BOARD,they motivated (gave incentives to) you for your honest wok.

Acumen - mental sharpness, sharpness of judgment.

Usage - The curtains were arranged to fall in an acumen. Link - acumen sounds like IQ-men.. men with high IQ have ability to judge quickly.

Adage - wise saying, proverb

Link1 - add+age = when a person is adding in age (increase in age, old people) .. old people generally use lots of adage in their conversation. Link2 - the word DAG ... a provoking proverb of hindu muslim was like a dag for the secular country like INDIA.

Adamant - determined not to change your mind,hard,inflexible

Usage - he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind Link1 - Adam and eve were adamant to come on earth and produce a lot of humans as possible. Link2 - a + diamond : diamond is a very hard substance and hence we can't break it easily. Similarly, adamant person is one whom we can't persuade easily. Link3 - u get a word adam gilchrist.. or dam.. both are very strong and inflexible.

Addendum - addition, something that is added, appendix to book

Usage - Addendum was added at the end of the book. Link1 - add+end+um...anything added in the end of the book. Link2 - sounds like append(computer command) which means adding words at the end of something.

Addiction - compulsive habitual need

Usage - Her addiction to chocolates gave her a lot of pimples. Link1 - When you start rubbing your dick you become addicted to it. Link2 - diction sounds like fiction.reading fiction stories became a compulsory habit to me to read until i will complete the book.

Addle - to confuse, to become rotten

Usage - The little child addled my brain. Link1 - sounds like idle.. when u sit idle u get addle.. u get confused yaar kya karu main?? Link2 - ADDLE ~ sounds like riddle which is usually confusing and hence we get confused. Likn3 - My chef added addle eggs in my dal.

Adept - good at doing something that is quite difficult

Usage - He was adept at swimming Link1 - Adept is close to adapt so an adept batsman like sachin adapt himself quickly on any kind of pitch. Link2 - A + dept : dept ~ department; our chemical engineering department consist of expert professors in every topic.

Adjunct - a thing that is added or to be attached to something larger or more important

Usage - The potatoes were added to the salad as an adjunct. Link1 - Remember "junk" as soon as u hear adjunct. Junk is something waste...which is added...therefore adjunct. Link2 - sounds like junc - junction...which means to join something.

Adjuration - to ask somebody or to order somebody to do something

Usage - His public adjuration for help fell on deaf ears. Link - a + jury + urination.....so the other day i was in a court room. Funny thing is i had to pee. So i adjured the jury if i could go for urination.

Adjutant - staff officer assisting the commander; assistant

Link1 - ad + ju(zoo) + tent...I adjured my adjutant to go to the zoo and fix the tent. Link2 - ad + juta(shoe)....an aditional pair of juta.. shoes.. so adjutant.. an assistance...

Admonish - to strongly warn somebody, rebuke, scold

Usage - The teacher admonished the child for his bad behavior. Link1 - to avoid A DEMON-ish act, a mother Warns her naughty child. Link2 - admonish ~ ADD MANISH -- Add Manish in the list of guys whom we will WARN to stay away from your sister.

Adroit - skillful and clever, adept

Usage - He is an adroit writer in writing the ads. Link1 - adroit ~ a + draw it : sounds like draw...for drawing something you must be skillful. Link2 - Adroit politicians in spreading the riots.

Adulation - admiration and praising more than neccessary, flattery

Usage - He was not affected by praise or adulation. Link - Adulation from DU students after spraying Deo and Lotion.

Adventitious - accidental, casual, not planned

Link1 - dAD WENT (vent) to office but came back BY CHANCE and caught me doing it with my girlfriend. Link2 - sounds like adventurous.. when u go for adventure then something happens accidental..or by chance. Link3 - Adventitious planning for adventure trip.

Adverse - going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile

Usage - The adverse currents led to a storm. Link1 - adverse = ad + verse (versus) versus means compilation/fight between two Opponents so, it is something which shows OPPOSITION. Link2 - verse sounds like versa car - versa car is not favourable to buy.

Advert - to refer to something

Usage - He did not approve of the advert made by his team. Link1 - advertisement.. it sounds like that.. so ads refer to a product. Link2 - Advert sounds like Adword and Google adword used for advertisement.

Aegis - shield, with the protection or support

Usage - Without being protected by his aegis, he was prone to being killed. Link - aegis ~ age is; if your age is too much (old), you don't have to wear condom as shield during sex.

Affable - pleasant ,kind and easy to talk to

Usage - Affable teacher tells me interesting fables. Link - aff (affair) + able : You will be able to have an affair with a girl only if she is affable.

Affected - artificial, pretended

Usage - Her affected manner displeased him. Link1 - Artificial smile has artificial effects on the face. Link2 - affect ~ effect; side-effects of some medicine can make you affected.

Affinity - feeling of kinship, natural attraction

Usage - He had an affinity for politics. Link1 - Everybody has affinity for opposite sex but there is exception in every case(hope you understand). Link2 - affinity (replace the second f with k), and then the expansion goes like this: A F(eeling of) K(inship &) similar)ITY.

Affliction - pain and suffering

Usage - She did not want to face the afflictions of old age. Link - affliction is a friction in heart.. A very heavy feeling.. A fr(L)iction..

Affront - insult, a remark or an action that insults or offends somebody

Link - af + front.......in(front)... and whenever you insult someone in front of others you do it intentionally to hurt them.

Agape - open mouthed, the love of God or Christ for mankind

Usage - Her agape for him finally won his heart. Link - Gap of mouth increases when mouth was agape.

Aggrandize - increase or raise in power

Usage - The artist aggrandized his painting to make it look more real.

Link - Ram's grandfather is still aggrandizing his number of wives to enjoy.

Aghast - filled with horror and surprise

Usage - She was aghast at the verdict delivered by the jury. Link - a + ghast ~ a + ghost; a ghost house is filled with lot of surprises and fear, so we get horrified.

Agility - able to move quickly and easily

Usage - The agility of the animal saved it from being captured. Link1 - GILI - this is the one to watch out. gili refers to Gilchrist (a cricket player), who has the ability to move quick behind stumps. Link2 - Agility consider it as "Age I L" i.e.; Age I Love (youth age). And in this age you are naturally agile or very quick.

Agog - very excited about something, intensely curious

Usage - She was agog with curiosity. Link - I was agog after getting special rayban goggle from an unknown sexy girl.

Alacrity - cheerful readiness, promptness or willingness

Usage - Ram took the responsibility of being a monitor of a class with alacrity. Link - I took a lac(lakh) rupee per day job with alacrity.

Alcove - recess, nook, a small recess opening off a larger room

Usage - We used to have our lunch at a table in an alcove in our kitchen. Link - alcove sounds like asshole...i think rest i clear.

Alias - an assumed name esp by criminals to mislead people.

Usage - Mr.Smith lives under the alias of Mr.Lafayette. Link1 - Ali+as(ass)..Ali(a criminal) live under alias of other name to save his ass from policemen. Link2 - Ali + As : so you are changing your name Ali to Asif...why? Link3 - In computer language there is a command alias through which you can change name of any variable.

Alfresco - in an open air

Usage - We have arranged an alfresco lunch. Link - All fresh after alfresco party.

Alienate - to make less friendly, separate

Usage - The boring work alienated his employees. Link1 - Alien in the movie "koi mil gya" was alienated by Hrithik's mother. Link2 - A line beech mein when alienated.

Alimony - money, payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce

Usage - The court ordered him to pay alimony of Rs. 5000 a month to his wife and son. Link1 - Ali(name of the person) + mony(money), Imagine, Ali giving money to his ex- wife every month. Link2 - Ali+mony mony==All I need is Money and not my husband.

Allay - calm, pacify esp a feeling

Usage - The cold water allayed his thirst. Link1 - aa le...kuch kha le..this allyed his hunger. Link2 - when we try to pacify a kid we say...allay allay allay rote nhi chup ho jaao.. Link3 - ALL- LAY- lay down and calm down your sexual desire.

Allege - state without proof

Link - Al(ali) + leg...Ali was accused of opening a girl's leg and doing it...i think you got what i am trying to say..:)

Allegiance - loyalty to your ruler/political party

Usage - We owe allegiance to our country. Link1 - sound like reliance...so, when will you rely on anyone, simply if he is loyal to u. Link2 - ALLE+JEANS.. if you buy a LEE jeans u put on for all time, binding with u...

Allegory - story in which each character is a symbol

Usage - In the story, the war between the animals was used as an allegory to represent the World Wars. Link - allegory ~ all gory (fair color skin); all girls on this earth can be gory only in some story. It's not possible in reality because girls of Africa are black.

Alleviate - relieve, to make something less severe

Usage - The medicine alleviated his pain in ass. Link - sounds like elevator.. which is used by us to relieve pain of climbing the staircase.

Alight - to come down and settle, as after flight, to get down as from a vehicle
Usage - The queen alighted from the carriage. Link - I alighted from my Benz when a tuck crashed into it and damaged it.

Alliteration - repetition of beginning sound in poetry

Usage - Alliteration is a popular literary device. Link - All literature was written in alliteration with iteration of sounds.

Allude - to mention something in an indirect or casual way

Usage - He alluded to the problem but did not mentioned it. Link1 - Asking a girl to go all nude is not nice and safe. u have to do it with some allude. ;) Link2 - Sounds like allusion ~ illusion which means indirect reference.

Allure - attract, entice, tempting

Usage - She was a woman with great allure. Link - A pornstar came to me and said," ALL IS YOURS"...she was alluring me.

Alms - money or goods contributed to others

Usage - It is a good habit to give alms to the poor and needy. Link - beggars put their p+alms in front of u for alms.

Ally - friend or associate

Usage - He allied himself with the Communists. Link - Ally speaking a lie that he didn't hit on my wife.

Aloof - not friendly or interested in other people

Usage - He always remain aloof from his friend group. Link1 - aloof~ a roof; Alone on roof top !! Link2 - aloof:aloo(potato)+f..u like aloo so mom keeps it "apart" for u..it is "reserved" for u.

Altercation - noisy quarrel

Usage - The two men had an altercation in the middle of the road. Link1 - Altercation with tailor because of wrong altercation. Link2 - 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).

Altruistic - unselfish person, generous, concern for others

Usage - She was touched by his altruistic behaviour towards her. Link - 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
Usage - The dentist's assistant prepared the amalgam to fill the patient's cavity. Link - Amalgam , remember balgam (in Hindi).. the yellow sticky fluid that comes out of our mouth when we cough.. Its a mixture of all kinds of weird things - saliva, mucus, etc.

Amass - collect(gradually, in a very large amount)

Usage - She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis. Link1 - amass ~ add masses and hence to collect things. Link2 - aMASS-how does a mass gets made? or how does some mass gets accumulated ? ans-when it is collected( and stored).

Amazon - tall strong woman esp a female warrior

Usage - He managed to catch an amazon from the forest. Link1 - The amazon broke our maze(hindi word for table). Link2 - a-(lack) + mazos, "without breast", connected with an etiological tradition that Amazons had their right breast cut off or burnt out, so they would be able to use a bow more freely and throw spears without the physical limitations.

Ambidextrous - capable of using either hand with equal ease

Usage - He was an ambidextrous cricketer. Link - 'Ambi' means 'both' (am + bi - two); Dexter means skillful. (Dextor's lab cartoon was a skillful boy).

Amble - to walk at a slow relaxed speed

Usage - We took a pleasant amble by the lake. Link - amble ~ i am able;..you can do sex in a car only if it is running at an amble speed.

Ambrosia - food of the gods

Usage - The tiny camera captured the bees feeding ambrosia to the larvae. Link - Amber(sky in hindi) se rasoiya(one who prepares food) aya(came) to prepare ambrosia.

Ambulatory - able to walk

Usage - The child is learning ambulatory skills. Link - Ambulance is not required for ambulatory patients.

Ambush - sudden attack made from a concealed position

Usage - The soldier ambushed his enemies from behind.

Link1 - am + bush; imagine George W. Bush sending American army to Iraq who attack in Iraq by ambush. Link2 - if u remember, the tribal people attack the animals,by hiding behind a bush or a huge rock. Link3 - We ambushed them from behind a bush.

Ameliorate - improve
Usage - The editor ameliorated the manuscript with his changes. Link1 - Quality of a meal is ameliorating because of AMUL GHEE. Link2 - Take the suffix 'rate'. With the increase in product rate it's quality will also improve. Link3 - sounds like MILO drink which increases your stamina.

Aggravate - make worse

Usage - Pollution can aggravate asthma. Link - being very AGGREssive results in AGGRAVATION i.e. worsens the situation. Link2 - Gira(fell) weight sar(head) par...this aggravated the problem.

Amenable - easy to control, obedient

Usage - She is someone who is always amenable to persuasion. Link1 - a MEN ABLE - ABLE MEN are obedient,compliant,readily managed,etc. Link2 - Amen is a word used in Islam and Christinity. meaning of which is i agree. So amenable means something able to be agreed.

Amiable - friendly, lovable

Usage - John is an amiable person. Link1 - My friend Amy is very amiable as she allows me to touch anywhere. Link2 - amiable ~ am I able; I am able to make friends because of my amiable nature. Link3 - amiable tone of ammi(mother) forced me to marry her.

Amicable - peaceful, politely

Usage - The two countries shared an amicable relationship. Link1 - I use to kiss and do it with my girlfriend Amy, on a table amicably. So we never caught by her parents.

Amiss - something faulty, wrong

Usage - I sensed something amiss when my mobile was missing. Link1 - a+miss.. miss.. when you miss to do something..important... that is your fault.. as you have missed something. Link2 - amiss : i thought she was a miss, but it was amiss because she was a boy. Link3 - Ek bar mein kisi miss ke sath amiss hua.

Amnesia - loss of memory

Usage - he has a total blackout for events of the evening. Link1 - I am in nasha...so I am in amnesia. Link2 - amnesia ~ am + in + asia; Imagine someone living in India saying "Am I in Asia?" He probably lost his memory.

Amnesty - pardon (allowed by government to political criminals)

Usage - Their amnesty by the government was not approved by the general public. Link - am-nesty-> similar to "i am nasty" but still my parents generally pardon my mistakes.

Amorous - Strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love.

Usage - Paul wrote many amorous poems to Corrie. Link - amorous ~ kaam + ras; people are generally inclined towards kaam ras.

Amorphous - formless; lacking shape or definition

Usage - The amorphous form of cotton candy is a delight to children. Link - amorphous - a+mor(peacock)...mor can change its shape...so its amorphous. Link2 - Amoeba is amorphous.

Amok - very angry in a public place

Usage - People run amok after speeding truck kill three. Link - after giving mock test of gre u raged as u scored low.

Amputate - to cut off part of body

Usage - When she went for the treatment of her burnt leg, the Doctors asked her to amputate the leg. Link - a(r)m+put+ate : Imagine a silly situation.tiger ATE your ARM which is PUT for eating. so your arm is CUTOFF from your body.

Amulet - charm, an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck
Usage - The old lady gave the girl a silver amulet to wear. Link1 - Amul products as amulet for shiny skin. Link2 - Grandma gave me an 'Amulet' so that one day I can 'Emulate' Michael jackson.

Anachronism - things that does not belong to the present

Usage - The typewriter is an anachronism today.

Link - ana (out of order, negative sense) + chron (time).. so something not placed correctly with respect to time.

Anathema - a person or an idea which you strongly hate

Usage - Rain became anathema to the people of Bihar. Link1 - Ana ki maa is an anathema to me because she always insists me to make a porn movie with her. Link2 - sounds like asthama which is a curse like...

Analgesia - condition of being unable to feel pain

Usage - The patient was in a state of analgesia during the operation. Link - Anal sex is painfull for girls (i guess) but the sex part makes them forget the pain anyhow which acts as analgesia.

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Till now there have been more than 100 words provided with links...see how much of them you remember starting from 'A'???? Just check out...if you don't then type the word in above bar powered by google and it will open the respective post..... 1. Abase 2. Abash 3. Abdicate 4. Abeyance 5. Abet 6. Abeyance 7. Amok 8. Accomplish 9. Acrimonious 10. Actuate 11. Acumen 12. Abominable 13. Ablution 14. Abrasive 15. Abrogate 16. Abstemious 17. Abscission 18. Adage 19. Addle 20. Adjunct 21. Adjuration 22. Admonish 23. Adroit 24. Aegis 25. Aghast 26. Agog 27. Alcove

28. Alfresco 29. Allay 30. Alight 31. Allude 32. Allegory 33. Alleviate 34. Allure 35. Amazon 36. Amble 37. Ambulatory 38. Ameliorate 39. Aggravate 40. Amiable 41. Amicable 42. Amnesia 43. Amorous 44. Amorphous 45. Amok 46. Amputate 47. Anachronism 48. Anathema 49. Analgesia 50. Amulet

How much of them do you remember???? Just check your status... 0-15.....Poor 15-25....Fair 25-30....Good 30-40.....Very good 40-45.....Excellent 45-50.....Awesome Analogous - comparable, similar
Usage - The wings of a bee and those of a hummingbird are analogous. Link - ana+"log"+ous : in log tables all values seem similar, so these are analogous.

Anchor - secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place;

Usage - The ship dropped its anchor as it arrived at the dock. Link1 - anchor is also a toothpaste brand in India...it holds your teeth. Link2 - n + chor ~ a chord; chord is a straight line connecting two points on a circle and hence is just like fastening something.

Anecdote - a short, interesting or amusing story about a real person or event

Usage - Grandpa kept us amused with anecdotes of his childhood. Link - so the other day i was talking to my GF and a biker suddenly came and snathed her chain. bloody MoFo ne uski neck tode di. nice story eh?

Anguish - severe pain, mental suffering or unhappiness

Usage - After losing the match the team was plunged into anguish. Link - Anguish in every ang(body part) of this man after doing it with an old mature lady.

Angular - thin and without much flesh so that bones are visible, not rounded, sharp cornered
Usage - The angular structure of the building was interesting. Link - angular sounds angle.... so have an angle.

Animadversion - criticism, savage, critical remark

Usage - Animadversion on the new version of CAT, GRE etc. Link1 - anima + advert ~ animal advertisement; You are definitely going to disapprove the idea of advertising animals on Television. Link2 - Any mad person will start criticizing boldness of Rakhi Sawant.

Animosity - strong feeling of opposition, anger or hatred

Usage - The neighbours decided to put an end to their animosity. Link - pronounce animosity like 'Enemy'sity. so i someone is having "enemysity" he will have ill intentions.

Animus - hostile feeling or intent; animosity; hostility; disposition

Link - pronounce it like 'enemy'us. So, our enemies are always hostile towards us.

Annals - records arranged in yearly parts; history

Usage - The annals of history are filled with countless wars. Link1 - annals ~ annual; maintaining record or history of something we did through out the year. Link2 - sounds like anal...a porn site keeps history of all porn in involving anal....i think u understand.

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

Usage - The glass was annealed to obtain the desired shape. Link - To do anal, you have to nail her by fixing the girl into right position just like heating and cooling a glass.

Annihilate - to destroy completely

Usage - The tiger on hills annihilated a large number of people. Link1 - Annihilate ~ Eliminate; So to ELIMINATE someone completely from your life.. means to kill them. Link2 - The police said to a group of terrorists,"If anyone hila(move)...I will destroy him.".

Annul - make void

Usage - The contract was annulled. Link - an + nul ~ so to nullify something means to make it zero or to make it void.

Anodyne - drug that relieves pain or trouble

Usage - It is harmful to eat too many anodynes. Link - After dining with Anu, I have to take an anodyne to lessen pain in my dick.

Anoint - to put oil on

Usage - The young prince was anointed by the cardinal. Link - an + oint ~ ointment; ointment ~ oil; some oil applied to hair.

Anomaly - deviation
Usage - The astronomers studied the anomaly of the moon. Link - anomaly ~ a (not) + nomaly (normally); someone who is not normal and hence abnormal or deviating from general.

Anorexia - loss of appetite

Link - Suffering from anorexia because of eating rassi(rope) along with ann(food).

Antagonism - feelings of hatred and opposition

Usage - The medicines injected into the patient were not working due to antagonism. Link1 - anta (anti, against) + go + nism; Going against someone is being hostile or opposing to someone. Link2 - Aunty Antra is an antagonist as she always opposes me to go out with her daughter.

Antediluvian - very old fashioned

Usage - A lot of people gathered to pay their last respects to the antediluvian. Link1 - antediluvian ~ anti (against) + luv (love); If you are against love, you are probably a person with antediluvian thoughts. Link2 - Antediluvian = Aunty+de+luv..; Usually, Loving and Caring Aunties are OLD... very Old.. and hence the meaning...don't mix it up with milfs...

Anthology - collection of poems, stories, experts (Analects)

Usage - This anthology contains the most humorous short stories ever written. Link - Ana Analects lekar ayi to raise my vocabulary.

Antidote - a substance that controls, remedy to counteract a poison

Usage - The antidote was injected quickly into the snakebite victim. Link - anti + dote ~ against + dots; You have some dots (marks) on your face and you are looking for some antidote to remove them (go against them).

Antipathy - aversion; dislike or opposition

Usage - It was with great aversion that she agreed to go with him. Link1 - remember antipathy as anti party. in politics the people of anti-party are quite opposite in feeling. Link2 - Aunties are always against sending their daughters with horny and naughty guys.

Antithesis - contrast; direct opposite of or to; ADJ. antithetic or antithetical

Usage - His theory is the antithesis of mine. Link - antithesis ~ anti + the + sis; We are always anti (against) sister's(sis) boyfriends.

Apathy - lack of caring, indifference, lack of concern

Usage - The government is taking steps to reduce voter apathy in view of the upcoming elections. Link1 - a (negative) + pathy : root "pathy" means feeling as in sympathy; so apathy means having no feeling for others or lacking interest in something. Link2 - A pati(husband) never behaves as apathy to his wife or else he faces consequences.

Ape - imitate or mimic

Usage - Jones is a great ape when it comes to mimicking politicians. Link - Apes or monkeys can imitate human actions efficiently.

Apex - tip; summit; climax; highest point

Usage - The Solar Apex refers to the direction that the sun travels through space. Link - Ape+x...Consider an Ape using AXE deo..that would be highest point of nonsense.

Aphasia - loss of speech due to injury or illness

Usage - The neurologist informed the parents that their son suffered from aphasia. Link - a + phasia ~ a + face (sounds like); Imagine as if you suffering from some injury on face and hence can't speak to anyone.

Aphorism - short phrase that say something true or wise

Usage - Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see is a famous aphorism attributed to Mark Twain. Link1 - "Whorism is bad"..is an aphorism said by me. Link2 - a + phor (for); Kids are generally taugt like "A for apple".. and there is a famous aphorism "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."

Apiary - a place where bees are kept

Usage - The loud buzzing coming from the apiary indicated that it was full. Link1 - Apiary~ a + pia(pie) i.e,if a pie is kept on the table bees will come to eat it. Link2 - Ape never loiter around apiary.

Aplomb - poise,self confidence, to do something with confidence and in a relaxed way

Usage - She has more poise and confidence than him. Link - aplomb ~ a + pl (people) + OM; people normally chant 'OM' when they do meditation to keep themselves cool under strain.

Apocryphal - widely believed but untrue

Usage - Most of the stories about Michael Jackson are apocryphal. Link - apocryphal = apo + cry + phal;..Apoo cried when doctor told him that all phals(fruits) are restricted for him which was an apocryphal assumed by he doctor when someone suffers from sexual disorders.

Apogee - highest point, point farthest from the earth

Usage - The moon had reached its apogee from the Earth. Link - Apogee = Up+ho+gee (ho ji -> like in hindi).. So what is up, is at the highest point.

Apolitical - having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs

Usage - She always stayed out of discussions due to her apolitical views. Link - a=without + politics=political affairs.....i.e without political affairs.

Apostate - one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs

Usage - The parishioners excommunicated the apostate from their parish. Link - apostate can be thought of as 'opposite state'.. That is changing to the opposite state, and not loyal to his current state..

Apostle - a person who us a strong believer of it and promotes it

Link - An apostle of love, posting love letters.

Apothecary - compact saying, adage, epigram

Usage - The apothecary mixed various substances together to make the antidote. Link - a + pot + he + cary ~ imagine a pharmacist carrying drugs in a pot.

Apotheosis - an ideal example of something, the act of raising a person to the status of God
Usage - After his predictions came true, he experienced an apotheosis in the village. Link - theo- theological, somthing related to god. theology elevates oneself to god hood.

Appall - to dismay, shock

Usage - The scandalous behavior of this married woman appalled her friends. Link - I was appalled when my pal's wife ordered me to remove my clothes.

Apparition - ghost, phantom

Usage - Hamlet witnessed a ghostly apparition at midnight. Link1 - She was looking like a pari, but later became an apparition. Link2 - A + PARI i.e. ghost.

Appease - to pacify
Usage - No amount of gifts sent by Pradeep could appease Sandhya. Link - His wife was not able to appease his hunger even after doing it 8 times.

Appellation - title or a name

Usage - A baby is subjected to various appellations from his parents. Link - Master blaster is an apellation for Sachin Tendulkar.

Apposite - pertinent, appropriate

Usage - The successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images. Link - If i write ass instead of app, it will not be apposite.

Appraise - estimate the value of something

Usage - He appraised the situation carefully before acting. Link1 - app + raise; I send an application to my employer to raise my salary. Now, they will estimate my work value and will decide accordingly.

Link2 - Before praising I was appraising.

Apprehend - arrest
Usage - Police apprehended the criminal and put hancuff in his hand. Link - 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.

Apprehensive - worried, anxious

Usage - Due to the recent spate of murders everyone in the colony felt apprehensive of the danger. Link - apprehend(=arrest) +sive (sounds like seize) = apprehensive.....when somebody is arrested, he will be "FEARFUL".

Apprise - inform
Usage - I am apprised of the price of an UCB shirt. Link - When you win a prize you apprise everyone.

Approbation - approval
Usage - The martyrs bravery received the Presidents approbation. Link1 - A girl gives approbation after her periods. Link2- approbation ~ approb (approval) + at + ion (Ion technologies company); job approval in some company. Link3 - Approbation after probation period.

Appropriate - to take something without permission

Link - Its not appropriate to appropriate somebody's money.

Apropos - with reference to

Usage - The invitation to the Governors Ball asked us to wear clothes that were apropos to the formal occasion.

Link1 - 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. Link2 - 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.

Aquiline - curved, hooked..eg aquiline nose

Usage - The children were amused by the magicians aquiline nose. Link1 - Aquiline-> A-Q-Line, now when we write the letter Q, its not a straight line, but a curved line. Link2 - Her aquiline nose was interrupting when i was kissing her.

Arable - fit for growing crops

Usage - The farmer and his family moved along the countryside looking for a tract of arable land. Link - associate the word with ARAB.The desert is totally unfit for agriculture.hence,you remember ARABLE as it's exact opposite.

Arbiter - person with power to decide a matter in dispute

Usage - The arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants. Link1 - arbiter ~ a right and bitter; many times statements by people in power are right but bitter. Link2 - for engg students...bit-rate, bit rate is the judging or deciding parameter for the transfer rate or say speed of data transfer..

Arboretum - place where different trees and shrubs are studied

Usage - The arboretum contained more than 300 species of trees and shrubs. Link - agricultural + BORETUM = boredum...so imagine how u get BORED in STUDIES.hence ARBORETUM is agricultural boredum.

Arcane - secret and mysterious

Usage - Alchemists possess arcane knowledge. Link - Ar + Kane(WWF) - Kane's face always remains secret, as he uses a mask.

Archaic - no longer used

Usage - The manuscript was in an archaic tongue which none of them could comprehend. Link - Remember with Archive. As we keep very old thing in archive- Archaic is related something very old.

Archipelago - group of closely located islands

Link - archipelago Read it as Arey+ship+pe+lejaoo (Hindi .. which translates to take me there via ship)... And we travel to islands via a ship.

Ardor - passion, zeal,heat

Usage - Jacks ardor for Laura couldnt be hidden. Link - A(AXE)+dor(Odor)....AXE deo spray has an Odor which initiates passion among gals..

Argot - slang, informal words spoken by particular group of people

Usage - She had a hard time understanding their street patois. Link - In our college argot, her name is goat.

Aria - solo song

Usage - The opera house reverberated with the opera singers aria. Link1 - Heyy u hav d famous mARIA song by Ricky Martin.

Armada - fleet of warships

Usage - There was a sea battle between the English armada and the pirates. Link - Armada on Narmada river.

Arraign - charge in court, indict

Usage - He was arraigned before the magistrate on charges of fraud. Link - They were arraigned for a murder during the rain dance.

Arroyo - small or narrow channel usually formed by a stream or by rain

Usage - The group of boys held a paper boat race in the arroyo. Link1 - Ro Ro ke he formed an arroyo. Link2 - it sounds like arre+ oye= my mom used to shout arre .. oye.. when we used to play in channel formed by rain water.

Arsenal - storage place for military equipment

Usage - The army chief visited the arsenal to inspect the latest weaponry. Link1 - SENA(HINDI) ke use mai aane waala saaman. Link2 - you know ARSENAL.... the famous football club..... the players shoot goals like a bullet from a gun ... like ammunition storage.

Articulate - to express or explain your feelings or thoughts clearly in words

Usage - His report articulates the need for a new school building. Link - Arti+kyun+late......Aarti raat ko late kyun aati hain???..she has to give an explanation to this...

Artifice - dishonest, deception, trickery

Usage - His alibi was an artifice that succeeded in misleading the investigators. Link1 - Art+fees....Artist like Hussain take huge Fees of their art and deceive the people...

Link2 - The artificial jewellery is designed with artifice. Link3 - Aarti took the fees initially and later on artificed me by refusing to do it with me.

Artless - simple, natural and honest

Usage - The pop stars artless manner came as a pleasant surprise. Link - Artless people don't have an art of cheating people.

Ascetic - avoiding physical pleasures and comforts

Usage - The ascetic lived a solitary life. Link1 - ascetic ~ acidic; he is living ascetic life by drinking and eating only acidic things (not good in taste) and avoid anything have good taste. Link2 - sounds like ASS....imagine a person getting rid of all best asses...so he is ascetic..

Ascribe - refer, assign

Link - ascribe ~ describe; you should also give a small description of person whom you are going to give credit for his work.

Asinine - stupid
Usage - She punished the boy for his asinine remarks. Link1 - sounds like ASIN(gajini actress) + MINE ...if u tell ppl that asin is mine, they will call u stupid. Link2 - Sounds like ASS+NINE = as FOOLISH as nine asses...

Askance - look at somebody/something with doubt or suspicion

Usage - Mary did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes. Link1 - When you want to take a girl out for a date and are very hesitant to ask her about it, then you make up your mind and ASK her with a glANCE..i.e not looking directly into her eyes...hence ASKANCE is looking sideways or indirectly... Link2 - When you are giving an exam,if u ask somebody any question...teacher looks at you with askance...

Askew - not in a straight line

Usage - She was standing askew in the queue. Link1 - Also it can b taken as SCREW which is not straight,it is bent, zigzag etc.. Link2 - screw...when u SCREW someone you both can't stand straight and do it...on e has to bent...

Asperity - roughness, harshness in a way you speak to somebody

Usage - The asperity of the teachers words drove the child to tears. Link1 - ass+pe+tea...When the waiter poured tea on a lady's ass by mistake...she scolded him with asperity. Link2 - As per rule when tea was not served in time, then he spoke with asperity.

Aspersion - unpleasant false remarks

Usage - The priest performed aspersion by sprinkling holy water on the baby. Link - As + persion ~ Ass + person; calling someone Ass means passing slanderous remark to him/her.

Assail - to attack violently, either physically or verbally

Usage - The editors of the left-leaning paper assailed the new House Speaker. Link1 - ass + ail...ail means which causes bodily suffering...ail to ass....like kick in the ass... Link2 - During the sale, when the vendor didn't gave us discount...we assailed his ass...

Assay - evaluate, analyze

Usage - Coins, diamonds, and precious metals like gold and silver are examples of assays. Link - assay ~ SOUNDS SIMILAR TO ESSAY; and you have been asked to analyze an essay.

Assent - agree
Usage - The Maestro assented to the request for an encore. Link - The director gave an assent to his employee to buy an accent car.

Assuage - make less severe, soothe, alleviate

Usage - The medicine alleviated his pain. Link - ass-usage in the toilet gives huge relief...

Astral - related to the stars

Usage - The astral bodies had formed a rare conjunction. Link - Ash tray is of astral shape....astral sounds like star..

Astringent - something that makes skin oily by contracting(stop bleeding) the skin
Usage - The astringent stopped the wound from bleeding any further. Link1 - After shaving lotion is also called an astringent. Link2 - sounds like string which is used to bind things together..

Astute - wise, very clever, sagacious, canny, erudite, perspicacious

Usage - He is an astute tutor. Link1 - A(MEANS NOT)+STU(STUPID)..well think of someone who is NOT STUPID,MEANS he is very WISE ,AND INTELLIGENT. Link2 - A+tute(tutor)...a tutor need to be astute....

Asunder - into parts, apart

Usage - Their lives were torn asunder after the great flood. Link - All sunder(beautiful) sunder girls were asunder from boys in the meeting. Link2- Entry of a + sunder(beautiful) girl can break boys hearts.

Atavism - resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents

Usage - The scientist explained that the hind legs on the whale caught offshore was a result of atavism. Link1 - In spoiling the atta(flour in hindi), he is atavistic to his grandfather. Link2 - ATAVISM you should remember AVATAR, i.e. you are an avatar(incarnation) of one of your ancestors.

Atone - make amends for, pay for

Usage - The thief entered religious service to atone for his past crimes. Link1 - atone ~ at stone; imagine someone throws a stone on (at)someone else and then realizes his mistake. So, he atones.

Atelier - artist's studio or workshop

Link - Artist ate and lie in their atelier.

Atrocity - brutal deed, cruel and violent act esp on a war

Usage - Hitler was known for his atrocity. Link1 - Ro rahe(crying) city mein after atrocity in Kashmir. Link2 - Remember TROY-CITY, if have seen the Hollywood movie Troy, you can remember this easily.In Troy, Greek destroyed everything,killed thousands of unarmed man,children etc. Link3 - 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 or condition of losing muscle and flesh

Usage - His doctor treated him for muscular atrophy. Link - He could not lift trophy after winning chess championship which reflected his atrophy.

Attrition - gradual decrease in number, rubbing away by friction

Usage - The boils on his hands were caused by attrition. Link1 - Sounds link Adulteration, which decrease the strength of purity.. Link2 - it sounds like NUTRITION...so attrition is mal-nutrition.

Augment - to increase or add to

Usage - The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East. Link - AAG+MINT- if u put MINT in AAG then aag's intensity increases.

Augury - omen, indication of what will happen in future

Usage - He felt that seeing a girl in midnight is an augury for him to get married. Link - let me explain it through a joke...Once a girl came to a sardar and asked him to show her future...sardar told her to bend and remove her clothes..then girl said-"you want to fuck me??"...then sardar said.."dekh dikhne laga na future.."... Link2 - aagey aa rahi events..

August - impressive, majestic

Usage - The august holy men were expected to arrive from the monastery by noon. Link1 - august reminds the king Augustus who was majestic and impressive... Link2 - August.. The month of the sun sign - LEO the lion (the king of the forest,the most majestic animal)

Aureole - circle of light encircling a head in religious painting, sun's corona

Usage - The aureole of the sun was a spectacular sight during the eclipse. Link - The aura from the hole of your back is very bad.

Austere - simple and plain, of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor

Usage - The monk devoted himself to an austere life in the forest. Link1 - AUS-australia TERE-tear(sorrow). like the recent beatings of indians in australia. so one should deny oneself from going there. Link2 - remember austin? I mean STONE COLD steve austin. he was harsh , severe and stern.. Link3 - 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..

Avarice - extreme desire for wealth

Usage - What is strange is that he doesn't even bother to hide his avarice. Link - a+varice..varice...sounds like hindi word waris(heir)..and now imagine a greedy member of a family who kills the patriarch for his wealth...so that he can become the family's waris.

Aver - to state firmly and strongly that something is true

Usage - I aver before all present here that my commitment to the cause is unflinching. Link - She avered that he is not her fifth var(groom). Link2 - She gave assent to his var to do it with her any style.

Averse - reluctant; disinclined; not liking or opposed;

Usage - The landlady was averse to allowing dogs in the house. Link - averse~reverse. meaning opposite i.e. going in opposite direction when you reluctant to do something. Link2 - averse- remember with adverse> opposite situation.

Aversion - firm dislike

Usage - Her aversion from the dais once he made his appearance was quite evident. Link - made of word averse + ion....averse as in the above case...one who is disinclined towards something...............and such a person always has a firm dislike for things. Link2 - A strong aversion on this animadversion.

Avert - to prevent, avoid or turn away

Usage - She averted her eyes from the terrible sight. Link - sounds like DIVERT...he diverted the car and averted the accident.

Aviary - enclosure for birds, large cage

Usage - Can we go to the aviary before we go to the aquarium? Birds are more fun than fishes anyway. Link - sounds like airy..related to air...so large cage for birds.

Avid - greedy ,extremely eager for

Usage - She is an avid sports fan. Link - aVID is made up of words a+vid=a video..a person having a blue film will be eager to get the video player when his parents are not home...so he will be avid. Link2 - spell it backwards and it becomes DIVA, so one can remember, diva (a young actress, young woman) is always avid in both sense...greedy and anyone will be eager to get her...

Avocation - secondary or minor occupation

Usage - His job at the restaurant is only an avocation for him. Link - AVOCATION-->in a vacation. u do very little /minor work only....hence avocation implies minor occupation..

Avow - declare openly

Usage - They avowed their opposition to the foriegn policies of the government at the public meeting. Link - AVOW-like taking a vow(shapath). to declare, like taking a "shapath".. Link2 - sounds like wow...when a girl open a guys pant she open her mouth and says wow...i.e declare openly.

Avuncular -of or like an uncle, person who is friendly towards his youngers
Usage - Tom was used to the avuncular advice by now.

Link - 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
Usage - Each time he spoke her eyes twinkled with a sense of awe. Link - ill just say 1 word.. this site is Awe-some... Link2 - when surprised with a feelin of wonder n fear..we tend to say 'w'hao!! A'w'e..

Awl - pointed tool used for piercing

Usage - The shoemaker couldnt find his awl. Link - 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 an awl for this.. Link2 - awl rhymes with owl, only owls(stupid person) go for piercing..

Awry - distorted, bent, something goes awry then it does not happen in the way that was planned.
Usage - Our plans have gone awry. Link - sounds like "o ri"..in haryana...people say..o ri ke karan laag ri hai...when she has planned to cheat on her husband and her husband comes from back while she is doing it with another guy...everything goes awry for her...

Axiom - self-evident truth requiring no proof

Usage - That all living beings are mortal is the most fundamental axiom. Link - Ax +i+om - when the axe is on me I will tell the truth. This is surely evident.

Azure - sky blue

Usage - Her dress was a pretty shade of azure. Link - 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 Link2 - like azharuddin.... captain of indian cricket team....used to wear a blue shirt n pant.... men in blue . Link3 - azure sounds like azher who was involved in blue films scam.

Babble - chatter idly or foolishly

Usage - The two women babbled and crooned at the baby Link - babble ~ ba bb bl; just imagine a baby saying Ba ba ba ba .. (making meaningless sounds)

Bacchanalian - drunken
Usage - They were a bacchanal crowd. Link -

Badger - to annoy or pester persistently, to bother, hassle, harass, frustrate.

Usage - He badgered the authorities until they gave him a new passport. Link - badger ~ beggar; Imagine some annoying beggar woman !! Link2 - Divide it like bad+ ger (gen, generation): gen means people. Today's bad generation can really annoy their parents. Link3 - Badger = Bad + ger(ms). Germs are always considered bad because they cause allergic reactions such as itching etc, which is very annoying and frustrating, some times harassing as well, especially if they have been troubling u for a long time.

Badinage - teasing conversation, joking talk

Usage - She does not encourage her students indulging in casual badinage Link - Bad-in-age. Youth is the age we may get involved in doing bad things. One of those bad things is teasing someone (frivolous banter) during conversation or pulling someones leg. Link2 - He had a bad image in college because of his badinage.

Bait - to harass, a lure, trap, to entice by trickery or strategy, to tease or insult.

Usage - Before he went fishing, he dug up some worms for bait. Link1 - Bait -> Tait, (Australian bowler , shaun tait). The length that tait bowls to batsmen is very teasing (enticing, alluring) and most of the batsmen fall for this trap and end up being caught behind. If by any chance a boundary is hit, tail replies with a bouncer that is insulting!! Link2 - sounds like WAIT- a boy ALLUREs or give a "temptation" to his girlfriend by saying that he wud wait for her forever...

Baleful - appearing threatening, dangerous, frightening, deadly or harmful.

Usage - She gave him a baleful look that scared him. Link1 - Baleful ~ bail+ful; when any dangerous convict gets out of jail taking bail, he could be threatening.. Link2 - when we pronounce this word this word sounds simillar to word painful........and anything painful is always a result of an evil act...

Balk stop short as if faced with an obstacleto refuse abruptly, avoid deliberately, refuse to comply, shy away, flinch and quail.
Usage Even biology graduates may balk at animal experiments. Link1 - balk sounds like a dog's bark; if you see a dog barking, you refuse to go ahead. hence, dog acts as obstacle (hindrance) in your walk.

Ballast - heavy substance used to add stability or weight

Usage - The risk of advertising the ship as able to sail without ballast is not great, since the statement does not imply a warranty of her arriving anywhere. Link1 - Divide it like--Bal(Balance)+Last(last long), adding weight to bring balance to something(as in weighing balance) or to make it stable that last long.

Balmy something that relieves pain, oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees
Usage A balmy breeze. Link1 Balmy...Think of Zhandu Balm! Sardi, sar dard ko pal mein door kare. So it gives you a soothing, relaxed feeling...it also has a very strong smell...

Banal - hackneyed, commonplace, lacking originality

Usage - The article she came up with had no matter to it- just banal stuff. Link - Divide it like -- ban + al(ban all people); you ban all those people from your group, if they are repeating the same activity again and again.

Bandy discuss lightly or glibly.

Usage - They bandied around the difficult topics. Link1 - bandy sounds like brandy--When people drink brandy, they exchange heated words in a light and glib way..

Bane - curse
Usage - India is trying to get rid of the bane of poverty Link - ban+e -- Things which are harmful or poisonous (can make your life misery) are always banned by government.

Baneful - destructive, causing ruin or death, deadly or sinister.

Usage - The florida eagles has a fierceful baneful look. Link1 Baneful --Bane; Bane is a curse, when you have a fight with some one, you start cursing him and it could lead to the death of tht person(courtesy , your baneful remarks).

Bantering - good-humored, playful conversation.

Usage - Bantered with her colleagues during a coffee break. Link1 - Bantering -- Banta ring(Singh);Banta singh and santa singh are known for their jokes(playful conversation :) )

Barb - a cutting remark; sharp projection from fishhook or other object.

Usage - If you were a politician, which would you prefer, being caught on the barb of a fish hook or being subjected to malicious verbal barbs? Link1 - BarbBarber; a barber uses scissors to CUT hair, so barb can be taken as a cutting remark. Link2 - Barb sounds like Crab; crabs have legs which are sharp.. Link3 - Imagine a 'barb-e-que' being prepared with the help of a needle-like-stick..

Bard poet
Usage - The ancient bard Homer sang of the fall of Troy. Link - bard sounds like bird--imagine a poet writing a poem on bird... Link2 - Everybody is a poet inside a bar..after drinking everyone tries to become a shayar... Link3 - Bard sounds like Beard, A poet is a person who is in his own world and forgets daily activities like shaving an hence has beard.

Barefaced - shamelessly bold

Link - She is ready to bare her body in a barefaced manner...

Baroque - highly ornate or decorated style

Usage - Baroque pearls. Link1 - BaroqueBar + opaque, A Bar is generally ornated with a opaque glass.

Barrage - continuous firing of bullets, overwhelming profusion

Usage - He was unfazed by the barrage of questions. Link - in BAR due to RAGE people started heavy firing of bullets due to mayhem... Link2 - barrage ~ barrier; like man-made barrier in a stream which can stop continuous flow of river water...

Bask - luxuriate, take pleasure in warmth

Usage - The seals were basking in the sun Link - bask--look for word bask in basketball--Playing BASKetball gives pleasure as well as warmth to the body.

Bastion - stronghold, something seen as a source of protection, a group of people or a system that protects a belief when it seems disappear
Usage - They formed a a bastion against corruption. Link - sounds like basti....when a people is ill treated in a basti then every person of that basti stands against the culprit.... Link2 - bastion-- this word sounds like base station,while in war base station is a stronghold for the troops...

Bauble - artificial jewelery

Usage - She was no vulgar woman to be won over with glittering baubles. Link - bauble sounds like bangle--imagine a cheap bangle which appears showy... Link2 - bauble sounds like babul(means parents in hindi)-so babul giving cheap jewelery to his daughter on her wedding...

Bawdy - indecent and obscene

Usage - The aristocrat enjoyed the bawdy songs Link - sounds like body....imagine cheer leaders showing off their body at the show..its vulgar according to politicians.. Link2 - This word rhymes with brandy After drinking brandy, he started behaving indecently.

Beatific -giving or showing bliss, showing great joy and peace

Usage - They were blessed with beatific peace. Link - Indians had a beautiful mood after beating Pakistan in finals.. Link2 - divide this word like beati+fic--beati sounds like beautiful and something which is beautiful is blissful. Link3 - Beautiful beats of music makes one feel heavenly blissful

Bedizen - to dress in a cheap r vulgar way

Usage - I told it would be a disaster to let your mother decorate this place, just look how she has bedizened it. Link - bed+zen--bed(bad)+zen--few bad girls who came out of that ZEN car were dressed up cheaply.. Link2 - bad-in-zen: so there is BAD girl dressed vulgarly in Zen car...

Bedraggle - made wet, dirty or untidy rain

Usage - After their exuberant roll in the fields, my twins looked as bedraggled as yesterday's newspaper forgotten in the rain. Link - Bedraggled bed after Gullu's susu on it at night.... Link2 - if u drag your partner in the bed she will get wet from downside...

Beeline - to go quickly, direct quick route

Usage - He made a beeline for the bathroom Link - divide this word like bee+line-- bee line -the most direct line or path on which the bee adopts to reach the destination(hive) soon...

Befuddle - confuse thoroughly

Usage - These questions befuddle even the experts' Link - befuddle sounds like being in the flood of river, at that time one gets confused where to go...

Beget - to make something happen, become the father of, produce, give rise to
Usage - A liar's one lie begets another Link - beget- sounds like BEG AT ,We usually beg money from our father... Link2 - sounds like budget --Budget is the father of all the money related problems...

Begrudge - envy, give or allow unwillingly, grudge

Usage - My father let me go for the prom with John quite begrudgingly. Link - I begrudged my friend when he would beg roz(daily) for money. Link2 - be+grudge --recall Grudge the famous horror movie, in which the ghost ( of a lady) killed by her husband which later killed many others because of envy and grudge...

Beguile - deceive, mislead or delude, cheat

Usage - It was extremely easy to beguile her in to granting permission for the booze party. Link - Guile sounds like Giles.. England's spin bowler Ashley Giles always mis leaded the batsman with his wrong-ones. Link2 - Beguile = begal boys in duck tail cartoons were very sly...used to cheat...influence by slyness means foxiness.. Link3 - A takeoff from the mneumonic for guile, which is Guys guile Girls for sex; BEGUILE is girls attract and lure in guys for their money and nice cars...

Behemoth - huge creature

Link - A behemoth and mammoth, both were killed to maut(death).

Beholden - indebted, owing thanks, owing something to somebody because they have done something for you
Usage - I must say i am beholden to him for all the guidance i recieved these four years. Link - beholden --be+hold--> HOLDING somebody's feet to THANK him.... Link2 - He said, "I dont want to hold your money as I don;t want to be beholden to anyone.

Belabor - to repeat an idea or argument many times to emphasize it, harp on, dwell on tediously, explain or go over excessively or to a ridiculous degree, attack verbally
Usage - She was belabored by her fellow students Link - divide this word like be(means to exist)+labor--laborer (person who does the labour)so if someone is working as a labourer at some place, they are generally thrashed verbally by their seniors and higher officers... Link2 - Imagine boss saying "you be labour" : he is criticizing, verbally attacking..

Beleaguer - a person who is experiencing a lot of difficulties and criticism, person who is harrased
Usage - The Turks besieged Vienna Link - be+league+r -- focus on league ~ The opponent team harassed Dhanraj Pille to keep him out of the premier hockey LEAGUE... Link2 - not able to withstand the HARASSMENT of the senior players the new player opted to BE out of the LEAGUE...

Belie - contradict, give a false impression, disguise

Usage - Her smile belies her true feeling of displeasure. Link - sounds like be+lie.... lie means something false... Link2 - His lie was belying his dishonesty ...

Belittle - disparage; depreciate, express a negative opinion of something, lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
Usage - She belittled her student's efforts Link - be+little -- be little in value, depreciate ~ In recent days the value of dollar has depreciated a lot.... Link2 - Indians Belittled little master's achievement....they lost the match when our master Sachin scored a century...

Bellicose - warlike, having or showing a ready disposition to fight

Usage - She was fed up of bellicose young officers. Link - Belli ~ Billi (cat); two Billi (cats) very close about to attack : billi-close::bellicose/... Link2 - Two guys were about to start a fight to watch a girl's belly from a window...i hope u got it... Link3 - belli+cose ~ cose sounds like cause, a small fight can become a cause of warlike situation...

Belligerent - quarrelsome
Usage - The diplomats did not approve of the country's belligerent attitude towards its neighbour. Link - sounds like billi(TOM)+jerry...belli (TOM) and jerry always quarrel in TOM and JERRY cartoon.

Bemoan - express dissatisfaction or grief, lament, moan for, express sorrow or disapproval of
Usage - All the girls bemoaned the loss of the last eligible bachelor into the arms of another girl. Link - be+moan--moan sounds like maun(hindi word)(few minute silence in remembrance of someone.) in order to express our grief when someone dies we keep maun for few minutes...

Bemused - confused, lost in thought, preoccupied

Usage - He felt as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class. Link - sounds like music...when a mouse was palying music in a music shop, everyone was confused...but it was a music system playing from background....and mouse was a toy looking like a real one...

Benediction - blessing, the act of praying for divine protection

Usage - The meeting closed with Fr.Antony pronouncing benediction. Link - sounds like ben's dick....in Pakistan there is a ceremony where kid's dick is cut from front(just the small skin)...it is regarded as a blessing....

Benevolent - kind, helpful and generous

Usage - Her benevolent aunt paid for her music classes. Link - bene(root bene means good)+volent(voluntarily)..so good person voluntarily donating his all GOODS to people...

Benign - kindly, favorable, not malignant

Usage - The priest had a benign smile. Link - benign sounds like begin; this kind of beginning is favorable and beneficial for our all future projects.

Benison - blessing
Usage - I could never step in to marriage without my Grandmother's benison. Link - beni+son-->After 10 years of marriage, the god finally blessed the couple with a SON...the couple was too tired to try doing it again.... :P Link2 - BENISON splits as "Bend" down my "son" when a son asks for blessing from his father or elder...

Bequeath - leave to someone by means of a will, hand down in his will

Usage - My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry. Link - divide it like-be(before)+queath(sounds like death)-->a father wrote a will before his death, that his all property should be given to his son...father bequeathed his property to his son..

Berate - to scold somebody

Usage - The mother berated the child for entering a stranger's car. Link - I berated the shopkeeper when he charged me high rates... Link2 - be+rate ~ he was RATEd BElow expectations and hence forth scolded... Link3 - The servant failed to get the Basmati rice at the desired RATE, therefore the owner scolded him severely...

Bereaved - deprived of something valuable or beloved

Usage - His friends gathered to console him upon his sudden bereavement. Link1 - sounds like be+leave+d....Imagine your girlfriend left you; So, you will be called as bereaved...

Bereft - deprived of (something valuable), lacking

Usage - I do say he is a womaniser and she..poor little bereft thing.. Link - be+reft--reft sounds like left, imagine a man who is left alone after his girlfriend left him or deprived of someone lovable...

Link2 - sounds like theft...when theft occurs...he/she is deprived of that thing... Link3 - bereft = beer + left and therefore DEPRIVED of beer...

Berserk - mad with violent anger, frenzied.

Usage - Angered, he went berserk and began to wreck the room. Link1 - be(y) + serk(sarak); when someone is excited and does crazy things, his friends say , abey sarak gayi kya.. Link2 - Berserk resembles the hindi word Besabar.. someone who's madly excited about something.....

Beseech - beg, plead with.

Usage - The workaholic officers wife beseeched him to spend more time with their son. Link - sounds like pleeze(please); a beggar asking...Bees (20) rupees de do please...

Beset - harass or trouble from all directions, hem in

Usage - The country is beset with severe economic problems. Link1 for all cricket fans.... be+set ~ Once the batsman is SET, he can easily attack the bowlers and make runs on all sides...i.e. he is attacking on all sides.... Link2 - beset. bees+attack. imagine bees attack on u from all directions...

Besiege - surround with armed forces, harass, to crowd around.Usage - Reporters besieged the winner for interviews.
Link1 - Be + siege (sieze);..Indian army has seized the line of control, and now the whole area is surrounded by armed forces...

Besmirch - soil, defile, to stain, to make dirty Usage - The article in the paper
besmirched my reputation Link1 - Besmirch = Bees + Mirch (In Hindi language Bees means twenty and Mirch means pepper) So,if you will add twenty pepper to the dish, you will definitely spoil the dish...

Bestial - beastlike, brutal, inhuman.Usage - The bestial conditions into which the city
has sunk. Link - This word together sounds like BEast tail -- beast with a tail implies lacking of human quality ~ inhuman... Link2 - bestial(Beastial) sounds like beast, a beast is brutal and inhuman.

Bestow - confer, to present as a gift or an honorUsage - BCCI bestowed high

praise on the Indian team after winning the series against Bangladesh. Link1 - This word sounds like best toy; when you give a BEST TOY TO your little brother on his birthday, you basically confer your best wishes or your love to him by giving him a gift...

Betoken - signify, indicate by sign, to portend.Usage - Black clothes betoken

mourning. Link1 - divide it like be+token ; When we park a vehicle in public parking or deposit something a token is given...a token is a sign of or signifies that our stuff is kept there..

Betroth - become engaged to be married, to promise to marryUsage

- She was betrothed to her husband at the age of twenty. Link1 - be + troth(truth)..after doing it a lot of times when the girl asked for betrothment....the guy said the truth that he has already betrothed to another girl... :P

Link2 - be+Troth -- sounds like truth...The lovers finally fretted out the TRUTH that they both are going to marry each other after hiding their affair from past 3 years....

Bevy - a large group, a group or an assemblage, flock of birdsUsage - The movie actor was surrounded by a bevy of starlets.
Link1 - Bevy=be +"we" not me, hence refers to a group,,,, Link2 - Bevy beverage; When ever people drink beverages they do so with a group of friends. Link3 - sounds like BIWI (wife in hindi) .. wives like to go to kitty party GROUPS...

Bewail - to express great sadness or sorrow about something

Usage - A song bewailing his dissatisfaction in love Link - sounds like biwi+ailing..he was not able to do it with her wife because his biwi was ailing(affected with health problems)...so he started bewailing...

Bewitched - capture completely, cast a spell over

Usage - She bewitched the audience with her tricks Link - be+witch -- a woman who practices magic is witch....think of this beautiful witch who has captured all men's heart.

Bicameral - composed of two legislative bodies, consisting of two chambers

Usage - "Observe the bicameral heart of the fish," the professor said. Link - bi (means two) + camer (latin root)(chamber) ~ something that consist of two chambers...

Bicker - quarrel
Link - Bicker sounds like Biker...the biker crashed into the car and he had a big bicker with the owner of the car...

Biennial - every two years

Usage - They met at biennial conventions Link - sounds like bi+annual...means every two years...

Bigot - a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
Usage - i wanted to throw that pompous old bigot out of my party last night, just my luck that he happens to be my future father-in-law. Link - bi(by)+got(god)--think of a person who is excessively devoted to god and hence very much hypocritical.this person will not tolerate any opinion about god differing from his own...

Bilious - suffering from indigestion, feeling as if you might vomit

Usage - I felt a little bilious after last night's dinner. Link - sounds like billi(cat)...she felt bilious after drinking the milk which billi has tasted... Link2 - bilious can be compared with bile which is produced by liver...so absence of biles will cause biliousness....

Bilk - cheat, swindle

Usage - He bilked his creditors Link - Bilk rhymes with milk and the milkman always "cheats" you by adding water in the milk... Link2 - A milkman bilked Bill Clinton by over billing...

Billow - to fill with air and swell, surge (of smoke), large wave of water or smoke
Usage - The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed Link - sounds like billo(billo rani)....she billowed her breasts to impress all the guys around... Link2 - sounds like pillow....pillow was billowed with air and cotton...

Bivouac - temporary camp or shelter without a tent

Usage - Wherever he went in the bivouac the men were grumbling Link - His biwi was pregant..so when they were camping her wife was not able to walk so they stayed in a bivouac...

Blanch - bleach, whiten

Usage - She visibly blanched when she was caught unawares by her sister. Link - blanch resembles blank..which is generally refered as a white space..so blanch means to leave it white..so whiten... Link2 - blanch sounds like bleach--woman go for bleaching to whiten their skin or to make their skin more white...

Bland - soothing or mild, agreeable, causing no trouble or offence

Usage - The play was nothing but a bland little drama. Link - sounds like blond....when a blond girl says something every guy agrees it without any second thought... Link2 - slightly offensive...BLack LAND(penis)..white girls generally find "Black LANDS" uninteresting but seeing the length she had nothing to do but to become smoothly agreeable to do it...

Blandishment - flattery
Usage - She successfully resisted his blandishments. Link - BLAN (like PLAN) + DISH (food) = PLAN a DISH to FLATTER somebody... Link2 - BLANDISHMENT- Remember it like Brandy to an Irish women, this is like a flattery and later u can get what you want from that woman....

Blare - make a loud and harsh voice

Usage - She could not hear him because of the continuous blare. Link - blare--sounds like blair -- Tony Blair shouted loud and harsh,when a glare of light fell on him... Link2 - flare: outburst of flames or fire.Glare=outburst of light. Blare: outburst of noise....

Blase - bored with pleasure and excitement

Usage - He had a a blase attitude about housecleaning. Link - blase sounds like baass (enough, stop now)!! so when a girl had it(s**) enough she gets bored and say baass!!or mat karo... Link2 - whenever i see a BLack ASE(ass) i feel bored and uninterested...

Blasphemy - sacrilege, behavior or language that insults GOD or religion

Usage - Her indulgence in the occult was nothing but blasphemy. Link - sounds like blas(blast)+phemy(famous) ...if some terrorists do a blast at a temple on RAM NAVAMI....it will be a blasphemy act....

Blatant - extremely or loudly offensive

Usage - Her blatant cries grabbed everyone's attention. Link - bla (blast) + tant (tent) --> when the offense of doing a blast in a army tent was done -- there was loud noise everywhere....

Bleak - not hopeful or encouraging, cold and unpleasant

Usage - The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes provided him no shelter. Link - bleak sounds like black -- black color is the symbol of hopelessness and depression... Link2 - sounds like leak...when there is too much cold then there may be some leakage in a child's underpants... Link3 - bleak....rhymes like .. leak ...thae chances of leaking theexam paper are weak,no hope ..so.....bleak...:)

Blight - to spoil or damage, blemish

Usage - Her past was a blight on her happiness. Link - sounds like black light.....Black light may destroy the plants..

Blowhard - a person who talks a lot, talkative boaster, braggart

Usage - He is such a braggart Link - blow + hard -- imagine someone who blows words in a way as if he is blowing air -too many words, hence talkative.... Link2 - He gave hard blows on the face of a blowhard....

Bludgeon - to hit several times with a heavy object

Usage - The girl was bludgeoned to death with a club. Link - There was blood on the face when he was bludgeoned by an iron rod... Link2 - Bludgeon ~ Blood + Generator; If u hit someone with a bludgeon (ex. hockey stick) then blood comes out...

Blue - gloomy and depressed

Usage - A blue was hovering over the flower bed. Link - You will be gloomy and depressed when you know that your wife has made a blue film secretly with a random guy....

Bluster - to speak aggressively but without any effect, to blow violently

Usage - She was not impressed by his youthful bluster Link - Sounds like blaster....Blast and hence lot of noise, confusion and turbulence.. Link2 - A man was blustering after the blast took place...

Bode - to be a good or bad sign for something, indicate by signs

Usage - These signs bode bad news Link - sounds like board exams)10th or 12th)....Good marks in pre-board exams bodes well for the board exams...

Bohemian - unconventional (in an artistic way)

Usage - Nicholas was a true Bohemian. Link - bohemian sounds like He-man ( kids favorite ) who looks very informal and unconventional... Link2 - A bohemian girl took me in bahon mein(into her arms)...

Boisterous - noisy and full of energy and life

Usage - The kids were full of boisterous pranks. Link - SPLIT IT LIKE...BOIS(BOYS)+TEROS(TERRORIS(t)).....SO BOYS WHO BEHAVE LIKE TERRORIS.(t). .AND WE KNOW WHEN BOYS BEHAVE LIKE TERRORIST..WAT WE MEAN IS THAT THEY ARE too noisy and behaving like rowdy........

Bolster - support, reinforce

Usage - He tried to bolster his sister's confidence. Link - read bolster as booster which mean giving extra energy and hence to support and strengthen someone or something... Link2 - RELATE TO BOLT which is used to SUPPORT OR REINFORCE....

Botch - mismanage, blow

Usage - Telling him all was a botch on her part Link - sounds like bacche(kids)...chhote bachhe(small kids) often botch up the work...

Bouillon - a clear beef soup

Usage - She fed him some nutritious bouillon. Link - I killed a bull and a lion and made a bouillon....

Bourgeois - middle class, selfishly materialistic, too interested in material possessions

Usage - He was the only bourgeois to be granted the privilege of meeting the Queen. Link - high class family chicks are gorgeous, but middle class ones are a little bore... They are nothing but bourgeois...

Bout - match, short period of great activity

Usage - The bout lasted for an hour. Link - sounds like OUT...when a set batsmen is given out....then there is a short period of great activity happening in the match...

Bovine - cowlike, placid and dull

Usage - The cow is a bovine. Link - A bovine person mixing wine and bournvita in bovine's milk...

Bowdlerize - to remove, expurgate

Usage - The editor was asked to bowdlerize the novel. Link - sounds like "bow bow".. relate it to your dog... Imagine, you are recording a tape. your dog barked twice or thrice in between.. you will edit and omit it because its indelicate....

Brackish - somewhat saline

Usage - The brackish water was not potable. Link - suppose u r kissing under the bra which were wet with sweat..so they taste salty...:)

Braggart - an offensive boastful person

Usage - He had a tendency to brag about his adventures. Link - If you want the bra removed, you have to boast and flirt the girl.... Link2 - some try to drag the attention by BRAGging, talking too much of themselves....

Brandish - wave around (a weapon), flourish

Usage - He brandished his weapon. Link - brandish = brand(brandy)...so once v drink brandy v vill start waving foolishly... Link2 - brand+ish...and try to remember sourav ganguly in SONA CHANDI CHAVANYAPRAS...ADVERTISE MENT...WAVING SWORD TO SHOW THE STRENTH HE GOT AFTER EATING SONA CHANDI CHAVANPRAS BRAND so dada brandishing the sword for chavanpras BRAND...

Bravado - a false show of bravery, a pretense of courage

Usage - Hes full of bravado, but really hes coward. Link - sounds .like bra + faado(tear)...a guy always use to praise himself that he tear the bra of girls when he goes to a date...but later it was proved false by a girl....so he was just a bravado.. Link2 - Bravado -> Brav + avoid + o. So a coward will always avoid being brave and instead only pretend to be so.

Brawn - physical strength and power, strong well developed muscles.Usage - Hes got plenty of brains and brawn.
Link1 - Brawn->b(RAW)n. For all the wrestling fans, WWF RAW (star sports) is a very popular wrestling competition which is a true test of brawn.. Link2 - sounds like Ron...Ron eats brownies everyday...so he has a lot of brawny muscles...

Brazen - shameless and boldness, unusually loud and harsh, to face and overcome boldly and shamelessly.Usage - The witness brazened out the prosecutors question.
Link1 - bra + zen; the girl going in the zen car was wearing only a bra(that was really bold)

Brevity - state of being brief, concise, and terse.Usage - The letters were edited for brevity and clarity.
Link1 - brevity sounds like levity which means lightness..when something is light it means it is short and concise..

Brindle - having grey or brown marks, spots or streaks

Usage - The cat's brindled fur made it look dirty. Link - Rin dala and brindles cat ko brown kar diya......

Bristling - to stand stiffly, to stand erect like bristles, to suddenly become annoyed. Usage - The author
bristled at the suggestion of plagiarism. Link1 - remember toothbrush bristles (they are stiff n stand erect)

Brocade - thick heavy expensive material with a raised pattern.Usage - The worthy tailor endeavored to recapture his piece of
brocade. Link1 - I was breaking gold wire to add to a brocade suit which was being made fir Shahrukh Khan.....

Broach - introduce as a subject, open upUsage - We

broached our plans for the new year. Link1 - when you APPROACH a girl for the first time you need to broach yourself....

Link2 - BROACH sounds like Brochure. So a Brochure is always is used to INTRODUCE or we can remember it as Brochure is to OPEN.

Brook - tolerate, endureUsage - We will brook no further argument\

Link1 - In the class, if you dont bring your Book , teacher will not BROOK it. Link2 - relate this to BROOK BOND tea....jst drink the tea and then u can tolerate any tension. :-)

Browbeat - intimidate, bully

Usage - Politicians browbeat the voters. Link1 - bro + beat; When our elder bro(brother) starts beating us, we get intimidated...

Brunt - main impact or shock (of an attack or blow)

Usage - The Maltese had to bear the brunt of the attack. Link - Brunt: It sounds like burnt. The area of the land which was hit the meteoroid was badly BRUNT due to main impact/shock created by the collision.... Link2 - In a hunt....poor animals bear the brunt(in the form of blow of the gun)....

Brusque - blunt, abrupt, curt, short,marked by rude or peremptory shortness.Usage - The doctors are brusque and
busy. Link1 - "Brush kyun nahi kiya.."...the dentist said to the child in a brusque tone...

Buccaneer - pirate
Usage - The villainous buccaneer with the peg-leg and the parrot Link1 - pirate of carribeans--- buccaneer of carribeans; buccaneer = pirate. Link2 - sounds like Bikaner....some pirates captured the famous bikaner shop in the Bikaner city...they demanded sexiest gals of the city to do serve them namkeen and dance in front of them.... :P Link3 - Buccaneers looted the Bikaner wala....

Bucolic - rustic, pastoral, connected with the country side or country life
Usage - The bucolic surroundings of the city. Link1 - bucolic sounds like bullock which is used in the "country side"..... Link2 - Bulls and cow were grazing in a bucolic painting....

Buffoon - stupid person, clown

Usage - The buffoon succeeded in entertaining the guests. Link - a buffoon called the cops and was yelling on the phone..."khoon khoon"...actually there was no khoon...

Bugaboo - bugbear, someone or something which upsets you

Usage - The old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them Link - Bugs and badboo(smell) are bugaboos of this area... Link2 - boo!! u use it when u wonna scare funnily..so relates to a ghost..ghosts are bugbears n they the baseless terror since they dont stand on floor..

Bullion - gold and silver in the form of bars

Usage - The bank decided to keep bullion locked in the cellar. Link - He has billions, and so he buys bullions...

Bulwark - strong wall for defense, something which protects

Usage - The bulwark prevented the beach from washing away. Link - BULL + WORK--BULLs were carrying bricks for the WORK of a wall construction... Link2 - slightly funny one....its a bull's work to protect her wife i.e. cow...

Bungle - mismanage, blunder, blow

Usage - I botched the dinner which we had to eat. Link - sounds like jungle mein mangal....i hope u know its meaning....she did a blunder as she got pregnant after doing jungle mein mangal.... Link2 - She bungled her job at bangle factory after breaking all the bangles which had to be delivered.... Link3 - I botched the dinner and we had to eat out...

Burgeon - to grow or develop rapidly

Usage - Population is burgeoning Link - sounds like burgers....the demand of burgers is burgeoning at McDonalds.....and tummies of people are also burgeoning due to that....

Burlesque - to imitate in a humorous way, imitate mockingly

Usage - He was an expert at writing and directing burlesque. Link - some college students performed a burlesque in which a girl was standing in a queue without any clothes... Link2 - burlesque..can be pronounced as bure log in hindi..wha do bad ppl do?? ridicule others..

Burnish - make shiny by rubbing, polish

Usage - The vase's burnish was wearing off. Link - sounds like furnish....i.e. polishing and rubbing to make it shine.. Link2 - Goldsmith was burnishing the gold after burning....

Buttress - support to somebody or something

Usage - Damage to the buttress led to the collapse of the wall.

Link - remember by your BUTT or BUTTOCKS ! what do they do? They provide you with a padding when you sit, giving support.. :) Link2 - A buttress to support her heavy butts...also sounds like butt rest...

Buxom - (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
Usage - Hollywood seems full of buxom blondes Link - there are a lot of buxom female boxers in female boxing championship..wearing just boxers :P ....

Byzantine - complicated, secret

Usage - It is an organization of byzantine complexity Link - its a byzantine fact that how our kaam wali(hiuse maid) BUY a new ZEN car every year....

Cabal - small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interest
Usage - The minister's cabal was foiled by the opposition. Link - Cabal of bald people planning to pull others baal(hair). Link2 - cabal (Kabul), remember this place....Bin Laden and his men secretly united in kabul(cabal) to promote their interest, i.e "jihad"...

Cache - hiding place

Usage - Increasing the cache influences the performative speed of the system.
Link - Police seized huge cash and large cache of weapons... Link2 - sounds like cash.. So, hide your cash somewhere...

Cadaver - corpse, dead body

Usage - The cadaver is medically examined in case of unnatural death.

Link - Rotten cadaver of devar(brother-in-law) lying near canal....

Cajole - persuade by praise or false promise

Usage - To cajole the beautiful girl in veil to show up her face.

Link - Kajol promised to kiss me if I pay her 2 rupees...but i had only 1 rupee..so she said come later..but when i went later she refused..and even took my 1 rupee... She cajoled me....

Callow - still young and unexperienced

Usage - Ravi makes callous statements about his step mother. Link 1- Callow like a cow. Link 2- C+allow : an immature girl can not allow to doit with her... Link 3- Callow = Cal + low; caliber is low.

Calumny - false statement, slander

Usage - He was often a target of obloquy. Link - Calumny printed in newspaper column... Link2 - calumny, sounds like kalmuhi, which is a harsh remark given by a saas to her bahu. So its a kind of slander...

Camaraderie - feeling of friendship and trust among people

Usage - Keeping up the spirit of camaraderie is the most important factor in team work. Link - When I had camaraderie with her, I used to share her camera and kamara(room).

Canard - false rumour, report

Usage - It was proved beyond doubt that the allegation against the leader was nothing
but a canard. Link 1 - Karnard died is a canard, because he caught me having sex with her daughter... Link 2 - Remember Kannad movies...their fighting is so unreal..false... so Remember canard as being a false portrayal.

Canker - dangerous influence that spreads

Usage - Once addicted, it is very difficult to get rid of the canker of drug intake. Link - Canker relates to CANCER which acts as a kankar(stone) in way of life and spreads very fast in the body....

Cant - insincere statement

Usage - The cant between the two planes was very narrow. Link - The term 'cunt' is a cant statement.

Cantata - short musical work

Usage - Buddhist cantatas are very soothing to listen to. Link - Sardarji presented cantata on his truck TATA...

Capitulate - surrender
Usage - The army capitulated fearing total wipe out.

Link - My friend said to me, "My capital(money) tu le le(you take) and please loose this match to impress his girlfriend"....he capitulated in between our cricket match....as he was about to loose...

Caprice - sudden change of mind without any real cause

Usage - Many empires have fallen due to the actions that the kings or emperors take, without thinking, succumbing to caprice. Link - Cap's price are capricing day by day... Link2 - ca(kya)+price...u say to shopkeeper "abey yeh kya u go on changing price."...

Carafe - glass water bottle

Usage - Sarah was terribly upset as she had accidentally broken the expensive glass carafe that they use for the Christmas party. Link - For my car's cafe, I bought a carafe.

Cardinal - chief, most important

Usage - Cardinal flowers are named after its bright red color. Link - Cardiac muscles are cardinal.

Careen - stagger, move in an unsteady way as if one is drunk

Usage - The careen put them in great danger. Link -careen sounds like car in rain...car will MOVE IN AN UNSTEADY manner in the rain. Link2 - I careened towards Kareena Kapoor's house when she called me and agreed to do with me.

Caricature - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect, distortion

Usage - The drawing caricatured the President Link - Jim Carry is famous for his facial caricatures because he shows all kinds of distorted faces.

Carnage - destruction of life

Usage - Thousands were killed in the horrific carnage caused by the attacking enemy. Link 1 - If under aged people drive the car, there is a possibility that he may kill people on the road. Link 2 - Carnage = car + rage(remove n). A car coming in rage may result in mass killing or mass destruction.

Carnal - connected with body or sexual desires

Usage - Men is taught and trained to suppress his intimate carnal desires. Link 1 - Nowadays cars are used to satisfy carnal desires. Link 2 - Karnal had carnal desires and fulfilled with her wife in a car(also rhymes with anal).

Carping - petty criticism, fault-finding, fretful complaining

Usage - Some newspapers thrive on indecent coverage and carping on celebrities. Link - If you will ping with your car horn, people will shout at you...they will complain... carping... Link2 - Car owner carping that his car petrol pi ri hai...

Castigate - to punish, severe criticism

Usage - The child behaved even more badly after the castigation. Link - I castigated a low caste person at my gate. Link2 - In olden days lower CAST people were severely criticized...

Catcall - shout of displeasure

Usage - He was catcalling throughout the movie. Link - Cat was calling rats but there was catcall from rats... Link2 - if someone CALL girl, a CAT there will be a shout of disapproval from her side n she would boo at them back...

Catharsis - releasing strong feelings from anger, purging of emotional tensions

Usage - Aristotle says that the aim of tragedy is catharsis of emotions. Link - I went with my mom to a Katha(religious story in hindi) which was a catharsis experience.

Caucus - meeting to discuss somrthing private

Usage - Prior to the meeting in which the candidates for the next election were nominated, the senior members of the party organized a caucus. Link 1 - Coke was distributed to every member during caucus of congress members with Coke CEO. Link 2 - A meeting where COWS+disCUS therefore caucus is closed political(cows) meeting.

Cauterize - burn, sear using chemical or heat

Usage - Twenty years of military service in the war front, totally cauterized him. Link 1- With hot cutter, doctor cauterize the cut. Link 2- sounds like cotton..which used when your skin burns or gets wounded.

Caulk - waterproof filter and sealant used in building and repair to make water tight
Usage - A caulk was applied at the leaking bottle. Link - Caulk sounds like cork..caulk tube to fill crack holes of a ship.

Cavil - find fault unnecessarily

Usage - Prasad tried to repeatedly cavil the proposal by raising silly oppositions. Link - 'cavil' transformed as 'vakil', who used to put "objections" on each point of the

opposition. Link2- sounds like evil.. evil people always find unnecessary faults in the good. Link3- rhymes with KAABIL(potent in hindi), u dont make OBJECTIONS to what KAABIL people say.

Celerity - speed, rapidly

Usage - IT was with incredible celerity that the winners race car went through the pavilion. Link - Celebrity like Ranbir kapoor, Hrithik Roshan dance with celerity. Link2 - Relate to: Accelerate = Ac (celerity) = which means speed up something or doing something rapidly.

Celibate - not married and are virgin

Usage - In most of the congregations, priesthood can be chosen only by unmarried or celibate men. Link - sounds like saali(sister in law)...My saali maintained her celibacy till I met her. Link2 - Celibate=celina+abate which means abating sex with Celina Jaitley (a popular bollywood actress) as you want to remain your celibacy... Link3 - Celebrities are not at all celibate because they have to get work in place of that.

Censure - blame, criticize

Usage - The engineer censured the workers for their lack of punctuality. Link - sounds like censor board...which always criticizes every inch of the film and also disapproves of some of the parts.

Chafe - warm by rubbing, annoy

Usage - This leash chafes the dog's neck Link - the word resembles cafe- cafe is a place where u can see lovers rubbing each others hands, to make things warm and sore..lol... Link2 - sounds like cafe....cafe is always hot..and if its in a china cup it gets hotter by rubbing...

Chagrin - annoyance and disappointment

Usage - To the chagrin of many of the members of the political party, the leader was arrested for bribery. Link - I was in a meeting and to my chagrin, CHAI GIR gayi on my pant making it very embarrassing for me...

Chalice - goblet, consecrated cup

Usage - The priest distributed the wine from the chalice to the people present at the mass. Link - it is pronounced as chaalis (40); imagine ali baba 40 chor having drinks in a chalice .. Link2 - CHALICE can be pronounced as CHAI PLEASE... so he gets you CHAI in a CONSECRATED CUP...

Chaperon - old person who supervises young unmarried woman

Usage - The bride and her chaperon were late for the ceremony as they were struck in heavy traffic.

Link - Chaperon sounds CHAP-WRONG and wrong chaps tease young women..hence need older men to supervise... Link2 - Ron naam ka budha(old person) chape ho gya bandi ke....saala chipku....milne nahi deta hume usse...

Charlatan - pretender in knowledge(esp in medicine), quack

Usage - The charlatan confused the crowd into buying the things for a higher price. Link - you hit CHAR LATEIN (in Hindi language) (4 kicks) to the person who misguides you as he himself doesn't know anything....

Chary - cautious, unwilling to take risks

Usage - The advices that the chary minister gave the king, helped him win over the enemies. Link - sounds like "BramhaChari": What do the Bramhachari's do ?? They try to keep away from Marriage/ Females in general...they are very cautious about maintaining distance from women...

Chastise - punish as by beating

Usage - She chastised him for his insensitive remarks Link - sounds liek chaste(virginity)....The father chastised his daughter when she lost her chaste....

Cherubic - angelic, innocent looking

Usage - The child had a cherubic face. Link - sounds like chehra(face)+ruby....girls whose chehra is like a ruby are very angelic...

Chicanery - trickery, deception

Usage - His chicanery always worked. Link - sounds like chic(young girl)+nari(indian woman)...the difference between them is chics are very deceptive while naris are innocent....chics trick the husbands of naris to get money by doing it with them...

Chide - scold, rebuke

Usage - The mother chided the child for entering a stranger's car Link - chide can be remembered as "hide". You hide to avoid getting scolded if you do something wrong...

Chimerical - fantastically improbable, highly unrealistic

Usage - His Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists Link - It has "miracle" in it-> Miracle is imaginative....

Chivalrous - faithful, courteous, brave

Usage - He was a chivalrous man. Link - sounds like SHIVA(Hindu's GOD).. he is a true example of bravery and courteousness....

Choleric - bad tempered

Usage - Her behavior led to a choleric response from him. Link - sounds like high collar.....if someone has a high collar(means arrogance)...his is surely a choleric person...because he will get irritated very fast when his ego gets hurt...

Chore - daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping)

Usage - He is in a habit of choring activities of his house. Link - sounds like chor(thief)....in some cheap TV serials we see that maids, servants(who do daily REGULAR household TASKS) often turn into thieves(CHOR!!)....

Chortle - chuckle with delight, laugh quietly

Usage - She let out a chortle. Link - sounds like chori(robbery)....CHORI TAL gayi because due to our laughter, Chor knew that we are awake in our room.... Link2 - Chor(thieves) used to laugh in opposite way of chortle...

Churlish - boorish or vulgar, having a bad disposition, harsh.Usage - It seemed churlish to refuse an offer meant so
kindly. Link - For all Shahid Kapoor fans, in the movie Kaminey, Shahid kapoor played double role and one of them CHARLIE(churlish) was boorish and always had an inclination(disposition) towards crime(bad)... Link2 - sounds like girlish...you should not be rude to those guys who are girlish types...i know they are boring..

Citadel - a stronghold or fortified place, a bulwark, a fortress in a commanding position.Usage - The citadel at
Besancon towered above the river. Link1 - City + Del(hi); When India was not divided, the CITY DELHI was in a position frm where you can control all the other places. Link2 - cita(Seeta) was captured by Ravana and was confined to his fortress with all his sena del(dal) protecting her...

Clamber - to climb with difficulty, awkward climbing.

Usage - They clambered up the steep hills. Link1 - Climber when written awkwardly is clamber...so clamber means a person who is having difficulties during climbing,, :P

Clamor - a loud continuous noise, a vehement

expression of discontent or protest.Usage - A clamor in the

press for pollution control. Link1 - Clamor rhymes with glamour. In the glamour industry, there is clamor in the viewers whenever a celebrity comes on the stage.

Clandestine kept or done in secret, concealed, furtive, hidden, and stealthy.Usage - They are said to have been
holding clandestine meetings for years. Link - the girl said to his boyfriend when her father caught both of them...Plan(Clan) this(des) time(tine) in Clandestine --- Plan this time secretly Link2 Clandestine = Candle + Einstein. So Einstein during his research days conducted clandestine experiments in a secret chamber with only a candle as a source of light.

Clangor - a loud resonant repeating noise.Usage - He

could hear the clang of distant bells. Link1 - Clangor -> Class + Lang(uage). In a primary class, when learning the alphabets of a new language, all the students shout out the alphabets after the teacher (at least 5 times) in a loud resonating sound. So clangor means a loud repeating noise. Link2 - sounds like banger....a banger bangs a girl repeatedly with a loud repeating noise...

Clarion - shrill, loud and clear, inspiring,trumpetlike sound

Usage - A clarion call to action. Link1 - sounds like clarity...so a clarion voice has clarity in it....

Cleave - to split with a sharp instrument, to separate, adhere to something

Usage To cleave a path (to make by cutting). Link1 - sounds like cleavage...it separates both hanging parts of a woman....

Clement - lenient
Usage - She thanked god for such clemency. Link - cle+me+mercy give me some mercy...u got mercy from the person from whom u expect punishment...

Clout - great influence (especially political or social), hard blow with fist
Usage - I gave him a clout on his nose

Link - sound slike call out....when you call out your ex-girlfriend's name during your marriage instead of your present girlfriend....you are surely gonna receive a hard blow from your present gf.... Link2 - cl(call) + out.In cricket match umpire will give out(decision). So they have great influence....

Codicil - later addition to a will

Usage - The codicil came as a great relief to the disappointed heirs. Link - sounds like KOTHI + SEAL...Imagine a person getting an aalishaan KOTHI through a will...but unfortunately due to some codicil..his kothi is sealed....

Coeval - living at the same time as, existing during the same period of time
Usage - He is my coeval. Link - sounds similar to co-evolve meaning EVOLVED OR BORN AT THE SAME TIME....twins co-evolve at same time...they both are each other's coeval...

Cogent - convincing
Usage - He presented a cogent argument. Link - cogent - gent - a gentle person is always the right person to convince others.... Link2 - A company's agent always give cogent explanation of the product...

Cognizance - having knowledge of something

Usage - The chapter seemed beyond her cognizance. Link - cognizant is a company in Gurgaon....only "knowledgeable" students get placed in "cognizant" during placements!..

Cohabit - live together

Usage - The two were cohabiting since a year. Link - co - together, habit resembles habitat ie, a living place..so cohabit, is living together..

Coiffure - hairstyle
Usage - She arrived in an interesting coiffure. Link - coiffure - in this word, if you can see, fure, read it as fur..which is the hair of animals. If you check the oi letters in the word, take it as oil and oil is used for hairstyling..!!

Collate - examine and compare in order to verify authenticity, arrange in order

Usage - They used a software to collate the information. Link - sounds lile col(college)+ late...when her daughter came late from the college, he started collating the information from her... Link2 - corelate = for corelating, we first arrange it in order and then make critical comparisons...

Collateral - security given for loan

Usage - They put up their home as collateral. Link - When you give a loan to someone and he doesnot return the money what will you do??? You'll call him repeatedly but he will say "CALL LATER". To avoid this scene, you will take some kind of security such as property, jewellery......

Colloquial informal or conversational vocabulary, pertaining to conversational or common speech

Usage - He converses in colloquial Japanese as easily as in English. Link - colloquial - can be read as Coll - local so we use local language(informal) language in our college..teri maa ki....etc etc...

Collusion - conspiring in a fraudulent scheme to cheat or deceive others

Usage - Their collusion was made public by their enemies. Link - sounds like illusion which is also used to deceive someone.. Link2 - ollu- resembles ullu(owl) ,,ullu banaya..vo fraud nikala....

Colossal - of immense size, huge, gigantic, monumental, mammoth.Usage - The task they face is colossal.
Link1 - sounds like colo+sal(year)...he won a prize of colossal supply of colo(coca cola) for 1 saal(year)...

Comatose - in a coma, extremely sleepy

Usage - Grandpa lies comatose on the sofa. Link1 - sounds like coma+toes...a person can't move his toes on his own if he is in coma....

Comely - attractive, agreeable, having a pleasing appearance

Usage - She was a large, comely girl with a mass of dark brown hair. Link1 sounds like Komal...my girlfriends Komal is very attractive and beautiful..meaning of her name describes her skin...

Comestible - something fit to be eaten

Usage - Insects are comestible things. Link - sounds like COMESTIBLE ~ COME+ ITS + EATABLE Link2 - There were delicious comestibles at our college mess table...

Comeuppance - well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke

Usage - The central character is an evil man who gets his comeuppance in the end. Link1 - Comeuppance = Come + Upper (hindi) + Once. In the movie DON, Helen convinced don to come to her bed room ( upper wala) just once, so that she can kill him and thereby take revenge of her brothers (ramesh) death. So don deserved comeuppance....

Link2 - A student attempts a prank during a lecture. The teacher holds up a stick in her hand and asks the student to come up and face the punishment he deserves.

Commodious spacious, large and roomy, suitable and comfortable.

Usage - Big terraces of commodious houses went up. Link1 - Concentrate on MODI. The bungalows of lalit modi and narendra modi are commodious.

Commensurate - equal in extent; of the same size

Usage - A salary commensurate with my performance. Link - SPLIT AS COMMON - ENSURED -RATE. WHICH MEANS, OUR RATE WILL BE EQUAL TO THE CHEAPEST PRODUCT! Link - Common + rate(ratio); When you are doing a problem in Ratio and Proportion, you try to assume the variable as a common ratio (or a PROPORTIAONATE) of the known variables.

Commiserate - feel or express pity or sympathy for

Usage - Raj's friends commiserated with him after he lost the match. Link1 - Com(ma) + Miser(able) + serate(state); When Raj came to know that his friend's mother was in COma(a miserable state), he went to commiserate him.

Compendium - brief, comprehensive summary Complacency - self satisfaction

Usage This text can serve as a compendium of the tremendous amount of new material being developed in this field. Link1 - CUM(hindi for less) PEN use karke u can just write summary of topic.... Usage - The Indian team after winning all the matches of the league stage were beaten comprehensively in the finals, thanks to their complacency. Link - A comfortable place makes u COMplacent. Link2 - COMP(Company)+PLACEncy- When you get placed in a company you get complacency..... Link3 - sounds like complan...when we add compan to the milk we are satisfied that the milk is good for child's growth...

Compliant - readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others
Usage - She tried to be a compliant wife. Link - compli(comply)+ant(aunt)..TO comply with UR AUNT wishes or willings to do it with her....

Comport - bear one's self; behave.

Usage - He comported himself with great dignity Link1 - comport = com + port. When you come to the (air)port, you need to behave with dignity..to pretend that you are very rich...

Compunction - remorse, feeling of guilt about doing something

Usage - The Judge was sever with the criminal, because he felt that the criminal had not shown any compunction for his crime. Link1 - come + puncture..(punch). You will say "come and punch me" only if you are in deep regret of having done something wrong....

Concerted - mutually agreed on; done together by agreement

Usage - The department was making a concerted effort to attract more efforts. Link - sounds like concert....concerts are done in a planned and determined way, especially by more than one person, government, country, etc....

Concession - an act of yielding, conceding

Usage - She removed her jacket as a concession to the sultry weather. Link - sounds like con(to cheat someone)+ cession(session)...the smart thief thought his child a lot of tricks to con someone... Link - Concessional, after a session it is YES for contract....

Conciliatory - reconciling, soothing

Usage - Her lover spoke in a very conciliatory tone. Link - sounds like conci(kaunsi)+li(LEE brand) + atory(factory)....when my friends said that Lee brand is providing free jeans then i asked him,"kaunsi wali LEE factory".... Link2 - Heyy this sounds like CONSOLING...which means soothing...

Conclave - a private secret meeting

Usage - The city council is having its conclave this weekend. Link - con (conference) + clave (cave); we are going to organize a secret conference (meeting) in a cave....

Concoct - prepare by mixing or combining

Usage - The witch concocted a love potion. Link - coct - resembles a cocktail, prepared by mixing and combining. A conman is preparing it, in a concert disguised(make up) as a bartender...

Concomitant - something that accompanies

Usage - Deafness is an unfortunate concomitant of old age. Link - con(together) + comitant(sounds like commitment)..so if we have committed to each other, we'll go together....

Concord - agreement, accord

Usage - They managed to reach a concord. Link - If you are a keyboard player you must be knowing about chords..chords are used for harmony...concord = con + chord... Link2 - sounds like accord car...when a guy driving accord car proposed a girl....she said yes reluctantly....they both agreed to do it and then never see each other again unless the boy wants to...

Concur - agree, coincide, happen at the same time

Usage - Both philosophers concord on this point Link - sounds like concurrent....i.e. coincide.... Link2 - when a king conquers(concur) a state then the people in the state hav to agree with it...

Condescend - act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way

Usage - He was trying to condescend her but she was sensible enough to recognize it. Link - It has the word descend in it ,it implies descending to a lower position...

Condign - adequate, (of punishment) severe and well deserved

Usage - The condign censure meted out to him was appropriate for his impertinent remarks. Link - condign=co+n+dign ~> come+and+dine...imagine that your used condoms are caught by your father...then after a well deserved punishment, ur mother calls u back for dining :)

Condone - forgive, overlook, excuse

Usage - She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities Link - if u use condom u will be forgiven by health and family welfare department and by the girl if she gets pregnant...

Confiscate - seize, take possession of (private property) by official order

Usage - The FBI confiscated the drugs Link - sounds like con(kaun)+fis(fist)+cate(kate winslet)...if you ask "kaun kate winslet" in front of her then you are gonna get a fist(punch) fron her and by her bodyguard...

Conflagration - a large destructive fire, a very intense and uncontrolled fire, a wild fire.
Usage - All the stock was destroyed in the warehouse conflagration. Link - if you check the word flag in the above word, watching our flag fly high fills our hearts with extra josh and ignites a fire within us when we salute it... Link2 - Conflagration = Confl + aag (fire) + ration. So there was aag in the ration shop, but the oil stocked in the ration shop turned the fire into a conflagration!!

Confluence - A gathering, flowing or meeting together at one juncture or point, a gathering of people
Usage - The 160 meter falls mark the confluence of the rivers.

Link - sounds like influence ..a leader bring people together by means of his influence...he can influence them to do anything...like in a terrorist gang run by their leader.... Link - Confluence = conf(erence) + fluence. A conference for people fluent in English was called at Taj hotel, so there was a confluence of fluent people at taj.

Confound - confuse, puzzle

Usage - For many years medical scientists were confounded by these seemingly contradictory facts. Link - sounds like CONfusion FOUND == CONFOUND...

Congenial - having the same tastes, habits, suitable to ones needs or nature, agreeable.
Usage - The food at the party was excellent, and the company congenial. Link1 - Congenial -> comes from genial or Geni (genie). A genie will always listen to his master, do what his master orders and above all is very friendly, hence congenial.

Conjecture - surmise, guess

Usage - The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the FIFA world cup finals. Link - sounds like 'lecture' ..assume you guess an answer for a question asked during a lecture...you will become the favourite student of the teacher....

Conjugal - pertaining to marriage

Usage - They lived a life of conjugal bliss. Link - in Indian music we have JUGALbandi, which is harmony of 2 different intruments...can imply marriage frm it...

Connivance - cooperate secretly in an illegal action, agreement on a secret plot, tacit approval of someone's wrong doing.
Usage - The crime had been carried out with police connivance. Link - Connivance -- cunning; The boys were so cunning that they secretly agreed and made plot to fool the girls and they did it in connivance(secret ageement.)

Connoisseur - a person with expert knowledge or training (esp. in fine arts), a well informed person with a discriminative taste
Usage - A connoisseur of fine arts. Link - sounds like kaun inse sure nahi hoga....ye to expert hai. He is connoisseur. He is EXPERT. Link2 - Coin + Sure; A numismatist(coin collector) will know the history of coins and he can surely tell which coin is from which country.

Connubial - relating to marriage or the married state; conjugal

Usage - They lived a life of connubial bliss. Link - sounds like a villager saying kaunhoo biah(who will marry in english)...imagine a villager saying in his language...kaunhoo biah krega meri bitiya se....

Consanguity - kinship; relationship by birth

Usage - Consanguinity thrived in the organization. Link - sanguine means blood... so blood relation is consanguinity Link2 - con + sang(sang ya saath mein rahna) + uinity. When you live saath-saath (together), you have kinship or a relation by birth....

Conscientious - thorough and careful, scrupulous

Usage - a conscientious decision to speak against injustice. Link - focus on scientious part of this word...and relate it to scientist..they are careful while conducting new experiments...

Consecrate - to declare or set apart as sacred, to make venerable or hallow

Usage - A tradition consecrated by time. Link - Consecrate = Con + Secrate (sounds like SACRED).SACRED is "holy". It refers to holiness when one dedicates his life to "god"....

Consign - To give over to the care of another; entrust; to commit irrevocably

Usage - He consigned the papers to the flames. Link - Consign sounds like Assign; When you assign someone a task you entrust them with the responsibility of that task... Link2 - Consign -- con + sign -- imagine that you have to sign a document and send it to a person in your company for an official purpose...

Consort - associate with, keep company

Usage - The king entered the palace with his consort. Link - in a musical consert (sounds like consert), many instruments play together...

Consternation - great shock, dismay

Usage - Her consternation at seeing him was obvious. Link - CONSTERNATION ~ (cons) continuous + ter (terror) + nation; continuous terrorist attacks on a nation can cause CONSTERNATION... Link2 - conster(sounds like monster) + nation......and a monster creates fear in every one ....due to which we do not go out so as to avoid danger....

Construe - explain, interpret

Usage - How do you construe his behavior

Link - construe = construct + true messages from indirect references; e.g. if i construe your message correctly...

Contagion - infection (by contact)

Usage - A contagion of panic spread from town to town. Link - contag(sounds like contagious...)so when you come in contact with a diseased person..you spread infection.....

Contempt - scorn, disdain, open disrespect for a person or thing

Usage - The contempt he felt for her was obvious. Link - sounds like con(kaun)+temp(temper)..when a person went to MAFIA he was showing contempt towards something....he said, "kaun temper high kar raha hai bhai ka...bachega ni mere hato.."

Contend - struggle, compete

Usage - He contended that Communism had no future Link - sounds very similar to content....when the content of your essay is not good, you have less chances of COMPETEING WITH the other's essay...

Contingent - dependent on something uncertain or in the future, happening by chance

Usage - They had to plan for contingent expenses Link - relate with tangent... a tangent is dependent on the circle... Link2 - sounds like continent... small continent depend on others..

Contraband - illegal trade, smuggling

Usage - A cargo of contraband was unloaded on the docks. Link - sounds like contra(contradictory) + brand.. selling contradictory brand i.e. it should not be sold except the permission of the company......means illegal trading...

Contrite - feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Usage - He delivered a contrite apology. Link - sounds like cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT)....the ban robbers said to the manager...COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT.... Link2 - sounds like cont(can't)+rite(right)...he can't do it right so he regrets it now....

Contrivance - something contrived, clever deceitful plan

Usage - Her matchmaking contrivance failed. Link - teen(three) doston ne contri(contribution) kar ke van khareed li but one of them got away with the van...

Contrive - invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation)

Usage - They contrived to murder their boss Link - sounds like can't drive....he can't drive properly but he contrived to fool the license head to get a registered and legal license for him....

Contumacious - stubbornly resistant, willfully, not submissive to authority

Usage - A contumaceous witness is subject to punishment Link Contumacious-> Cant + u + make (mac)+ spacious. Macs mother always scolded him by saying Cant you make your room look a little spacious by cleaning it and the contumacious mac would always reply NO... Link2 - sounds like con(kaun)+tu+ma(maa ki).....the guy said rudely,"kaun tu....teri maa ki ***"....

Contusion - an injury in which the skin is not broken, a bruise, swelling

Usage - He had lacerations and contusions all over his arm and shoulder. Link - Concentrate on tuition. I was getting late for my tuitions, so I started running and in a hurry slipped and fell down. As a result I had contusions all over my hands and legs.

Conundrum - a riddle, puzzle question or a problem, paradoxical, brain-teaser

Usage - These businessmen are not conversant with basic scientific principles. Link - sounds like co+nun+drum....getting a nun drunk with rum is very difficult... Link2 - sounds like condom...even after using a condom if a girl gets pregnant....then it will be a difficult riddle to solve...

Conversant - familiar, as by study or experience, informed, acquainted with, well versed in

Usage - These businessmen are not conversant with basic scientific principles. Link - Through conversations you can gain more knowledge and thus become conversant.

Convene - to come together for an official or public purpose, to bring together, gather, assemble
Usage - He convened a meaning of all managers. Link - Convene-> come + evening. The meeting was going beyond the office timings, so the manager asked the team to come in the evening at his residence and complete the meeting.

Convivial - jovial, sociable or festive, lively,

cheerful, jolly, fun-loving

Usage - Enjoy simple but satisfying food in the bistros convivial atmosphere. Link - somewhat close to carnival which also implies festivity. Link2 - Convivial. Concentrate on viva. VIVA is a lively, fun-loving and cheerful music band (often seen on channel V) and one which loves partying and socializing.

Convolute - rolled or coiled together, to form into a twisted shape

Usage - Whn he was 17, he died of congenital heart disease. Link - Convolute-> sounds similar to revolut(ion). So to convolute means, to revolve or roll into curls or coils or twist into coils .

Coquette - A woman who makes teasing sexual or romantic overtures; a flirt

Usage - Priyanka Chopra played the role of a coquette in the movie Aitraaz. Link - sounds like "COCK DE"...just decipher....a coquette always tries to grab the attention of all cocks around.

Cordon - a chain of police, soldiers stationed around an area to prevent access or entry.
Usage - Troops cordoned off the riot zone. Link - sounds like Co(A)r + DON ...DON KO pakadna mushkil hi nahi na mumkin hain Kyunki uske paas CORDON of MEN hain.

Cornice - a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a casting window
Usage - Upon the cornice of the tower a staff was fixed. Link - corn(cone) + ice ..visualize a cone with a huge topping of ice-cream....the ice cream acts as a cornice to the cone...

Cornucopia - the property of being extremely abundant, profusion

Usage - A cornucopia of employment oppurtunities. Link - India is one of the highest producers of corn(maize); that is India has copius(plentiful) of corn or cornucopia of corn.

Corporeal - relating to the characteristic of a body, bodily,tangible

Usage - Descarates held that there are two kinds of substances in the world, mental and corporeal Link - sounds like Corpse + Real; A corpse(body) is real so it can be tangible.

Corrugated - wrinkled, to shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves
Usage - Sheets of corrugated iron Link - Corrugated = Co + Rugged .. Rugged = not smooth or wrinkled...

Coterie - an exclusive group of people with a common purpose.

Usage - The songs he recorded were written by a small coterie of dedicated writers. Link - sounds like kothari(hindi word for a closed dark room)...the gal and the guy went to the kothari to do it...they both had the same purpose... :P

Countenance - approve, support, tolerate

Usage - He had a pleasant countenance. Link - sounds like count+nancy+face...the father said that to her daughter Nancy, that he will count the number of faces from now onwards, with whom she go out and do it.....

Countermand - cancel, revoke (an order)

Usage - He was forced to obey the countermand. Link - for all computer engineers....sounds like counter + command....so in a loop countermand the previous command(i.e. iteration) and execute the next command...

Coup - highly successful action or sudden attack, a brilliant and notable success
Usage - Beating them in the game was a major coup for the Arsenals. Link - Imagine word cup( Coup). One gets cup when they achieve something...

Covenant - binding agreement between two groups or people; compact

Usage - The holy covenant could not be flouted. Link - for all chemistry fans....sounds like covalent...Covalent means a kind of bonding, Covenant means binding between people... Link - covenant = split it cove sounds like(cow) + n(and) + ant(aunty) ;aunty made an agreement with cow to give 5 litre of milk daily...and its cow who will be giving milk not aunty... :P

Covetous - avaricious, desirous of (someone else's possessions)

Usage - Cinderellas covetous sisters tried their best to marry the prince. Link - sounds like cove(love) + to + US ; because of excessive greed and the love for money covetous people go to USA...also some go to do it with foreigners....

Cower - shrink quivering as from fear

Usage - She was cowering in front of him to avoid the assault. Link - A coward cowers from fear while the bold and the brave do not.

Coy - shy(flirtatiously), showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence

Usage - She was very coy with him. Link - sounds like TOY--some children have SHYNESS for sharing their toys with others...even if they share they pretend they are happy but are not...

Cozen - cheat
Usage - He cozened the money out of the old man Link - Instead of a DOZEN, he took 13 bananas, cheating the shopkeeper... Link2 - my cousin cozened me and stole my zen car...

Crabbed - sour, bad-tempered, annoyed and irritable

Usage - She was being very crabbed to him. Link - sounds like crab..CRAB is a peevish, bad tempered and is irritable in nature and it also tends to bite.. so a CRAB represents properties of a crabbed person.

Crass - very unrefined, grossly insensible

Usage - She found him crass and vulgar. Link - crass reminds grass.. so grass eating animals have unrefined behavior like cow....but a lion can be dangerous...

Craven - cowardly, fearful, weak, scared.

Usage - The craven attackers pounced on the boy and stabbed him before fleeing. Link - Craven-> C(see) + Ravan. If someone sees ravan in reality, then he/she will become craven!!

Crescendo - a gradual increase(esp in the volume or intensity of sound), a steady increase in intensity
Usage - The cheers reached a crescendo.

Link - divide it like cresc(sound like krish)+end..at the end of krish movie..when hrithik kills the villian..the intensity or the volume of music increses .which conveys the feeling. Link2 - Crescendo ->Ascendo. So something that is ascending means it is gradually increasing/rising.

Crestfallen - dejected, dispirited, brought low in spirit

Usage - The unsuccessful voyage left us crestfallen. Link - chest + fallen.. disappointed, sad.. you lose all hope.

Crevice - a narrow crack or opening, a fissure, a cleft.

Usage - Plants grew in the crevices. Link - sounds like cervix...it is an opening to vagina...i hope you got it now... Link - Crevice = crew + ice...the entire crew fell into the deep crevice on an iceberg during the shooting of Titanic movie....

Cringe - shrink back as if in fear

Usage - He cringed at the thought of slaughtering the calf.

Link - sounds like SYRINGE...the child CRINGEd at the sight of the doctor holding a syringe.

Crotchety - eccentric, perverse, bad-tempered, grumpy, fractious, having an irritable and contrary disposition.
Usage - A crotchety old man. Link - Crotchety = rot(ten) + chet(ne)y...so if some one serves you chat with rotten(bad smelling and disgusting) chutney, then you will become crotchety and abuse the person... Link2 - crotchety = crow + chaddi -- crow wearing chaddi is unusual or bizarre

Crone - ugly old woman, hag

Usage - The crone pestered her every day on her way back from school. Link - sounds similar to crown...an ugly woman can never be crowned, Miss World. Link2 - sounds lie c(children)+rone(crying)...children rone lage after seeing a crone....

Culinary - relating to or used in the kitchen or in cookery.

Usage - Culinary herbs. Link - sounds like Kal(tomorrow) + nari(women)..It is important for a nari to have good culinary skills, be it aaj ki nari ya kal ki nari... Link2 - cullinary almost rhymes with CURRY, which is again related to cooking..

Culmination - to reach the highest point or degree; climax, to come to completion; end.
Usage -Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion. Link - Cul + mi(my) + nation. If not aaj (today), kal (tomorrow) my nation will reach the culmination of its development. Link2 - sounds like termination which means the ending position (of play)or the climax (of attaining something)....

Culvert - gutter, a sewer or drain under a road, a drain or covered channel for pumping out effluents
Usage - The bomb was hidden in a culvert under a road. Link - Culvert rhymes with avert (to avoid)...while walking, we all try to avert from falling into a culvert.

Cupidity - extreme greed for material wealth

Usage - The well known cupidity and greed of politicians. Link - sounds like Stupidity...if a father has a lot of wealth and his son acts likes a cupid without any greed for wealth and just searching for love by discarding all the wealth then, definitely his cupidity is zero...

Curator - manager (in charge of a museum or a library), superintendent

Usage - The members of the board of trustees of the museum expected the new curator to plan the events. Link - sounds like Care Taker. Some one who takes care of a collection. Link2 - A curator first Rates the Collection(as in articles in museum or library) and then if there is any fault CURES them.

Curmudgeon - churlish, an ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions

Usage - A terrible old curmudgeon Link - sounds like Cur-mud-geon Car mud main gone... when the Audi car went into the mud then driver went bad tempered... i.e. curmudgeon

Cursory - casual, hastily done without bothering about the minute details.
Usage - A cursory glance at the headlines. Link - relate it to the cursor on your computer screen..the mouse is used to move the cursor hastily without going into minor details.

Cynosure - something that strongly attracts

attention and admiration; something that provides guidance.

Usage - As soon as the movie star announced entered the room , she became the cynosure of all eyes. Link - Cynosure sounds like Exposure; In movies, Heroines EXPOSE to become the CYNOSURE of all eyes.

Dabble - to work in a non serious fashion , to deal (with) or work (at) frivolously.
Usage He dabbles in chemistry. Link - sounds like table...and if you see someone putting up their legs on the TABLE in the office, YOU GET the feeling that the person is not serious about his image at work...and if its a girl wearing mini skirt puts her legs ion the table then you become unserious about work... Link Dabble rhymes well with babble. To babble is to talk nonsense and talking nonsense means wasting time and wasting time means you are not taking your work seriously. So babble implies dabble.

Dally to waste time idly, to act or move slowly, to behave carelessly or indifferently.
Usage - He did not dally long over his meal. Link Dally sounds like daily. So daily, if you chit chat with your ally (friend or associate), then you are wasting precious time, hence dallying... Link2 - if you are playing daily for 7-8 hours then you are wasting your time...

Dank - unpleasant, damp and cold

Usage - The kitchen was dank and cheerless. Link Dank sounds like tank. A tank containing cold water will be damp and cold on the inside. Link2 - sounds like dan+k(kool)...Damp ANd Kool...simple:)

Dapper - neat and trim

Usage - David Beckham and Tom Cruise are dapper young men Link - sounds like diaper....if you can remember the diapers used for babies, should be kept neat and trim..else they will catch infection...

Dappled - spotted, having spots or patches of color, having colorful patterns.

Usage - He stood in the dappled sunlight of the forest. Link Dappled = Dirty + apple. Cut an apple and leave it in the open, after some time you can see several brown spots on it as a result of oxidation. So apple is dirty because it is dappled.

Daub cover with something sticky, smear with paint

Usage - They daubed his home with slogans. Link - sounds like Dabur chyavanprash. Mr. Dubey daubed dabur chyavanprash on bread... Link2 - for all Harry Potter fans....if you can remember DOBBY from the Harry Potter movies: he was always shabby and dirty, as if COVERED WITH MUD or SMEARED WITH PAINT

Daunt - to intimidate, discourage, to dishearten.

Usage - Nothing evil could daunt them. Link - sounds like danger + aunt..while you are doing it with a sexy aunt and uncle catches you...he will daunt you.... Link2 - sounds like haunt...if you are frightened you will be discouraged to go into the haunted house....

Dawdle - loiter, hang around, waste time doing nothing

Usage - They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts. Link Read as daw+dull..dull people always dawdle...

Deadpan a blank and expressionless face, emotionless face or manner

Usage - deadpan delivery of the joke. Link sounds like dead man. When you see a dead body, it is still and no expression on the face. So a dead pan means a blank or expressionless face.

Debacle - a sudden collapse or a total failure, sudden disastrous defeat

Usage - The convention was a disaster Link - sounds like tackle...the student tried to tackle the problem in various ways, but it turned out to be a debacle(failure, could not solve)

Debauch - morally corrupt, to lead away from excellence, involving excessively in drinking and promiscuity
Usage - A film accused of debauching public morals. Link - sounds like De-BASH.Debashish was bashed because he was indulging in all the bad things, but instead of refraining from such activities, he became DEBAUCH... Link2 - sounds like de(the)+boss...you think your boss is debauch(morally corrupt) and exploits her secretary..

Debonair - aiming to please, urbane, affable, elegant, charming

Usage - A handsome , debonair, death-defying racing driver

Link - i think everyone must have heard of debonair.com....the site has some girls to please everyone..rest is clear...you can open the site only when you are alone to get the clear meaning of the word...

Debilitate - weaken(esp. through heat, hunger)

Usage - Life in the camp debilitated him. Link - sounds like Bill Clinton....when he came to India he ate so much that he suffered from diarrhea which debilitated him.... Link2 - Sounds like De Bill and Ate). You dont have enough money and the restaurant person is telling to "De Bill and Eat" means fist give bill and than eat. What will happen?? You will surely get weaken by Hunger!!!

Debunk - To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham or exaggerated claims

Usage - Debunk a supposed miracle drug Link - the excuse for bunking the classes was debunked when my dad called the college and asked them... Link2 - For all the Salman Khan fans, In the movie Dabaang, Salman khan tries to debunk the nefarious plans of Sonu Sood.

Decant - To pour ( a liquid) from one container into another

Usage - She decanted the milk into a jug Link - The can of Kingfisher was opened and DECANTED into another vessel...

Decapitate - To cut off the head of, behead, execute

Usage - The colonel ordered his men to decapitate the prisoners Link - The prisoner was decapitated and so could not wear a cap anymore :P

Deciduous - not lasting, ephemeral , shedding or losing foliage at the end of the growing season
Usage - Oaks are deciduous trees Link - The reality show DESI(CI) Girls started with much hype and hoopla but once the show started the response was not so good and hence lost all the TRPS, the hype didnt last long, so DESI GIRL was DECIDUOUS.... Link2 - all the desi hot girls of delhi are found in DU(delhi university)....

Decollete - (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline

Usage - She is wearing a decollete dress. Link - sounds like the+collect....think a girl is wearing low neck cut dress...and you thrown a gold coin so that she will bend to COLLECT it....

Decoy - lure or baitUsage - They used flares to decoy enemy missiles

Link - sounds like dacoit...a decoy was set to decoy the dacoit using a blond girl....

Decrepitude - state of collapse caused by illness or old age

Usage - The boundary between healthy middle age and total decrepitude Link - decre(decrease) + pitude(aptitude)..so if your aptitude is decreasing, it is an indication of OLD AGE, thats when a person becomes weak and in a state of deterioration...his mind stops working... Link2 - Decrease in Brad pit's muscular strength made him very weak...

Decry - express strong disapproval of, condemn openlyUsage - To

decry obsolete coinage Link - sounds like deep + cry... focus on the CRY PART ...a girl CRYING to express her disapproval of getting married now.

Deface - mar, disfigure, spoil the appearance of

Usage - It is illegal to deface bank notes Link - Hero ne Villain ke FACE pe mar mar kar usko DEFACE kar diya.

Defile - pollute, profaneUsage - Defile a river with sewage

Link - If you (de)FILE a case against him you will defame his image...hence defile...

Defoliate - to deprive (a plant, tree, or forest) of leaves, to cause the leaves of (a plant, tree, or forest) to fall off.Link sounds like...de +
foliage...Foliage means all the leaves of a tree considered as a group. So to defoliate means to remove or cause the leaves of a plant, tree to fall off.

Defray - To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses), to pay, bear the expenses.
Usage - The government has committed billions toward defraying the costs of the war. Link - Two persons were involved in a fray(dispute) and later one of them had to defray the other person for the damages. Link2 - def + ray -> by paying for their education, you provide a "ray" of hope for "deaf" people!!

Defrock - to strip of priestly privileges and functions, to deprive of the right to practice a profession, to deprive of an honorary position.Usage -A priest can be laicized by his request or by penalty; the term defrock is usually used
in the latter case. Link - Defrock -> De + frock. So after stripping a nun(removing her frock), you will defrock her.. Link2 - the priest was defrocked after he came in a frock...

Defunct - no longer operative or valid, dead or extinct, obsolete.Usage - the leader of the now defunct Social Democratic Party
Link - Defunct -> de + functional. So something that is not functional or not in operation or use, hence obsolete.

Deify - To make a god of; raise to the condition of a god, to idealize, exalt to the position of god.Usage - Apollo's son was deified as the god of
medicine. Link - Rhymes well with deity. Deity means a god or goddess; deify means to treat someone like a deity.

Deign - do something that one considers to be below one's dignity, to condescend, stoop
Usage - He didn't deign to reply. Link - Reign, which shows high dignity, is the opposite of Degin, which shows low dignity.

Delineate - show the form or outline of, explain in detail

Usage - A settlement to delineate the border Link - De + LINE ate; when you want to draw the sketch of something, first you draw the OUTLINE using lines. Link2 - a map is always delineated through neat lines...

Delirium - state of mental agitation, uncontrolled excitement

Usage - Sport fans in delirium after their team's victory Link - sounds like deli + r(i)um... taking rum daily will cause mental disorder

Delude - deceive, be false to; to be dishonest with

Usage - She deluded herself into thinking he cared of her Link - sounds like allude; Raj's girlfriend alluded (indirectly suggesting) him for sex and took him to his room, and then she deluded and took away all the money.

Deluge - an overwhelming number or amount, a great flood of water

Usage - A deluge of criticisim Link - sounds like HUGE; Remember Tsunami? A HUGE wave(flood of water) Link2 - so when the Del company advertised in the newspaper for new jobs, there was a huge rush of requests, a
deluge of requests.

Delve - to search deeply and laboriously; to dig the ground

Usage - She delved deep into her mother's past. Link - Delve sounds like Shelves; If we misplace an important file or anything we first delve our shelves Link2 - At 12, sardars always tries to delve an idea about them being sardars... :)...hope you got it...

Demented - mentally ill, insane, suffering from dementia or a loss of cognitive function
Usage - Her warnings were dismissed as ramblings of a demented old woman. Link - sounds like mental...SO A MENTAL PERSON IS AN INSANE PERSON.

Link2 - For all the tennis fans, russian tennis player elena dementieva;She is a top ten tennis player and usually reaches semifinals or finals of every tournament but in the finals she plays as if she is DEMENTED(ill) and loses the match

Demotic - of or relating to the common people, popular, familiar, ordinary.

Usage - a populist, demotic politician. Link - sounds like de(give)+moti(fat)...so asking a thing from your moti friend is very common.. Link2 - sounds like deMOTIc. Moti means pearl, which is very famous or popular in Hyderabad (pearl city). So buying moti in hyd would be considered common and ordinary.

Demur - To voice opposition, a formal objection, to show reluctance or hesitation.

Usage - At first I demurred when he asked me to do it. Link sounds like dam ur. So if a person is not the least satisfied with ones suggestion, he would object by saying, damn you and ur suggestion

Demure - Modest and reserved in manner or behaviour, affectedly shy, modest.

Usage - She's very demure and sweet. Link - since you have objected demi moore's proposal she is demure Link2 - Demure is opposite of demur...So a demure will never complain or voice opposition, he/she will always be reserved, shy and modest.

Denigrate - To attack the character or reputation of, speak ill of, defame, to disparage;belittle
Usage - I'm not trying to denigrate her achievement. Link sounds like deny + gratitude. So denigrate is to deny gratitude to others by means of making disparaging remarks or speaking badly about them... Link2 - focus on the 'nigrate' part of this word and relate it to 'nigger' (which means people who have black
skin)...avoid racism please....

Denouement - the final outcome of a sequence of events, the end result, the climax or conclusion
Usage - an unexpected denouement to the affair. Link To be pronounced as denoyment, sounds like ointment. The end result or the final outcome of applying ointment on a wound will be the wound getting fully cured.

Deprecate - To belittle, depreciate, express a negative opinion, express disapproval.

Usage They deprecate him and refer to him as 'a bit of a red'.

Link - sounds like depreciate. Depreciate means to lower in value or size, similarly deprecate means to belittle or show other people low.

Depredation - a predatory attack, a raid, the act or an instance of plundering, a destructive action.
Usage - Crops can be decimated by the unchecked depredations of deer. Link Concentrate on dePREDATion. A predator is an organism that survives by killing and eating other organisms. So depredation is the act of plundering, marauding or destroying, collectively a destructive action.

Deranged - To disturb the order or arrangement, upset the normal condition or functioning, disturb mentally, become insane.
Usage - His mind had become deranged as a result of his ordeal; mentally deranged. Link Deranged is opposite of arranged. When things are not in order or deranged, people get mentally disturbed which leads to madness.

Derelict - abandoned, a homeless or jobless person, a person without a home

Usage - His body was found dumped in a derelict warehouse. Link a derelict was licking the milk at mother dairy

Deride - to speak of or treat with contempt, mockery, or ridicule, to insult, scoff

Usage - This theory is widely derided by conventional scientists. Link sounds like the + ride. David was scared of rides and when he refused to take the ride, he was derided. Link2 - girls derided him when he fell duting riding a horse...

Descry - To discover by careful observation or scrutiny, to detect, to catch sight of things which are at a distance.
Usage - From the top of the hill I descried a solitary rider. Link sounds like de(tect) + scr (utin)y. Scrutiny means a careful examination or observation. So to detect something after scrutiny is descry

Desecrate - to violate or outrage the sacred character of (an object or place) by destructive, blasphemous, or sacrilegious

action, to despoil.
Usage - She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader. Link sounds like de + sacred...so to spoil the sacredness....

Desiccate - To dry out thoroughly, to make dry, dull, or lifeless, to dehydrate.

Usage - There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind. Link sounds like de + suck + it (moisture). To desiccate is to suck out all the moisture or water and make things dry and lifeless... Link2 - desi girls suck deep and then dry the tool....i hope you got it.... Link3 - sounds like "Desert Cake": Cake that has been dried out and turned dull in taste.

Despoil - To deprive of something valuable by force; rob, to plunder, to damage irreparably.

Usage - the modern day industry which has despoiled the town Link sounds like stress on spoil. When you spoil something, you damage it irreparably. So to despoil means to plunder, devastate or destroy.

Despondent - disheartened; lacking hope or courage; dejected.

Usage - He often felt despondent after these meetings. Link Despondent -> correspondent. The CWG (OC) chief was despondent after a meeting with correspondents of BBC & CNBC. Link2 - sounds like pepsodent....the pepsodent owner was despondent when his company occured losses and was closed..then he was sitting idle and throwing stones in the pond...

Despot - A ruler with absolute power, a cruel and oppressive dictator.

Usage - He described the president as a ruthless despot. Link sounds like on the spot. A ruler or dictator who will punish you on the spot, for the smallest of mistakes, just because he has the power to do so is a despot. Link2 - I killed a despot with dus(10) pots... :)

Desultory - Having no set plan; haphazard or random, unmethodical.

Usage - We made some desultory conversation while we waited for the bus. Link sounds like sultry.I was roaming with a sultry girl in the park with no aims..i was such a doosh.. :) Link2 - De-result...Obviously a haphazard or desultory approach will result to nothing.

Devolve - to transfer to lower person, to delegate or cause to pass to a successor or substitute, as duties, power, etc.
Usage - the need to decentralize and devolve power to regional governments. Link sounds like Revolve. When you want to pass the cricket ball to your friend (for bowling), u throw it along the ground, the ball revolves or rolls and finally reaches your friend. So devolve means to pass on or delegate a work or duty to another person... Link2 - if you are involved you do the work.....but if you DEVOLVE it to someone else then you are no longer
involved in it.

Diabolic - devilish, fiendish

Usage - a life of diabolic depravity. Link Diabolic -> Diab(etic) + alcoh(olic). Imagine a person who is diabetic and alcoholic, what would he look like?? Link2 - di + aboli(abolition)....process of destroying something usually done by devils Link3 - Dia Mirza is so diabolical...wo boli ki kal she will strip for me...but she didn't...but when the director told her to she did at that time only...

Diadem - A crown worn as a sign of royalty, an ornamental jewel signifying sovereignty.

Usage - a diadem held the veil firmly in place. Link - a diamond diadem fell in a dam... Link2 - dia + dem; dia + gem; dia is related to circle; Circle of Gems is what a crown has Link3 Diadem -> Dia(na) + gem. Princess Diana used to wear a diadem studded with gems.

Dialectical - The art or practice of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments, reasoning, ratiocination.
Usage - He spent much time learning rhetoric and dialectic. Link - dia means round, lect means lecture. A lecture which is given with people sitting around is called a
discussion or a debate.

Link2 Dialectic -> Dial(ogue) + election. Before election, opposition leaders have a dialogue in order to find out the truth about the nature of the work done by the ruling party. They spend a lot of time debating and reasoning.

Diaphanous - transparent or translucent, sheer

Usage - a diaphanous dress of pale gold chiffon. Link Diaphanous -> Di (two) + fena + use. Use 2 drops of FENA (detergent) and clothes will become clean and clear, to the extent that you can see through them. Slightly exaggerated!!

Diatribe - bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse

Usage - an extended diatribe against academia. Link - sounds like dia+tribe:the lower ranked tribe(in caste division) always face thunderous verbal attack from
upper caste people.

Dictum - a formal or authoritative statement or assertion, a popular saying.

Usage - his dictum that the priority of the government must be the health of the people. Link - sounds like dictator; a dictator makes authoritative statements or dictums. Link - Dictum -> dict + im (portant). To dict means to make a statement officially, and if the statement is an important one, then it becomes a dictum. So dictum means a formal authoritative statement.

Didactic - intended to teach or moralize excessively, serving to inform or enlighten.

Usage - In totalitarian societies, art exists solely for didactic purposes. Link - didi always acts in a way she is teaching something.. Link2 - sounds like Di + tactic. In the movie titanic, di caprio adopts a didactic tone when he teaches rose the tactics involved in using an axe.

Diffidence - shyness, lack of self-confidence, timidity or shyness.

Usage - He spoke with certain diffidence. Link - Diffidence is the opposite of confidence, so it means lacking confidence... Link2 - dance was difficult so it lead to diffidence among the children....

Dilapidated - falling to pieces, in a bad condition, ruined because of neglect

Usage - She lived in a dilapidated old cottage. Link - I drank a DILuted API(appy) juice which was outDATED(expired).... my stomach got RUINED as a result
of my own NEGLECT. Link2 - My DELL laptop is in dilapidated condition...

Dilatory - tending or inclined to delay or waste time, dallying.

Usage - They performed their work in a dilatory fashion. Link Sounds like delaytory. So having the tendency to delay or postpone things (by wasting time) is dilatory. Link2 - Extract 'late' from the word dilatory and you get.... delay which is generally due to waste of time.

Dilettante - aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously)

Usage - The sailing elite considered him a rank amateur, a dilettante. Link Dilettante -> Dil E Dante. Agar dil se kaam nahin karoge to daant (scolding) khaoge aur dilettante kehlaoge!!

Dimunition - the act of decreasing or reducing something

Usage - A slight diminution in asset value Link - Rhymes with Diminish OR Diminish + -ion.... i.e. diminish or reduce in size.

Din - a loud harsh noise, clamor

Usage - They tried to make themselves heard over the din of the crowd Link - DIN (morning) mein you will hear the loud noises of the traffic etc, but at night its very quiet. Link2 - sounds like tin; when a tin falls from the top shelf, a large sound is heard

Dinghy - a small rowboat

Link - sounds like Tin ka ghee...a tin ka ghee was being carried in a small boat...

Dingy - dull, dark, soiled, shabby, squalid

Usage - He took me to his rather dingy office Link - dingy reminds us about pakistan ex caption ingy(inzamam ul haq)who always remains dull and cheerless on
field

Link2 - At night when no one is in the room , then there is no DIN( noise) and also it is dark n dull(dingy)

Dint - force or effort; power

Usage - People succeed by the dint of hard work Link - In C programming if u write 'd int' instead of 'int d' which is a small error, u'll hav 2 make much EFFORTs 2
find d error.

Link2 - Last night when i was driving my car, a guy on the bike dashed and caused a DENT in the side of my car. With the DINT of my power i tried to set the dent straight...

Diorama - life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history

Link - Diorama of Lord RAMA in the temple was just awesome..

Dirge - A funeral hymn or lament; a musical composition in the memory of a dead man
Usage - The mournful dirge, 'Erin's Lament'. Link - dirge sounds like purge(push out/clear); the dirge at his friend's funeral purged out his emotions

Disabuse - to free from a falsehood or misconception, inform

Usage - I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur. Link - I disabused him that I didn't abused him....

Link2 - story: like a girl fall in love with a rascal, and her father comes to know. what he will do is abuse the boy
and disabuse the girl about the boy.

Disaffect - the feeling of being alienated from other people, isolated

Usage - Evidence of people's disaffection with their leaders Link - Dis(not) + affect(ion); When there is affection there is loyalty, when there is no affection there is no loyalty(Disaffection)

Disavowal - denial or rejection of any connection with or knowledge of

Usage - A public disavowal of his beliefs Link - Remember the word Avow, an oath taken, or publicly claim something, disavow means to deny openly, bluntly

Disband - dissolve, cause to break up , dissipate , disperse, scatter

Usage - All the armed groups will be disbanded Link - Band as a verb means bind together, hence dis + band => disperse, dissolve... Link2 - Recently there have been many bandhs in the city, so when ever a bandh is announce people in the malls immediately disappear or scatter or spread .

Discombobulated - cause to confuse

Usage - The question discombobulated even the teacher Link - If you remember bob(of a pendulum and think of the movement of swinging to and fro) bobulate - make
something swing to and fro, here and there - to get someone confused....

Link2 - Dis + COMBO ; combo means a mixture; If you don't prepare the COMBO in correct proportions it gets discombobulated(confusing)

Discomfit - frustrate, to make uneasy or perplexed, disconcert , embarrass

Usage - He realized that his remarks had succeeded in discomfiting her. Link - Sounds like discomfortable; if you are wearing something discomfortable then it ll discomfit you...example a boy wearing a mini skirt...haha you will be so screwed.. :)

Disconcert - confuse
Usage - The manager was disconcerted due to the negligence of his team members. Link - When you are getting ready to perform at a concert, you are tensed and confused as to how your show will
fair with the audience.

Discourse - serious speech

Usage - The speaker discoursed about the social politics in 18th century England

Link - sounds like discuss and hence it means to formally discuss a subject i.e. seriously....

Disgorge - surrender something (stolen); eject

Usage - The ground had opened to disgorge a boiling stream of molten lava. Link - gorge(george) tried to eject it into her mouth, but she vomited,so he had to quickly surrender
something....please take it cool...

Link2 - Dis + gorge. Gorge basically means a narrow deep valley, almost bottom less. Now imagine your food pipe to be a deep bottomless pit that can be stuffed with unlimited food. Your body, however, cannot take all of it and hence will disgorge the excess.

Disgruntle feeling or expressing discontent or anger.

Usage - The employees were disgruntled by their bad working conditions Link - something which makes people grunt or complainsomething which makes people grunt or complain Link2 - Concentrate on GRUNT. Maria sharapova is called the grunting queen. The reason being, she always shouts (expressing displeasure or anger) while playing tennis.

Dishevelled untidy, to throw into disorder or disarray, unkempt

Link - sounds like dis+sheve(shave)+.. a person who doesnt shave is UNTIDY Link Dis (order) + shelved (shelf). When u are angry, u break your shelf and throw all its contents, thus making it look disorderly, unkempt and untidy.

Disinter To dig up or remove, exhume, to expose or bring to light (hidden facts, secrets).
Link Dis (not) + enter. To enter into something (for example mud) means to hide or to take cover, disinter is the opposite, i.e. to uncover or expose or bring to light by digging.

Disport To entertain (oneself) in a frolic manner, to indulge (oneself) in pleasure, amuse

Usage - The play amused the ladies Link Dis (not) + (sup)port. When nobody supports us, we disport ourselves in order to stay cheerful and motivated.

Disquietude a feeling or state of anxiety or uneasiness.

Usage - He always remain in a disquietude attitude. Link Dis (not) + quiet + attitude. So if Quiet -> cool -> calm -> no tension. If disquiet -> tension -> sweating -> feeling uneasy or anxious.

Disquisition a formal written or oral explanation of a subject, discourse, lecture.

Usage - There was a disquisition carried out by the interviewers before GD.

Link Concentrate on QUIZ. A quiz master before starting the quiz will lecture on the rules and regulations. Link2 - its like dis +quisition(means question)......when someone questions u.......u need to give explanations...EX:enquiry...

Dissemble - disguise, hide the real nature of, pretend

Usage - He feigned that he was ill Link sounds like "resemble"...the person/ a thing of tat type can be in disguise...

Dissertation - a written thesis, formal essay

Link sounds like dessertation. My research work is based entirely on yummy desserts, so I will write a dissertation on desserts. Link2 - imagine u r asked 2 write an essay on 'A dessert Station'..

Dissident - disagreeing, as in opinion or belief, one who disagrees.

Link Sid was a dissident in Wake up sid, when it came to obeying his dad Link2 - sounds like dis+sident......this word sounds very similar to resident....think you are a resident of
particular place and if some one suggest you to leave that place....will you do that...no certainly no...you will disagree..

Distend - to expand, swell, inflate, to magnify in importance.

Usage - The distended bellies of the starving cows Link Rhymes with extend, which means to expand or enlarge. So distend -> extend. Link2 - try to relate it with dis means distance and extend means to expand.

Distrait - absentminded, distracted

Usage - He always behaves in a distrait manner. Link - sounds like straight...someone who is not straight is distrait and looks for similar sex.....

Divulge - reveal, to proclaim publicly, disclose.

Usage - He was charged with divulging state secrets. Link sounds like di + vulg(ar). The media are always on the lookout for vulgar facts about celebrities and divulge them without any hesitation. Link2 - A girl asks u what is that bulge ( rhymes with vulge) in your pant ,then u reveal or show it....

Doddering - shaky, feeble, or infirm, weak, decrepit especially from old age.
Usage - His mother was doddering and frailing. Link Read as Dadaring. Stress on dada, so budhe (old in Hindi) dadaji was a doddering old man.

Doff - To take off or remove, tip or remove (one's hat) in salutation.

Usage - He doffed his hat Link - DO + OFF or take off, remove. Link2 Doff -> hats off -> take off or remove ones hat in salutation.

Dogged - determined, stubborn, stubbornly persevering

Usage - Jones was the most vocal and dogged of all her critics. Link a dogs tail is always curved and can never be made straight thus it is dogged

Doggerel - comic verse, usually irregular in measure, bad piece of poetry.

Usage - He had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind Link look for the dog word here.....and now try to imagine about the song......WHO LET THE DOGS
OUT.............ISN'T IT FUNNY.......SO SOMETHING COMICAL......THIS WORD IS ASSOCIATED WITH COMICAL...SO A COMIC ..SONG..COMIC VERSE...

Dogmatic - tending to force one's own opinions on other people.

Usage - He's very dogmatic on this subject. Link - If you try to read "dogmatic" from back to front, you will get "i am god". the person who think that he is a
god is arrogant and stubborn

Dolorous - Marked by or exhibiting sorrow, grief, or pain.

Usage - She wore a dolorous dress at the funeral. Link read as dollarous. I lost a million dollars in casino royal, malfoy told in a dolorous tone... Link2 - DOL(SOUNDS LIKE DULL)..and when are you DULL, when you are feeling SORRY for something.

Dolt - stupid person

Usage - His high school results clear show that he is a dolt in mathematics.
Link - dolt rhymes with bolt. Nut-bolt ~ what a nut he is. (stupid person)...a dolt person hs loose nut bolts...

Dote - to show excessive fondness or love

Usage - Parents who dote on their only child. Link - I dote on you like every dot on your face...hope u got it.. :) Link2 - sounds like date; On your first date you act as a doting boyfriend :p

Dour - serious and unfriendly, unkind, stubbornly unyielding, forbidding

Usage - A dour determination Link - Dour sounds like Tour; When the girl asked for permission for a college tour, her parents said no with a dour determination.

Douse - wet thoroughly, dip into liquid; put out, as of a candle or a light
Usage - The crew began to douse the fire Link - Douse sounds like drowsy; when u feel drowsy in the night but u want to study what do u do, u wash your face or dip your face in water.

Dowdy - untidy, lacking stylishness or neatness; shabby

Usage - a dowdy gray outfit. Link - Dowdy sister of dawood, hasina parker... Link2 - Dowdy sounds like dadi(grandmother); Dadi's are generally not stylish

Drab - lacking brightness or colour or dull

Usage - It was a drab day for him. Link - sounds like drag; when the same topic is dragged again and again, it becomes boring and dull

Draconian - extremely harsh, very severe

Usage - a draconian legal code Link - Draconian sounds like Dracula; One who is captured by Dracula goes through extremely harsh and Very severe punishment.

Dregs - last drops of a liquid left in a container, waste, deposit

Usage - He drained the dregs from his cup Link - dregs sounds like drugs..usually people drink the dregs of drugs...i.e. till the last drop of it....

Drivel - a worthless message, babble, nonsense

Usage - I drivelled about the big race that day Link - sounds like trivial... a drivel person always says trivial stuff

Droll - amusing in a quaint or odd manner, comical, a buffoon.

Usage - The band have a droll sense of humour. Link - remember rofl...it means roll on floor laughing..so whne something is droll you roll on floor laughing... Link2 - When you see a comedian like gajodhar bhaiya perform on stage, you cant help falling off the chair and roll in laughter.

Drone - talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee, a loafer, one who does tedious or menial work.
Usage - A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented. Link - For all Harry Potter fans; Ron Wesley was considered a drone as he was always dependent on second hand items.

Link2 - think about the film drona...it was a boring piece of watch/talk.

Dross - Waste or impure matter, worthless or trivial matter.

Usage - discarded the dross after recycling the wood pulp. Link - sounds like dress. When a dress is no longer fit to be worn, it becomes dross!!

Drudgery hard monotonous routine work, hard boring work, laborious.

Usage - the drudgery of everyday life. Link - drudgery work of darzi(tailor).whose routine work is to stitch the clothes...

Dulcet - pleasing to the ear, melodious, having a soothing, agreeable quality.

Usage - She had a dulcet voice. Link - -DIL SE song sounds sweet to the ear. Link2 - You are dull and feeling low, what will you do? Listen to music which is dulcet!!

Duress - compulsion by use of force or threat, forcible confinement, under pressure.

Usage - Her confession had been made under duress. Link - sounds like.....imagine we had a crush on a girl....you will press her boobs with force... Link2 - you + dress; that is u enforce your wife to put on a particular dress.....

Dwindle - shrink
Usage - Her savings dwindled down
Link - if a swindler swindles you then your savings dwindle...

Dyspeptic - irritable as if suffering from indigestion, having an unpleasant mood.

Link - Peptic ulcers in the stomach are a result of indigestion and the resulting pain makes us feel dyspeptic...and they occur if we drink a lot of pepsi with empty stomach.....

Facet - particular part of something, distinct feature or element in a problem

Usage - He studied every facet of the problem Link - There are two facets of our face..one is :) and other one is :( ... Link2 - Ram fell on facet of his face which changed completely after the accident.

Facetious - trying to appear amusing when you should better be serious

Usage - After a while, she learnt to take his facetious in the light way it was meant to be taken. Link - FACETIOUS ~ face + t + (ser) ious; if you ever face any facetious remarks, you should not take them seriously.

Facade - the front of a building, the way she appears to be which is different from reality
Usage - She managed to maintain a facade of indifference. Link - sound slike face+aid...when Ram fell on facet of his face..she gave him aid and then AIDS...i hope you understood the link..

Facile - easily accomplished, produced without effort, fluent or ready

Usage - facile solution to a complex problem Link - sounds like fasaayi....ladke ne fluent fluent baate karke ladi fasayi which was very facile for him as he used facetious remarks.. Link2 - the word sounds like 'fisalna'...woh itna fluent tha ki fisal gaya..

Facsimile - copy
Usage - Can you facsimile me the report right away Link - focus on facs...sounds like fax...which is used to copy.. Link - Fac(Fact)+simile(smile) - It is a fact of life that if u smile 2 some1 he would smile u back! i.e. copy u!

Faction - party, small group of people in a large group

Usage - In history, the faction that overthrows the one in power, is usually led by a confidant of the victim. Link - sounds like fraction....faction because of fraction of large party.... Link2 - sound like function ..means party

Factitious - artificial, not natural

Usage - Brokers created a factitious demand for stocks. Link - sounds very similar to word FICTITIOUS....so something which is fictitious .. is always artificial. Link2 - All the facts and figures presented by the employee of the company were factitious to get promoted.

Factotum - person who does every kind of work

Usage - Ram is factotum as he can do all the women stuff too. Link - Ram was ordered to all kind of work or else his scrotum will be kicked so he acted liked factotum.

Link2 - The Servant who does one job- just fucked partially. The servant who has to do all the JOBS- Fucked Totally- FACTOTUM

Fallacious - false, misleading

Usage - He played an faalacious scheme to escape paying taxes. Link - sounds like salacious...Kids mislead their parents to enjoy salacious stuff.

Fallible - liable to make mistakes

Usage - Everyone is fallible to some degree but God is infallible Link - fall+iblle....think of a person who can FALL FOR anything, hence makes mistakes...

Falter - hesitate, weaken in purpose or action

Usage - His courage faltered on stage Link - When something is going great then you falter to alter anything between you and your wife. Link2 - failing to utter due to hesitation in front of interviewer.. Link3 - After her faults his courage faltered.

Fanaticism - excessive zeal, extreme devotion to a belief or cause, bigot

Usage - His fanaticism towards his Guru was really great Link - sounds like fantasy...you have immense fanaticism towards your fantasy..

Fancied - imagined, unreal

Usage - He always fancied having date with Katrina Kaif. Link - imagine fancy dress competition - becoming something that's not you / real ... you can only imagine to be that person !

Fancier - a person who has a special interest in something esp. who keeps birds or animals
Link - fancier -> cier -> bear -> deer - > CR (ciyar is a animal) -> pyar (means love) = one who loves animals and plants or has special interest in them..

Fanfare - call by trumpets, showy display, spectacular public display

Usage - Her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare. Link - Fanfare - can be read as Fans invite their Heroes by conducting big Fair's.. Link2 - it can b understand as FILMFARE AWARDS which cud b done in very showy manner

Farce - a funny play, something ridiculous or absurd

Usage - The arrival of johny lever mad the show a farce.

Link - sounds like FARTS....what a comedy show in which FARTS and farting was basic knack/talent to be shown. Link2 - guys used to say in hindi-FAAD(FARCE) COMEDY THI YAAR...

Fastidious - difficult to please, very careful to every detail, scrupulous

Usage - He is a fastidious and incisive intellect. Link - just like ... we fast to please god.....fast is tedious therefore god is fastidious Link2 - When yo udrive fast, you have to drive fastidiously.

Fatalist - a person who believes in fate or who thinks that everything is predetermined and cannot prevent them
Link - fate+list.. basically fate is determined by force beyond ones control.. hence fatalist.. Link2 - There was a separate list of employees who believed in fate or who were fatalist

Fathom - investigate, find an explanation of something, to understand

Usage - It is hard to fathom the pain of this blast victim. Link - shortform of "father or mother"....the always use to investigate what their son is doing...if he is studying or doing something else..

Fatuous - silly and showing a lack of intelligence

Usage - She punished the boy for his fatuous remarks. Link - Most of the fat people are considered fatuous...we use to say to them..."mota dimag mand budhi..".. Link2 - sounds like.... FAT ASS an ass is considered foolish.

Fawning - courting favor by cringing and flattering

Usage - He is nothing but an fawning social climber. Link - sounds like phone...Guys use to fawn over the girls on the phone to make them their gf and then do it...

Faze - to confuse, disconcert; dismay; embarrass

Usage - Sania was fazed at her comments Link - Our face turns faze(d) when we are humiliated or embarrassed... Link2 - faze sounds like phase.....so when you faze someone you actuly embarrass them....and getting embarrass is the worst phase in somebody's life ....

Febrile - feverish, nervous, excited and very active

Usage - A febrile reaction was caused by an allergent. Link - Febrile activities are done on 14th feb between a gal and a guy....now a days even two guys.. :P...

Fecundity - fertility; fruitfulness

Usage - Sweet Earth, the fecund cow, was impregnated with the rich semen of Heaven. Link - sounds like undi(undergarments)...wearing an undi every day, keeps the privates clean thereby assisting in the healthy growth

Feign - to pretend, malinger

Usage - Also, I resent the suggestion that all your readers are feigning public servants who never do any work anyway. Link - in an advertisement...fena hi lena...this advertisement trying to mislead others... Link2 - Sourav Ganguly was feigning not paining Link3 - relate feign to fine. wen ur frnd asks "wht is the thing tht is worrying u?". and wen u say FINE(then ur pretending).... Link4 - feign -or- f-or-eign? Pretending or really a foreigner?

Feint - to trick, sham blow

Usage - The midfielder feinted to shoot Link - A guy fainted a girl by feinting her....to satisfy his physical needs... Link2 - The boxer was faked out by his opponent's feint. He then fainted because the blow he received was very strong.

Feisty - lively, energetic, tough, independent

Usage - The Ambassador is a tall, feisty lady whom I would not wish to upset. Link - Feisty man lifted Ford Fiesta by his fist

Felicity - great pleasure, happiness, mirth

Usage - In places the writing may lack clarity and felicity of expression. Link - sounds like facility...If one gets all facility (s)he must be very happy...... Link2 - felicity= feel+ lic= its so pleasing that i am feeling like licking it (finger licking):)..

Felon - person who has committed a serious crime

Usage - He was an felon who people feared. Link - fellow+no...he can't be my fellow because he is felon. Link2 - felon->melon->watermelon-> red-> blood->crime Link3 - Felon ~ phoolan devi who was a notorious bandit and involved in many crimes.

Feral - wild, not domestic

Usage - He appears to be at ease with children, adults & other cats so I know he's not feral. Link - feral , we can remember like fear+all =>we all will fear seeing a wild animal.

Ferment - agitation, unrest

Usage - the political ferment produced new leadership Link - fermant=german+t,the germans brought the whole world to a state of unrest during world war II.. Link2 - Ferment = firm + end, firm means stable , ferment brings end to firmness.

Ferret - drive or hunt out of hiding, uncover or discover by searching

Usage - She ferreted out the truth Link - ferret = fair + rate on any item can only be found by a good determined search--other---She tried to ferret out their secret.. Link2 - Ferret is also an animal that looks like a large rat. There was a ferret in my house so we hunted it out of its hiding place so as to kill it.

Fervent - ardent, zealous, hot

Usage - A fervent person shows very strong and sincere feelings about something. Link - His servant is very fervent and cunning and always try to seduce his sister. Link2 - ferv ..relate it with the word fever, and when you get fever your body becomes HOT.

Fester - produce irritation or resentment

Usage - His insult festered in my mind for days. Link - rhymes with pester ... so if you pester someone they will get festered, meaning irritated....or the pests fester the farmers...

Fetter - shackle, restrict the freedom of

Usage - It had become an absolute fetter on the further development of the economy. Link - sounds like fart....when you are about to fart...you restrict it and do it without any noise.. Link2 - fetter sounds like(shutter) when a shutter is closed..then nothing can go out of it.. Link3 - fetter = feet tier i.e. used to tie feet...

Feud - bitter prolonged quarrel

Usage - The two professors have been feuding for years Link - sounds like 'Fuel'.. so sme1 keeps adding fuel to the quarrel and it becomes a 'prolonged quarrel'.

Fiasco - total failure, disaster

Usage - Students were asking for fees because exam was a fiasco Link - Fiasco = Psycho. If you are psycho, you may not make a girl your girlfriend..i mean if you will propose she will refuse.. Link2 - The show was a fiasco - the lights wouldn't work

Fiat - command; arbitrary order

Usage - A friend in New Mexico said that the fiat caused no trouble out there Link - The company issued a fiat to stop the supply of Fiat(car).

Fickle - changeable

Fictitious - imaginary
Link - The characters in a fiction novel are fictitious.

Fidelity - loyalty, accuracy

Usage - The best printers can reproduce photographs with amazing fidelity. Link - agar tum apni wife par "fida" hoge toh phir tum loyal hoge...

Fiend - evil spirit, devil

Link - Fiend is opposite of friend...friend is good and fiend is devil

Figment - invention, something invented, imaginary thing

Link - sounds like wig...wig on this bald man was my figment of imagination

Filch - steal
Usage - She couldn't believe he had actually filched the files she had so carefully hidden. Link - sounds like fill+chai(tea)...Waiter was filling chai and i filched it. Link2 - fil(fill)+ch(cheese) --> Lord Krishna filled cheese in his bag which is 'STOLEN' Link3 - for potter fans.. Argus Filch looks like a thief -> steal

Filial - pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter

Usage - eg:- filial responsibilities of a son. Link - it sounds like film + illal(illegal) i.e some films(A rated) are illegal to children...these films are not filial...

Filibuster - a long speech made in a parliament in order to to delay a speech

Link - filibuster they fill the speech with bursts...to waste the time..

Finesse - to do something with skill

Usage - Terry, by contrast, has less finesse at the expressive level. Link - finesse- seems like : fine + chinese, means chinese people are fine at art...

Finicky - too particular; fussy, difficult to please, too concerned with unimportant details or quality
Usage - Since the day he was born, he has been a finicky eater Link - The finicky little girl didnt eat the FIN of the fish because she thought it was ICKY Link2 - may sound like PICKY...when you are about to pick a girl for marriage you look into every detail..

Fissure - crevice, crack

Usage - The insects were hidden in a crevice in the rock. Link - fissure - fission, means split the nuclei- so a crack Link2 - fissure is like fis(h)+ure... fishes are narrow and long.. and they have crack like fins..

Fitful - irregular, spasmodic

Link - I am fat and so trousers occasionally fit me fully. So its like sometimes yes and sometimes not..

Flaccid - soft and weak, flabby

Usage - By contrast Wynter's paintings seem like lazy hippy doodles, hanging limp like flaccid flags. Link - faila(to spread)+ acid(accid)...so ven d acid spreads it ll corrode things nd ll make dem soft nd flexible.

Flagrant - conspicuously wicked, bad, or offensive

Usage - It was a shameful, flagrant error on my part and there's nothing I can do to make it better. Link - flag + rent --renting the national flag!(No offense meant) It is shocking & scandalous...

Flail - to move your hands and lega without control, slap or beat someone
Usage - Her arms were flailing Link - flail rhymes with fail....if a child fails in his exams, he is beaten hard by his parents. Link2 - flail sounds like jail. in jail the criminals were bashed by the police to get the truth. slap, strike.

Flair - talent
Usage - He has a flair for mathematics Link - Ric Flair has wrestling flair. Link2 - fly+air...some dancers like they are floating in air..they have a dancing flair...

Flamboyant - confident and exciting in a way that attracts attention

Usage - My brother is flamboyant Link - flamboyant ~ flame + boy; we have seen FLAMES coming from the BOYS mouth in CIRCUS they are generally ORNATED and wore RICH COLOURED costumes.

Flaunt - display ostentatiously

Usage - He's got a lot of money but he doesn't flaunt it. Link - flaunt = fla (flash)+ aunt (aunty)= aunty flaunts her bounty and booty...

Flay - strip off skin, remove the skin from; criticize harshly
Usage - The king gave orders to flay the skin of criminals, break their bones, and chop them in pieces. Link - flay sounds very similar to play. His skin flayed when he fell down while playing cricket. Link2 - The girl asked me to lay down and flay my clothes...

Fleck - spot, very small area of a particular colour

Usage - His hair was black with flecks of broen Link - White cornflakes with a fleck of orange colour

Fleece - wool coat of a sheep, to take a lot of money from somebody

Usage - He was trying to pluck me by asking four hundred dollars for the watch. Link - when shopkeeper was fleecing me for this fleece jacket I flee with the jacket

Flinch - hesitate, to make a sudden movement with your face or body as a result of pain
Usage - She did not flinch in the face of danger. Link - I flinched 1 inch when she pinched me on my pant...and that thing also increased few inches..

Flippant - lacking proper seriousness

Usage - His remark to the police was not meant to be flippant, he genuinely cannot remember what happened that day. Link - focus on flip; during exam time if you flip through the pages of the book rather than reading them with concentration, then you LACK PROPER SERIOUSNESS. Link2 - SLIP+PANT..if u put slips in pants while goin to exam den ur not serious abt ur exam...levity

Flit - to move lightly and quickly from one place to another, fly
Usage - The hummingbird flitted among the branches Link - flit sounds like flight which flies very rapidly. Link2 - Flies flit when the light was lit. Link3 - flit=fly like it(can be anything) which is lite..n something thats lite fly's swiftly..

Floe - small piece of ice

Link - Floe sounds like the FLOW of ice from a melting glacier...

Florid - ruddy,reddish; flowery; very ornate

Link - florid sounds like florida. So u see beautiful beaches, with beautiful girls taking sunbath. There skin becomes reddish. So florid means reddish. Link2 - flo(wer) + rid(red)sounds like a flower that is in a red color.. Also, florid ~ flowery

Flotsam - parts of boat that are found floating on the sea

Link - FLOaTing-SAMan (saman,things)

Flounder - struggle and thrash about, not making decisions or not knowing what to say, behave awkwardly or having difficulties
Usage - He floundered along in the heavy snow Link - Sounds similar to founder.. a startup founder has to face lots of difficulties in the beginning. Link2 - f(lounde)r... lounde(guys) has to struggle hard to get hitched to a girl..

Flout - show no respect to something openly by not obeying it, reject, mock
Usage - He always flout the traffic rules Link - when we are playing gully cricket...FLOUT... FOUL + OUT. When a batsman is given out by foul, the batsman shows his contempt to the umpire by abusing him badly(teri maa ki....)

Flummox - to confuse, perplex

Link - I was flummoxed by the mock test papers of Time institute...they were really tough..

Fluke - unlikely occurrence, stroke of fortune, accidental stroke of good luck

Usage - The reduced stocking rates in organic farming also reduce the fluke burden. Link - sounds like flute...in old days girls were easily impressed by boys by playing flute...now a days it does not happen like that....if it happens its a fluke..

Fluster - to confuse or make nervous

Usage - He is a very calm person. Nothing can fluster him Link - sounds like cluster....When someone asks you to find something in an untidy cluster of things you get all confused.

Flux - continuous movement and change

Usage - She succeeded in fluxing the three plays to produce a fresh new work. Link - fLUX, the LUX company keeps changing its soap varieties, thers LUX pink, LUX black, LUX gold etc..

Foible - small weakness of character, slight fault

Usage - We had a lot of fun together despite his little foibles. Link - foible rhymes with feeble.ur voice goes feeble when u commit some ERROR..

Foil - defeat, frustrate, prevent from being happening or successful

Usage - I do not know whether it is true, but the police claim to have foiled two dirty bomb plots in London. Link - sounds like spoil...when your plan gets spoiled you get defeated and hence frustrated

Foist - force somebody to accept something that hey do not want

Usage - He foisted his work on me Link - sounds like fists...the strong man foisted his work on me by showing his fists..

Foment - to incite, provoke, stir up

Usage - The unions were fomenting for a higher pay

Link - sounds like foam... when you stir up the soapy hot water... Link2 - FIRST - MOMENT...the initial or first moments of any successful person began with motivation..

Foolhardy - person who takes unnecessary risks

Link - It will be foolhardy for a gal to go naked on a empty road late night with a playboy...

Fop - person who is interested in his clothes and the way he looks
Link - cops are very concerned about their dress...if they will not wear it properly no one will care a damn about them..so cops are foppy..

Foray - start to involve in a different activity or profession, raid ,sudden short attack
Usage - The maraud lasted for just few minutes but caused incredible damage. Link - NIIT foray into Ray Ban specs company...

Forbearance - patience
Usage - My Oscars dont have enough patience to wait for their food to hit the water Link - FOR + BEARING ... What is needed for bearing some uninteresting stuff ? --PATIENCE... Link2 - Four lakh loss...i could bear it with forbearance...

Ford - place where a river can be crossed on foot

Link - We forded a ford in our new ford car. Link2 - in a ford...no need for a CORD for crossing..

Foreboding - strong feeling that something unpleasant is going to happen

Usage - the lawyer had a foreboding that the judge would dismiss the case Link - He had a foreboding when she was comig with her four body guards

Forestall - prevent by taking action in advance

Link - I forestalled the problem and booked four stalls because I was aware of the mob which was going to come...

Forlorn - sad and lonely

Usage - We should never be forlorn and should always remain happy Link - I could not even learn four words because I was sitting forlorn as she was not looking at me...after break up...

Formidable - very impressive and powerful, arousing fear

Usage - Sania Mirza is a formidable player when she is in form Link - FOR+ME+DEVIL...he is so strong...I'm afraid of him.

Forsake - to leave somebody when you have a responsibility to stay, desert, forsake
Usage - The mother deserted her children Link - a despo boy saying to his girlfriend,,,,,, "FOR god SAKE , dont leave me , i need uuuuuu Link2 - For the sake of Brad Pitt, Bipasha forsook John Abrahim

Forswear - to make a promise that you will stop doing or using something
Link - He swear every time that he will forswear wine for four hours

Forte - strong point or special talent in a person's character, a thing that somebody does well
Usage - Quant is my forte Link - forte( rhymes like a FORT)... in order to build a fort one requires a SPECIAL TALENT and also a FORT is very STRONG :)

Forthright - straightforward, direct, honest

Link - The teacher said forthrightly to a student that only fourth question is right in your whole paper so forget about GRE...

Fortitude - bravery, courage shown in spite of difficult situation

Usage - You have a chance to help here, but it will take some intestinal fortitude on your part. Link - In ancient days, when people use to live in forts n all....they had fortitude to live in fort because anyone could attack at any time... Link2 - fort + attitude....a couple went on top of red fort and did it in front of everyone..great eg of fortitude..

Fortuitous - something pleasant happening by chance, accidental, by chance

Usage - Or there's Dewey, the idiot cop who has arrived in town with curiously fortuitous timing. Link - equivalent to fortune...... fortune isn't destined to occur it is accidental

Foster - to encourage something to develop

Usage - The new program will also support networks to foster collaboration between researchers.

Link - Foster father fostering his child to have a foster beer. Link2 - sounds like poster...poster are used as ads to promote the product..

Fracas - a noisy argument or fight usually involving several people.

Usage - Few men had a fracas in the middle of the road. Link - sounds like frock...a girl became ready to remove her frock but only in front of a single person.....there were many people so there occurred a fracas that who will remove her frock... Link2 - Fracas-(fraud + cause), a fraud will generally cause a quarrel or brawl....

Fractious - bad tempered, peevish

Usage - She seemed rather fractious and distracted today. Link - f + RACTIOUS(rakshas like raavan)...rakshas and all are easily irritated and are fractious... Link2 - when u get a fracture, u get cranky,irksome

Frail - physically weak, fragile

Usage - You should never beat a frail man. Link - F+ RAIL > Indian Railway alwayz SLOW/WEAK!... Link2 - fra(farah)+il(ill)...farah khan became ill so she became thin and weak... Link3 - if u fail in a subject then you are weak in it...

Frantic - wild, something which is done quickly but disorganized as little time is left
Usage - Life is frantic for working women. Link - F+Ran(running)+Tic(tic-tic,time) > so as u r outta home and u getting late, at home ur mom wil go wild/distraught with fear or worry. Link2 - In foreign countries life is frantic and everyone has to run quickly the race of success.

Fraudulent - cheating ,deceitful

Link - the word itself suggests the meaning...fraud...

Fraught - filled with something unpleasant

Usage - The negotiations have been fraught with difficulties/problems right from the start. Link - fraught = fraud + caught; The fraud or thief was caught. His pockets were filled with jewels and money....so he was fraught with fear.. Link2 - Fraught sounds like 'fought'. When you have fought a war, your mind is filled with emotional distress from all the killings.

Fray - brawl, fight, wear away or unravel by rubbing

Usage - The friction frayed the sleeve

Link - sounds like tray...when a tray full of undergarments and clothes was presented in front of group of nude women they strated to fight among themselves to get the clothes... Link2 - we only pray to God only when we are in the fray

Frazzle - to wear or to become worn to rags

Usage - It had been a very demanding day and I was rather frazzled. Link - Fridge jal gya, it frazzled...

Freebooter - pirate or plunderer who makes war in order to grow rich

Link - someone who BOOTS(kicks) everyone for FREE(no reason) and robs them.

Frenzy - madly excited, excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
Usage - The Emperor was in a frenzy of excitement till he tried them on. Link - sounds like frenchy....when a smart man just wearing frenchy came in front of some old ladies in a bar....the ladies turned frenzy..

Fresco - a picture painted on the wall while the plaster is still wet
Link - Fresco = Fresh + Coat. A fresh coat of paint.

Fret - be annoyed or vexed, to eat away, to wear away by gnawing, rubbing, corroding, etc.
Usage - The most special day of your life, so relax, enjoy, and don't fret the small stuff. Link - sounds like rat...when the rat eats away your stuff or books you get annoyed...

Frigid - intensely cold; cold in manner

Usage - The frigid climate does not support all forms of life. Link - sounds like fridge....its cold...

Fritter - waste, squander, spend frivolously and unwisely

Usage - Fritter away one's inheritance Link - Sounds like twitter..When u r twittering u r wasting ur time... Link2 - Sounds Like Flirtier. When u flirt u waste time and money.

Frivolous - lacking in seriousness; flippant; selfindulgently carefree

Usage - Television was too frivolous a media to be allowed to show a State Occasion.

Link - Fri-vo-lous ~Free - If something is free, u dont take it seriously, you think oh they are giving it for free coz its not that important stuff.. or not the stuff in demand.. or not the stuff taken seriously by public..

Frolic - play and jump around happily

Usage - The children frolicked in the garden Link - FROLIC ~ FRiends or LIQuor; I need both for frolicking.

Frugal - thrift; economy ,prudence in avoiding waste

Link - frugal means avoiding waste... read it as free+girl...if a girl comes for free, it saves waste of money Link2 - Frugal girls wearing few clothes...

Fuddle - make stupid or confused as with alcholic drink

Usage - These questions fuddle even the experts Link - FUDDLE OR MUDDLE - confused....

Frump - a woman wearinf clothes which are not fashinable

Link - Frump was sauntering on the ramp... Link2 - Frump showing her bump in an awkward way..

Fugitive - a person who has escaped from somewhere and is trying to avoid being caught
Usage - He is probably Britain's most famous fugitive from justice. Link - Fugitive was caught near a refugee camp trying to do a bomb blast

Fulminate - to explode with a large sound, issue a severe denunciation

Usage - He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare Link - fulminate sounds like full + illuminate During an explosion or lightning, everything is illuminated completely. Link2 - I'm FULL I just ATE any more and I will explode!

Fulsome - disgustingly excessive; offensively flattering

Usage - A friend of Julie Pankhurst's received a bully's fulsome apology by e-mail Link - You can FOOL SOME people with excessive and insincere praise.. Link2 - usually when you have sex, two people is enough, threesome is more than enough, FULSOME(foursome) is excessive

Funereal - sad
Link - sounds like funeral...where everyone is sad

Furor - great anger shown by a number of people, solemn; suitable for a funeral
Usage - The program is provoking a furor among privacy advocates. Link - fu + ror...read ror as roar...when does a person roar..when he is immensely angry or very excited Link2 - sounds like fury...it means anger...

Furtive - stealthily, surreptitious, covertly

Usage - She cast a furtive glance over his shoulders Link - One who is FARTive has to expel farts stealthily. Link2 - The guy gave a furtive glance over her fati hui jeans...

Fusillade - simultaneous firing or outburst

Usage - Our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise Link - Fusillade of bullets made the tyre fuss(sari hawa nikal gyi).....

Fussy - fastidious; finicky; easily upset

Usage - Since the day he was born, he has been a fussy eater. Link - fussy...read it as fussy in hindi..that is trapped...so ek ladki jo kisi uljhan me fussy ho wo asani se upset ho jati hai..

Gadfly - animal-biting fly; irritating person

Usage - Gadflies are very irritating. Link1 - When you are doing it and a fly comes and make sounds in your ear...you get irritated. Link2 - When a person comes to you and keeps on saying that he had seen God flying in the air..u get annoyed..

Gaffe - social blunder, a mistake which a person makes in public and is embarrasing
Usage - President Barack Obama has apologized for a gaffe in which he described his bowling skills as akin to participants in the Special Olympics. Link1 - You are standing in a cafe and someone comes and does a gaffe by pouring coffee on your pant at the zip part...u will be embarrassed.. Link2 - Disney character Goofy who was always making Blunders...so he is a gaffe Link3 - gaffe sounds like buffet (meal party) .... you should know the etiquette of eating in a buffet otherwise you might make a gaffe.

Gainsay - deny or to disagree with

Usage - Nobody can gainsay his claims.

Link1 - She has gained a lot of weight at lower part but is always gainsaying it i.e. she is denying the fact. Link2 - GAINSAY~ GHANTE SEY...we say ghante sey when we want to deny sumthing..so GAINSAY=GHANTE SEY= DENY..

Gait - a way of talking

Usage - He is training the horse in a particular gait. Link - On the gate I was stunned by the sexy gait of a blonde. Link2 - gait rhymes with weight...person with excess weight has a different manner of walking or running...

Gale - a windstorm, strong blowing wind

Usage - The gale blew down hundreds of trees Link - sound like the famous cricketer Chris GAYLE...when he hits a shot it goes like a gale.. Link2 - Gale blew down the building of GAIL(famous company).

Gall - annoy, exasperate, irritate

Usage - He always starts galling us by talking about guys. Link - When his gal(girl) galled me by trying to seduce me, I slapped on her gaal(cheek).

Gambit - a thing or action to gain advantage in a situation, initial part of a speech

Usage - The opposition has dismissed promises of tax cuts as a pre-election gambit. Link - GAMBIT > In a GAMe you have to GAMBle a BIT to win!..i.e to take action which can help you to win later on... Link2 - Think of Gautam GAMBHIR...he always takes risks and achieves an advantage..his all shots are risky..still he manages the show..

Gambol - to jump or run about in a lively manner

Usage - Children were gamboling in a game like a ball. Link1 - When the player lost his girlfriend in the gambling...the opponent gamboled with joy... Link2 - gambol : game-ball, in a football game you have to skip the ball playfully because if you don't do it the opposite player will tackle you quickly.. Link3 - sounds like...gam(sorrow) + bol(speak)....when student goes to a teacher and tells her that he is very sick and teacher pardons him...the after this incident he goes to his friends and narrate the whole story in a gambolic manner...

Gamut - entire range

Usage - This game shop has the gamut of all games and toys. Link - GA Mut (don't sing) because range of your vocal cords is abysmally low. Link2 - slight weird..ga+mut(pee)....when you pee you finish it entirely i.e. entire range...

Gangrene - decay of body tissue caused by insufficient blood supply (usually following injury);

Usage - Since the tissue around the wound had become gangrene, he had to undergo mortification. Link - gan(GUN)+grene(GREEN)..so if you are shot by a gun and if your leg or hand gets injured and if you donot take any medical care, the wound turns blue..GREEN...AND THAT IS HOW YOU DEVELOP GANGRENE..

Gape - open widely

Usage - If a road accident happens in your country, do the people stop driving and gape or ignore the sight? Link - sounds like rape...i think rest is clear...it is open widely....

Garbled - mixed up, jumbled, told in a way that confuses the person listening
Usage - Whenever he tries to explain something he gets confused and garbles everything. Link - He garbled on the phone because he was gargling. Link2 - garb (relate it to GARBAGE) AND IN GARBAGE all the spoiled and distorted materials are mixed up.

Gargantuan - huge, extremely large

Usage - He is of gargantuan size. Link - gargantuan: sounds like ghar ka ghanta; A 'ghanta' (BELL) is enormous compared to 'ghanti' Link2 - GAN(R)G + ANT = ARMY OF ANTS which is quite huge. Link3 - Aunt Garg is of gargantuan size and is known as tuntun in our locality.

Garish - overbright in colour, unpleasanlt bright

Usage - He always wear garish kind of clothes. Link - GARISH- sound like Gayish........ a gay person wears all bright coloured clothes and looks gaudy and garish......

Garner - gather, store, amass

Link - Sounds like a gardener who gathers fruits and vegetables from his/her garden. Link2 - GARNER sounds like GARNIER face wash which is used to wash away gathered dust on your face.

Gauche - awkward, clumsy(insocial behaviour)

Usage - It became too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate. Link - ghochu...she called him ghochu when he tried to do it on first date.. Link2 - Mr. Ghosh..Where is your hosh???why are you talking i na gauche manner.

Gaudy - flashy, showy

Link - sounds like gody when god appears we can see flash lights at back of his head so it is flashy Link2 - gaudy sounds like Audi the new audi S8..He bought a audi to behave gaudy..

Gaunt - lean and very thin usually because of illness

Usage - a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys. Link - G[rand] AUNT, or imagine as G[reat grand] AUNT... is generally lean and weak due to old age. Link2 - sounds like haunt.. haunted bye voldemort memories harry face was gaunt

Gavel - hammer like tool used by judge

Link - sound like travel when u travel u carry a wooden hammer for safety against thieves. Link2 - Rhymes with gravel (small stone) : To cut gravel, you need a hammer.

Gawk - stare foolishly, ogle

Usage - If a road accident happens in your country, do the people stop driving and gawk or ignore the sight? Link - gawk can be taken as go (ga) + work (wk); Imagine your boss saying : "go and do your work, instead of gawking at office girls." Link2 - I gawked at a hawk when she came and removed a girl's top and bra through her claws so instantly that everyone remained numb and gawked at her.

Genesis - beginning, origin

Usage - The first chapter of the Bible is Genesis, hence the beginning. Link - Our whole body evolves from gene...hence genesis is beginning.

Genial - friendly and cheerful

Usage - There was an atmosphere of geniality at our house before our step mother came in. Link - My girlfriend has a genie who always make her happy by fulfilling all her desires and pleasures.

Genteel - quite and polite, often in an exaggerated way

Usage - His genteel behaviour irritated me. Link - this word is very close to GENTLE..AND A GENTLEMAN IS ONE who is WELL BRED, elegant and GIVES A REFINED APPEARANCE .

Gentility - high social class

Usage - His gentility impressed her and the got married Link - GENT(S) from BIRTH TIL(L) death are GENTLE... :P

Gentry - people of good family or high ranking

Usage - His manners suggest that he is a member of the gentry. Link - gen(means people)+ntry (entry)... so in many pubs and bar..people of high class or social position have entry...

Genuflect - bend the knees as in worship

Usage - If you genuflect to something you give too much respect and attention Link - If you had a conflict with your jaanu.. i.e 'Jaanu + conflict' > genuflect.. at the end of the day you will be down on your knees : That's a general perception!

Geriatrics - medical treatment and care of old people

Link - Latin gras means old age....jab tum log gir jate ho to you go to good and experienced doctor who are mostly old people...

Germane - pertinent, relevant

Usage - He asks questions that are germane and central to the issue. Link - germane...very close to word ..germany..so if you want TO learn GERMAN LANGUAGE....I GUESS A GERMAN teacher would be APPROPRIATE and not a french teacher.

Germinal - pertaining to a germ, in the first stage of growth

Usage - Germs were in the germinal stage Link - Germs in the hand were at germinal stage which I wiped out at the nal(tap). Link2 - Germ means sprout; e.g. germination of seeds. So germinal = create something; germ = germs fought by LifeBoy; So germinal can also be disease-like

Gerrymander - to change the district lines in order to favour a political party, Divide unfairly and to one's advantage; of voting districts
Usage - The city had been gerrymandered so that the minority retains control Link - Relate it with Jerry of 'Tom and Jerry' cartoon in which Jerry divided everything partially with Tom and quarrels with him... so possessing a Jerry's mind - Gerrymander. Link2 - In mandir when elections were going on gerrymander was done to favour jerry(tom and jerry) over Tom.

Gestate - have the idea for, be pregnant with

Link - the period prior to d born of baby is called "gestation period" so gestate is the period of evolution of any idea.. :) Link2 - GAS+PATE- when somebody is pregnant, it seems if PATE(stomach) is full of GAS.

Ghastly - horrifying, terrifying

Usage - A rather ghastly looking skeleton of a fish Link - ghastly sounds like ghost + ly; something like a ghost ........ very horrible ... and terrifying.

Gibberish - nonsense talking, babbling

Usage - He always talks gibberish

Link - gibberish is similar to gabbarish..(rem GABBAR SINGH..SHOLEY).. gabbar sigh talked all nonsense..kab hai holi,hath de thakur,kitne adme the. etc..etc..these lines can be interpreted in wrong way also..kitne aadmi the..hath mujhe de de.. :P Link2 - Gibberisg from the jeeb(tongue).

Gibe - mock, make jeering remarks

Usage - The crowd gibed at the player when he came to perform. Link - gibe - sounds like tribe... people used to mock tribal Link2 - gibe..very similar to hindi word GAYAB...SO socho DULHAN(bride)..agar GAYAB ..ho jaye mandap se..people will make jeering REMARKS about their family. Link3 - geeb (jeeb) chidhana Link4 - gibe~~give..wen u give bribe and it is revealed ..u will be mocked at..

Giddy - light hearted, not serious

Link - Feeling giddy while travelling in a gaddi. Link2 - sounds like kiddy. Kids are always light hearted.

Gingerly - in a careful way

Usage - they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones Link - be VERY CAREFUL while cutting GINGER(LY), since they are small and hard.. Link2 - sounds like finger..while fingering you need to be careful as it may hurt...i meant ear..

Girth - distance around something, circumference

Usage - The man with the enormous girth died today. Link - sounds like birth...while giving birth to a baby...the circumference is increased to let the baby come out..

Gist - essence, main point

Usage - We finally understood the gist of his argument. Link - gist..sounds very similar to list.....SO your lecturer is asking you to LIST OUT THE MAIN POINTS of the paragraph.

Glaze - cover with thin and shiny surface, if person's eye glaze then he looks bored or tired
Usage - Her eyes glaze over when she is bored Link - blaze (a light-colored marking) the metal with glaze (a coating for ceramics) Link2 - sounds like laze(lazy)...eyes glaze when you are full of laze.

Glean - to obtain information,knowledge sometimes with difficulty

Usage - A teacher one should be well rounded and able to glean experience from as many different sources as possible. Link - It sounds like clean. You clean by picking up bit by bit. Link2 - concentrate on the word lean,u lean forward,rather bend forward when u want to pick up something...gather leavings

Glib - having superfluous knowledge, profound

Usage - The salesman was glib enough to sale 100 products in a minute Link - sounds like g(girl)+lib(library)...imagine the superfluous knowledge of girl when she is alone with a guy in the library..the will use their knowledge to have fun.. Link 2- glib sounds like Ghalib..his shayeri was slick and fluent. Link3 - split the word into go library. Someone who goes to teh library very frequently obviously is very articulate and thus fluent,slick,diplomatic with people...

Glimmer - faint flickering light

Usage - The light glimmered after a long time Link - opposite of dimmer Link2 - gali mein there is always glimmer of light

Gloat - express evil satisfaction, satisfy your evil deeds, to show your happiness about your own success or somebody's failure(negative word)
Usage - The thief gloated over the stolen jewels. Link - The male goat gloated over sexiest female goat after doing it for 2 hours Link2 - g+loat....LOOT...so think of dacoits who express their evil satisfaction after looting houses of people. Link3 - When you gloat you lote pote over each other

Gloss - brief explanation note

Link - Glossary on last pages of a book is a gloss of technical terms.

Glower - looking in an angry or aggressive way, glare

Usage - The girl glowered at the man who tried to make a pass at her Link - sounds like lower...when someone pulled the girl's lower she glared at the person.. Link2 - Gulshan Grover- stared angrily at the hero. Link3 - when someone gave a flower to her wife..he glowered at her.

Glut - surplus,surfeit
Usage - Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient Link - The boy had a glut of galat things(salacious things related to porno) in his wardrobe.

Glutinous - sticky, viscous

Link - sounds liek glue+ anus...he glued his anus to avoid nature's call...

Glutton - a person who eats too much

Usage - He is such a GLUTTON and eats so much that the BUTTONS on his shirt begin to pop out Link - That glutton ate 1 kilogram of mutton and is still hungry

Gnarl - twisted and rough, protruding knot on the tree

Usage - The wind has gnarled this old tree Link - sounds like ganna(sugarcane)...you cannot twist a ganna with your hands as it will break but will never acquire a U shape..

Goad - urge on, to keep irritating or annoying somebody untill they react
Usage - They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward Link - goad tells you to "GO And Do [it]" with a shemale...you will get annoyed Link2 - She was goading God till he appeared

Gobble - eat very quickly

Link - sounds like bubble..you become like bubble if you eat fast, noisily and greedily..

Gorge - narrow pass

Usage - If you gorge on something you eat lots in a greedy way Link - Gaur se gorge examine kar raha hai... Link2 - George Bush always passed through a gorge to look for a girl and the have fun

Gory - bloody, covered with blood

Usage - The gory person killed a girl with a knife Link - All the fight(blood) in history has happened because of women(GORI) only. Link2 - Gori(Mohammad) fought a lot of gory battles which caused great bloodshed.

Gossamer - sheer, very light material

Usage - The dishes were made of gossamer material. Link - Go summer...in summers we wear clothes of light material...esp girls.. Link2 - Gossamer material of dosa sambhar.

Gouge - to make a hole or cut in something with a sharp object, to remove something by digging into a surface
Usage - They gouged money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss Link - He gouged his neck with a screw gauge Link2 - relate it wid ""gao ge"(in hindi as we pronounce singing) ->IndianIdol ->Anu Maliksaying agar tum aisa bekar gao ge to main tumhari ankhen bahar nikal dunga (by digging/ scooping action)..

Gourmand - person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink

Usage - All the sons of ministers are gourmand. Link - in hindi gour means to focus...a gourmand food and drink pe jyada gour deta hai.. Link2 - souds like government..and in india..anything of government is free for people..so if government plans to provide free food people will eat excessively...beyond their capicity..because we take pleasure in anything which is free to us.

Grandeur - impressiveness, the quality of being magnificent or splendid

Usage - It was an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art Link - grand+eur........and grand means huge, big ,large.....anything that is grand is always impressive. Link2 - The girls will be grandeured with a guy who has huge money and main thing..i hope u understand. Link3 - Hotel Grand is famous for its grandeurness

Grandiose - affectedly grand; pretentious, exaggerated

Link - grand+iose(..pose), people who give POSE (show off) are usually reffered to grandiose persons.. Link2 - sounds like grand+dose.....if a dose of Viagra is given then things become huge and grand...the person become pretentious.

Grapple - wrestle, take hold of struggle with

Usage - He is grappling with the problem of piles. Link - gRAPplE...concentrate on de capped letters.when someone tries to rape a girl,she grapples with the rapist.

Grate - make a harsh noise, have an unpleasant noise, shred by rubbing against a rough surface
Usage - The cat grated at the armchair. Link - when you ask a girl her rate she will get angry and will make a harsh noise. Link2 - the old GATE makes a harsh grating sound every time it is opened and shut.

Gratis - free, without charge, given without paid for

Usage - The master gave his slave a coin for his honesty. Link - Buy 2 rats and another rat will be given as gratis.

Gratuitous - unnecessary, unwarranted; uncalled for

Usage - A lot of viewers complained that there was too much gratuitous sex and violence in the film. Link - if someone tells you your graduate tuition is free, it would be gratuitous. Link2 - My friend declared Gratuitous GRE tuitions for all sexy girls.

Gratuity - money given to sb who has done one a service, tip

Link - raja log gratuity dete the.... Link2 - In Tom and jerry, the master always use to give gratuity to the jerry the rat...

Grim - causing great fear; unrelenting; determined in spite of fear

Usage - He always use to crack grim jokes. Link - sounds like "dream" which may cause you fear. Link - sounds like rum...when you decide to drink rum at your house you are very feared of your arrival of parents...but still you do it..

Grimace - to make ugly expression with your face to show pain, disgust etc.
Usage - she made a grimace at the prospect Link - sounds like himesh rehsamiya..who's songs are such that he always sings wid facial distortions symbolizing pain n anguish. Link2 - He grimaced when I threw garam garam water on his face. Link3 - divide it like grim(in a pain ful situation)+ace(Face).....so when you are in a grim or in a painful situation you try to put it across to your family through FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.

Grisly - extremely unpleasant and frightening, ghastly

Usage - example grisly remains of the body Link - sounds like bruce lee..if bruce lee comes in front of u to knock you up..you will be shocked Link2- if somebody had massaged ur face with GREASE u would appear both unpleasant and frightning..

Groggy - feel weak rather than ill

Link - sounds like gROGgy...The Rogi(patient) was groggy after viral..

Grotesque - strange in a way that is unpleasant and offensive

Usage - Tusk is growing in a grotesque Link - grow+queue....The queue formed outside Mallika Shehrawat's house grew after she came out naked by mistake..it was completely grotesque..

Grouch - a person who complains a lot

Usage - We grouched against the increasing work load. Link - gr+ouch => you say "ouch". You say ouch when you have complain over something.

Grotto - small cavern

Usage - The auto rickshaw went to the grotto Link - This time auto expo was held in a grotto...everybody went thee in a auto..

Grouse - complain in a annoying way

Link - He roused(wake) her up and then she groused at him....she became calm after doing it with him..

Grovel - to move along the ground on your hands and knees, crawl on ground
Usage - She was creeping in front of him to avoid the assault. Link - One who wants to "grow well" needs to grovel before his manager. Link2 - sounds like novel .. when we read an erotic novel we lie down...

Grudge - deep feeling of dislike

Usage - We should never have a feeling of grudge against anyone Link - grudge....rhyme like ..judge.... so judge's order have to follow unwillingly...

Gruel - a simple dish made by boiling oats in water

Usage - The cruel managers of the orphanage give the hungry children a meagre meal of gruel. Link - Cruel people should be given gruel in order to teach them a lesspn.

Grueling - exhausting
Usage - Every morning, the miners worked their grueling way up the mining valley. Link - sounds like grew+ling(hindi word for sex)...when you grow your ling and use it for doing it..then you get exhausted... Link - sounds like grilling...when you do grueling you get grilled...

Gruesome - very unpleasant and filling you with horror, grisly, horrible
Usage - The scene of crime was a gruesome sight to behold. Link - Gruesome murder of Gurukul's Guru because he was having extra marital affair.

Gruff - rough-mannered, deep and harsh sounding

Usage - Beneath his gruff exterior he is kind hearted Link - sounds like rough...a rough-mannered person is generally gruff. Link2 - It is very tough to act against your enemy without rough behaviour.

Grumble - complain
Usage - The children grumbled when the teacher gave them another homework assignment. Link - sounds like humble....humble people do not complain.. Link2 - gRUMble...when a girl has drunk rum then she does not grumble about anything even if boy do anything with her.

Grumpy - bad tempered

Link - He became grumpy, garam garam rum peene ke baad..

Guffaw - to laugh noisily

Usage - He guffawed when the teacher came in shorts Link - remember gufa in hindi. If you laugh a bit in gufa, it sounds like boisterous laugh. Link2 - rhymes with gappa or gappe(hindi)...jab log gappe marte hein, this is when there is boisterous laughter all around ....I know its a way too dumb..

Guile - shrewdness, cunning, use of tricks to deceive someone

Usage - His behavior during the game proved that he was very guile. Link - guys of our age always guile gals to do them with them Link2 - guile sounds like goals.. people often use guile to achieve their goals

Gull - trick, deceive

Usage - The immigrant was gulled because he trusted everyone Link - sounds like gul(to disappear)...cheezein "gul" karna matlab trick se flick karna.

Gullible - a person who is easily deceived

Link - The gals are easily gullible as they are callow...guys make full use of them..

Gust - strong abrupt rush of wind

Usage - the tree was bent almost double by the gust Link - august = au+gust. august means mighty. august mein bahut tej baarish aur hawa chalti hai.

Gusto - eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm

Usage - They welcomed the guest with gusto and ordered food according to gustatory sense of the guest Link - sounds like ghashti(hindi word for whore)...when you found a ghashti you do it with her with full zeal...

Guzzle - to drink something in large quantity

Link - While listening to the ghazal I was guzzling wine.

Gusty - windy, very strong winds

Link - gusty=dusty..so when the wind blows dust will form.

Guy - cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied, subject to laughter or ridicule
Usage - The Italians guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing Link - sounds like hidi word of cow....You tie a COW (in hindi GUY) with a rope. Link2 - women or girls are said to be emotional compared to guys.. Guy tend to brace them and steady their emotions..acting as cables for support..

Hackles - hairs on back and neck; a feeling of anger and animosity.

Usage - It made my hackles rise when he got the job. Link1 - hackles sounds like Jackals...they have hair on their back and neck and are also aggressive animals.

Hackneyed - commonplace, repeated too often

Usage - the article she came up with had no matter to it- just hackneyed stuff. Link - New hacks discovered by a hacker become common very soon...

Haggard - appearing worn or exhausted, wild or distraught in appearance.

Usage - He was pale and appeared a bit haggard. Link1 - (Haggard sounds similar to HAGRID > Rubius hagrid). For all the potter fans, hagrid looks wild and mad. So hagrid always looks haggard... Link2 - Hago(hindi word for)...to shit or go to toilet for throwing stool. A haggard suffers from disentry (always go to toilet) so gaunt, worn out and thin. May God save him!...

Haggle - to bargain as over the price of something, to argue in an attempt to come to terms.
Usage - She preferred to be over charged than to haggle. Link1 Haggle sounds like bangle and girls, who are very fond of designer bangles, would not haggle over their prices. Link2 - me : how much for the book?..shopkeaper(sk) : 200 rs...me : rate kam kar...sk: hag ley(do shit) yaha pe...itne me koi ni de skta yeh buk...

Halcyon - calm, peaceful, marked by peace and prosperity; a fabled bird.

Usage - It was all a far cry from those halcyon days in early 90s. Link - HAL(solution)+CYON(kyon or why)...WHY we cannot find SOLUTION to kashmir issue in a CALM/PEACEFUL way.. Link2 Halcyon sounds like Cyclone..and both mean the opposite. Link3 - sounds like halka...when you come out from a toilet after loo....you feel calm and relieved..

Hallowed - sanctified, highly venerated.

Usage - Our hallowed war heroes. Link1- HallowedHallowhalohello(namasthe), when you meet your elders, you say namasthe out of respect...

Link2 - "Halo"wed....Put a "halo" over something - Halo belongs to angels!... Link3 - Hallowed place is consecrated, because god himself has said "hello" to the people of that place...

Hap - chance, luck, an accidental happening.

Usage - Raj recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life. Link - hap - short for happy....if you have luck/chance you are bound to be happy. Link2 - Hap happening; all the happening things(like meet a beautiful girl and getting a chance to kiss her ) in life happen by chance or luck.

Haphazard at random, careless, slipshod, without planning.

Usage She was trying to connect her lifes seemingly haphazard events. Link1 hap(hazar)d....So if you dont plan out your tasks properly, or if u plan ur studies haphazardly, then u will have hazar (thousand) problems. Hence, it is always good to plan things carefully n have ZERO problems. Link2 - HAP + HAZARD where HAZARD means epidemic spread due to great carelessness...

Harangue - long, passionate and vehement speech

Link - HARANRGUE can be split as har + ang + u + e....so when YOU are ANGry with HAR(her), she is subjected to a long or intensive verbal attack... Link2 - split it to HAR + LANGUE . HAR = harrass and LANG = language .. hence harangue is harassing language..

Harbinger - forerunner (which foreshadows what is to come)

Usage - Scientists are worried about the melting icecaps, a harbinger to a catastrophic climatic crisis. Link - when i was watching adult movie with my girlfriend...i foreshadowed where her finger will be going after the movie ends..i was correct...she switched off the computer after the movie ended and put her finger in her underpants...

Hardy - sturdy, robust, invulnerable to fear or intimidation

Usage - The hardy reporters braved the threat of gunfire for the sake of their news reports. Link - for all wrestling fans...Remember Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy..They seem 2 b robust,audacious guys.. Link2 - when a person performs a very hard task...he becomes hardy.. Link3 - HARDY boys..the famous novel... the boys were famous for their sturdiness...

Harrowing - agonizing, distressing, traumatic, extremely painful

Link - harrow - sounds like sorrow and sorrow leads to agony, so........ Link2 - harrow....narrow...so a narrow minded husband could be very agonizing for u... Link3 - h + arrow - if you are h(it) with an 'arrow' it would be harrowing...

Harry - harass, annoy, torment

Usage - He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked Link - In the movie Harry Potter, Harry is tormented and harassed time and again by villains....

Haughtiness - pride, arrogance

Usage - Shreya goshal lacks the arrogance and haughtiness of so many musical artists. Link1 - read as HOTTIE...a HOT girl will be arrogant and proudy...

Haven - place of safety, refuge.Usage - A real haven at the end of a busy working

day. Link1 - it sounds like 'heaven'...a place which is always safe..

Hazy slightly obscure, vague.Usage - I have only a hazy memory of what he

was like. Link1 - Just woke up in the foggy morning half asleep and lazy.everything will be visible unclear to you..it will
take few seconds to see clearly after washing your eyes...

Headlong hasty, rash, headfirst, with the head leadingUsage - Do

not leap headlong into decisions. Link hasty like gashti(prostitute in english)..she is always in a rush to go to other clients after doing it.... Likn2 - people with long hairs on their heads and other parts cover themselves very fast after taking shower so that no one sees them.....

Heckler person who verbally harasses others.Usage - The heckler kept

interrupting the speaker with rude remarks. Link1 - sounds like f*ck....generally a abusive person shouts at most of the people "WHAT THE F*CK?"..so a
person who is abusive uses this statement, hence a HECKLER!.... Link2 - rhymes with Hitler...so the meaning goes as one who verbally assaults others(not the exact one though...

Hedonist one who believes pleasure is the sole aim in life, someone who is motivated by desires for sensual pleasures.Usage The worlds best known bachelor and unabashed hedonist. Link1 - Hedonist Head + on + (brea) st; A hedonist is a person who is motivated by the desires for sensual pleasures, and dreams about banging his head on her br#$#... Link2 - Moms really advice their daughters.."hey don't go near them....he is a hedonist.."

Heed - pay close attention to

Usage - Heed the advice of the old men Link - heed sounds like seed - If you sow a seed and do not (heed) pay close attention to it by watering and giving manure ... it will not grow and flower in future.

Heinous grossly wicked, abominable, evil and atrocious

Usage The young woman's heart revolted against so heinous a charge, and when she saw that she could attempt to do nothing to save her protector, she wept bitterly. Link1 heinous -> hey + anus(ass), you call someone that if you hate him or if he's atrocious.

Herald - messenger, sign of something to come, a person who announces important news
Usage - The chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet
Link - it can be split into hear + all...a messenger gives a message to everyone...

Heresy any opinion or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position, a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion.Usage - The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.
Link1 - divide this word into her (her)+esy(sounds like essay)... most of the essays written by her are against
popular beliefs....Taslima Nasrin, a Bangladeshi writer is one such person who has recently created a heresy because of her book..

Hermetic completely sealed, especially against the entry of air, airtight.Usage Try breaking the hermetic seal of the jar!!
Link1 Hermetic -> T(hermatic) -> Thermal. In a thermal power plant, the process of generating thermal power takes place in completely sealed and air tight chambers, so that high pressure gases do not leak out n cause accidents. ? thoda zyada ho gaya na!?... Link2 - Wat if hema malini suddenly appears in our colony? she will be surrounded by her fans restricting her
movement... Link3 - Sala HAM-burger chura raha tha! HEM him! :D ...

Hew - cut to pieces with ax or sword, chop

Usage - He hewed down the tree. Link1 - sounds like CHEW...when you chew, you try to chop the thing with your teeth.

Heyday - time of greatest success or power, prime

Usage - The dahlias and chrysanthemums were in their heyday.
Link - hey!!!!+day...when you pass a time of great suceess in a day...you say...hey!!!!!! what a day it was..I will always remember it. Link2 - yaaaayyyy!!!! (sounding very happy at the time of success ))...

Hiatus - gap, pause, gap or interruption in space or time, break

Link - split it as HI+AT+US.....if a beautiful girl says 'Hi' on the way, we will definitely stop for a while...we pause
our walk and start talking to her...

Holocaust - destruction by fire

Usage - They survived a veritable holocaust of German artillery fire from 3 sides of the Wood. Link - holocaust - conc. on (caust) - we read it as caustic ... caustic is something that causes burning sensation , acidic ... holocaustic is extreme of caustic that is fully destroyed by burning .....

Holster - leather pistol case

Usage - He kept his pistol in a holster. Link - holster rhymes with gangster.. a gangster wud ve a holster with him to keep his pistol.. Link2 - A HOSTLER can have only holster in room as pistol is not allowed...

Homage - honor, tribute, great respect

Usage - One had to pay homage to the king. Link - Homage = Home + Age; In our culture, we respect the aged persons of our home...

Homely - unattractive, not good looking, having a feeling of home

Link - most of the homely girls are very unattractive(behen ji types)...now a days guys want hot and sexy gals....

Homeostasis - tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium

Usage - The question is: What physiological systems help to maintain heart rate homeostasis? Link - split it as homeo+status...i.e if you take homeo medicine then your status will be stable or the body system will maintain relative stability... Link2 - sounds like homo+status...if you turn your status to a gay..you will be relieved from all girly shit..(u can send ur gf 2 me in dat case.. :P)

Homily - sermon, tedious moralizing lecture, serious warning

Usage - He also said that he preached short, well prepared homilies. Link - homily = home becomes silly....when you get a warning from your parents you take it as an unwanted homily (sermon)... Link2 - home+silly....when we do SILLY things at HOME ,our parents get annoyed and we get SERIOUS WARNING of being beaten by belt...

Hone - sharpen
Usage - Camps offer a chance to hone skills in horse riding, or football, or event to study for exams. Link - Hone sounds like horn or cone, and both horn and cone are sharp..

Hoodwink - deceive, delude

Usage - He hoodwinked his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well Link - the thief winked under the hood of his jacket to deceive the cops...

Hortatory - encouraging, marked by exhortation

Usage - Although he does not use hortatory language at this point, a concern for the audience is transparent. Link - when you are working in your office and your boss sends a hot girl in your room to do it with her...but only at one cost...you have to finish the work first..you will be encouraged.. Link2 - While ploughing farms with bulls, farmers say "HUR HUR ;HORT HORT" to encourage bulls to move ahead. This is HORTATORY....

Hothead - person who does things too quickly without thinking

Link - head means person(per head)... when we touch hot stuffs like hot iron..we take our hand immediately off it without thinking...hence hothead refers to person who does things without thinking..

Hover - hang about, stay in the air in one place

Usage - The shy student hovered in the corner Link - HOVER----HangOVER in air.....

Hubbub - confused uproar, loud noise

Usage - Set down a winding farm track the cottage is a tranquil hideaway from the hubbub of modern day life. Link - when people come to a HUB(center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation), they tend to get confused due to the loud noise present there...

Hubris - arrogance, excessive self-conceit

Usage - The sheer hubris of buggering about with such a popular, long-lasting story is astounding. Link - HUB+RIS(RAISE)--A person RAISEd in a HUB(city centre),will be arrogant and conceited towards villagers and others... Link2 - Hub + ria(raees means very rich in english)...ek raees baap ka beta will behave very arrogant in the hub because of his money...

Hue - color, aspect

Usage - The sharp colors of Spring eventually give way to the softer hues of summer greens. Link - sounds like blue...blue is a color..

Hull - husk, dry outer covering of a seed, frame or body of a ship

Usage - The vessel is strongly built of steel with an ice-strengthened hull, perfect for the polar seas. Link - sounds like bull...which is very strong outside but is soft at heart....

Humdrum - dull, monotonous

Usage - It was thought in politics to be a sign of failure not to be given a less humdrum job. Link - one movie named HUMDUM (a bollywoodmovie) was released which was dull & boring.. Link2 - all drum players said.." hum drum baja baja kar bore ho gye...we want some change...ab hum ladkiyan bajaenge... :P"

Hurl - throw forcefully, shout out violently

Usage - May you find the response to an insult hurled at you in a dispute. Link - hurl - girl ; when your girl (girlfriend) is angry since you didn't gift her pearl necklace , she throws the gift or hurls at you...

Hurtle - crash, rush, move with great speed

Usage - I stood outside in the pine trees of the ancient churchyard, the cars hurtling past below on the busy road. Link - hurt.....so a car like Fortuner moving with GREAT SPEED or hurtling along and in the process hurting many people on the way. Link2 - hurtle..rhymes with turtle.. turtle is slow..n hurtle is fast rushes...both are opposite... Link3 - Ninja- TURTLE where very fast and agile.. They had a gr8 skill of fighting! Kung Fu Fight!! that goes on to fast!! haiiiiyaaaa..

Hyperbole - exaggeration, overstatement

Usage - This isn't mere hyperbole, this isn't myth, this is a fact. Link - hyper(beyond the limit)+bole(means speak)..so someone who gives the statement beyond his limit..overstating basically...

Hysteria - excessive or uncontrollable excitement

Usage - They caused mild hysteria by running through the crowds at the front of the stage. Link - Hysterical sounds like.."this Tree" which has all the ghosts staying on it..now when all the ghosts become your friend you get very excitedand feels on th ttop of the world...

Iconoclast - a person who criticizes popular beliefs or established traditions, one who destroys sacred images
Usage - Ram is an iconoclast Link - icon = idol...clast = fragments....so, one who destroys idols into pieces is iconoclast. Link2 - An iconoclast doesn't follow the existing icons....

Idiosyncrasy - behavioral peculiarity, eccentricity in behaviour

Usage - His idiosyncrasy made him notorious. Link - Idiot & crazy people are more idiosyncratic....

Idyllic - charmingly carefree, simple and happy

Usage - This is an idyllic spot for a picnic Link - sounds like idli...south indian dish...and its a very simple and good food....and roof is an idyllic place for eating idlis...

Ignoble - unworthy, not noble, dishonorable

Usage - There is something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude Link - Nobel persons never do ignoble deeds... Link2 - sounds like igno(ignore)+ble(able)..so if something IS unworthy and not noble, ONE should be able to ignore them.....

Ignominy - public shame and loss of honour

Usage - One mistake brought shame and ignominy to all his family. Link - Laloo prasad yadav suffered ignominy when his name was ignored on stage.... Link2 - IGNO(IGNORE)+miny(enemy)...so YOU ignore your enemy because you have a DEEP DISGRACE FOR HIM....and your enemy feels ignominy...

Imbecility - stupidity, low intelligence level

Usage - His imbecility made him suffer a great loss in his business Link - mba ke bees saal bhi he is an imbecile... Link2 - sounds like i am be(being) silly ... meaning silly , fool , stupid..

Imbibe - to absorb something (esp information or to drink alcohol)

Usage - The patient must imbibe several liters each day Link - a person should imbibe principles from Bible..

Imbroglio - complicated situation that causes confusion

Usage - Rahul was in a state of imbroglio when the teacher scolded him in front of girls. Link - Imbroglio when Mayawati ko Atal Ji ke sath pyaar ka rog lag gya... Link2 - I+M+bro+gigolo = I am brother of a gigolo (male prostitute).. which can be a very embarrassing or difficult situation... Link3 - sounds like I+M+brog(=frog)+lio(=lion). Suppose in a play, you have to choose between characters of frog and lion, you will be in a complicated situation.

Imbue - saturate, to fill with strong feelings and strong opinions

Usage - An atmosphere of distrust has imbued this administration Link - sounds like nimbu....do not "saturate " your nimbu pani with lots of nimbu ,, it will taste bitter

Imminent - close in time; about to occur

Usage - Some people believe the day of judgment is imminent Link - sounds similar to immediate. so imminent means about to occur immediately...

Immolate - offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire)

Usage - The Aztecs immolated human victims Link - sounds like omelette(egg) where a chicken is scarified to satiate hunger...

Immure - to imprison
Usage - The suspects were immured without trial Link - mure sounds like "maar" (kill in english)...you kill someone and you get imprisoned...

Impair - injure, hurt, damage

Usage - His vision was impaired Link - Opposite of Repair.Repair is to mend, Impair is to Injure....

Impale - pierce, to push a sharp pointed object

Usage - The enemies were impaled and left to die Link - her face was pale when he impaled a knife in his stomach in front of her...

Impasse - deadlock, situation from which there is no escape

Usage - They reached an impasse on the negotiations Link - sounds like im(IMPOSSIBLE)+passe(PASS)....IMPOSSIBLE TO PASS through a canal, which has no way to escape... Link2 - I am not able to get passing marks....so i couldn't go to the next class....it was an impasse for me...

Impeccable - flawless, without fault

Usage - His timing and technique were impeccable Link - sounds like im+pecca(pakka.it was there in our science book in class 2)...pakka house is always faultless as compared to kutchcha house...

Impediment - hindrance, obstacle

Usage - His very inconsiderate actions were becoming an impediment for the launch of our product. Link - sounds like i am peed(i hope u know the meaning of pee)..so the path was blocked because I peed on the floor... Link2 - sounds like pad....imagine girls wearing pads are restricted to a lot of activities which they can't do..

Imperative - absolutely necessary, that must be done, critically important

Usage - It is imperative that you go to the school and complete your paper Link - you have to attend your "important r(el)ative "...and that meeting is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY and IMPORTANT..

Impetuous - acting or doing something quickly without thinking carefully, rash and violent
Usage - He has a habit of impetuous display of spending and gambling Link - sounds like im(not)-pet-tuo(to)-us...a dog which is not our pet will be very VIOLENT and RASH.... Link2 - I am petu(eat a lot of things)...i always eat impetuously... Link3 - sounds like impatient, an impatient person will be impetuous....

Impetus - moving force, momentum, stimulus, force of moving body

Usage - The impetus knocked him over Link - Jab hume papa ne peeta....this gave an impetus in our studies...

Impinge - to have a noticeable effect(esp a bad one), influence, infringe

Usage - The effects are impinging on every aspect of our lives. Link - sounds like i+m+ ping(e)..Someone continuously pinging you while chatting means he or she wants to influence you and then touch your heart.... Link2 - he poked him with a pin....the pain of pin was impinging on his face...

Implausible - impossible, unbelievable

Usage - He gave the teacher an implausible excuse Link - sounds like impossible....something that is impossible is unlikely... Link2 - Mission impossible is an implausible movie in reality....

Implode - burst inwards

Usage - The bottle imploded Link - sounds like explode....explode means to burst outwards and implode means to burst inwards...

Implore - to ask somebody earnestly, beseech

Usage - I beg you to stop Link - Implore sounds like in floor... The beggars are generally 'in floor' when they are begging... Link2 - sounds like explore...We 'implored' the government to let us 'explore' the minerals...

Impolitic - not wise

Usage - It was an impolitic approach to this sensitive issue Link - Leaving IIM-A and going in politics is an impolitic decision

Imponderable - weightless, that cannot undergo precise evaluation

Usage - Human behavior depends on many imponderables Link - sounds like I+M + POUNDS..if you have a choice between 100 pounds and 100 rupees...which one will you prefer...i think 100 rupees will look like weightless and you will go with 100 pounds...

Importunate - asking for things many times, always demanding

Usage - You should never be an importunate job applicant

Link - sounds like i am fortunate...the beggars at streets are very importunate....i was fortunate and didn't came across them... Link2 - i am fortunate enough to get a kiss....i don't have to importunate girls for doing that instead girls do it in front of me....

Imposture - an act of deceiving people deliberately by pretending to be somebody else

Usage - He deluded the mob with imposture Link - an impostured has somebody else's poster on his face...

Imprecation - curse, offensive word used to express anger

Usage - The imprecation by the sorcerer scared him to death. Link - sounds like precaution...so you must take a precaution before saying imprecation to a bouncer(giant like guards at bars)...

Impregnable - impossible to capture or enter by force, invulnerable

Usage - He made an impregnable argument Link - sounds like INpregnable(cannot be made pregnant)...In early days there used to be iron clothings around chaste maidens' waste so that they can not be made pregnant by strangers. thus these women were inpregnable...

Imprimatur - approval, sanction, permission

Usage - He gave an imprimatur to his request Link - Doctor did not give imprimatur to premature birth of baby...

Impudence - rude, not showing respect

Usage - It was impudence to slap an old uncle Link - sounds lie pyo(father)+dance....dancing with her boyfriend in rain in front of her pyo(father) is impudence...

Impugn - dispute or contradict, attack as false or questionable

Usage - You should not have any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used to impugn your character. Link - sounds like im + PUGN ~ pugn looks like pungaa(hindi); NOW think of a person who is habitual of taking PUNGAA, he will always CONTRADICT people, and will always CHALLENGE others (impugn others)....

Impuissance - powerlessness
Usage - In spite of their impuissance the group remains active Link - sounds like pussy...aunty was shaving her pussy with puissance(powerfullness)...

Impunity - freedom from punishment

Usage - The murderer got an impunity from the judge Link - sounds like immunity. Punitive means punishment while impunity is freedom from punishment...

Impute - charge, attribute

Usage - The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness Link - sounds like i am put....to impute is to put blame on somebody....

Inadvertently - by accident, unintentionally

Usage - He inadvertently deleted the references Link - sounds like in + advertisements...without getting an idea from the advertisement we end up buying wrong product i.e. inadvertently....

Inane - stupid or silly

Usage - She punished the boy for his inane remarks. Link - sounds like insane....insane person doesnt have sense and hence acts stupid in front of everyone...

Incendiary - causing fire

Usage - There are no incendiary devices used in the play, the nearest source of heat would be the rig on the ceiling. Link - INSane person who sets his DIARY and dairy on fire....

Incense - to make somebody angry

Link - sounds like insensible... insensible people always do the acts which infuriate(incense) the others...

Incessant - uninterrupted, unstoppable

Usage - He was caught in the incessant struggle to maintain high standards in his organization. Link - IN(MEANS not)+cessa(sounds like CEASE (MEANS TO STOP)...something which does not stop , and continues forever, hence UNINTERRUPTED AND UNCEASING.

Inchoate - recently begun, at the beginning of development

Usage - This led to incipient civil disorder Link - sounds like chote(small)..for example "chote bachche" means not fully grown up or in the initial stage of life.

Incipient - beginning, in an early stage

Usage - This led to an incipient civil disorder Link - sounds like in+c.p(connaught place)+aunt....incipient cold to aunt in C.P. Link2 - inci(INITIAL)+pie(nt)(PAYment)...AND INITIAL payment is made in the BEGINGING OF SOMETHING....

Incontinent - lacking self-restrain in sexual activities

Link - on continent or islands there are no bathrooms...and girls walk around in a bikini....so it becomes very incontinent...

Incredulous - not willing to believe something

Usage - You should always behave incredulously with your enemies Link - incredulous look at credentials of a beggar...

Incriminate - accuse in a crime Incubus - burden

Usage - The neighbors incriminated the man of spousal abuse Link - incriminate evidence against a criminal...

Usage - The incubus of financial worry helped bring on her nervous breakdown Link - sounds like in+que+bus....to wait IN QUE for a BUS is a nightmare.. Link2 - incubus of blue line bus...traveling in a blue line bus is hell...

Inculcate - teach (ideas or principles), instill

Usage - The teachers inculcate values into the young generation Link - sounds like IN + CULCATE (calculate). IN school, teachers inculcate (teach) the students how to calculate different numbers...

Incumbent - obligatory, person currently holding an office

Usage - It is incumbent on them to pay their own debts Link - sounds like INCUM + BENT = OFFICIALS are BENT on(determined) to bring an INCUM home, as it is NECESSARY to survive...

Incursion - temporary invasion, a sudden attack on a place by enemy soldiers

Usage - The incursion of television into the American living room

Link - sounds like curse...incursion of Lord Krishna on me by cursing me....because i made a comment about him and Radha...

Indemnify - make secure against damage or loss

Usage - She was indemnified for the loss of her arm in the accident Link - look for the word-"demn" which can be connected to "demon"..so what does demon do? it destroys property.. IN(not)+demni+fy= correct what the demon inside you has done..make amends for it... Link2 - my car fell in a dam...LIC has indemnified to pay the loss

Indenture - type of contract to force a servant to work for their master or employer
Usage - That poor guy is an indentured servant Link - sounds like In-debt-to-Sir (debt to your master) implying you as a slave or an apprentice to your master...

Indict - to officially charge somebody with crime

Usage - The boy indicted his father of abusing him Link - sounds like dick...if you push your dick in a girl without her permission she will accuse you of rape.. :)

Indigent - poor, destitute

Usage - Rich people should do something to improve the living conditions of the those living in indigent conditions. Link - sounds like indian + gents...they are mostly poor ,needy due to demands of their wives...haha Link2 - sounds like indica+zen...people who have hese cars are indigent...

Indignation - anger at injustice

Usage - She felt a great indignation when she heard about the murder of the young man. Link - india + nation, where its' very difficult to get justice. So you are angry at an injustice...

Inebriate - make drunk

Usage - She was inebriated to the extent that she fell flat on her face at Notting Hill Carnival. Link - sounds like "in beer ate" ~ drink beer and eat food.. Link2 - he has an eb(hindi word for bad habit)...he is often in an inebriate condition...

Ineffable - unutterable
Usage - It is an ineffable name of the Deity Link - IN+ F(eff) + able--You cannot utter the word F*** everywhere.There are places where it is unutterable. Link2 - in+ef+ fable. fable means story. story can be told. in-fable means something which can not be uttered such as the name of Lord Voldemort (from Harry Potter)...

Ineluctable - something which you cannot avoid, irresistible

Link - in elections, one has to work under table(illegal trade of money) also...this is an ineluctable part to win elections... Link2 - ineluctable -- in +luc(k)+table.. So, a person will be lucky or unlucky on the poker table on a particular day as per his luck-table, he can't escape from it, it's unavoidable....

Inexorable - relentless, unyielding, person that cannot be stopped or changed

Usage - He is inexorable in his refusal to change his mind Link - in(not)+exhort(means to pressurise):that means a person who is inexorable cant be pressurised;he will not yield and he cannot be changed...

Infernal - pertaining to hell

Usage - His roar made the infernal quake Link - sounds like in + fern (fernace ~ furnace) + al (all) ; so throwing all people in the furnace is a devilish or cruel activity; these things are generally conducted in hell...

Infidel - unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)

Link - sounds like Infy+Dell : NO ONE will BELIEVE if someone says infy and dell merged....

Influx - flowing into, the process of flowing in

Usage - The influx of refugees into country is very beneficial Link - sounds like LUX soaps...In Aishwarya's bathroom there is an influx of LUX soaps...

Infraction - violation, breach(of rule or regulation)

Usage - The governess beat her charges for the slightest infraction. Link - sounds like fraction(into parts)....infraction of rules into fractions... Link2 - A boy fractured Karan Johar without any reason thus causing infraction...

Ingratiate - to do things in order to please, become popular with

Usage - Do you need to ingratiate teachers to get better grades? Link - sounds like in + grat(sounds like GREET) + ate (EAT) ... so when you greet somebody with both the hands and give something to eat......why do you do that ...you try to gain their favour...

Inimical - harmful to something, (of someone) unfriendly, hostile

Usage - Instead of being involved in acts inimical to the progress of the society, the youths should redirect their energy into more progressive ventures like communal sanitation and projects execution. Link - sounds like inimi (sounds like ENEMY) + cal; Enemies are HOSTILE and of-course UNFRIENDLY...

Iniquitous - wicked, immoral

Usage - He always indulge in iniquitous deeds Link - the innocent doctors quit from hospital because of iniquitous systems... Link2 - sounds like IN + Equity; in + equity -> not treating everyone equally (which is considered as INIQUITOUS or sinful act)...if parents do not treat all his children equally which is iniquitous..

Inkling - slight indication, hint

Usage - He had no inkling what was about to happen Link - CID got the inkling through an ink paper...waise CID can get hint from anything. :P Link2 - if a girl is interested then her wINK can give us a hint....

Inordinate - unrestrained, excessive

Usage - They refused their unnecessary inordinate demands.. Link - sounds like in+ord+din+ate... remember it as IN DIN(ner) he ORD(ered) and ATE EXCESSIVELY...the dinner was sponsored by someone else..

Innuendo - indirect remarks about something usually bad

Usage - The salesman was making innuendos towards our 16 year old daughter and appeared to be hitting on her. Link - sounds like innu ande(eggs) maaro...the people on the stage were performing on stage...a person from the audience stood up and threw some eggs on the stage...he hinted that he is not liking the program...

Insidious - stealthy, treacherous

Usage - He was completely unaware of the insidious disease eating him up from inside. Link - sounds like inside CD...inside a CD there was porn with insidious virus.. Link2 - sounds like inside...as in "something inside or hidden "

Insipid - lacking in flavor, lacking interest, dull

Usage - The soup was very insipid. Link - sounds like in(not)+sip+id(it)...so when you do not sip it, i.e a juice ,then it means the juice lacks flavor... Link2 - sounds like in+ sipid(spell it as spit..) ,we spit when the FOOD LACKS FLAVOR : or it is TASTELESS...

Insolence - impudence, rude and not showing respect

Usage - She had a lot of insolence in her.

Link - well insolent sounds a bit like insult.......so associate the meaning of insult whenever you think of insolent....

Instigate - provoke, incite

Usage - She instigated me to call my relatives Link - sounds like insti(institution)+gate....I am always motivated whenever I see the Institute gate (relate to instigate) of "MIT".,,

Insular - narrow-minded, isolated person

Usage - The insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel Link - sounds like insulate....we insulate electrical wires.. by insulating , we are ISOLATING the wires from the environment...

Insuperable - unbeatable, invincible

Usage - He is insuperable Link - sounds like Ins(inse)+uper(above) +able....inse upar koi nahi salle ye unconquerable hain Link2 - the root SUPER reminds us of superman, who is unbeatable

Insurrection - rebellion, uprising

Usage - This led to an insurrection Link - sounds like suraksha(protection)....suraksha was given to the people during insurrection...

Interdict - prohibit, hinder

Usage - I interdict you to call me late at night Link - INTER(between) + DICT(speak) = when you speak in between, you PROHIBIT someone else from speaking. Link2 - he is a virgin so his dick is interdict from sex.. Link3 - Your INtER (inner) DICt (dick) prohibits or forbids you from being nice...

Interloper - intruder, one who interferes

Link - INTER (between) + LOAFER (idiot) = a loafer tries to INTRUDE in other's affairs...

Internecine - mutually destructive

Usage - The internecine strife between two Kashmir tribes have been going almost from the day it was declared an independent state. Link - INTER (between) + NE (any) + CINE (sign) = in a relationship, when there is'nt ANY SIGN of love BETWEEN the two, it is MUTUALLY DESTRUCTIVE for the relationship...

Intransigent - refusal of any compromise, stubborness

Link - sounds like in+train+gent....i met some gents in train and requested them to give some space to sit...but they acted intransigently...

Inure - accustomed, hardened, get used to something unpleasant

Usage - He was inured to the Alaskan cold Link - sounds like injured....someone INJURED again and again will become TOUGH...

Invective - abuse
Usage - We should never use invective language Link - sounds like invi(envy)+active...well an active envy..who doesnt want to see you sucessful...such a person wil try all ways to bring you down..hence he will use abusive and venomous langauge..to express his ill will for you.. Link2 - sounds like in+wake...when someone wake me up in the morning...i use invective language for him...

Inveigh - to criticize somebody/something, utter censure or invectice

Usage - He inveighed against the wasteful ways of modern society Link - its pronunciation is similar to envy...if u envy someone u *utter invectives* about that person... Link2 - sounds like in this way...in this way i inveigh traffic conditions....

Inveigle - cajole, deceive, coax

Usage - We should never inveigle the innocent ones Link - the girl was inveigling us with her gallan(punjabi word for talks...remember gal sun le soniye..) Link2 - sounds like in veil. SO something that is concealed by a veil. Outward appearances are sometimes deceptive...

Inveterate - habitual
Usage - She was a inveterate smoker. Link - our veteran ex-prime minister has inveterate habit of speaking ponderously... Link2 - sounds like waitor+rate....waitors are inveterate of telling the rates of the dishes present in their shop...

Invidious - unpleasant and unfair

Usage - He always used to do invidious comparison between his friends to make them fight. Link - sounds like videos...our whole group(both girls and boys) went for a picnic...it was invidious to capture only girls videos in mobile on the part of our teacher...

Invocation - a prayer for help(used in invoking)

Link - sounds like vacation...her wife was invocating GOD when her husband went on a vacation with someone else....

Irascible - becoming angry very easily

Usage - Her behavior led to a irascible response from him.

Link - sounds like rascal..a rascal is one who is irritable, choleric, short-tempered & hotheaded..

Irate - very angry

Usage - We should never go near irate protesters Link - sounds like high rates...the customers became irate when the prostitutes charged high rates... Link2 - rhymes with "eye red". When does your eye become red? When you are ANGRY..

Irreproachable - blameless, beyond reproach, impeccable

Usage - He has lived a irreproachable life Link - sounds like approachable....you should always approach that person who is free from any guilt or blame...never approach a person who has done sort of crime or you will also be involved in his activities...

Irrevocable - that cannot be changed

Link - vocabulary word meanings are irrevocable...

Isthmus - narrow neck of land connecting two larger bodies of land

Link - Consider the first letter(I) and the last letter(S). Remember the word as the isthmus between India and Srilanka constructed by Vanarsena :)

Jab - poke abruptly with something sharp, punch with short blows
Usage - He jabbed his finger into her ribs Link - jab(pocket)..so you poke with a knife in someone jeb(pocket)..and the others person come to know and PUNCH YOU... Link2 - sounds like cab....When the cab driver was raping a girl in a cab...you jabbed him hard on his private part....

Jaded - worn out, tired, fatigued, surfeited

Usage - My father's words had left me jaded and depressed Link - jaded sounds like faded.. which means WORN OUT, WEARIED, TIRED... Link2 - Ajay jadeja is so fatigued by his old age that he cant play cricket anymore..

Jargon - language used by special group, technical terminology

Usage - She had a hard time understanding their street jargon. Link - in gaun (village) ppl use typical or different language from metro cities...

Jaunt - trip, short journey

Link - j(journey)+aunt...a journey to your aunt's place...

Jaunty - easy and carefree; dapper in appearance

Usage - Ram said that he was looking jaunty. Link - remember Jonty Rhodes of the South Africa cricket team who dives carefree while fielding.. Link2 - Ram has a interest in Jaya aunty...so he dress jaunty to impress her..

Jeopardize - endanger; imperil , put to risk

Usage - The pollution is jeopardizing the crops Link - sounds like leopard...if you decide to do a stunt in a cage full of leopards...then you jeopardize your life... Link2 - jeo..(jai)+paradize....so why are you PUTTING JAI at risk..do you want to send him paradize(die)(paradise)... Link3 - link it with.... shanti se JIO PAR humse panga mat lena .... otherwise your life woud be JEOPARDIZED..... said the rogue..

Jest - playful remark or act

Usage - He often jest even when he appears serious Link - Jest sounds similar to Fest (festival)..you act and speak playfully in a fest.. Link2 - Remember "JEST for laughs gags" in pogo channel....

Jettison - throw overboard

Link - jetti(jet plane)+son..so someone throwing out his 2 SON out of JET PLANE to make it LIGHTER..

Jibe - agree, be in harmony with

Usage - The two stories don't jibe in many details Link - ji+be.....JI..ji...in hindi when we say ji..ji.....ji.....BA....ji ba.(for mom) when we agree with them in some matter..

Jingoist - extremely aggressive and militant patriot, extreme nationalism

Usage - In some nations, the citizens are promoted to have a strong jingoist ideology. Link - jingoist seems like JUNGoist .. a national who is chauvinistic nd bellicose will favor JUNG...

Jocund - merry
Usage - At last my student drew up his blind, and still in quite a jocund humor, looked abroad. Link - joc...(joke)..and you joke with best friends that you are marrying next day.... Link2 - When u are JOCUND (merry) u eat KALAKAND (sweets)..

Jollity - cheerfulness
Usage - There will be lots of food and drink and general jollity.

Link - jolli+ty...so focus on jolli(juli)....juli brings cheers to you....when you see her and do it...

Jostle - shove, bump, push against (someone) rather roughly

Usage - The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train Link - remember it from shahruk's movie: JOSH, in that movie the scorpion and eagle gang kept on bumping each other..

Jovial - good-natured; merry; cheerful

Link - jovial=jo(joy)+vi(by)+al(all), so jovial means happiness, joyful, merriment

Juggernaut - irresistible crushing force; overwhelming advancing force that crushes everything in its path
Usage - The Greeks would have to summon all their strength to stop the Persian juggernaut. Link - like there was a Jug smashed on a man Nuts .. hence a crashing force :P.. Link2 - At the festival, the crowd at Jagannath temple in India is juggernaut. Actually this word came into use from the British rule. On the day of festival a british officer saw the crowd and mispronounced Jagannath as juggernaut.

Junket - trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense
Usage - When you have to do these media junkets, do you prepare? Link - in hindi (jun)ta (ke) paiso se (T)ravel is JUNKET :).. Link2 - usually on a junket you eat a lot of junk food...

Juxtapose - place side by side

Usage - The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors Link - juxta..just next+pose..(place)..so place something just next to something... Link2 - juxt(just)+a+pose= they stand side by side(even they are enemies) to give JUST A POSE to the photo...

Ken - range of knowledge

Usage - The issue was beyond his ken Link - sounds like ten...when a child of 3 years speaks all the counting from 1 to 10...we assume he has good range of knowledge...

Kernel - central part or vital

Usage - We finally understood the kernel of his argument. Link - kernel sounds similar to colonel. In an army the colonel has an importance of being the central authority.

Killjoy - grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others
Usage - War veterans reacted with outrage last night as remembrance parades were targeted by health and safety killjoys. Link - kill+joy....... kill here means spoil .+ others joy means.....to spoil others pleasure....

Kindred - related, belonging to the same group, kinship

Usage - He gave close attention to natural history, astronomy and kindred subjects. Link - all of them are 'kind' 'red' indians ..... so they belong to one community / group share kinship.. Link2 - red ->blood...-> blood relations....kinship..

Knack - special talent, art

Usage - he had a special knack for getting into trouble Link - sounds like kick+neck...TO KICK UR NECK...U NEED TALENT... Link2 - Knack sounds very close to 'NAP' < meaning to sleep. So you need special talent, skill to take nap in between office hours! ;) hehe

Knave - untrustworthy person, a dishonest person

Usage - He is a knave, you should never trust them. Link - k+nave..naive(means trustworthy, innocent)....knave is just the opposite of naive. Link2 - Laloo prasda yadav looks naive but he is knave..

Knead - mix dough with water(aata gundna); mix and work into a uniform mass
Link - knead = k-nead(need)...what do you need? ..food? Then you will have to mix the dough...

Kneel - go down on one's knee(s)

Usage - In church you have to kneel during parts of the service Link - Kneel (go down on your knees) karte karte mere ghutnon (knees) mein NEEL pad gaye. Link2 - Our teachers often say "kneel down" to punish us..

Knell - bell, to ring a bell esp to indicate a funeral, disaster

Usage - My uncle knell every Sunday at the local church Link - knell== k + (hell+bell) === when u die u wil be in hell... so knell means tolling of a bell to indicate funeral.. Link2 - for cricket fans....when andrew nel(of south africa) comes ganguly thinks that today his death bell has been rung... uski fast bowlers se fat-ti hai...

Knit - contract into wrinkles; grow together; join together closely when u r angry or worried
Usage - The relationship between public art and its publics involves enough problems to knit the brows of a whole platoon of therapists. Link - I knitted the eyebrows when she lit the candle and removed her clothes...

Knoll - little round hill; hillock

Link - A big size nail resembles a knoll for an ant.

Knotty - difficult, intricate, tangled

Usage - There has to be a solution to the knotty problems in the town. Link - When you are with a girl alone in a room then it is very knotty to behave naughty in front of her...

Kowtow - to show somebody in authority too much respect and too willing to obey
Link - He is acting like a cow and is willing to tow(carry) heavy files with him...

Kudos - honor; glory; acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement

Usage - Kudos to me for finishing another alphabet... Link - KUDO(to jump in Hindi). one JUMPS with joy on recieving an HONOUR. Link2 - sounds lik judo..so when u win win in judo ull be "honoured" with k-belt(like black belt in karate).

Labile - likely to change, unstable

Usage - He is an emotionally labile person Link - read it as "liable" to change,i.e UNSTABLE....

Lachrymose - producing tears, tearful

Usage - It was a very lachrymose situation Link - sounds like lac(a lakh)+chry(cry)+mose(most),so when you cry most you produce 'tears' especially when you loose a lakh rupees....

Laggard - slow, lazy person

Usage - Bob was angry with Mary because of her laggard response to his call; she didn't get back to him until three days later! Link - our guard is a laggard and always lags behind the thieves.. Link2 - wounded LEG makes you slow m sluggish...

Laity - all the members of the church who are not clergy(pope), laymen
Usage - This group of laity is very efficient and faithful Link - sounds like laitee(to lie down)....wo din bhar laitee rahi because she was a laity....she was relaxing...

Lament - grieve, express sorrow

Usage - Their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward Link - sounds like l[amen]t....we lament the death by saying 'amen'..

Lampoon - criticize somebody publically in an amusing way, ridicule

Usage - He was an expert at writing and directing lampoons Link - if you pour oil for a LAMP with a SPOON ppl will ridicule cos for a lamp you should pour a lot of oil!.. Link2 - sounds like langoor...girls usually say to guys...kangooron wali shakal hai teri...to ridicule them publically...

Larceny - theft
Usage - We should never indulge in larceny activities Link - sounds like LA(law)-R-CENY(CENT for money)...Unlawful taking of money..i.e theft

Larder - pantry; place where food is kept

Usage - There are a lot of ants in this larder Link - kid went up the LADDER to steal jam from the pantry..

Largess - generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)

Usage - His largess made her feel indebted to him. Link - sounds like large+s(social)+s(service)....Large Social Service. that is Gift to society..rest is clear Link2 - larg(large)+ess(axe a kind of deodorant)...a man distributing axe deodorant to all the people as a largess...

Lascivious - lustful
Usage - He is lascivious kind of a person Link - sounds like lasci(lesbi) implies lust..now stop imagining. :P...also sounds like las vegas...most of the lustful people go there...

Lassitude - laziness, languor, weariness

Usage - After a heavy lunch, if you drink a glass of LASSI, you will go into a lassitude i.e. weariness, lethargy and ultimately go to sleep. Link - After a heavy lunch, if you drink a glass of LASSI, you will go into a lassitude i.e. weariness, lethargy and ultimately go to sleep...

Lax - careless, negligent, not paying enough attention

Link - LAX - reLAX - careless...

Leash - restrain someone through something, esp restrain rope on dog;s neck to control him
Link - WWE LOVERssss ... Batista --> unleash the beast !! bole toh open the chains and ropes of the beast and let it do the damage !!!

Lechery - lust fullness

Usage - He is a lecherous man Link - sounds like bleach....lechers usually bleach their hairs on personal parts....

Leery - cautious, (of someone) suspicious

Usage - You should always be leery while crossing the road Link - when u are travelling in train and someone asks u to eat something then they say "leh re" then u get suspicious at his offering...

Leeway - margin
Usage - The experiment results have a leeway of error of 1.8%. Link - sounds like leave+way...when u LEave a WAY (a space or margin) then its called LEEWAY...

Legerdemain - dexterity of hand, skillfulness, an illusory feat, considered magical by naive observers
Link - sounds like legs are the main....but still you need hands to do it and create a magic in her mind...hope you got it.. Link2 - sounds like legendary man...a legendary magician..

Levee - earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding

Usage - A levee is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing Link - levee..(sounds like level..) we LEVEL the land , so that there is no seep of water(flooding)...

Levitate - rise and float in air

Usage - The guru claimed that he could levitate Link - sounds like meditate ... when you do meditation and yoga .. you feel like floating in the air ... which is magical... Link2 - sounds like light weight....which will definitely float in air..

Levity - lack of seriousness or steadiness, frivolity

Usage - We should stay away from levity attitude Link - sounds like lev(leave)+it+y(.yaar)..you casually leave things without any seriousness..

Levy - impose(a fine)

Usage - This police officer always used to levy fine on people. Link - sounds like le+bhai....Traffic Police catches you breaking signal and says LE(le)+VY(Bhai) chalaan. chal tax de. So he LEVIED the tax on you...

Lewd - lustful
Usage - I heard the lewd whisperings of a dirty old man Link - sounds like fluids...my girlfriend always insists me to have my fluids...she is so lewd...i hope you go which fluids i am talking about...

Liaison - contact that keeps parties in communication, secret love affair

Usage - He provided a liaison with the guerrillas Link - sounds like Li + Ai + Son; son of Li and Ai acts as a liaison between them after their divorce...Li and Ai are chinese couple..

Libel - defamatory written statement

Usage - The newspaper was accused of libeling him Link - sounds like label.WE always tend to LABEL people by their shortcomings, thus libel is defamatory statement...

Libertine - a dissolute person usually a man who is morally unrestrained

Usage - The king decided to banish the libertine nobles who had brought disrepute to the court. Link - sounds like LIBERTY IN Excess....which can make you irresponsible and immoral....

Libido - psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity, sexual desire
Link - sounds like Dildo, hence the meaning...it is used to fulfill desires.. :P

Lien - legal claim or right on a property

Link - sounds like lie in....when you have to show your right on your property you say 'this property "lie in" my name... Link2 - sounds like lion.. a lion is the king of the jungle and can thus legally claim any part of the jungle...

Lilliputian - extremely small

Usage - Our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war Link - Lilliput is also a brand of clothes for small children....hence meaning is understood...

Limber - flexible, supple

Usage - The violist limbered her wrists before the concert Link - sounds like CLIMBER.. a CLIMBER has FLEXIBLE muscles...

Limbo - region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept, prison
Usage - The criminal's name was consigned to limbo. Link - sounds like limo(limousine).... if you drive your LIMO too fast you will reach in LIMBO...

Limn - draw, make a portrait of

Usage - Goya wanted to limn his mistress, the Duchess of Alba Link - sounds like line...imagine you are drawing outline of a slim girl...

Limpid - crystal clear

Usage - His limpid argument finally won him the case. Link - sounds like liquid....which is transparent...

Lineage - descent, ancestry

Usage - The familys noble lineage has earned them the respect of the people. Link - sounds like line of age...rest is clear...

Linger - loiter or dawdle, be slow in leaving

Usage - The high school students like to linger in the Central Square Link - sounds like lingerie...in a fashion show models loiter around on the stage wearing just a lingerie... Link2 - sounds like Ginger... the taste of ginger is still present in my tongue although its slowly leaving..

Liquidate - settle accounts, pay off (a debt)

Usage - I had to liquidate my holdings to pay off my ex-husband Link - sounds like liquid cash+date... when you are on a date...you have to liquidate the bills due to your girlfriend by liquid cash....

Litany - prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words
Usage - The patient recited a litany of complaints Link - sounds like light any...You are hoping god is going to show you light in the dark to show you the path in these wretched times. LIGHT ANY path....

Lithe - flexible
Link - Sounds like "light" and something which is light in weight can easily be moved and bended....

Litter - waste material thrown away

Usage - Cigar butts littered the ground Link - sounds like letter...in old days when break ups were done through letters...the guy/gal used to tear the letter and then litter it....

Loath - reluctant, unwilling

Usage - The landlady was loath to allowing dogs in the house. Link - sounds like l+oath..oath..so if you have taken a oath of not doing what your dad guides you... you are very unwilling and reluctant to listen him....

Loathe - detest, find repugnant

Usage - He absolutely loathed slavery. Link - sounds like Low thought...So having a low thought of someone else implies hate or detest....

Loll - hang lazily, lounge about

Usage - Her son is just lolling around all day Link - Think of person singing loll la lolla la la la la .. So he has nothing to do ,so he is lounging about, lazily..

Loom - appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form)

Usage - The shadow of the gallows loomed threateningly. Link - sounds like 'zoom', so even when you zoom a picture or photo it enlarges & if you zoom it more it gets a bit distorted...

Lopsided - heavier or larger on one side than the other

Usage - As she rushed to catch the train, her lopsided hat flew off her head. Link - sounds like one sided...rest is clear...

Lounge - stand, sit or lie in a lazy

Usage - The high school students like to lounge in the Central Square Link - sounds like lingerie...girls usually wear a lingerie on a beach to sit and stand in a relaxed way...they just lounge around in a lingerie...

Lout - clumsy person

Usage - Mary considers John to be an lout. Link - sounds like thrown out...all the clumsy and lout persons are thrown out of the company...

Lucid - easily understood, clear

Usage - His lucid argument finally won him the case. Link - sounds like luc(look)+id(identification card)....when you LOOK the ID of micorsoft employee...you will clearly understand that he is clever and intelligent

Lucrative - profitable, earning profit

Usage - This seems to be a lucrative deal Link - sounds like look+ creative and hence anything of such a sort is sure to earn you profit...

Lucre - money, profit

Link - Pronounce it as 'Locker'.and Lockers in banks store money....

Lull - moment of calm

Usage - There was a lull in the storm Link - sounds like LULLoo...tu LULLoo hi hai---not speaking anything

Lumber - move heavily or clumsily

Usage - The heavy man lumbered across the room Link - Relate to the person who is "lamba" (lamba in Hindi language means tall person in English ) moves heavily or clumsily... Link2 - When there is lumber (heavy logs of wood)on your back, you walk heavily!...

Lunatic - insane
Usage - He is a lunatic kind of a creature Link - remember luna (the old bike in india)... if today somebody drives an outdated vehicle like luna , he will be called insane...

Lurid - wild, sensational, gruesome, horrible

Usage - He gave lurid details of the accident Link - concentrate on de last 4 letters-ur+id.so if someone hacks UR mail ID,he has gotta be a SENSATIONAL hacker and in response to this u would become WILD and gruesome..

Lurk wait in hiding to attack, stealthily lie in waiting

Usage - The soldier lurked his enemies from behind. Link - sounds like LOOK...so you must look to see if someone is waiting to attack you.?..you should look carefully at your surroundings....

Macabre - gruesome, grisly, ghastly

Usage - The scene of crime was a macabre sight to behold. Link - sounds like hindi word makbara....and its made over the place where people are either buried or burnt.....and for me its a ghastly place..that I would never like to go to.... Link2 - Sounds like massacre..which means "excessive killing of many people"..and which also represents death..

Mace - clublike medieval weapon

Usage - She added some mace to the porridge. Link - don't mess with me otherwise i will hit you with a mace..

Link2 - Aces with maces... Link3 - sounds like Case- The famous CASE wherein the ceremonial staff of the president killed the latter with a club-like weapon was resolved today...

Macerate - soften by soaking in liquid, waste away

Usage - The compound macerated in the water. Link - sort of like Masturbate, you usually need some liquid (ie lotion) to soften the penis when you masturbate, and after you're done, penis just wastes away...unless ur a monster... Link2 - Mausi macerated pickle and then we ate it..

Machiavellian - cunning, double dealing

Usage - He was a firm believer of Machiavellian principles. Link - sounds like mafia villain. A villain is always crafty and double dealing.... Link2 - this word sounds like "macchi vali" means women who sell fish... and they are very crafty in doing double-dealing with people...

Machinations - evil schemes or plots, a secret plan

Usage - Involved into this political machinations Link - A machimation of supplying machine guns in the nation.

Madrigal - pastoral song, song for several singers without instruments

Usage - The group was singing a madrigal beautifully. Link - MADRIGAL rhymes with married girl..so a PASTORAL SONG was sung for the married girl.. Link2 - A mad MJA student after SPICE and NON-SPICE was singing a madrigal at Regal.

Maelstrom - violent whirlpool, violent or turbulent situation

Usage - The boat was caught in the maelstrom. Link - mal(= bad) strom (storm) bad storm like a whirpool... Link2 - After the storm, there was a maelstrom...

Magnanimity - generosity, big hearted

Usage - His magnanimity made her feel indebted to him. Link - magNANIMAous, NANI MA in hindi, is always "generous" to us...

Magnate - person of prominence or influence; powerful or influential person

Usage - Being a business magnate, he had a busy social life. Link - like a magnet.. attracts people and hence influences...

Maim - to injure somebody seriously, disable, cripple

Usage - people were maimed by the explosion. Link - sounds like 'MAYHEM' which means violence... Link2 - sound like" my aim"......an accident happened when i was driving my car but believe me my aim was not to maim her......i did not do it intensionally to her ...i never wanted to disable her...

Makeshift - temporary expedient or substitute

Usage - Since the venue was not decided on time, they had to make do with a makeshift. Link - make+shift....and when do u shift people in your office ,its when you need them urgently as a substitute in place of other employee...

Malady - illness, a disease but often used figuratively like a serious problem
Usage - She was suffering from a painful malady. Link - Mala died after malady because of MALA-D pills....

Malaise - a feeling of being ill, unhappy or not satisfied

Usage - Mustafa suffers from a general malaise with pains and despair. Link - mal(means bad, not good (of condition)+aise(sounds like ease)....and someone who is not at ease is one who is feeling ill.. Link2 - maal(a beautiful gir) hai tu... always making me uneasy. Mal hai tu!!!....it will make the girl uneasy also...

Malcontent - person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs

Usage - The racism prevalent in society turned him into a malcontent. Link - mal(means not in good state)+content(means satisfied)........iif you are not in a good state you cannot be satisfied...

Malediction - curse
Usage - The malediction by the sorcerer scared him to death. Link - sounds like male+dick...if a male's dick attacks on a girl by force i.e. do it with her forcefully....then the girl becomes a curse on the family... Link2 - male+(edict..sounds simillar to addict)....and imagine a situation where there is only one male in family who earns and if he becomes addicted to all bad habits like gambling,robbery,and alcoholism......he is curse on the family and society...

Malefactor - evildoer, criminal, a person who does illegal or wrong things

Usage - He was an malefactor who people feared.

Link - most of the malefactors are males...mali(gardener) was the malefactor in the factory... Link2 - see it as MAL-EFFECTOR who affects in wrong way...

Malevolent - wishing evil, exhibiting ill will

Usage - He gazed upon the malevolent stars. Link - sounds like violent males...who are wishing evil to the society.......mainly terrorists...

Malfeasance - wrong doing, misconduct (by a public official)

Usage - The officer was arrested for malfeasance. Link - Sounds like MAL FEES ANCE What do we mean by it if we say MAL FEES?? Certainly its a bribe. So Malfeasance means officials indulged in taking bribes, a misconduct... Link2 - Teacher returned the fees for non sense malfeasance i.e. as a bribe to pass the child in the exam..

Malign - speak evil of, bad-mouth, defame

Usage - His actions were prompted by malign motives. Link - Ma(bad) Lign(language) bad language... Link2 - sounds like teri maa ka l**......which is a bad mouth...

Malignant - tending to cause death, highly injurious

Usage - She was relieved when the doctor told her that the tumor was not malignant. Link - maa ka ligament kharab ho gaha ... cancer ho gaya ... about to die.... Link2 - Mali(gardener) g ke liye NAN(a kind of chapati) injurious hai...

Malingerer - one who feigns/pretends illness to escape duty

Usage - John was a malingerer who never hesitated to lie to save himself. Link - Ma linger= child lingering around her mom to avoid going to school.... Link2 - Malingerer was lingering that his finger was injured... Link3 - awsome one....my kamwali was malingering that his finger and private part was hurt while fingering herself so she will not be able to work today...

Malodorous - foul smelling

Usage - She could not understand how his son could eat such a malodorous dish. Link - mal(means bad)+odor(sounds simillar to odour)..+us.......smelling..bad odour of some chemicals is dangerous to health....

Manacle - refrain, handcuff

Usage - The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime Link - sounds like my uncle.. he was manacled for doing malfeasance...

Mangle - tear or cut to pieces

Usage - They mangled the dog until it was half dead. Link - Mangal Pandey with his sword .... mangled the British... Link2 - mango ko mangle kar do , it means cut into pieces...

Mangy - shabby, dirty, sordid

Usage - The shabby room had a mangy carpet on the floor. Link - mangy ~ manky (monkey)... monkey is shabby animal.. Link2 - mangy: sounds like "maangi hui"... something borrowed looks shabby after so much use... Link3 - Mangy clothes of a child because of mango...

Manifest - evident, visible, obvious

Usage - The pilot signed the planes passenger manifest before take off. Link - In a FEST it was visible that people had Money[MANI] ,so Money was visible ; evident and was obvious. Link2 - many (MANI) people make appearance in FEST-ival...

Manifesto - numerous
Usage - He was told to manifold the letter and circulate it around the office. Link - many + folds (two fold, three fold ...)...

Manumit - emancipate, to free from slavery

Usage - The leader manumitted the slaves. Link - manumit ~ man + u + mit (might); man you might go; hence free from slavery.. Link2 - manumit=manu+mit Manu (a boy) reach MIT and now he is free from all loans...

Mar - to spoil the appearance of something

Usage - She had a beautiful complexion, except for the mar on her cheek. Link - mar(beating)- spoils the appearance of anything...

Maraud - move in search of plunder

Usage - The maraud lasted for just few minutes but caused incredible damage. Link - ma(mal)-raud(raid)....maal dhoondne ke liye police raided in a building... Link2 - remember marauder's map? which harry used when out for searching anything in hogwarts?..

Maroon - leave helpless on a deserted island or coast

Usage - Her dress was maroon in color. Link - sounds like beating someone....please mujhe mat maro otherwise i will maroon you here....

Marred - damaged, disfigured

Usage - The walls were marred by graffiti.

Link - mar+red in hindi maar = getting hurt .. bcoz of hurt it becomes red...hence damaged..

Marsupial - any animal that carries his baby in his pocket

Usage - The zoo was full of marsupial animals. Link - ma so rahe bache ko pal rahe hai -ma-so-pial... Link2 - I had to prepare a soup for the officer to see a marsupial animal in the zoo...

Martial - warlike
Usage - Martial law was imposed on the country after the riots broke out. Link - marital-- sometimes marital relations are warlike - when husband and wife have altercations.

Martinet - strict disciplinarian

Usage - Richa's father was a martinet who believed in absolute discipline. Link - martinet == mar(hit)+ tin (3)+ et (hat), so mar tin hat if you talk again....so a martinet is very strict

Martyr - one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause, great sufferer
Usage - Joan of Arc was a true martyr. Link - if someone sacrificed for me, I would give them my tear; martyr.. Link2 - divide this word like..mar..(in hindi..marNE..tyr...teyyar...marne ke liye tayyar...anyone who is always ready to die for the sake of others...so martyr...means to voluntarily die for a great cause....

Masochist - person who enjoys his own pain

Usage - To survive in today's world, you have to be a bit of a masochist. Link - sounds like maso+chrst(christ)..Jesus christ suffered a lot of pain at the time of his death when he was hanged... Link2 - mars+own+chest.... one who mars(beats or disfigures) his own chest is a masochist :)

Masquerade - wear a mask or disguise, pretend

Usage - The beggar fooled everybody with his masquerade of wealth. Link - focus on masq. MASK is used for disguise so can try to remember like masquerade = Pretend to be someone or something that you are not...

Materialism - preoccupation with physical comforts and things, excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters)
Usage - The philosophy of materialism explained existence solely in material terms. Link - This world contains a lot of material so don't focus only on material but do concentrate on spiritual world too...

Matriculate - enroll (in college or graduate school)

Usage - George matriculated from the University when he was just 16! Link - If you remember there used to be metric education system, remember "Pappu metric pass ho gaya'..so to matriculate, is to enroll for these exams(school). Link2 - matri + college + ate...woman eating in the college campus since she is a part of the college...

Maudlin - effusively sentimental

Usage - The movie was a maudlin love story. Link - when she received a call from the MODELLING company for her appointment, she became EFFUSIVELY SENTIMENTAL and weeped a lot.Her dream had come true... Link2 - maudlin = mat ro darling....dont cry,pertaining to sentimental people...

Maul - handle roughly, injure by beating

Usage - The woodcutter used the maul to split the log. Link - in a MALL if somebody becomes a nuisance he'll be *handled roughly* by the security present there... Link2 - maul-MAL-MAnhandLe maul and manhandle means same, and they sound similar...

Maverick - rebel, an unbranded range animal, nonconformist

Usage - The cowboys fought to catch the mavericks. Link - Mave+"RICK" sounds like Ricky Ponting who is rebellious and non-conformist as he does not believe in umpire descisions during India's Cricket match... Link2 - maverick-MAIN BHI RICKshaw chaloonga even I am engineer/doctor. I want to be maverick.

Mawkish - excessively and objectionably sentimental

Usage - The movie was a mawkish love story. Link - mawk close to MOCK..so if someone mocks at you...and you are sentimental..then its a sad situation... Link2 - "Maa" ka "kiss" hamesha sentimental aur emotional hota hai!..

Meager - scanty; inadequate

Usage - They had to manage on meager resources. Link - relate it to 'beggar'...he always has scanty money... Link2 - meager = m + eager concentrate on "eager". A person is eager only when he/she is in a desperate need of something inadequate...or scanty in supply.....

Mealymouthed - candid, indirect in speech, frank

Usage - The crowd booed the mealymouthed politician. Link - mealy+mouthed-you have stuffed your mouth with meals ,so speech is not proper...

Meander - move aimlessly and idly, wind or turn in its course

Usage - The stray cow set off on a meander off the hillside. Link - when pronounced GIVE THE sounds OF meAN+wANDER.....SO A MEAN PERSON always WANDER aimlessly...

Meddlesome - interfering,obtrusive
Usage - He was bustling about self-importantly, making an officious nuisance of himself. Link - meddle(middle)+some..so when two people are talking WE SHOULD NEVER INTERFERE IN MIDDLE OF THEIR TALKS....

Meek - quiet, gentle and kind

Usage - The champions meek and self-effacing manner took everyone by surprise. Link - MEEK --> WEAK... Link2 - meeku..sounds like lil boy's name..n lil boys are submissive...

Megalomania - mania for doing grandiose things, mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth, power, or importance
Usage - Adolf Hitler suffered from megalomania. Link - mega means big .. mania means craze.. for doing things... therefore MEGALOMANIA means a CRAZE for doing things in a BIG way with a show of wealth and power etc....

Melee - fight
Usage - Letting out a shrill war cry, he plunged into the melee. Link - A melee started between my friend and his wife when his wife kisi or ke sath jakar mili... Link2 - sounds like Bruce Lee...famous for his fights...

Mellifluous - melodious, pleasant tune

Usage - The mellifluous music of the flute soothed her. Link - the music played by a 'Flute' is mellifluous... Link2 - Our mali(gardener) sang in mellifluous sound during Indian Idol MAli special..

Menagerie - collection of wild animals

Usage - He had a menagerie of exotic species on his estate. Link - to MANAGE JERRY u keep then in zoo. simple!...jerry is a mouse in cartoon tom and jerry...

Mendacious - lying, habitually dishonest

Usage - Polly didnt believe Peters mendacious statements. Link - mendacious = requiring mending (correction)....to make it true..

Mendicant - beggar

Usage - A mendicant approached me while I was waiting at the traffic signal. Link - All guys act as mendicant to get a gal's cunt... Link2 - mendicant ~ Men + d I + Can t : men who say I can't, they don't like to work and sometimes start beggary...

Mercenary - working for payment only, motivated solely by money or gain

Usage - He was training to be a mercenary for the British. Link - mercenary (merce - mercy + na - no; no mercy) = Judge should now show mercy to someone who killed his father just for money... Link2 - To get a mercedes, you need to be a mercenary....

Mercurial - often changing quickly

Usage - The mercurial thermometer slipped from her hand and broke. Link - mercury level in the blood pressure testing device fickles(changes) a lot when measuring b.p. ...

Meretricious - flashy, attractive on the surface but of no real value

Usage - Dont be fooled by Rubys meretricious praise. Link - like a merit (meret) certificate.. flashy and attractive in a way.. but of no REAL value...u guys also must have received a lot of them...have u used them till now???

Mete - measure, to mete out a punishment means to give somebody punishment,distribute, administer
Usage - The king declared war after the mete had been breached by the neighboring kingdom. Link - METE rhymes with meat..meat is never given just like that..its always MEASURED and DISTRIBUTED... Link2 - meter is a measure..(think of some device to measure lenth and having a line on it on it's boundary)...

Meteoric - used for someone who is achieving success very quickly

Usage - The young singer experienced a meteoric rise to fame. Link - remember any meter like electricity meter, odometer. They all swift very fast... Link2 - v can easily remember dsi word by comparing it wid a METEOR which moves very fast n hence meteoric also means sudden or swift...!!

Meticulous - excessively careful, scrupulous

Usage - The teacher was meticulous in preparing her lecture notes. Link - it sounds like matriculation(admission to a college).To get matriculation we should be as a meticulous(careful) aspirant to clear the exam....

Mettle - courage, spunk, spirit

Usage - The mock exercise gave everyone a chance to test their mettle. Link - Sounds like metal and metals are obviously strong. So, can be related to a strong courageous person... Link2 - METTLE - sounds like 'MEET' + 'HELL' To MEET HELL one should have the COURAGE TO CARRY ON...

Miasma - a mass of air is dirty and smells unpleasant

Usage - The miasma of the marshes induces giddiness and fainting spells. Link - swamp gas has a bad odor which causes me asthma (mi-asma).... Link2 - MIASMA - Read it like My ASS Smell - corrupting influence, noxious effects...

Milieu - social environment, means of expression

Usage - The villager felt bewildered in the urban milieu. Link - milieu sounds like: "maa illu" in Telugu - i.e., my home. Everyone wants a good home and hence good milieu (environment) My illam in tamil.... Link2 - meri loo .. sab taraf ganda environment kar deti hai...

Minatory - threatening
Usage - With the arrival of her maternal uncle, it became a minatory party. Link - Meena is not teri. She is meri, they spoke in a minatory tone. Link2 - minatory ~ min (men) + atory (eater) = A maneater is considered as dangerous or threatening to human beings... Link3 - Minatory sounds like military--military people are very threatening most of the times...

Miffed - slightly annoyed and hurt because of something

Link - She was miffed when he didn't ask for maafi after doing it with her forcefully.

Mincing - to cut food, affectedly dainty or refined

Usage - If you are sure the bird is an insect eater raw mince or tinned cat food can be mixed in. Link - mincing cud be related to mint which REFINES our breath... Link2 - He minced the meal into mini pieces. Link3 - mincing sounds a bit like mixing..,so cut into small pieces...

Minion - a subordinate official, a person in an organization who has to obey orders

Usage - The IPL commissioner is always accompanied by minions as they flatter him and he enjoys it. Link - A minion always wears a mini skirt(secretary) or cut onion(as a servant) in an organization. Link2 - mini(small) +(pers)on= a small man in stature always depends on others and tries to flatter them.

Minuscule: extremely small

Usage - His company will never approve his proposal with so minuscule a chance for success. Link - sounds like minu(minute)+scule(school)...imagine small kids going to school... Link2 - mini(small)+ (mu)scle: small muscles ; a man with small muscles will have a minuscule of a chance to win a wrestling game.

Mirage - unreal reflection

Usage - The car driver was fooled by a mirage on the road. Link - mirage= mirror + image= unreal image

Mire - entangle, to sink in a mire , a area of wet mud.

Usage - The car wheels were mired in mud. Link : mirewireentangle; when there are many wires they are bound to get twisted and entangled. Link2 - Muddy Tyre might help us recall the meaning of Mire.

Mirth - merriment, laughter

Usage - The reason for the Khannas mirth was the birth of their first child. Link - Link: mirthbirth(of a son)enjoyment... Link2 - just try to visualise the ramayan kind of scenes where the demons say "My Earth"
[mi-rth] and laugh in a similar fashion....

Misconstrue - wrong interpretation

Usage - The Ministers statement was misconstrued which led to a furore in the parliament. Link - mis + con(fake) + true(correct) = Someone is 'Missing' the 'True' fact...hence wrong
interpretation..

Miscreant : villain, wrongdoer

Usage - Politicians are the miscreants of our nation Link : MISCREANT=mis+create..so god created them by mistake. Who? The VILLAINS....

Misdemeanor - action which is bad or unacceptable, misdead, wrongdoing

Usage - The governess beat her charges for the slightest misdemeanor.
Link - He acts like a misdemeanor with every miss that passes by for his mean intentions...

Link2 - Mis+demi moore has done a small mistake...

Misgiving -feeling of doubt o anxiety about what may happen

Usage - I have no misgivings about what I have done. Link - mis(wrong) + giving; if the gift is GIVEN to a WRONG person, he will have misgivings(doubts as to why he got the gift).

Missive - letter

Usage - The postman arrived with a missive from my aunt in London.

Link - He was missing his girlfriend(Miss universe) so he wrote a missive read it at the show going on... Link2 - in olden days .. if you "missed" someone.. you wrote "letters" to them..... Link3 - He use to exchange missives with his miss(girlfriend) before marriage...

Mitigate - to pacify, appease, make or become less in force or intensity

Usage - The government is taking measures to mitigate the pollution levels in the state. Link - Gate pe kutte ki potty pe mitti daal do" why? so that the intensity of bad odour will lessen... Link2 - to lessen "mitti" in our house,"mitti" "gate" ke bahar kar do. Therefore MITIGATE to lessen MITTI by throwing it out of GATE....

Modicum : small quantity

Usage - Todays children have modicum of interest in the history of the country. Link - mod(erately) + cum( in hindi cum= less) so it means a moderate amount ; a small quantity.

Modish : fashionable
Usage - Most of the actors of today are modish. Link : mod(el)+(styl)ish = models are stylish ,i.e. fashionable.

Mogul - powerful person

Usage - Being a business mogul, he had a busy social life. Link - sounds like MUGAL empire (in hstory) in which akbar was a powerful man.... Link2 - MOGUL is a super-hero from Dragonball-Z (japanese anime)....

Mollify - soothe an angry person

Usage - This fabric softener is guaranteed to mollify your laundry. Link - mollify sounds like nullify...so just think of nullifying something...nullifying your temper... Link2 - molly + fy...Molly is a girl (sounds like a proper name). A girl is soft!

Mollycoddle - pamper, coddle, baby, indulge excessively

Usage - James was a mollycoddle and hated rough sports like rugby and cricket. Link - coddle sounds like cuddle which also means showing love... Link2 - split it as molly+coddle...molly means child(in malayalam) and coddle rhymes with cuddle....so parents cuddle their children,pamper...

Mongrel - plant or animal of mixed breed

Usage - The mongrel stared at hungrily as I ate my food. Link - mongrel=mon(monkey)+gorilla=>i.e of mixed breed...

Monolithic - solidly uniform, unchangeable, unyielding

Usage - There is a monolithic worldwide movement to put an end to terrorism. Link - MONO(SINGLE) + LITHIC (related to ROCKS) --> like a SINGLE ROCK --> SOLID and UNIFORM...

Monotheism- belief in one god

Usage- John proclaimed his belief in monotheism. Link- mono(single) + thei(root for God)...

Monumental - massive, impressively large

Usage- Writing a book is a monumental task. Link - like a MONUMENT, monuments are BIG and IMPRESSIVE

Moratorium - legal delay of payment or action, suspension of an ongoing activity

Usage - A moratorium on driving in the city was called when the air was declared unhealthy. Link - morato(sounds like mortuary) + (Prem)ium; When someone dies, his relatives come to mortuary to take his body and they have to pay some money(premium) and if the fail to pay that amount (premium) there ll be a delay(moratorium) in the delivery of the dead body. Link2 - MORATORIUM rhymes with AUDITORIUM..so there was DELAY IN PAYMENT for building the auditorium...

Mordant - biting, sarcastic, stinging

Usage - The dyer mixed the mordant in the dye and then dipped the wool into the dye. Link - MOR..(MORE means jayada )+DANT(scolding)...in our child hood when playing with our friends we use to STING OR BITE THEM WHENEVER WE GOT ANGRY ON THEM BECAUSE OF THAT hame kabhi (more) daant(scolding) bhi milti thi mummy papa se...

Motif - theme, motive, design

Usage - The wall hanging(poster) had a floral motif throughout. Link - sounds like motive(theme); The motif (theme or motive) of todays fashion show is remembering the classics of the Indian Cinema. Link2 - The motif of Atif was to seduce his friend's mom...

Mottled - blotched in coloring; spotted

Usage- When you soak a white cloth in a ink bottle it is mottled (spotted with blue color) Link - mottle sounds like bottle(ink)....which is used to colour..

Mountebank - charlatan; a pretender; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
Usage - The mountebank confused the crowd into buying the things for a higher price. Link - mounte + bank ; He mounted the top of the bank and shouted that he will jump from the top if his girl friend does not kiss him (:P) .That showed that the man was a mountebank (dikhava kar raha tha) Link2 - mountebank can be broken as mouth+bank=person whose mouth is a bank of words....who is extremely boastful and pretentious...

Motley - multicolored, mixed

Usage - The songs were played from motley collection of songs Link - If you and your friend goto shopping, he would suggest you in Hindi "Yeh Dress Math (MOT-Don't) LEY (take),Joker ki thara dhikegha". It didnt suit u as it was multi-coloured!...

Morose - ill-humored; sullen

Usage- He had a fight with his wife so he was sullen and morose (ill-humoured) in the party. Link - In General we can remember it as 'More - Worse' - Ill Humored.... Link 2 - MOROSE ( More + RO raha (crying in hindi)) Deep and long lasting Sadness

Muddle - confused
Usage - Do not muddle the recipe else it will turn out bad. Link - mud+dle(daal)....the culprit pored mud on the evidences to muddle the policemen...

Muggy - warm and damp(esp of weather)

Usage - The muggy weather called for a round of ice-cream. Link - like MAGGY noodles which are WARM and DAMP when prepared. Link2 - muggy=muddy..i.e damp;close & sticky... Link3 - a mug full of water to make the ground warm and damp...

Mulct - defraud a person of something, swindle

Usage - Tim had to pay a hundred dollars as mulct for breaking the traffic signal. Link - read it like MULK+T=mulk(desh) ka T(traitor)..so mulct is the one who deceives or cheats... Link2 - to mulct someone...semiliar to mug someone..

Multifarious - varied, greatly diversified

Usage- In todays world one has to be adept at handling the multifarious activities in ones daily activities. Link - MULTIFARIOUS=MULTI+FARIOUS,farious rhymes with various...so both multi and various means de same...VARIED and GREATLY DIVERSIFIED... Link 2 - multi+farious(sounds like facious; many faces ) means having multi faces so variety Link3 - MULTI(many) + FAR + US = when MANY people come from FAR away to the US, the population gets GREATLY DIVERSIFIED...

Mundane - worldly as opposed to spiritual, common, ordinary

Usage - He was tired of his mundane existence and turned to spirituality. Link - Mundane sounds like Monday. After an exciting weekend, Monday is just another mundane day.

Munificent - very generous

Usage - He is a munificent kind of a person. Link - by muni - you think of rishi - muni (sages), who are always generous in giving, will give you whatever you want.... Link - money+sufficient-when a person has sufficient money he is generous

Murky - dark, cloudy, gloomy

Usage - His mother scolded him because his room was murky Link - Murky > Murgi? Murgi bhaag gayi, couldn't catch it because it was > Dark, gloomy, vague, thick with fog! Actually visibility kum the yaar!... Link2 - murky sounds like dirty and dirty means it is dark.. Link3 - murky=mur+ky -mud+key...if key of ur bike falls in mud n u lose it then it is definitely going depress you...

Muse - source of an artist's inspiration, reflect deeply on a subject

Usage - Euterpe was his muse Link - When an artist goes to a MUSEeum, he is really inspired by the things present over there... Link2 - I am aMUSEd by his poem, they are inspirational....

Muster - gather, assemble

Usage - The twelve members were asked to muster for jury duty on monday. Link - muster : students assemble in class for "MASTER".... Link2 - sounds like cluster...which also mean the same....

Musty - stale and unclean smelling

Usage - We threw away the musty bread. Link - stale and old thing catch dust.. hence become "dusty".. it rhymes with musty.. Link2 - I met a girl when I was traveling in metro... she came and sat next to me...i felt her "_us_y"...fill in the blanks..interpretations may vary..... :)

Mutilate - destroy or injure severely, maim

Usage - The psychopath killer has a fetish for mutilating his victims. Link - muti(pee)+late(Kate winslet)...if someone pee on Kate Winslet in front of public, her image will be mutilated... Link2 - mutiny is late now.. destroy something completely(to damage severely, especially by violently removing a part) or amputate...

Mutter - utter, a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

Usage - The children muttered when the teacher gave them another homework assignment. Link - a resident muttering about the blockage of gutter due to lots of matar(peas).... Link2 - when u mutter u Utter some nonsense...

Myriad - very large number

Usage - He faced a myriad of questions when he returned from his first trip abroad. Link - like pyramid.. huge number of years since it was built...

Link2 - sounds like my ride....its uncountable the number of rides by me... Link3 - My boy friend spennt myriad number of sleeplessnights in meri yaad

Mystic - of hidden meaning and spiritual power

Usage - The mystic is believed to live somewhere in the forest. Link - sounds like mystery....which is something hidden and of spiritual power...

Nadir - lowest point

Usage - Sales rose in October and now are 8 per cent higher than in February, where they touched the

nadir. Link - na+gir meaning from where one cannot fall that is the lowest point... Link2 - sounds like mandir; when u reach the nadir (lowest point) of your life, you go to MANDIR to pray...

Narcissist- conceited person; a person who is in love with himself.

Usage- Raj is a narcissist and he thought only about himself. Link 1- contains NARI(in hindi it means nari...ie a LADY)..and ladies are fond of themselves and like self praise ...hence narcissist....NO OFFENCE to fellow women..

Nascent- newly coming into existence.

Usage- The artists nascent style soon brought gallery owners to his doorstep. Link 1- Na(new) + scent..new scent of AXE has comes into existence through the chocolate ad where the girls eat the chocolate guy...

Natation - swimming, floating.

Usage- The swimming champion was invited to inaugurate the Natation club. Link 1- Natation(sounds like nation)... The national sport of which nation is Swimming( Natation)???none that I know of... :P Link2 - This is really stupid... nata in hindi means short in height...we know swimming increases height..hence natation is the solution to the height problem....

Natty - neatly or smartly dressed

Usage- Rahul is proud of himself of being a natty dresser. Link 1- natty sounds like neatly; and it means neatly dressed..

Nebulous- hazy, lacking definition or definite content, cloudy, vague.

Usage - Although the photography of the film was spectacular , the plot was rather nebulous. Link - "nee+bulla+us (nacked)which is shown with a cloudy patch in the movies so u can remember like this" -cloudy,unclear...it is censored most of the times... Link2 - Nebula is a mass of dust or gas or both, which is cloudy. Link3 - nebulous comes from nibu(lemon). Nimbu water is hazy so v can correlate..

Necromancy - black magic; dealing with dead

bodies
Usage - Most of us have tried to perform feats of necromancy to call the spirits of the dead . Link 1 - NECRO ~ negro (black) + Mancy ~ MAGIC; black magic.....the negros do some kind of black magic that all the blondes agree to do with them.... Link 2 - Nec +Romanc(e)yRomance is kind of black magic and all the youngsters fall in this trap.

Nefarious- very wicked.

Usage- The police got hold of the thief and asked him to stop indulging into nefarious activities. Link - this sounds like ne(nephew)+farious(furious)..so your nephew is very furious or cruel or violent.. Link2 - ne(NO) + fairy + US: No good character like a fairy among us but an exact opposite i.e. a wicked person... Link3- ne + farious(sounds like furious) ; a wicked person is furious.

Nemesis-someone seeking revenge, foe, enemy

Usage - Sherlock Holmes met his nemesis in the form of Professor Moriarty. Link 1- not+my+sis...In movies when the villain does something to the heros sister, hero vows to take revenge against the villain.

Neophyte- a beginner, new member of a religious group

Usage - The piano neophyte was asked by the instructor to practice for an hour every day. Link - neo+phyte ~ new + fight...in WWE, a new member or beginner always has to fight to establish his own identity... Link2 - Neo (means new) + phyte, a new member, beginner Link3 - split the word into "neo = the matrix hero" and "phyte = fight". Thus neo fights in matrix movie as a beginner or new commer to save the revolution...

Nepotism - favoritism (to a relative)

Usage - The criteria to become a politician in our country based on nepotism rather than abitlity. Link1- ne + poti + sm ~ poti (grand-daughter) .. every grand father shows favoritism for his grand daughter.. Link2 - One of cases against Lalit Modi is nepotism (favoritism to a relative).His relatives had stake in two teams Rajasthan royals and kings XI Punjab.

Nether - lower, located below or beneath something else

Usage - She specialized in designing nether garments. Link - "NetherLand" is a country which is quite below and also called a Holland meaning hollow land. Hence can be remembered as "Nether"+"land"... Link2 - na idhar na udhar neeche idhar i.e. nether...

Nettle- annoy, vex.

Usage - Do not let her nettle you with her sarcastic remarks. Link - "net + tle, when internet is slow like turtle.... annoyed!"... Link2 - Nettle(means irritate); so when some one nettles us, we feel like hittin them with a metal :P

Nexus - connection
Usage - Retailers had formed an illegal nexus to sell food grains at a high price. Link - there is connection in between we and next to us....u say like this to your frinds when a hot girl is sitting besides you in a movie hall.... Link2 - remember naxalites. They have groups and connections with each other.

Nicety - precision, accuracy

Usage - It was performed with justness, nicety and beauty.
Link - break nicety as 'nice'& 'ty' as 'tea' so its 'nice tea' that means it has perfect taste and is distinct from the others...

Niggard - miser, stingy

Usage - The waiter scoffed at the niggardly tip given to him by the rich man. Link - ni(nahi) gar(ghar or home) jiske pass ghar nahi hai woh toh kanjoosi karega hi.... Link2 - nigar khan dont spend money on clothes jst spend on bikini...hehehehe

Niggle - spending too much time on small issues

Usage - Now that i live so far from home, i really miss niggling with my siblings all day long. Link 1- Ni(new)+ girl; i.e...virgins who is about to do it...do niggle talks too much after doing it....

Nihilist- one who considers traditional beliefs to be meaningless.

Usage - Hitler revealed himself to be a nihilist, and vowed to annihilate all of Western Europe. Link 1- Nihi(nahi + hai) + list; nahi hai meri list mein; this is what a modern guy says to the traditional beliefs because he does not believe in the traditional beliefs.

Nimble - agile,quick in movement

Usage - The thief managed to escape capture due to his nimble wits. Link - nimble..sounds like nimbu(lemon)..when a lemon falls on the floor it rolls quickly..sure this helps you in understanding the meaning quickly...ie in being NIMBLE... Link2 - for harry potter fans...Think about the broom of Harry Potter "Nimbus2000" and Nimbus2001" which are very nimble...

Nip- stop somethings growth or development, bite

Usage- The children were plotting mischief, their mother got hold of them and nipped their plan. Link 1- (Nip)think as nip comes from nipple which is small knob of breast and sharp...its the end part of the breasts....

Link 2- nip sounds like nib ; nip means bite or pinch, when someone sits on a nib it pinches u (nip).

Nirvana - An idealized state or place free of pain, worries, etc

Usage- Hawaii looks like nirvana compared to the rest of the country. Link 1- Think of the Nirvana movie where the players transcend to the game world where there is complete bliss and there is no death to any of them. Link2 - there is a famous band called nirvana....when you listen to their songs you get completely lost...

Nocturnal - belonging to or active during night.

Usage - Staying awake yesterday night, I could hear the nocturnal sounds all around me. Link1 - sounds like turn+anal...the guy at the bar said...now its my turn to do anal with that girl over there...

Noisome - foul smelling, offensive (esp of smells), arousing disgust, harmful or dangerous.
Usage - Within that noisome den from which I had emerged, I had thought with a narrow intensity only of our immediate security. Link1 - (Noisome >nausea > to vomit). So anything that is noisome causes nausea.. Link2 - when you fart in a silence(without noise) its noisome which spreads out foul smell in a room....

Nominal existing in name only, insignificantly small; trifling (nominal sum).

Usage - 1. He is only the nominal head of the firm. 2. He had to pay only a nominal fine. Link1 sounds like minimal.so which is minimal in comparison with what is expected. Link2 In Hindi we say, Naam(Nom) mein kya rakha hai which means whats there in name, its only a name :).

Nonchalant - casually unconcerned or indifferent; uninvolved.

Usage - "I can't help it either," she said, in a voice which she tried to make nonchalant. Link1 while driving, when we notice a traffic hawaldar approaching us( chalan katne ke liye), we pretend to be nonchalant and patli galli se nikal jate hain :). Link2 - nonchalance rhymes like No + Challenge , When there is no challenge, people tend not to care and there will be a casual lack of concern...

Nondescript - undistinctive, ordinary

Usage- The private detective was short , nondescreptive fellow who could not be noticed incrowd. Link1 - Non(e) + descript; means there are no characteristics worth description ,i.e. very ordinary.

Nonplus - put at a loss, a state of perplexity, confusion or bewilderment.

Usage - I was nonplused, and then, for the first time, there crept over me an intuition of the truth. Link - non-plus=subtract..and any subtraction is a loss...not knowing the cause of loss we become confused and perplexed... Link2 No(n) + plus (to add -> contribute) so when u r in a state of confusion u find it difficult to say or do or contribute anything.

Notoriety - disrepute, ill fame; the state of being known for some unfavorable act.
Usage- Public figures would settle for no reputation than settle for notoriety. Link 1- Notoriety sounds like notorious... Notorious people are always known for their mischievious or unfavorable acts.(notoriety)

Nubile- girls or women who are eligible to marry.

Usage- The nubile daughter has a lot of admirers. Link 1- can sound like NABALIK (below 18 years age) so unmarried... Link2 - nubile sounds like nubra = can be related to woman who are young and attractive who wear nu(new)+bra....

Nugatory - worthless, of little or no importance, of no real value.

Usage The team's heartbreaking loss in the first game of the championship series was rendered nugatory after they came back to win the next. Link1 almost sounds like New+Gay+Tree...which is of no value because gays wont have a nice family tree....coz they cant have children...(NO OFFENSE whatsoever).. (Should be original) Link2 - No+guarantee, i.e a product which has no guarantee, is worthless...

Oaf - stupid or awkward person

Usage - The stupid oaf is knocking things over. Link1 - sounds like uff..and when you see a ugly awkward person..you say..uff ufff..uff kyo mil gaya ye!!...

Obdurate - stubborn, refusing to change one's belief, not easily moved by feelings or supplication
Usage - An obdurate miser. Link1 - OB+DURA(RELATE IT TO WORD DURABILITY)..SO anything which has durability..has the resisting power, and something which can resist, is stubborn. Link2 - OB+DU+RATE realate it as AB(OB) RATE DoUble ho gaya,and the seller was very STUBBORN about that...

Obeisance - bow, an attitude of deference or homage

Usage - Everyone paid obeisance to the emperor Link - sounds like Obey + Saints.... when we obey saints we show them respect... Link2 - remember OBEY-STANCE (position) - the position of Obeying is BOWING!..

Obfuscate - confuse, muddle, cause confusion;make needlessly complex.

Usage - They are deliberately obfuscating the issue. Link - split and imagine it like AB Fas GAYE..... Imagine a group of people who went to jungle in a bus were left behind... so they said: AB Fas Gaye and were obfuscated as to what to do next.... Link2 - Obfuscate, Cobfuscate, Mobfuscate what the F U ss?? The spelling is so confusing , so is the meaning.

Obituary - death notice(esp in a newspaper)

Usage - People thronged to his funeral after seeing the obituary in the paper. Link - sounds like...ob(AB)+to+worry....when u see a death notice u worry!!!! Link2 - sounds like Wo Bichari... you saw death notice(Obituary) of a young girl in newspaper and said: Wo bichari itni choti umar main chal basi........

Oblique - indirect, slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line)
Usage - He gave oblique answers to direct questions Link - sounds like ob(abe)+lique(leak)....a guy always used to wet his bed at night...his friend said to him, " abe tera to abhi tak leak hota hai"...he said this indirectly...

Obliterate - destroy completely

Usage - Raj drank to obliterate whatever went on between him and his girlfriend. Link1 - obLITerate,so when you have LIT somethin means u have set it to fire,hence it gets DESTROYED COMPLETELY... Link2 - out govt. started a new campaign... lets ' all-be-literate ' and detroy illiteracy completely...

Oblivion - total forgetfulness, condition of being completely forgotten

Usage - The criminal's name was consigned to oblivion. Link1 - ob + LIVE(live in the present); To be happy one should LIVE in the present and be oblivion to all the things of past.. Link2 - Oblivion= OB+ BLI + VION ="absolute blind vision" of forgetting important things/matters...

Obloquy - slander, speak against, defamatory statements against a person, disgrace brought about by abuse.
Usage - He was often a target of obloquy. Link - Imagine that : AB(abhishek bachchan) ko LOCK karke KEY kho di, isliye AB was SPEAKIN AGAINST him.. Link2 - Ob(against) + loquy(is to talk), so obloquy is to talk against some one, i.e slander or use abusive language

Obsequious - showing too great a willingness to serve or obey, fawning, slavishly attentive
Usage - He bowed in a obsequious manner. Link1 - ob + SEQUI + ous .. sequi means sequence where one thing "follows" the other.. and servants follow what their masters say..

Obstreperous - noisy or rough, aggressively boisterous, uncontrollable.

Usage - He was an awkward and obstreperous customer. Link1 - (Obstreperous = Ob + strippers). Strippers are not easily controllable, they are extremely aggressive and are very hard to control unless they are paid enough once they get naked...

Obtrude - to impose(oneself or ones ideas) on others without invitation, to thrust out, to push on others in an unwelcome way.
Usage - He always obtrudes his religious beliefs on others on a way that is pushy and unkind . Link1 - Obtrude = Obt + Rude. It is 'Rude' to impose something such as opinions on other people.

Obtuse - not sharp, blunt, lacking quickness or intellect or perception.

Usage - Too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior. Link1 - imagine a pencil tip...the more obtuse the angle between the two edges of the tip...the more blunt the tip is..

Obviate - to do away with, get rid of, eliminate, prevent the occurrence of or prevent from happening.
Usage - This treatment would obviate the need for a surgical operation.

Link1 - obviate - viate - deviate, deviate yourself from something unnecessary to you

Occident - the West, the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
Usage - She returned with a lot of novelties from the Occident. Link - lets just assume that there are better and speedy cars on the roads in the west... hence they have more accidents taking place.. occident rhymes with accident..

Occlude - shut, close, obstruct, block passage through

Usage - The car was wrongly parked and occluded the path of other cars. Link - when you include someone they are welcome and the gates are always open but when you OCCLUDE(rhymes with EXCLUDE), they are unwelcome and hence the gates are SHUT or CLOSED on them... Link2 - Occlude - sounds like conclude. Means close or shut something....

Occult - mysterious, secret, supernatural, beyond human comprehension

Usage - The beam of light occults every so often Link - sounds like akkal(brain)....Detective apni AKKAL, OCCULT kaam main hi lagata hai..

Odious - hateful(causing hatred), arousing strong dislike

Usage - His cruelty to animals makes him odious. Link - the word reminds us of ODOUR, when we get bad odour from someone ...we tend to DISLIKE or DEVELOP AN AVERSION for that person... Link2 - sounds like AIDS...if someone is having aids then we try to maintain a distance from that person...

Odyssey - long, eventful, adventurous journey

Usage - They were homesick after their four-month odyssey in Europe. Link - sounds like desi...woh desi aadmi puri duniya ki journey karke vaapas bi aa gaya...

Offhand - casual
Usage - John replied offhand, his mind a million miles away. Link - "take your hand off my shoulder.", said the Boss as it was not a CASUAL meeting..... Link2 - it will be not casual if you make a f*ck off sign with your hand in front of people...

Officious - overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices, excessively pushy in offering one's services
Usage - He was bustling about self-importantly, making an officious nuisance of himself.

Link - Offi(in offices)+cious(curious).. in offices people willl be curious for promotions so they will be pushy in offering services...

Onerous - burdensome
Usage - My duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests Link - sounds like oNEROus...do you know NERO - CD WRITIN SOFTWARE????? It uses more RAM to write so slows down the computer.... hence NERO is Burdensome to the computer.... Link2 - it sounds like on+er+us..that is ONUS.. when something is ON US ..we feel burdensome...

Onomatopoeia - words formed in imitation of natural sounds

Usage - We were asked to write a poem using onomatopoeia. Link - onoma (name) + poi (poet).. names that a poet uses to express natural sounds...

Onslaught - vicious assault, fierce attack

Usage - He was disheartened by the onslaught of criticism. Link - slaughter(killing of animals)....It was ONSLAUGHT for the animals when they were suddenly started to be slaughtered..

Onus - burden, responsibility

Usage - The onus of caring for her brother was on her while her parents were out of town. Link - ON-US you are ON US ie. you are a BURDEN on me...

Opalescent - lustrous, iridescent, having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

Usage - The pearls had a milky opalescent luster. Link - opelascent > opel astra and accent cars when brand new.. shine! are lustrous!...

Opiate - medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain, something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
Usage - The opiate helped reduce her pain and induced sleep. Link - sounds like pi(drink)+ ate...when a person drinks a lot of alcohol and eats a lot of chicken with it....he becomes drowsy and relieves all his emotions as he is not in his senses... Link2 - OPIATE = OPI (OPIUM) + ATE (TO EAT). Therefore, as you ATE the medicine with OPIUM in it, you are feeling drowsy (sleepy)....

Opportunist - individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances
Usage - Most politicians are opportunists. Link - An OPPORTUNIST is a person who takes GOOD ADVANTAGE of an available OPPORTUNITY.... Link2 - When the right opportunity comes, the OPPORTUNIST forgets his principles and takes the opportunity....

Opprobrium - state of extreme dishonor, disgrace arising from shameful conduct, vilification, infamy
Usage - Her family tried to shield her from public opprobrium. Link - If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized, humiliated & put to shame.. Link2 - sounds like opp(opponent team) + rob....in a match when a player robs something of the opponent team so that the team couldn't win....and he gets caught....it will lead to opprobrium...

Opulence - extreme wealth, luxuriousness, abundance

Usage - The opulence of the hotels sumptuous interior Link1 - OPUL remember OPEL and for LANCE remember LANCER car...people those who have OPEL and LANCER live in opulence.

Opus - work (esp. musical composition)

Usage - Emerson, Lake and Palmer have recorded their latest opus . Link - OPUS remember an octopus working on a musical instrument like piano in cartoons... Link2 - sounds like O+plus....salim merchant(famous music composer) used to receive O+ from his music teacher....

Oracular - wise and prophetic, mysterious and ambiguous

Usage An oracular political thriller. Link - sounds like ORACLE...oracle language is ambigous with lot of confusions.. Link2 - for all matrix fans...In the Matrix...the Oracle(old woman character ) prophesises that Neo is "the one"...

Ordain - decree or command, predestined, issue an order

Usage - His future seemed ordained right from the start. Link1 - ORD + A + IN = ORDer A person to come IN

Ordeal a severe or difficult experience, causing great suffering

Usage - The painful ordeal of identifying the body. Link1 - Deal or No Deal....if you have to make a deal whether to sell your house and live on a rented house(coz you are short of money)...his will be a difficult experience...

Orgy - uncontrolled or immoderate indulgence in an activity, wild drunken revelry

Usage - Her orgy of shopping lasted eight hours. Link1 - guys orgy a lot in girls to experience orgasm with them....

Ossify - change or harden into bone, become hard and unchanging in one's ideas
Usage - The central ideas of liberalism have ossified. Link - sounds like ass+sify(famous broadband net)....imagine a guy watching girl's ass on sify.com....his private part will harden..... Link - Ossify -> rhymes with Only if I. Only if I can open this latch which has become very hard and stiff due to rusting !!

Ostensible - apparent, pretended

Usage - His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity Link - sounds like tensed..when the guy did it with his friend's mom at his birthday party...he was looking ostensibly tensed....

Ostracize - to exclude from a group, to banish

Usage - His friends ostracized him because of his rudeness. Link - ostRACISM .. racism leads to groupism and excluding a group from the public is to OSTRACIZE.... Link2 - OSTRICH was ostracized from bird family....

Oust - expel, drive out

Usage - The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds Link - out you go..... said the teacher to the student when the student grabed the teacher's arm by mistake...

Outlandish - bizzare, peculiar, unconventional

Usage - His friends scarecely discussed their problems with him, because he often came up with outlandish solutions. Link - out+landish => the one who is from some other land. Means unconventional and bizarre to our land.... Link2 - make it somethin like out land(i.e. island) .... the Tribes of the out land (island) were outlandish(bizarre)..

Overweening - presumptuously arrogant, overbearing

Usage - had a witty but overweening manner about him. Link1 - a person who wins over and over again, can become very arrogant.

Overwrought - excessively nervous or excited, overdone.

Usage - When I am feeling overwrought , I try to take some time out to relax. Link1 - sounds like over hot....when you go to a interview and the interviewer is a very hot lady with two buttons opened....you will get nervous and excessively excited....

Pachyderm - a large, thick skinned mammal such as an elephant, rhinoceros or hippopotamus.

Usage - The elephant enthusiast was keen on capturing the pachyderm on her camera. Link - pachyderm = packed + derma (derma meaning skin). So an animal whos skin is heavily stuffed or packed with fat is a pachyderm.

Paean - song of joy or praise, a joyful praise or exultation, enthusiastic praise.

Usage - The film received a paean from the critics. Link sounds like pain) If you take pains and achieve something, then you will hear paeans about you... Link2 - it is pronounced exactly as P.N. remember it by 'Priase Number'=praise song...

Palatable - acceptable to the taste, sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten, satisfactory the mind or senses.
Usage - Flavourings designed to make the food more palatable. Link - Palatable = Pal + acceptable. Your pal prepares food and asks you to check the taste.You taste it and say, pal its acceptable , hence palatable

Palate - the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities, the opening through which food is taken in, the sense of taste.
Usage - Having a glass of fresh lime soda always seems to refresh my palate. Link - Having a glass of fresh lime soda always seems to refresh my palate. Link2 - Its our palate that tells us, weather the food we eat is palatable or not!!

Palatial - of or suitable for a palace as in spaciousness, grand, luxurious.

Usage - Sir John Crawford's palatial mansion attracts hundreds of tourists every year. Link - sounds like palashial i.e., like a palace... Link2 sounds like palace + special....So those things or objects, which when kept in a palace make it all the more special or add to its grandeur or beauty can be called palatial. Link3 - 'palat' in hindi means 'turn' we'l be turning again and again to see a magnificient thing!

Palette a board which an artist holds while painting and on which colours are mixed.
Usage Her paintings reveal a provocative palette of bright and bold colors. Link Palette sounds like plate. So imagine a plate being used by a painter to mix the colours. This plate now becomes a palette.

Pall - become boring, grow tiresome

Usage - His body lay in the coffin, covered in a black velvet pall.
Link - A Song from Lage Raho Munna Bhai "Pall Pall Pall Pall Har pal Har Pal Kaise katega pal" If you are bored then you say "Kaise Katega Pall Har Pall"

Palliate to make less severe or intense, to mitigate, and to lessen the severity of (pain, disease etc), provide physical relief, to soothe.
Usage The medicine palliated his pain. Link- Palliate = palli + ate. Only after he ate palli (ground nut), did his burning desire for pallis palliate. Link2 - PALL+I+ATE..ease pain.. PALL means become borin.. u got bored of the pain..fed up of it..so u ATE it..to ease the pain..

Pallid abnormally pale complexion, lacking intensity of colour or brightness, vapid, deficient in color, dim or feeble.
Usage He looked pallid and sickly. Link Pallid = pal + id (identity card). The class monitor called the student and told him, pal your pic on ID card looks pallid, get a new one immediately. Link2 - sounds like peeli...which is yellow...

Palpable capable of being touched or felt, tangible, capable of being perceived by the senses or the mind
Usage A palpable tumour. Link palpable = pulp + able. I am drinking pulpy orange and I am able to feel the orange pulp in the mouth, so the pulp is palpable!!

Palpitate tremble, shake or quiver, shiver, to beat with excessive rapidity; throb (heart throb).
Usage - His whole body was palpitating with fear. Link palpitate = pulp + i + t(ook) +ate. I secretly took some mango pulp from my neighbors fridge and ate it. Later, my body started palpitating with the fear of being caught and punished.

Pall a covering that darkens or obscures, a depressing or oppressive atmosphere, to have a dulling, boring or gloomy effect. Usage A pall of smoke hung
over the town. Link Pall = poison + all. If all people in a community are poisoned, then everyone will fall ill and will become weak, dull and finally will go into depression, so the entire atmosphere will become depressing, boring and dull!!

Pan a wide and shallow container made, to express a totally negative opinion, to criticize.
Usage Heat the butter in a large pan. Link Pan sounds like pen. I penned my first script and it was panned by aamir khan (pandit at judging scripts). Link2 - sounds like paan(hindi)..anyone who eats PAAN excessively is subject to HARSH CRITICISM because he will spit everywhere after eating it...

Panacea a remedy or cure for all diseases or ills, a universal remedy, an elixir.
Usage Western aid will not be a panacea for the countrys problems. Link Panacea = pain + asia. Asia has cures for all the pains/ailments, so if you want panacea, please visit Asia

Panache a dashing manner, style, distinctive or stylish elegance.

Usage - The orchestra played with great panache. Link - it sounds a bit like APACHE.. which is a bike.. a bike is a symbol of FLAIR , FLAMBOYANCE, STYLE.. Link2 - sounds like payal + nach. Payal ka nach(dance) was full of panache

Pandemic widespread, spread over a wide geographic area and affecting a large proportion of population.
Usage - The virus spread quickly and resulted in a deadly pandemic. Link - sounds like pan + anda. When u break an anda(egg) and pour its contents into a pan, it spreads over the entire area of the pan, thus affecting its entire area...

Pandemonium - a very noisy place, wild confusion or disorder, a place of uproar and chaos.
Usage - There was pandemonium in the court as the verdict was delivered. Link sounds like panda + demon...if you are left in a place where only pandas and demons live, you will be in utter pandemonium!! Link2 - sounds like harmonium(musical instrument)...a harmonium gone out of array creates noisy disorder...commotion

Pander - to fulfill the low desires of people, to cater to the tastes and desires of others, to give satisfaction.
Usage The government has pandered to the terrorists for far too long. Link - to get the tender you need to pander the administrator... Link sounds like Bandar (monkey). A trained bandar will do whatever his master tells him to do, in other words, the monkey satisfies his master by catering to his needs and desires.

Panegyric - a formal praise, a public compliment, elaborate praise or laudation, any form of enthusiastic praise.
Usage - It is traditional to deliver a panegyric to the departed. Link sounds like Pan + neg(ative) + ric(ky). In a match, if a cricketer is able to shield himself from the pan (criticisms) and negative vibes from Ricky pointing, he will surely receive a panegyric from the coach.

Panoramic a picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene, an extensive unbroken view, a wide or comprehensive survey.
Usage - He looked out over a panorama of hills and valleys. Link PanORAMic. Concentrate on O RAM. When sita was being taken to lanka by ravan, she looked out over a panorama of hills and clouds and shouted O Ram come and save me!!

Pantomime action without words as means of expression, acting without dialogues.

Usage He studied pantomime in acting school. Link PanTOMmine. Concentrate on TOM, tom & jerry cartoons are full of pantomime, they hardly speak, its mostly chasing and hitting each other with a pan

Parable a short and simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson, a short moral story.

Usage The parable of the Good Samaritan. Link - parable of an athlete who won the race with one paer(leg)... Link2 sounds like paragraph + able.....a small PARAgraph that makes u able to learn moral story.. (i.e. gives morals)

Paragon a model of excellence or perfection.

Usage She was a paragon of neatness and efficiency. Link Paragon chappals (slippers) are a paragon of comfort.

Paramour a lover, illicit lover

Usage The presidents alleged paramour. Link - every husband says....yeh dil maange more and need a paramour... Link2 sounds like pyar + amar. Amar said to his paramour hamara pyar amar rahe...

Paranoia mental illness when a person thinks that everybody is against him
Usage - The mood is one of paranoia and expectation of war. Link sounds like paranoid nahi....he was suffering from paranoia....paranoid nahi tha wo...

Paraphernalia personal belongings, equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed or a particular operation or sport etc, a large collection of small objects, often the tool for a job or hobby.
Usage A photographer's paraphernalia. Link - You remember this word by peripheral,means extra equipments.. Link2 - Paraphernalia = para + phir + nali +a. Param said Phir (again) nali (sewage pipe) got choked!? darn! So he called the plumber, who came along with his paraphernalia.

Parched - extremely dry, very thirsty, to roast, to dehydrate.

Usage Showers poured down upon the parched earth. Link - In march mouth becomes very parched... Link Parched sound like torched. So if something is torched, it means it is burnt or roasted or dried completely.

Pariah a social outcast, a person who is rejected (from society or home).

Usage I was treated like a pariah for the rest of the journey. Link sounds like Paa + riya and paraya....Riyas paa treated her like a pariah..... i.e paraya....

Parochial - narrowly restricted in scope or outlook, narrow minded, only concerned with small issues.

Usage - the stuffy and parochial atmosphere of a small village. Link In the movie devdas, paro was parochial (unlike chandramukhi) because she did not make friends with anybody except devdas . Paro could have easily charmed others with her beauty and have fun, but she was restricted in her outlook, hence she was parochial.

Parody - A literary or artistic work for comic effect or ridicule, mimicry of someone's individual manner in a humorous or satirical way, a spoof.
Usage - It was easy to parody his rather pompous manner of speaking. Link - sounds like parrot...always imitates people often in a humorous way. Link sounds like paresh + ody(ssey). Paresh Rawal was part of an odyssey (long eventful journey) and when things started to go completely wrong, the odyssey became a parody

Paroxysm sudden attack of an emotion that can't be controlled, sudden outburst

Usage - A paroxysm of laughter. Link Paroxysm -> Oxysm -> oxygen. If you inhale oxygen and dont exhale for some time, what happens? The suffocation increases and at one point, u find it uncontrollable and hence what follows is a sudden outburst (paroxysm) of air. Link2 - sounds like "proxy" when we give proxy in class, we laugh a lot after class if it is successful. But professor may go in a rage if he gets to know about proxy and he may hit and give fit of pain or attack...

Parquet a wooden flooring in pattern

Usage Flooring made of parquet. Link parquet in a park to lay on back....

Parry to deflect, evade or avoid, blocking an attack, to dodge or duck.

Usage - My opponent parried every blow I got close enough to attempt. Link - sounds like pari(angel)...pari ne sari difficulties pare(side) kar di.... Link2 remember harry. Harry potter was able to parry all the deathly blows received from lord voldemort!!

Partisan biased person

Usage He is too partisan to be a referee. Link parti(think of a political party)+san(son)...so a father who is favoring his son's political party, instead of a good party...

Passe out of fashion, gone by, faded, old fashioned, antique.

Usage This is a pass rose. Link Passe -> passed + away. So a style that has passed away becomes pass.

Pastiche - imitation of another's style in musical composition or in writing

Usage - The world menu may be a pastiche of dishes from many countries. Link sounds like Paste + achieve. So pastiche is an art form achieved by using the cut copy and paste funda. Yahan wahan se cut karo copy karo aur paste karke nayan bana do.

Pathological impossible to control

Usage A pathological liar. Link - pathological fear after murder in a pathological lab... Link2 Pathological -> concentrate on logical. A pathologically affected person does not exhibit good health in body or mind, and is very illogical, irrational, unreasonable and obsessive almost like a psycho path (remember the joker, in movie the dark knight).

Patine - layer on bronze

Usage - The tools acquired a slight brown patina over time. Link - sounds like Patila(a utensil made of copper) gets rusted and a green layer called patina is formed on it...

Patois - a regional dialect of a language

Usage - The poems were written in Jamaican patois. Link - sounds like patai(to impress a girl)... usne kudi patai using punjabi patois...

Patrician - a person from highest social class

Usage - Having married a patrician, she gained a lot of prestige and respect. Link - consider ST PATRICK'S SCHOOL those who study in that school are noble... Link2 - sounds like patri(street)...from patri to patrician...he did a lot of hard work..

Pauper - very poor person

Usage - His losses at gambling reduced him to a pauper. Link - Person jisko "pao"(bread...remeber pao bhaji) "per" jina padata hai use poor person kehte hai....

Peccadillo - small crime, offense or fault

Usage - Spending too much money is one his peccadilloes. Link - "pecc" (actually, pecado) refers to "mistake" as in impeccable. pecking others etc., So, peccadillo means small mistake.... Link2 - sounds like pee kar dil lo....peekar(after drinking) girls se keh re ho ki dildo lo....is peccadillo...

Pedant - fussy teacher, scholar who overemphasizes book learningUsage - Our teacher was such a
pedant that we lost interest in her classes very soon. Link - sounds like peeda(pain)...lot of peeda when he teaches us in a pedantic style...

Peer - one who has equal standing with another, nobleman

Usage - He always considered Obama to be his peer. Link - sounds like beer....always drink a beer with a person of your status....

Peevish - bad tempered

Usage - She seemed rather peevish and distracted today. Link - sounds like pee+wish...while doing it...if your partner pees(urinate) on you will become peevish.... Link2 - sounds like pee+vish( pee means asking forcibly to drink,,, n vish is poison) so irritating easily....

Pejorative - derogatory, disapproving, (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value
Usage - "Nigger" is a pejorative word for a black person. Link - sounds like majority...."majority" wala group doosre group ka effect khatam kar deta hai...causing a belittling effect....

Pell-mell - very quickly and in an uncontrolled way

Usage - The kids were running pell-mell up the stairs. Link - sounds like "pehle main pehle main".....children screamed and rushed pell-mell when hrithik roshan came to meet them....

Penance - self imposed punishment for sin done earlier

Usage - He decided to fast for ten days as penance for fighting. Link - sounds like 'pain on us' what we take as a punishment on ourself for our sins....

Penitent - feeling sorry for doing something wrong

Usage - The penitent prayed silently in the church. Link - inside a tent if you do some thing wrong with a girl by giving penni(money) you will repent it later...

Pensive - thinking deeply about something esp because you are sad and worried
Usage - The pensive look in his eyes melted my heart. Link - pensive mood when expensive mobile was lost... Link2 - With a pen in your mouth, you are always indulged in some kind of thought....

Perdition - destruction
Usage - All murderers will be hurled to bottomless perdition.

Link - sounds like partition.. So Relate perdition to Partition of India in 1947 due to which several families were completely ruined... Link2 - There was a movie named Road to Perdition, if someone has seen it he can very well relate to this word...

Peregrination - a journey esp a long and slow one

Usage - He went about on a pleasant peregrination through the forests of India. Link - sounds like a pilgrimage, which means going on a tour... Link2 - remove 1st 3 letter egrination sounds like migration, which means the same..

Peremptory - expecting to be obeyed immediately and without refusal

Usage - The judge's peremptory decision was announced in the morning. Link - sounds like pre-empty, i.e something which is already empty, needs to be filled, it obeys each and every demand to get money... Link2 - peremptory order to empty the house

Perfidious - disloyal
Usage - It is better to have enemies than perfidious friends. Link - sounds like barfi....perfidious servant ne poisonous barfi dekar malik ko maar dia or paise lekar bhaag gya... Link2 - per+FID+ious.. FID stands for fidelity.. i.e. loyalty.. hence perfidious is its opposite..

Perfunctory - superficial, done routinely and with little care

Usage - He cast a perfunctory glance over the room before opening it for the guests. Link - sounds like PARAI(other's)+FACTORY - if you are told to take care of somebody else's factory, you would casually care about it...

Peripatetic - wandering from place to place

Usage - Jones is a confirmed peripatetic. Link - sounds like paer(legs) pe tic tic....means wandering on legs. Link2 - peri+pat+etic--peri means around, + pat or path means road to walk on, therefore peripatetic means to walk around...

Perjury - crime of speaking lie

Usage - He was found guilty of perjury and sentenced to a month of jail. Link - speaking lie in front of the jury is perjury

Pernicious - harmful in a gradual manner

Usage - He was completely unaware of the pernicious disease eating him up from inside. Link - sounds like per+nicious..nicious when pronounced sounds like noxious...so noxious.. ..so something harmful.....

Peroration - final part of a speech, conclusion of an oration

Usage - His peroration started boring them after a while. Link - sounds like Per+oration--Part after ORATION = PERORATION, that is the concluding section of an oration..

Perpetrate - commit an offense

Usage - He was looking for an opportunity to perpetrate his crime. Link - sounds like per+pet+r+ate--eating pet animal is doing wrong... Link2 - I went to a perpretator and asked per person peetne(to beat) ke rate...thereby indulging in perpetration...

Persevere - continue steadily in spite of difficulties

Usage - He persevered in his attentions to his secretary. Link - sounds like persevere=persistent+severe,he is very severely persistent...

Perspicuous - (of something) plainly expressed, easy to understand

Usage - His perspicuous argument finally won him the case. Link - sounds like not suspicious.. absolutely clear...

Perturb - disturb greatly

Usage - The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet Link - sounds like "disturb" or tub....in a washing tub you mix washing powder and agiate(disturb) the water...

Peruse - to read something in a careful way

Usage - Please peruse this report at your leisure Link - sounds like abuse...when you read a sex abuse story in a newspaper...you read it in a very careful way and specially when it is about a hot girl... Link2 - before keeping medicine in my purse while buying, I use to peruse the expiry date....

Pervasive - everywhere, omnipresent

Usage - God is pervasive Link - Terrorism is pervasive because of Parvez Musharraf.... :P

Perversion - corruption, change from right to wrong

Usage - The case was a perversion of justice. Link - sounds like perfect version....perfect version of getting money is corruption... Link2 - sounds like PARIVARTAN from right to wrong (turning to wrong use)...

Petrify - something frightening, turn to stone

Usage - The horror petrified his feelings Link - sounds like PATHARify (hindi pathar-stone)hence, the word... Link2 - I was petrified when somebody patted on my back...

Petulant - touchy, peevish, ill-tempered

Usage - She seemed rather petulant and distracted today. Link - sounds like pet + you+ lent....the pet which you lent me is making me irritated.... Link2 - If somebody peet you(hindi of hitting somebody)or beat you up, you will become irritable and annoyed....

Pharisaical - hypocritical, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition

Usage - The advocates are always regarded as pharaisical Link - contains HARI and SAI all GOD name so Pharisaical means pious..

Philistine - ignorant person, narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain
Usage - He was a Philistine and a sworn enemy of the Israelites. Link - sounds like tiny things....those who feel over tiny things are NARROW MINDED...

Phlegmatic - calm, not easily made angry or upset

Usage - He is a phlegmatic and an undemonstrative man. Link - sounds like pull flag...when we hoist a flag we should be calm and unexcited....

Physiognomy - science of face reading

Usage - He had a striking physiognomy. Link - perfect physique and physiognomy is beautiful...

Piebald - spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white)

Usage - Her pied dress caught my attention. Link - piebald -> remember pie chart which is generally of different colors..

Piecemeal - irregular and unsatisfactory

Usage - He used a piecemeal approach to the problem. Link - PIECE+MEAL...SO IF YOU DIVIDE YOUR MEAL INTO LITTLE PIECES AND EAT ONLY A PART OF IT AT A TIME...it will be very irritating....

Pilfer - steal things

Usage - She couldn't believe he had actually abstracted the files she had so carefully hidden. Link - Pills le kar farar ho gaya...

Pillage - plunder i.e. the act of stealing valuable things from a place
Usage - He lost most of his goods because of the pillage. Link - SOUNDS LIKE VILLAGE.. many villages were plundered during the Gujarat riots.... Link2 - sounds like P(pirate)+village...pirate's village....everythong will be plundered here...

Pinion - restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs

Usage - Its pinions soared high in the sky. Link - sounds like PIN+ON; when we PIN something, it will hold it and thereby prevent it from flying away .. (bind the arms of something)...

Pinnacle - peak, highest point, acme

Usage - The old church had a large pinnacle jutting out of it. Link - sounds like pin(pine tree)+uncle...a sexy lady said to my uncle that she will do it with him if he brings her hairpin from top of the pine tree.....

Pique - getting irritated

Usage - The woman stormed out in a fit of pique. Link - sounds like pi+que.. so imagine you are standing in a QUE(ue) in a Pie shop (cake) for a long time you get ANNOYED ,IRRITATED and you tend to show RESENTMENT... Link2 - sounds like pic...if someone takes your pic secretly in a embarrassing situation. you would be annoyed, irritated....

Pittance - small salary

Usage - They work all day for a mere pittance Link - sounds like Patience; You need to have patience to work all day for a mere pittance.... Link2 - bahut pita(to beat someone) employer jab usne pittance di worker ko... :)

Placebo - dummy pill which doesn't has many effects, harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
Usage - The prayers of the placebo were not always welcome. Link - PLACE-it takes the place of the actual substance..and BOgus..it doesnt do what the actual pill does.Thus PLACEBO is a bogus harmless pill which takes the place of the original... Link2 - sounds like place+boobs...doctor placed some pills on her tongue to increase her boobs...

Plagiarize - to copy someone's ideas

Usage - Students often have a bad habit of plagiarizing. Link - sounds like pla(plan)+gi+arize(arise)...so a plan arises in your mind to steal your friend's notes and show it to your lecturer... Link2 - Dr. Katra plagiarized a plague removal formula of Mr. Batra...

Plaintive - expressing sorrow, mournful

Usage - I could hear the child's plaintive cries. Link - husband died in a plain vrash...wife said in plaintive voice...

Platitude - a comment or statement

Usage - The politicians spoke platitudes about lowering the taxes. Link - sounds like flat + attitude..something flat(no curves...hope u get it) does not attract us as it is very common. So you will obviously give trite remarks... :p

Platonic - friendly relationship, spiritual relationship

Usage - He was deeply interested in Platonic philosophy. Link - after taking a tonic(hope you got it)...you can't maintain platonic relationship with your partner(friend)....

Plaudit - round of applause

Usage - The Kite Runner is one of the few books which has met with both critics & publicplaudit Link - sounds like applaud it...

Plausible - reasonable
Usage - He gave a plausible excuse for the delay. Link - sounds like possible and logical...something which is possible and logical is reasonable...

Plebeian - person belonging to a low social class

Usage - The plebeian narrated his woeful story. Link - sounds like pebble which are found every where and are very common... Link2 - sounds like play with lesbian which is very vulgar in a playboy to earn some money...

Plebiscite - direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)

Usage - The plebiscite was issued this morning. Link - plebiscite on "How many plebeians use websites. "...

Plenary - (of power) complete, compulsory, mandatory

Usage - For the first time after a decade one could behold a plenary session of the legislature. Link - Plenary can be split into Plen (plenty) + nary (naari - women in hindi)...the disco is always full of plenty of naaris...it is compulsory...

Plenitude - abundance
Usage - There was a plenitude of food and wealth in the town. Link - plen(i)tude: remove "i" and place it after "T". sounds like plenty..means full....

Plethora - excess; overabundance

Usage - There was a plethora of opportunities open to her. Link - like if you go home after many days, your mother will insist that you eat more. What she will say is "Le + Thoda Aur Le" ultimately, aisai lene se, it will become an excess at the end. You will be full :)...

Pliable - flexible
Usage - The metal was pliable. Link - sounds like ply...ply is a veru thin wooden sheet ehich is flexible and can be bend in any direction..

Plight - difficult situation

Usage - He never meant to flout the plight he made to his partner. Link - sounds like light....in Bihar there is no light for most of the time which is a plight...

Plucky - having a lot of courage and determination

Usage - It takes loads of pluck to stand up to bullies like George. Link - luck and pluck make a person successful...

Plumb - exactly vertical

Usage - He plumbed it till it was perfectly vertical. Link - plumb--plumber who tests the pipe to see whether it is exactly vertical or not... Link2 - When the leg is exactly in the vetical line(plumb) ,then the umpire examines closely to give lbw....LBw is also known as plumb...

Plummet - fall suddenly

Usage - The stock market plummeted Link - sounds like "comet" which falls so sharply... Link2 - You went on a Blind date and girl was PLUM(very fat) who u MET..so you fell sharply...

Poignant - something that affects you deeply and makes you feel sad
Usage - There is a moment of extreme poignancy when the film's protagonist discovers he is dying. Link - POIGNANCY sounds like pregnancy, and an unwanted pregnancy is sometimes a cause of sadness...

Polemic - attack or defense of an opinion, controversy or refutation

Usage - The polemic over a womans right to abortion has drawn considerable attention. Link - sounds like pole(poll)+mic..so during polls politicians often attack or support others opinions...

Ponderous - too slow, serious and boring

Usage - A ponderous rock crashed down and shattered the wooden bridge. Link - Its simple guys, POUND is a unit of weight , we often calculate weight in pounds! 1 Pound = 480 grams...its sometimes slow and boring... Link2 - he was walking ponderously in a pond

Portend - a sign or warning of something that is going to happen in future, indication

Usage - The heavy gales and dark skies portended that a hurricane was on its way. Link - When we reached the port's end (sea port) we saw some dead bodies, which gave a sign that something bad was going to happen...

Portly - fat
Usage - Men are portly and women are stout Link - portly people are like gol(round) potty... :D Link2 - PORKY the pig is PORTLY...

Poseur - a person who pretends to be sophisticated

Usage - Martha had been warned not to be taken in by the poseurs fine clothes and stylish car. Link - poseur was standing in a pretending pose... Link2 - sounds like pose+ur -> pose ur stuff to impress others...girls do that a lot at beach...:)

Posterity - coming generation

Usage - She is to writing a book about the stories her grandmother told her when she was a child, so that those stories are preserved for posterity. Link - posterity will remind him through posters.... Link2 - sounds like posterity = post + inherity...

Postulate - assumed truth

Usage - He posited three basic laws of nature

Link - sounds like post-u-late...when i posted the mail late..the employer postulated that i am not fit for the job...

Poultice - soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body
Usage - A bread poultice is a nice easy way to get thorns or glass out of a child's foot. Link - poultICE contains word ICE.Ice in itself is a soothing substance which when applied on inflammation alleviates the pain.So poultice is applying ice on inflammation... Link2 - in politics, politicians apply poultice to each other to palliate the pain...

Pragmatic - practical
Usage - The ministry issued a pragmatic sanction relating to the matter. Link - pragmatic approach of parag sarees sales girls by posing half naked and displaying the sarees....

Prate - to talk in stupid or boring manner

Usage - Much to Sallys annoyance, her sister prated on about her neighbors for an hour. Link - sounds like pee+rate....some guys were talking about the rate at which they pee in front of everyone on the road....such a foolish talk, these people are really idle. Link2 - Brad Pitt was prating on Angelina Jolie's sleeping rate...

Precarious - unsafe, uncertain, risky

Usage - Negotiators on both sides knew that it was a precarious truce. Link - sounds like PRE+CARE+IOUS....We have to take CARE while doing something risky so that it does not go wrong...we have to be careful before hand only...

Precept - principle, a rule about how to behave or look

Usage - His basic precepts prevented him from borrowing money from anyone. Link - sounds like "recipe" which is a guideline for cooking.... Link2 - In the movie Mohabbatein, you have to pre accept the precepts of Gurukul...

Precipice - very steep cliff

Usage - Looking down the sharp precipice made Rita feel giddy and faint. Link - I saw a naked girl sipping ice cream on the precipice...

Precipitous - steep, overhasty

Usage - Her precipitant acceptance of his proposal of marriage surprised everyone. Link - The mountain PRECIPIce is very PRECIPITOUS...

Preclude - make impossible, prevent

Usage - The age limit precludes him from applying for the course at the university. Link - sounds like EXCLUDE or keep out, whereas INCLUDE which is its opposite means to take in as part of a group.... Link2 - I didn't get pre clues, this precluded me to answer correctly...

Precocious - one who has extra ordinary abilities

Usage - Ron was a precocious child who started speaking when he was six months old Link - sounds like pre(early) + cock(genital of man in slang) -> a "pre"-teen who has a huge "cock" is precocious.... Link2 - it can be pre+conscious(conscious). i.e. thing or person who/which is very conscious in advance...

Precursor - pioneer, predecessor, forerunner

Usage - The principal walked onto the stage as a precursor to announce the arrival of the chief guest. Link - In computer, cursor ie precursor to various files to be opened

Predicament - difficult situation

Usage - The fight between her brothers left her in a predicament Link - sounds like PREDIC (T) - AMENT : imagine a situation where YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT will happen (can't predict) or WHAT TO DO..is a predicament.... Link2 - while giving presentation if your dick grows straight you will be in preDICament...

Predilection - preference, partiality

Usage - She has a predilection for the latest perfumes and cosmetics. Link - sounds like pre(before)+dialect(local language); you generally become partial when you are taking an interview and you meet someone who speaks your language... Link2 - Every girl has predilection for Hrithik roshan's dil(heart )....

Preeminent - outstanding, superior

Usage - Amartya Sen is a preeminent Indian economist. Link - sounds like prominent which is superior...

Preen - to spend a lot of time to look good

Usage - She likes to dress when going to the opera Link - sounds like Rin; commonly used detergent bar in India used for cleaning clothes.. hence preening clothes....

Prehensile - capable of grasping or holding

Usage - The octopus spread its prehensile arms and grasped the ships anchor. Link - sounds like PRE(before)+HENS+ILE before the hens can escape we have to grasp & hold them.... Link2 - with prehensile tail, monkey captured a hen...

Prelate - priest of highest level

Usage - An Archbishop is also called a prelate Link - prelate is a priest who never becomes late...

Prelude - introduction to something

Usage - A short piano piece preluded the opera. Link - Joining any coaching institute is a prelude to Cat journey... Link2 - CONCLUDE will be in the end, PRELUDE - beginning / introduction...

Premonition - feeling that something bad is going to happen

Usage - Every Thursday the villagers would gather under the mango tree to hear the seers premonitions. Link - I had a premonition while carrying money in the bag...

Preponderance - superiority of power, majority

Usage - A preponderance of evidence against the defendant led to his ruin. Link - no need to ponder when you have preponderance...

Prerogative - a right to a particular person because of their importance

Usage - Suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males Link - remember "Interrogative" which means questioning by Investigation officers. So prerogative should be something opposite. so unquestionable...

Presage - foretell, give a warning or sign of

Usage - It is believed that catching the brides bouquet is a presage of ones own impending wedding. Link - sounds like pre+sage- a SAGE has the power to PRE-tell the future....

Presumptuous - over confident, excessively forward, arrogant

Usage - When Edward arrived at Janes house with two tickets to the play, Jane told him it that was very presumptuous of him. Link - sumptuous Dawood was presumptuous that he will become immortal and overcome God...he had a pre assumption that he will overcome GOD..

Pretext - false reason that you give for doing something, excuse
Usage - Immediately after stealing the ladys necklace, the housekeeper left under the pretext that her mother was seriously ill. Link - sounds like textbook....when your teacher asks for an explanation for your low marks, you try to find an EXCUSE that you donot have a TEXTbook...

Prevaricate - to avoid giving a direct answer to a question in order to hide truth

Usage - The politician prevaricated about the basic points of his policy on health care for the elderly. Link - when Kate Winslet's fiance was verified, Kate prevaricated...

Primogeniture - state of being the first-born child, right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents)
Usage - Following the law of primogeniture, the king left his kingdom to his elder son, Richard. Link - sounds like PRIMoGENITure... Considered PRIMary Due to GENTIC importance(genetically important or born first)....

Privation - lack of basic necessities or comforts of life

Usage - The prisoners faced privation from their captors, and many of them starved to death. Link - sounds like PRIVACY.. what do YOU need for privacy, a room, house, but if you don't even have that then you won't be able to do it in public...

Privy - knowledge of something secret or private

Usage - After a long journey, the traveler rushed to the privy to relieve himself. Link - privy lace where knowledge of intercourse is taught... :P Link2 - sounds like priv(PRIVATE)+Y.......SO A PRIVATE DISCUSSION IS ALWAYS secret and hidden from others....

Probity - degree of honesty

Usage - He enjoys an exaggerated reputation for probity Link - probe is to find out something....CBI is probing in his financial probity.... Link2 - now a days probability of finding a honest person is very less...

Prodigal - wasteful, willing to spend money

Usage - The prodigal squandered all his wealth in gambling. Link - sounds like prod(rodies) +gals(girls)=extravagance. If you are with girls of rodies then you have to be extravagant....

Profane - violate
Usage - Do not profane the name of God by taking it in vain. Link - sounds like porn films....when a person is a fan" of porn" films then he is violated from the good people's gang....

Profligate - wasteful, prodigal

Usage - The profligate doesnt think twice when buying a new cell phone or laptop. Link - Profligate= spend Profusely like bill Gates... Link2 - split it like prof(professor)+li(lee)+g+ate(past of eat)..your Professor whose son bought a Lee jeans spent all of his father's money .. eating at all five stars hotels...what a wasteful use of your Professor's money....

Progeny - a person's children, offspring

Usage - The Dukes estate was to be equally divided among his numerous progeny. Link - sounds like Provide Gene i.e ur offsprings....

Prognosis - a forecast(of a disease), prediction

Usage - The medical prognosis of the tuberculosis patient seemed positive. Link - sounds like pro+diagnosis, pro= think forward, diagnosis = cause of disease, it means to predict the features of a disease before the disease itself....

Prognosticate - predict (according to present indications)

Usage - The heavy gales and dark skies prognosticated that a hurricane was on its way. Link - sounds like PROgKNOWsticate. a PRO KNOWS enough to make a prediction...

Proletarian - a worker, member of the working class, blue collar guy

Usage - The proletarian aired his grievances to the committee. Link - sounds like pre+literacy....literacy se pehle all the persons are doing low profile jobs....they generally wear blue dress(remember at petrol pumps)...

Proliferate - grow rapidly

Usage - We must not proliferate nuclear arms Link - sounds like pro + life + rate : increase in rate of production (pro) of life (living organisms) causes population to increase rapidly.... Link2 - sounds like pro + life + rate : in our professional (pro) life, we should work at faster rate to grow rapidly.....

Prolific - producing offspring or fruit in abundance, fertile, fecund

Usage - The orchard was full of prolific guava, apple, and mango trees. Link - sounds like Production Lifted...They produced large amounts of the product...their production was lifted up in amount.....They were PROLIFIC....

Prolixity - tedious wordiness, boring verbosity

Usage - The novels prolixity made me vow to never read another book by the same author. Link - sounds like COMPLEXITY - complex words, work are always difficult and boring to understand....imagine in a GD or PI, if the other persons use difficult words you become bore...

Promulgate - announce, announce a new doctrine or law publicly

Usage - The new law promulgates the abolition of slavery. Link - Prom (promote)+ul+gate. So promoting something out of the gate, i.e. to make known by opening the gate (or opening declaration) to everyone out there... Link2 - the mall's gate will close at 9pm...this was promulgated...

Propensity - a natural tendency to a particular kind of behavior

Usage - The Doctor warned us that cancer had a high propensity to spread very fast. Link - sounds like propagation+city....now a days people are inclined towards "CITY" so they are shifting to cities from villages.... Link2 - he haspropensity for "pen se seeti" bajana since birth...

Prophylactic - a medicine which prevents disease

Usage - The government has started a drive to provide free prophylactics to men in order to curb the rise of sexually transmitted diseases. Link - the doctor filled lactic acid as a prophylactic... Link2 - The professor rubs lactic acid(curds) inside his condom(Protection) for lubrication to prevent AIDS..

Propinquity - nearness (in space or relationship), proximity, kinship

Usage - Ritus parents objected to her proximity to the male members of her class. Link - Propinquity has "PIN: in it. If you pin two things together they are close together Link2 - since the alphabets P & Q are in close proximity to each other, they are in propinquity ....

Propitiate - appease, peaceful, placate

Usage - No amount of gifts sent by Pradeep could propitiate Sandhya. Link - sounds like propiti + ate .. propiti sounds very close to property.. + ate .. so just imagine if you elder brother ate (here it means encroach) all your property ....you will quarrel with him... your father will try to appease or pacify you... Link2 - PROf+PITI- if you want professor's pity then you would have to appease him/her...

Propitious - favorable, auspicious, advantageous, fortunate

Usage - Paul looked for a propitious moment to propose to Annie. Link - sounds like profitious.. hence its profitable and thus favorable.. Link2 - sounds like property-if you have got lot of property, you are FORTUNATE to get it..money is basically considered AUSPICIOUS and you can make any adverse situation FAVORABLE TO you if you posses money.

Proponent - supporter, backer

Usage - Martin Luther King was a major proponent of the American Civil Rights Movement. Link - person opposite to opponent is a proponent...

Propound - to suggest an idea or explanation of something for people to consider, put forth for consideration or analysis

Usage - It is sometimes said that Isaac Newton propounded the theory of gravity after an apple fell on his head. Link - propo(propose) + ound(round) = what do we propose at a round table, an idea, guys :) Link2 - my girlfriend propounded an idea to go to a pond and do it there..

Propriety - fitness, quality of being proper

Usage - Propriety demanded that we invite the new neighbors over. Link - divide the word as propr+iety ..propr(sounds like PROPER)..hence it refers to being PROPER or CORRECT IN CONDUCT.. Link2 - sounds like pretty if you wanna look pretty you have to behave in correct manner...

Prosaic - dull and unimaginative

Usage - Amit was tired of his prosaic job as a clothes salesman. Link - sounds like mosaic--->beautiful artistic work with full of vibrant colours.....prosaic ...opposite of that ...dull...

Proscribe - prohibit, banish, outlaw

Usage - Father has proscribed any telephone calls from being made after 10 p.m. Link - When you want a magazine, you PREscribe(subscribe) it. Similarly when you want to stop it, you will have to PROSCRIBE..SO PROSCRIBE = prohibit Link2 - A doctor Prescribes medicines and Proscribes unhealthy food......

Proselytize - to try to persuade people to accept your beliefs

Usage - Mahatma Gandhis writings have the power to proselytize anyone to the principals of non-violence. Link - sounds like ti(taiji)+roz(daily)+layi(to bring)+rose....taiji roz rose layi to proselytize us...

Prostrate - lying on ground and facing downwards

Usage - She prostrated herself with frustration Link - while doing it you lie straight on ground and facing downward....

Protean - able to take on many forms, versatile

Usage - The protean nature of clouds makes them a delight to watch. Link - If you eat proteins rather than carbohydrates you will be strong and flexible(versatile) rather than fat...

Provenance - place of origin

Usage - Scientific examination of the piece of pottery found indicated that it was of Greek provenance. Link - sounds like province+ance, remember when someone asks you: where do you belong to or to which province do you belong to?..which means whats your origin?...

Provender - dry food for livestock, fodder

Usage - The farmer spent the morning in the store room checking up on the farms provender. Link - Some vendors sell dry food and hence product sold by a vendor = Provender...

Prowess - extraordinary ability

Usage - Napoleon Bonapartes military and political prowess came to an end when he lost the Battle of Waterloo against the Anglo-Allied army. Link - sounds like POWERS....the one having extraordinary powers is a prowess...

Prude - excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature), person who doesn't want to listen about sex
Usage - The people of the Victorian Age were such prudes Link - prude people often becomes rude when we start talking about sex in front of them...

Prune - to remove dead parts of a plant, trim

Usage - The gardener visited the house every Sunday to prune the garden. Link - sounds like SALOON, where barber CUT(TRIM) our hair... Link2 - the ruined plants were pruned...

Prurient - salacious, having or causing lustful desires and thoughts

Usage - The moral science teacher asked her students to stay away from prurient literature and films that tend to corrupt young minds. Link - Aunty ro ri thi because my uncle had excessive prurient desires....she was so much exhausted...

Pry - inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs)

Usage - The carpenter used the pry bar to pull out all the nails from the wood. Link - sounds like spy who interferes in others' private affairs and also OPENS up some secrets... Link2 - paray neighbours pry in other's private life...

Puerile - childish, callow

Usage - He speaks in a puerile manner, with a pronounced lisp. Link - sounds like pure....PURE things are always childish and immature.

Pugnacity - having strong desire to argue or fight

Usage - Kumars pugnacity made him very unpopular with his colleagues in the office, and they avoided him like the plague.

Link - Reverse 'gn' to 'ng' to make- 'punga'-'city' ( quarrelsome place)....here everyone will have affinity to take punga from each other..hence people will be pugnacious...

Pulchritude - beauty, comedy, loveliness

Usage - Princess Dianas pulchritude combined with her gentle nature won her admiration the world over. Link - pulchritude of Aishwarya because of her palak(eyelids) and attitude..

Pulverize - to destroy completely, crush or grind into very small particles

Usage - Grandmother believes in pulverizing coffee beans in the grinder at home to get freshly ground coffee powder. Link - sounds like powderize...hence is the meaning.... Link2 - sounds like pal bhar mein....India pulverized Pakistan in pal bhar...

Pummel - to beat or pound with fists

Usage - The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators Link - imagine yourself BEATING PUMMELa Anderson Boobs with your FISTS....Pummel=punch+pamela....

Punctilious - very careful, scrupulous

Usage - Toms punctilious table etiquette put all the other children to shame. Link - sounds like PUNCTUAL...and you pay attention to even a person who is 1 second late, that shows that you care for even very minute things too...

Punitive - punishing
Usage - The United States had served a warning to Iran to either stop its nuclear developments or face punitive measures. Link - sounds like punit+ive(eve)..when Punit decided to become an eve(chakka in hindi)...he was thrashed by his parents....

Puny - tiny, weak

Usage - All the healthy puppies were sold, and only the puny, black one remained. Link - sounds like "pony" tail which is small and tiny...

Purport - intention, purpose, meaning

Usage - The general purport of his lecture was to warn us about the evils of smoking. Link - I purported that I blasted the airport after the officials stopped me from going abroad...

Puritan - person who hates pleasure

Usage - He is a puritan Link - Mr puri is a puritan as he refused to do it with a hot pari...he doesn't use his pura tan(body)....

Putative - supposed, generally assumed

Usage - The putative leader behind the recent bomb blast was arrested yesterday. Link - putative place of RAM SETU.... Link2 - sounds like put-a-ti(tea)..so we are PRESUPPOSED to put tea on the table not on the floor...

Purloin - to steal something

Usage - He has a habit of purloining things Link - He purloined a lion from the zoo

Pylon - metal structure for supporting wires

Link - PI shaped pylon in the lawn...

Quack -charlatan, person who dishonestly claims to have medical knowledge or skills
Usage - He is just a quack doctor, not a real one. Link - If someone tells you that he has the power to create an earth quake, he is certainly a quack..

Quaff - drink with zest, swill, guzzle

Usage - He had a quaff of beer before he went to the party. Link - Mohammad Kaif and Katrina Kaif quaffed a bottle of champagne and did it....

Quagmire - soft, wet ground

Usage - Her feet were gradually sinking into the quagmire. Link - sounds like tyre...tyre was stuck in the quagmire...

Quail - cower, shrink back in fear; lose heart

Usage - she quailed when they showed the slaughtering of the calf Link - sounds like fail.... If you fail in exam, you loose your heart and quail before your dad :) Link2 - Shahrukh Khan did not quailed during serious ailment of his shoulder.

Quaint - odd in an old-fashioned way, odd, oldfashioned, picturesque

Usage - He has a quaint sense of humor. Link - sounds like faint...her husband fainted when she came in a bikini at party in their house..it was odd... Link2 - If you PAINT that house, you will destroy its old fashioned charm.

Quandary - dilemma, state of uncertainty

Usage - He was in a quandary about going on vacation. Link - quantary relates to quantum physics,which is so complex that it leaves you in DILEMMA about the UNCERTAINITY of photon... Link2 - sounds like laundry...i was in quandary should I send my clothes in the laundry or not..

Link3 - this word quandary sounds like wandering so if you are in a DILEMMA you wander all around the streets.....

Quarantine - isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection

Usage - They placed the infected animal in quarantine. Link - quarantine is pretty familiar in case of antivirus softwares you can quarantine the virus affected files which means to ISOLATE THEM... Link2 - quara+ntine....quara..sounds like KUWARA..AND a kuwara person is always seen isolated(without girl)..in family functions...

Quarry - place where stones, marbles etc.. are dug out.

Usage - Stones are quarried Link - He solved all the query about the stone quarry... Link2 - q+uarry..sounds like worry....when you worry about something, you dig deep into the matter .

Quash - officially say that a decision in a court of law is no longer valid, suppress
USage - The contract was quashed Link - Warrant against Ash(aishwarya rai) os seducing Amitabh bachhan was quashed..

Quay - landing place for boats, dock

Usage - The ships were unloading boxes on the quay. Link - Long queue of ships on quay... Link2 - quay - sounds like bay (area near the sea) - where boats reach.

Queasy - experiencing nausea, wanting to vomit, squeamish

Usage - He felt very queasy about the issue of toilets. Link - He feels queasy while giving kissing shots. Link2 - queasy can be pronounced as quiz+y...if teacher takes a surprise quiz you are going to feel nauseated, uneasy, anxious.. Link3 - sounds like uneasy...feeling queasy means feeling uneasy...

Queer - strange or unusual

Usage - He tried to queer John's pitch. Link - queer:queen-beer, a queen with a beer is strange... note:- queer pitch for somebody means destroy his/her plan..

Quell - suppress, put an end to, to stop something such as violent behavior
Usage - They managed to quell the riot.

Link - sounds like kill....which means to suppress forever... Link2 - QUEUE+WELL.i was forcing people to jump into a well to suppress the population.. Link3 - sounds like hell.... where your pleasures will be suppressed completely..

Quench - satisfy or assuage, extinguish, suppress, put out(esp. fire)

Usage - The process of quenching the steel was a laborious one. Link - quench == quen(queen)+ ch(cha), so u urged your queen(gf or wife)to get you a cup of cha(tea or drinks) to quench your thirst of tea and pleasure...

Querulous - given to complaining, complaining, fretful, whining

Usage - His querulous demands never ended. Link - sounds like quarrelsome....querulous always leads to quarrels....

Quibble - small fight ,altercation

Usage - They quibbled over minor details instead of focusing on the task at hand. Link - Two boys were quibbling over a girl's ling(sex)... Link2 - kyun bal dikha re ho??why are you quibbling.... Link3 - read it as qui(kyun)+bble(bill)..KYUN BILL ITNA ZYADA HAI?, you OBJECT to reading of meter & COMPLAIN to the authorities..

Quintessential - perfect example of something

Usage - Mary is the quintessence of beauty. Link - we have quintal(quint) of PURE and SACRED feeling(ESSENCE) for GOD.. Link2 - This is the quintessential dress of queen (jodha) with every essential diamond.

Quip - taunt, clever remark

Usage - She made a quip about his pointed shoes. Link - Kyun U.P.(uttar pradesh) ka hai kya?? i quipped ....

Quirk - strange or interesting thing that happens accidentally

Usage - Quirk of quick fall over each other Link - quirk of doing things quickly... Link2 - sounds like kyu+irk....why do you irk(irritate) after quirk....

Quisling - person who helps enemy that has taken control of his country, traitor who aids invaders
Usage - The quisling passed on a lot of important information to the enemy. Link - Quislings are prone to QUIZZLINGS by the government when caught!... Link2 - enemy said to a boy.."if you will be a quisling for us you will get kiss and ling(sex) of most beautiful girl"...so he agreed...

Quixotic - idealistic but not practical

Usage - Bringing every stray animal into one's house is a quixotic act. Link - quixotic== quick + exotic, if you desire something exotic to happen quickly in your life it is just a daydream. Link2 - Quixotic idea to conduct quiz contest in ooty...

Quizzical - curious, showing that you are slightly surprised or amused

Usage - He had a quizzical expression on his face. Link - FOCUS ON QUIZZ+ICAL..quizes increase curiosity... Link2 - When a beautiful lady came to quiz me..i was quizzical that what is she wearing inside... Link3 - quizzical =quizz+comical =quizz(curious) in a comical(teasing,mocking) way

Quorum - minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

Usage - A quorum of this meeting shall not be less than ten members. Link - Quorum of two to play carrom...

Quotidian - everyday activities, daily, commonplace, customary

Usage - Feeding the cats is a quotidian chore. Link - Quotidian work of wearing coat in the court...

Rabid - like a fanatic, furious, extremely zealous, or infected by rabies

Usage - A rabid football fan. Link - Rabid sounds like rabies; a person suffering from rabies gets frequent attacks and behaves like a fanatic. Link2 - sounds like rabbit...rabbit is extremely zealous about carrots

Raconteur - storyteller
Usage - He spoke 14 languages and was a noted raconteur Link -sounds like rekha aunty+tear...when rekha aunty told us her story about her when she felt in love....we got tears in our eyes....

Raffle - lottery Usage - We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas

Link - u get to meet RAFFLE (raefel)nadal if u win the lottery.. ;)

Ragamuffin - person wearing tattered clothes, dirty child in torn clothes

Usage - Two ragamuffins with a torch. Link1 - Raj was RAgged on the first day of college because he was wearing Tattered clothes...he had to eat muffin through his ass....

Rail - scold, rant, complain bitterly

Usage - I'd cursed him and railed at him Link - When Raj's mother got to know that he was walking on the RAILway line, his mother started railing at him.

Raiment - clothing
Usage - The duchess was dressed in traditional raiment Link - Raiment sounds like RAymond; RAYMOND is a CLOTHING brand

Rakish - stylish; sporty

Usage - A hat set at a rakish angle Link - Rakish -- rakesh roshan; rakesh roshan's son hrithik roshan is very stylish

Ramble - wander aimlessly(physically or mentally)

Usage - An hours ramble through the woods Link - ramble sounds like gamble; his girlfriend wanted a car, so to satisfy her he started gambling but instead of gaining he lost the money he had, then he started RAMBLING. Link2 - Ram + amble -- Ram(rambo) ambled (wandered) aimlessly in the jungle....

Ramification - branching out, subdivision

Usage - The ramification of a courts decision Link - Bhagwan Ram and his brothers were subdivided, i.e., two were sent to the jungle and while the other two stayed in the kingdom. So, ramification means subdivision. Link2 - Ramification -- classification; When you classify something you divide it into groups.

Rampant growing without restraint, uncontrolled, excessive, growing or developing unchecked.

Usage A rampant growth of weeds in the neglected yard. Link - sounds like ram+pant...when Ram saw a beautiful lady in a bikini...his pant started growing from center....i hope you got it... Link Ever since arjun rampal agreed to walk the ramp, there has been a rampant rise in the number of sponsors for the fashion show!

Ramshackle (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed, badly constructed or maintained, shaky.
Usage A ramshackle cabin in the woods. Link Ram could easily break the shackles (hathkadi) because they were made of fragile(weak) material, so they were poorly manufactured.

Rancid having an unpleasant or disagreeable odor or taste; nasty, bad, unpleasant.

Usage The odor of rancid milk. Link - ran+acid(acid)...presence of acid(secreted by bacteria during the process of fermentation) in curd makes the curd bitter in taste and bad in smell Link2 Rancid = Ran(bir)+ Sid. In the movie wake up sid, ranbir was very untidy and unkempt, so he was rancid.

Rancor long-lasting hatred; bitterness

Usage The animal had rancor for its irritating toy. Link - RANCOR : RANKER ! Most of the students always hate the top RANKER of the class, as they always defeat them in the exams! Link2 Rancor -> Ran + Chor. So when the chor (thief) ran away with my belongings, I had a feeling of rancor against him. Saala chor kaheenka

Rankle to cause persistent irritation or resentment, to fester.

Usage His failure to win still rankles him. Link - R+ANKLE...focus..on ankle..an ankle..is a JOINT between..foot and leg...and PAIN IN your ankle could be very annoying and irritating for you. Link2 R+Unkle(uncle) -> when Rohit repeatedly and deliberately called me uncle, I got rankled!!

Rapacious excessively greedy and grasping, ravenous, eager to seize as much as possible.
Usage He had a rapacious appetite for birds nest soup. Link - 'Rapacious' means who likes to 'Rape' that means very greedy on woman body! & also take forcefully Link2 Read it as Grapacious. He was very fond of grapes and so had a rapacious appetite for GRAPES.

Rant to speak or write in an angry or violent manner, to utter or express with violence.
Usage A dictator who ranted his vitriol onto a captive audience Link - Rent maangate waqt makaan maalik hamesha RANT mein hi rehta hai ... Link2 Rant = F(rant)ic. So when your life becomes frantic (fast and busy), u get frustrated and rant your frustration on your servant!! Link3 - r-"Ant". When an ant bites, you rant.....

Rapport - close relationship

Usage - She can quickly establish a good rapport with the children she works with.

Link - rapport- its like airport, at airport you leave close-ones thus, EMOTIONAL CLOSENESS, HARMONY,friendly feeling there...

Rapt - engrossed, absorbed, enchanted

Usage - He might have been watching star wars, for all the rapt attention he gave the scene. Link - I always read rape news with rapt attention.

Raspy - make a harsh noise, have an unpleasant effect, rub with something rough
Usage - He rubs his chin with the back of his hand, feeling the rasp of his white bristles. Link - if you don't grasp, teacher will rasp at you..... Link2 - Ras(In Hindi) means juice, Py(pii=Drink). So, when u drink cold juice it makes ur throat sore and makes ur voice harsh...

Ratify - approve formally, confirm

Usage - they have yet to ratify the treaty Link - ratify sounds like satisfy, only when you are satisfied you give your approval(confirmation). Link2 - if you rectify the error in the report it might get ratified(approved) by the professor...

Ratiocination - reasoning, process of thinking and arguing in a logical way

Link - we will take the RATIO of your CIN(sins) and then reason what to do with you Link2 - ratio+cination...you have to SOLVE question based ON RATIO AND VARIATION WITH THE help of reasoning and logic....

Raucous - harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous

Usage - The raucous cries of the sea birds irritated me. Link - sounds like rock+us..... rock music is usually loud and harsh. Link2 - sounds like rakshas...they laugh in unpleasant way...

Ravage - plunder, to badly damage something, a destructive action, devastate

Usage - the soldiers had ravaged the vilage Link - When he didn't got his wage(pay) from the office, he ravaged the office....

Rave - talk or write about something in a very enthusiastic way

Usage - The movie has drawn rave reviews from the critics. Link - if you replace "V" with "P"....you talk about it with raveness.... Link2 - there is a very popular game called DAVE....small kids rave about it..

Ravel - fall apart into tangles, complicate

Usage - In the last nine months I have had to ravel 9,750 miles to see my children regularly. Link - Paresh rawal unraveled the mystery of his affair with another woman...

Ravenous - extremely hungry

Usage - They were tired and ravenous for food and sleep Link - ravenous--RAAvan; Raavan has 10 heads(mouths), so he is always hungry. Link2 - Sounds like "revenues". Everyone is extremely hungry about it :)

Raze - destroy completely

Usage - Dozens of villages have been razed. Link - raze sounds like gaze; If you are trying to concentrate on studies and some beautiful girl is gazing at you, your concentration is disturbed(destroyed). Link2 - sounds similar to erase.raze=erase...which means to remove or clean completely.

Rebuff a blunt or abrupt refusal to an offer, to reject or repel.

Usage He wanted sex with Julie but she rebuffed him. Link sounds like Re(quest) + buff(et). The handsome man requested the lady for a buffet dinner and to his surprise, she rebuffed him.

Rebus a representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols often represented as puzzle.
Usage A rebus can be a method of helping involve young children in the act of reading. Link In a nursery, children are given pictures of a bus or a ball and asked to identify it. So take rebus to be a puzzle involving pictures. Link2 - He always used to solve rebus while traveling in a bus...

Rebuttal - refutation, response with contrary evidence

Usage - This effort requires the vigorous rebuttal of the arguments of CTBT skeptics in the
Senate. Link - sounds like re(redo)+butt+al(anal)....the guy said to the gal after doing it, "lets redo it again...but this time anal i.e. in your butt"..but the girl said you will not be able to do it that way....the guy rebuttaled her..by proving her wrong....

Recalcitrant not obeying or complying with commands, stubborn

Usage A recalcitrant child of an unhappy mother.

Link - sounds like re+calci(calculator)+rent...the recalcirant student used calci in his exams again and again..he used to bring the calculator on rent... Link2 - re+calcit(looks like calcite)+rant...as we know calcite is a hard mineral found in calcium carbonate which forms the major part of rocks, chalk and marble, is hard to break and likewise a recalcitrant person is also stubborn....

Recant disclaim, to reject or disavow a formerly held belief, disclaim

Usage A man who refused after torture to recant his heresy. Link Recant = Re(peat) + cant. If someone asks you to perform a deed that is against your principles, then you will say to yourself repeatedly I CANT and I WONT do it and reject it!!

Recapitulate - summarize briefly; repeat an earlier theme of a composition

Usage - Let us recapitulate the important points Link - sounds like recap....Before every new episode, there is a 5 minute recap, which summarizes what happened in the previous episode.

Refulgent - shining radiantly or resplendent

Usage - A refulgent sunrise. Link - Refulgent sounds like detergent, detergent is used to shine the clothes.

Recidivism - habitual return into crime(even after being punished).

Usage - Due to Recession, the rate of recidivism is on the increase. Link - re (back to) + CID (central investigation department)..Even after caught and punished by CID team, the thief kept on doing crimes... Link2 - Re + CID + DIVesm; In the movie Jannat, though Emraan Hashmi' girlfriend persuades him and gets him out of the crime world, he DIVES back into the crime world and CID gets hold of him.

Recluse - a person who withdraws from world to live in seclusion and solitude.
Usage - His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life. Link - Re + close; RAj got up at 12 noon and came out of his room, knowing this his father scolded him so he went back and closed himself in the room again .

Reconcile - to settle or resolve, make friendly again (after quarrel)

Usage - It is possible to reconcile these apparently opposing views. Link - Re + concile(counsel); Any issue can be solved by proper COUNSELing.

Recondite - abstruse, obscure, difficult to understand

Usage - Her poems are recondite in subject matter. Link - sounds like re+conduct....the professor re coducted(repeated) the topic as the students could not understand properly.

Reconnaisance - survey of enemy by soldiers.

Usage - An exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission Link - sounds like recognize+nice+sons...reconnaissance means recognizing an enemy while surveying your. territory....Recognition of conman-(thief) by nice sons(of the country)-soldiers.

Recourse - act of turning to someone for assistance, to help someone if he is in trouble

Usage - His only recourse was the police. Link - re+COURS we follow a medicine course which HELPS fight the TROUBLE, caused by the developing disease. Link2 Recourse = Re(vision) + course. While doing revision for exams, when you forget an answer, you turn to your course books to recheck the answer. So your only recourse during revision is your course book.

Recrimination - mutual accusations, a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person, the act of imputing blame or guilt
Usage - The war sweeps up everything in hatred and recrimination. Link sounds like re-crimina-tion: crimina relates to a crime. recrimination means: one accusing the other for a crime. The other "re" accused him of another crime. Link2 - re CREAM pie..yu throw a pie on someones face and they throw yu back another CREAM pie again as a countercharge...we see this lot in movies..!!..This process is called reCREAMination

Rectitude - moral or religious correctness, the quality or condition of being correct in judgment, the quality of being straight, correctness, righteousness.
Usage - Has the rectitude of this principle ever been formally contested? Link - Rectitude = Cor(rect) + atti(tude). So a person who is morally/religiously correct or has the correct attitude towards life can be said to have rectitude.

Recumbent - lying down; especially in a position of comfort or rest, resting, idle

Usage - He stared down at his sisters recumbent form. Link - Recumbent = Re(lax) + cumb(al) + ent. So when you are relaxing in bed under a cumbal (blanket), you are in recumbent form. Link2 - sounds like re+cum+bent...he was about to cum on a bent girl...both were in relaxed positions after doing it...

Recuperate - to recover, to return to health or strength, regain a former condition after a loss
Usage - I went away to the country to recuperate. Link - Recuperate-> Rec(over) + operat(ion). An injured person recovers fully after an operation, so he recuperates.

Redolent - having or emitting fragrance, aromatic, odorous

Usage -The air redolent of cinnamon and apple. Link - sounds like re - odolent--> concentrate on odolent , which sounds like ODONIL, we use odonil in bathrooms for fragrance..

Reek - to smoke steam or fume, to be pervaded by something unpleasant, to emit or exude smoke, a strong offensive odor
Usage - He smelt the reek of whisky. Link Reek sounds like leak. So when gas leaks, the surrounding area are filled with the unpleasant odor of the gas, in other words the surroundings reek gas.

Referendum - direct vote by all the people

Usage - The new rules were approved by referendum Link - sounds like refer + dum(strength)....we "refer" politicians on our own "dum". So we directly vote them....

Refractory - unmanageable, disobedient and stubborn

Usage - He is a very refractory child Link - refract(...we learnt that light refracts.i.e it bends away..)so a REFRACTORY person tries to BEND AWAY from rules by being DISOBEDIENT & STUBBORN...

Refurbish - very bright, renovate

Usage - We refurbished the guest wing Link - by changing one character from "b" to :n" we get REFURNISH. i.e. refurnishing something - renovate or make bright by furnishing again...

Refute - to prove that something is wrong

Usage - The argument was refuted by two points Link - refute rhymes with refuse, when you DISAPPROVE OF something, or if something is false or incorrect..you refute it or disapprove..

Regale - entertain or amuse somebody with stories or jokes etc.

Usage - She regaled her house guests with good food every night.

Link - Regal is a famous movie theater in Delhi & the U.S which shows bf films...,so Regal+ e(entertainment) Link2 - re+gale(remember chris gayle )if he comes to bat again he always provides entertainment to audience...

Rejoinder - a reply esp a quick and critical one to a question

Usage - It brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher Link - "rejoin the mental hospital" was my rejoinder when he asked stupid questions...

Rejuvenate - make young again

Usage - The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather Link - sounds like re(agian)+juve(sounds like yuva(hindi-young) so to make young again...

Relegate - put into a lower or worse place

Usage - People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms Link - sounds like rele(relatives+gate)your relatives are crying at THE GATE because you are not allowing them to enter your house, you have put them in a worse place i.e the GATE WHICH IS ALMOST LIKE A FOOTPATH..

Relent - become less severe, to finally agree after refusing many times
Usage - He is known to be one who doesn't relent easily Link - Land owner relented and lent me some money....

Relic - an object or tradition that has survived from a period of time

Usage - One of the outcomes of the Crusades was the production of many religious relics Link - associate with reel.. when we visit a place, the camera reel has all the memories, so pICk the REel and you are through...all the pictures survive in the reel for long period of time..

Relinquish - give up something (with reluctance)

Usage - I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest Link - Sanjay dutt had to relinquish the links with Dawood...

Reminiscence - recollection
Usage - He has total reminiscence of the episode Link - sounds like re + mini + scene - recollecting mini scenes from our past memories...

Remit - to forgive someone

Usage - The pain finally remitted Link - sounds like r+emit....the teacher forgave you even you emit some things in the paper and gave you highest marks...

Remonstrate - protest, objection

Usage - The mother remonstrated the child for entering a stranger's car Link - sounds like demonstrate monster...when you claim to demonstrate a real monster everyone will protest you.....

Remunerative - rewarding, profitable

Usage - Her father has a remunerative business. Link - sounds like re+money+iterative..make sense yourself....

Rend - split, tear apart

Usage - The curtain rended from top to bottom Link - Rend means to end something very violently ...

Renegade - deserter, traitor

Usage - The parishioners excommunicated the renegade from their parish. Link - sounds like grenade. A person who throws a grenade in his own country is a Traitor....

Renege - break a promise, deny

Usage - She reneged her promise Link - seems lke rehne de.. so rehne de promise mat kar because in the end you will renege it or something...

Repartee - quick clever reply

Usage - Dorothy Parker, writer and legendary member of the Algonquin Round Table, was often noted for her repartee Link - sounds like rePARTEE, rhymes with party, so think of the party men, i.e. the politicians who are known for giving a CLEVER REPLY when interviewed....

Repast - a meal, feast

Usage - They were most grateful to enjoy a sumptuous repast Link - Repast or say re+fast...before refasting the next day muslims have a repast... Link2 - sounds like re+pasta .....after having a delicious pasta you ordered it again...

Repercussion - rebound, reaction

Usage - His declaration had unforeseen repercussions Link - concentrate on CUSSION(I mean cushions) ... cushions itne soft hote hai ..bouncy bouncy (rebound property)...similarly reperCUSSION --> rebound...

Repertoire - list of works of music, drama, etc.

Usage - It has a large repertory of dialects and characters Link - sounds like REPET (Repeat) + TOIRE (sounds like CHOIR = songs) => so repeat-choir = repeat songs = collection of songs....also repertoire of rap musician...

Repine - to complain
Usage - He always used to repine about her. Link - Imagine on Christmas, your friend brings pine tree instead of Christmas tree, so you will repine... Link2 - sounds like re+wine....after drinking a lot of wine you complain unnecessarily..

Replete - fully filled

Usage - It is replete with misery Link - sounds like complete...something which is complete is fully filled.....

Repress - hold back

Usage - The protestors were violently repressed by the police Link - if you press someone's boobs by mistake...then if you press again....she will block you...

Reprieve - postponement or cancellation of a punishment

Usage - His prisonment of 14 years was reprieved. Link - sounds like re+pri(pre)+eve...on the eve of Independence day the prime minister reprieved the prisoners... Link2 - also sounds like relieve which means the same....

Reprisal - a violent and aggressive act towards somebody because of something bad that they have done to you..
Usage - Need new ways to get people to give evidence without fearing reprisals. Link - sounds like appraisal...if your Boss doesn't give you good appraisal even on working hard then you can retaliate by not performing work and kicking his ass.....

Reprobate - morally disapproved person

Usage - We reprobate the racism in South Africa Link - reprobate: rep(repeatedly)+rob+ate.. a person who again and again robs other peoples food and eats it up has no moral values....

Reprove - censure, rebuke

Usage - They reproved him of his remarks Link - sounds like re+prove....Teacher is scolding student again and again to prove the theorem correct....

Repudiate - reject, deny

Usage - The woman repudiated the divorce settlement Link - I repudiated the DATE proposal of a reputed girl....later on i regretted it... Link2 - re(reject)+ pudi.(pudding) + ate....well anyone who reject to eat a cake pudding is surely a fool...

Repugnance - disgust
Usage - The idea of eating meat of a cat, dog or rat arouse repugnance Link - sounds like re+pagdi...when me and and a strange person wearing a pagdi were travelling on my bike....suddenly his pagdi got stuck in the tyre....and we hurt ourselves badly...then i had repugnance against him... Link2 - sounds like pungent which is undesirable...

Requiem - people gathered for a dead person

Usage - Requiem for a queen who died in a car accident Link - requiem = re (recite) + quie (quiet) + m (man); means recite for a quiet/dead man....

Requite - repay (esp in form of love or kindness), revenge

Usage - He requited Shall I thus requite the Lord for the innumerable mercies bestowed upon me? Link - re+QUITE one would be quiet only after taking his REVENGE.... Link2 - The father said to the child, " be quiet, i will requite your chocolate"

Respite - time for rest

Usage - There should be a proper respite between your schedule. Link - sounds like sprite(soft drink)...when i have to take a respite after working a lot i drink a sprite...

Resplendent - bright and colorful in an impressive way, brilliant, splendid in appearance, dazzling
Usage - She wore resplendent attire and makeup for the fashion show Link - Splendor was looking resplendent after plaining dents..

Restitution - compensation for loss, damage, or injury; reparation

Usage - He has to pay restitution for killing his wife. Link - we can think of "rest". we take rest when we feel tired.i.e when energy is lost.....so "rest" is a "compensation" for an energy loss...

Restive - restlessly impatient

Usage - The government has done nothing to ease restrictions so manufacturers are growing restive Link - I became restive after a lot of rest... Link2 - sounds like festive...Kids become really restive on festivals like diwali,holi etc..

Resurgent - the return and growth of an activity that has stopped

Usage - His need for a meal resurged Link - resurgent of interest in surgery of a surgeon...because the surgeon was about to perform an operation on a young and beautiful girl... Link2 - sounds like "re+suraj"... suraj or sun is a sign of rise .. so re suraj means "rise again" jst like sun... move to n fro..frm east to west..

Resuscitate - revive, bring back to life or consciousness, to make somebody start breathing again
Usage - The doctors resuscitated the comatose man Link - sounds like re+saans(breath in english)...when the girl drowned i resuscitated her(and gave her saans) through mouth respiration....she was really hot.... :P

Retaliate - repay in kind(usually for bad treatment)

Usage - The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing Link - after re talying(match) the money which she has to give me...i told her that it didnt matched so i asked her to repay in kind with a penalty of 10 kisses...

Reticent - inclined to silence, uncommunicative, reserved

Usage - Ram is very reticent kind of a person Link - sounds like decent...decent guys like me do not babble and try to remain reticent..... Link2 - slightly weird...50Cents talk too much while reticent talks too less... Link3 - Rat was reticent about new scent through which all female rats were attracted and got excited..

Retinue - followers, attendants, group of people to provide help and support

Usage - He always comes with his retinue Link - sounds like routine what you FOLLOW (daily) is routine(oops retinue) i.e FOLLOW->routine following-->retinue.. Link2 - A rat with his retinue went to New Delhi to buy that scent mentioned in above link3...

Retort - quick sharp reply, rejoinder

Usage - It brought a sharp retort from the teacher Link - sounds like re (reply) + to + rt (right)....giving right reply to someone's questions Link2 - Tortoise retorted to hare..."aaja again saale"..

Retract - withdraw, draw back

Usage - He retracted his earlier statements about his religion Link - sounds like RE TAKE IT, meaning to take back

Link2 - I retracted my statement.."eunuch(chakke in hindi) are very attractive"... Link3 - Re(BACK)+tract(TRACKING) whenever our mobile is stolen we TRACK it in order to TAKE BACK from thieves...

Retribution - severe punishment for wrongdoing

Usage - This nation is too great to look for mere retribution Link - sounds like rat+rahi +thi...my friend leaked the question paper...jab wo question paper rat rahi thi tab uske papa ne use pakad lia fir her father gave her retribution.....i also did some contribution on this retribution by doing it with her... Link2 - RATRI(night)+ABUSE--he abused me at night and got beating from me in the morning, he got RETRIBUTION....

Retrograde - go backwards, recede

Usage - The glacier retrogrades Link - his retrograde step reduced his grade in his examinations.... Link2 - retrograde is opposite of upgrade...

Revelry - celebration, boisterous merrymaking

Usage - They always used to have a revelry in every month Link - Sounds like "jewelry". You buy jewelry when you are in revelry... Link2 - revelry when rival was defeated...

Reverberate - echo repeatedly; resound

Usage - Sound is reverberated well in this auditorium Link - sounds like re+vibrate(echo)...i.e. again and again

Reverie - day dreaming

Usage - A sharp pinch on her hand shook her out of her reverie Link - sounds like river..if you think of sitting with a girl and doing it on a river bank you are daydreaming.

Revile - attack with abusive language

Usage - The Nazi propaganda reviled the Jews Link - sounds like evil doing...an evil person always use to revile everyone...

Revoke - cancel, retract

Usage - He revoked the ban on smoking Link - sounds like re+poke...When someone tries to POKE you again and again you withdraw your hand...

Revulsion - sudden strong feeling of disgust

Usage - The idea of eating meat of a cat, dog or rat arouse revulsion. Link - sounds like repulsion...when you see you enemy, a sudden feeling of revulsion arises...and repulsion occurs...

Rhapsodize - speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner

Usage - He rhapsodized about his new project for an hour Link - when a lecture asks to explain about a rape scene he can explain or write in exaggeration and with enthusiasm... Link2 - relate it to RAP song.. like eminem...you rhapsodize while talking about him....

Rhetoric - art of using language effectively and persuasively to influence people

Link - sounds like right oral skills...If you have the right oral skills, you can communicate well.

Ribald - marked by vulgar lewd humor

Usage - The aristocrat enjoyed the bawdy songs. Link - sounds like bald guy in rodies...raghu...who generally uses ribal,profane,wanton language to redicule the roadies..

Rife - abundant, common

Usage - Rumors were rife that the factory was about to be closed down Link - rife is like wife...which is common one.. Link2 - rife==> rifle which has abundant bullets

Rig - to arrange or influence something in a dishonest way

Usage - They rigged the bomb to the ignition Link - sounds like wig...a person wearing a wig cheated the girls in college by becoming shahid kapoor and did it with them...

Rigor - severity, hardness

Usage - People living in Iceland are accustomed to the rigority of the winter there. Link - sounds like re+gor(to stress)....the teacher re gored the paper of students...thus showing rigority...

Rile - irritate, vex

Usage - It riles me that she never closes the door after she leaves Link - sounds like reel(camera reel)...my friend exposed the camera reel of me and my girlfriend posed in embarrassing positions....this riles me a lot whenever i see it...

Rococo - ornate, highly decorated style

Usage - It was an exquisite gilded rococo mirror Link - roko roko roko...i want to see the rococo coke shop... Link2 - sounds like ro(w)+coco..you arrange and decorate coconuts in a row.

Roil - make liquids murky by stirring up sediment

Usage - the sea was getting roiled in the storm Link - sounds like soil....mix the soil in water to roil it... Link2 - when you BOIL a SOUP you ROIL it to ensure that the ingredients are properly mixed... Link3 - fire in oil company roiled the situation ...

Roseate - optimistic, pink in color, sanguine

Usage - The roseate glow of dawn was awsome. Link - Roj came and ate his brain by same saying good thoughts....he is here optimistic person with some idealistic thoughts..

Roster - list (of names)

Usage - His name was struck off the roster Link - roster of kaun kaun roasted chicken khayega... Link2 - sounds like register which has a list of students who attend the class...

Rostrum - raised platform for speech-making, pulpit

Usage - She climbed on to the winner's rostrum Link - sounds like ROJ(daily)+DRUM- on school's PULPIT/raised platform, roj drum bajaya jaata hai... Link2 - Apka dost roj rum peene ke baad rostrum pe chad kar drum bajata hai...

Rotund - (of a person) fat and round

Usage - A rotund man came to the desk to ask for books Link - remove the "t" in the word....it becomes round... Link2 - sounds like ROTi & UNDa(egg).....If you eat ROTi & UNDa(egg) routinely, you become rotund.....

Rout - to defeat easily and completely in a battle or competition

Usage - His confidence helped him prevent the match turning into a rout. Link - sounds like "are out". all Indian batsmen are out....Team faces "rout"....

Rubric - set of instructions written in a book, an exam paper etc., title or heading (in red print)
Usage - It is usually discussed under the rubric of `functional obesity'" Link - sounds like ruBRICk..so BRICKS are usually in red in color and and every brick has a company name on it(title) on it....

Rudimentary - elementary, not developed, fundamental element or principle

Usage - These are the rudiments of the language Link - kids in elementary schools are rudimentary..they hardly know anything about any adult education...

Rue - regret
Usage - He wrote a note expressing his rue. Link - sounds like ruin...you rue after you ruin everything.... Link2 - also it sounds like ro(weep)....you weep when you rue...

Ruffian - a violent man esp one who commits crime

Usage - All the children feared the ruffian. Link - sounds like Russian...all russian men are ruffian..also it sounds like "rough"-ian. i.e., a rowdy person.

Ruminate - to think deep about something

Usage - I ruminated the events of the afternoon Link - split it as RUM+I+ATE...so I ate meat and drank rum for the first time and kept PONDERING and BROODING about it...

Runic - mysterious
Link - in Lab yu have RUINED the IC(integrated chip)..now teachers asks who did this and all keep mysterious faces..

Ruse - trick to deceive

Usage - His alibi was an artifice that succeeded in misleading the investigators. Link - ruse: re+ use, in a shop the shopkeeper reused the old goods, which is deceptive..

Vacillate - waver (in opinion), fluctuate

Usage - He vacillates between accepting the new position and retirement. Link - sounds like OScillate..so something which moves from one position to another position... Link2 - sounds like waise hi let(sleep in english) ja....while doing it you switch to many positions...thus fluctuating positions...

Vagabond - wanderer
Usage - He led a vagabond life. Link - this word can be thought as Vagabond = James Bond the spy, does not live at one permanent place and is always seen wandering all over the world... Link2 - wagha + border............at this place military people keep on wandering to keep close watch on activities...

Vagary - capricious happening, an unexpected and inexplicable change in something

Usage - His wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market. Link - vagary..break it as vage+ary ,the vage is vague and ary=action meaning something that is vague and not predictable ...

Vainglorious - boastful, excessively conceited, feeling self importance

Usage - Tony Blair, perfectly illustrates this, a prancing, posing, vainglorious man. Link - all your glorious achievements are in vain if you boast about them....

Valediction - saying farewell, expression of leavetaking

Link - Valediction comes from validity i.e. expiry of something...which is the end or pertaining to a farewell of something... Link2 - When a prostitute was about to quit from her profession she said..."mein to us wale dick se hi karwaungi."...referring to man with largest dick...

Vapid - lacking liveliness, dull and unimaginative, insipid and flavorless

Usage - The soup was very bland. Link - vapid sounds similar to rapid... If you cook in a rapid manner, you may spoil the taste of the food, or say, when you eat rapidly..you may not get the taste of the food...

Variegate - change the appearance of

Usage - It would be nice if you could variegate your menu more often. Link - variegate: add variety to an object by making it in many colours. variegate==variety... Link2 - If we drop the letter 'g' and take the word as varied+ate...they ATE from a VARIED range of foodstuff...

Vassal - subordinate or dependent, a person who owes service to a feudal lord

Link - Sounds like vasool. One who has to give a vasool is a vassal... Link2 - Vassal and vessel are similar in sound. A vassal (slave) carries the vessels (utensils) to the kitchen....

Veer - to change the direction suddenly

Usage - The motorbike veered to the right Link - After taking BEER all directions change!!! Link2 - A veer(brave person) can change the result of a battle suddenly.... Link3 - Veer and steer are rhyming words. Veer means to change direction and steer means to direct the course of, guide....

Vegetate - live in a monotonous way (without interests or activity)

Usage - After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television Link - relate it to vegetarian = one who never takes meat or any of its products but only vegetables therefore has a monotonous taste of food...

Vehement - forceful, intensely emotional, with marked vigor

Usage - She spoke vehemently on the topic of immoral things. Link - Vehement resembles cement i.e. strong, forceful (cement expands inwards with immense pressure and force) vehement == cement... Link2 - After doing it, the girl said ki mujhe to wahi man chahiye fir se.....

Venal - capable of being bribed

Usage- The whole system is corrupted because of the venal officers at every level of the hierarchy. Link1 - ve + nal = we are null ....we can be easily bribed as we are null in terms of money...i.e we have no money. Link2 - sounds like anal..The secretaries can easily be tricked to do anal with them if a boss offers her promotion... Link3 Venal...penal(ised); Venal officers who accept the bribe are penalized (punished)if they are caught.

Vendetta - blood feud; a feud in which the opposite parties kill each other , a long dispute between two families
Usage- The two families have engaged in a bitter vendetta since ages. Link 1- ven(when) + de(they) + tta(attack); when they attack you then you will reciprocate attacking them and hence rivalry, and they engage in vendetta. Link2- ven(when) + detta(death); when death occurs to one of the members of the team, we doubt the members from the opposite team, and try to take revenge.

Veneer- thin layer, cover, an ornamental coating

Usage- To protect the furniture we should veneer it(apply a thin coating). Link veneer sounds like paneer( the top paneer has a thin layer) Link2 - veneer sounds like very near, if u put a thin sheet or cover over something, then it is very near to that thing..

Venerable- respected, revered

Usage- A venerable leader, leading the company will be good for the development of the company. Link 1- venerable..honorable Link2 - VANAR(monkeys in the Ramayana ) were ABLE to respect HANUMAN because he was the strongest of them all..

Venial- a sin which is forgivable, small mistake which can be forgiven

Usage- A venial sin should never be neglected, because this is what leads to the bigger crimes. Link 1 Venial sounds like menial (meanial domestic servant or unskilled tasks).The mistakes committed by a menial are venial and hence forgiven.. Link2 - if you hit someone in an artery- OH MY GOD BLOOD EVERYWHERE. But in the VEIN? Well, that's venial..

Ventral- Relating to or situated on or close to the abdomen, abdominal

Usage- Fish has a ventral fin that helps it stabilize in the water. Link 1- ventral sounds like central; ventral is the central part(abdomen)

Vent - to express a feeling esp. anger

Usage - She vented her anger Link - When your car was hit by another car which resulted in a dent on your car, you went to vent your anger at him...

Venture - risk, expose to risk

Usage - We ventured into the world of high-tech and bought a supercomputer Link - sounds like adventure...AD+VENTURE=which is exiting but full of risks and daring things.

Veracity- truthfulness.
Usage- The veracity of the statements given by Kasab(26/11 terrorist) was always doubted by the police. Link - My veera(brave) brother is known for his veracity in our city... Link 2- Veracity...sincerity; Link 3- Vera(veer=courage)It takes a lot of courage to exhibit veracity;veracity sounds like audacity(courage)

Verbatim - word for word, repeating the actual words exactly

Usage - He repeated her remarks verbatim Link - verbatim = verbat(verbal) + im(important) .... an important talk should be reported word for word .....

Verbiage - too many unnecessary words, superfluity of words as in writing or speech

Link - VERBIAGE IS A GARBAGE OF WORDS. Link2 - verbiage--verb+i+age--a person who is using verbs(words)ten times more of his age..

Verdant- green; lush in vegetation

Usage- A verdant pasture is perfect for grazing the sheep. Link 1- Verdant sounds like vardaan(a blessing); In the olden days the lands were verdant, because people had the vardaan(blessings) of god.

Verdigris- a green coating on copper which has been exposed to the weather(like rust)
Usage- Though we took measures to protect the metal from the elements, it became coated with verdigris. Link 1- verd(means green) + gris(sounds like grease); green colored grease. Link2 - Verdigris- break into very + degree... they coloured the walls GREEN to a VERY mild DEGREE.

Vernacular- current living language; everyday speech of the people.

Usage- The students of the school always talk in English even in the hindi class, so the students were scolded for not talking in the vernacular Link 1- Vernacular sounds like particular; every region has its particular (specific to that region) vernacular. Link 2 - This word can be remembered....hyundai verna, this car was designed to meet the demands of the local (vernacularbelongin to the local, native) needs

Verisimilitude - appearance of truth

Link - Simi arranged a swaymvar and asked each var to tell if they are virgin or not...to test their loyalty.. Link2 - ver + similar + tude; 'ver' means true and 'tude' means a state, so 'verisimilitude'means 'the state of being
true'.

Verve - enthusiasm, liveliness, vigor

Usage - He played with full verve for his team. Link - opposite is nerve(nervous)... Link2 - verve ... sounds life river which flow with enthusiasm ...

Vestige - trace , remains.

Usage- After lot of investigation, the team could discover the vestiges of the Indian man life in that place. Link - a group of detectives wearing only vests investigating a rape case at the India gate... Link2 - vestige in vestig(at)e..when you investigate only then you find the trace(vestige) of something. Link 3- sounds like prestige..the monuments present are the vestige of the prestigious Indian culture.

Vex - annoy, irritate

Usage - Mary was vexed by John's loud behavior at the party. Link - very similar to wax....and LADIES go for waxing, even though it is a very painful and annoying process. Link2 - Vex and perplex both mean, to confuse...

Vicarious- acting as a substitute, experienced at second hand

Usage- Yesterday I read an interesting story of students going on a trip to Switzerland and felt the vicarious excitement. Link 1- vicarious sounds like precarious; it is always precarious(dangerous) to use a substitute medicine without consulting the doctor.

Vicissitude- change of fortune

Usage- Success and failure are part of life and a person who accepts these vicissitudes of life will succeed. Link - some times to face VICISSITUDES OF LIFE one should possess a WISE(good)ATTITUDE ... Link 2 vi(we)+sit+(atti)tude; if a politician wins the election he is allowed to SIT on the chair , else he is not allowed to sit on the chair, it is all lifes vicissitudes.

Victuals - food and drinks

Usage - They were forced to use flies as a victuals. Link - Sounds like "rituals". Food (victuals) is a major part of any kind of ritual ..

Vignette- picture, a short literary story

Usage- The entertainment magazines always come up with vignettes. Link 1 vignette sounds like brunette(a blonde woman) ; a _____ spent with a brunette always remains a vignette of your life :P

Viable- plausible, practical or workable, capable of maintain life Usage- The plan suggested by the new Indian Hockey coach to
establish national academies for the players is viable and good for the development of players. Link 1- vi(VIV=LIFE) + ABLE....so some one who is ABLE to live his life. Link 2- sounds like survivable.

Vilify- slander, spread negative information about

Usage- Vilify statements about your opponents are uncalled for. Link 1- vilify..villain;By vilifyin(talkin ill ) of someone, you make them a villain in front of

others Link 2-vilify----glorify; these are opposites, vilify means to defame some one and glorify means to praise someone.

Vindicate- free from blame, exonerate

Usage- Criminals having political nexus are more often than not vindicated of the case against them. Link 1- WIN THE CASE=VINDICATE; means you are happy that you won the case and you are clear from blame.

Vindictive - trying to harm somebody for revenge

Link - vindictive=win+addictive obsessed about winning ...so always having ill will against others Link2 - Vindictive...the boys are always vindictive...when a girl slaps them then they are determined to take revenge using their dicks... :P ...i hope u got it...

Vintner-winemaker, seller of wine

Usage- With the sale of rights for the liquor shops to take place shortly, the vintners are in demand. Link 1- Vintner sounds like winter; In winter,it is very cold and you need some wine to keep yourself warm.

Viper- poisonous snake;

Usage- The Sahara desert is a habitat of many a viper. Link- A viper can WIPE out your life (ek baar saap ne kaat liya..tho bus ho gaya zindagi se naam saaf:P)

Virile- manly;characterized by energy and vigor.

Usage- A new and virile leadership will bring a new dimension to the political party. Link1- Virile is the opposite of fragile(weak)... Link2- Virile...Veer...manly... Link3 - Vir(Virya) in hindi means sperm...wich comes from man..hence Manly..

Virtuoso - highly skilled artist

Usage - Govind has been the school champion in chess competition consecutively for three years. Link - Var(husband) choose karne mein RAKhi sawant is a virtuoso..... Link 2- One who has many virtues is virtuoso(skill ful) Link 3- Virtusa ,a software company , is spread into various verticals.

Virulent- poisonous, bitter

Gandhi landed him into trouble

Usage- The virulent speech of Varun

Link 1- for all cricket fans..Virulent..Viru(virendar sehwag) is a bitter customer to deal with for the opponents. Link 2- Virulent ....virus , it causes harm; virulent is viral and poisonous

Visage-appearance conveyed by a persons face

Usage- The stern visage of the judge before the verdict was to be delivered, suggested that he is going impose the ultimatum. Link 1-Visagevision + age;How can you visualize a persons age??By seeing his or her face.] Link 2 - Glow on visage after the massage... Link 3- Visage... visa ; visa has all the details ,your AGE, your photo etc.

Visceral-felt in ones inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than experience Usage- Seeing the
people riding the roller coaster , she could feel the visceral sensations Link 1-visceral... internal Link2 - Visceral = wise cereal, which is good for health and internal organs.

Vitiate - spoil the effect of; make inoperative.

Usage- You will vitiate the guarantee if you drive the car in an unsafe manner to cause a crash. Link 1- vitiate is vish + ate, If someone eat food adulterated by vish(poison), effectiveness of food will be reduced Link2- "fish he ate" was spoiled and made him sick.

Vitreous- relating to or resembling or derived from glass

Link 1- Vitreous sounds like victorious...after victory you get a prize(trophy) made of of glass... Link 2 vish + rous (rassjuice);poison ka juice hamesha ek glass mein milta hain.

Vitriolic - causing sharp pain to the mind, sarcastic

Usage - The vitriolic effect of Hydrochloric acid enhanced the speed of the reaction.
Link - for all science students...divide it like vitriolic..vitriol+ic...AND VITRIOL..IS ANOTHER NAME OF SULPHURIC ACID.. and we all know that acid is caustic, sharp and bitter...and when it falls on the skin it burns it, causing SHARP pain...

Vituperative - abusive, scolding

Usage - His vituperative remarks about silly lady novelists made them sad.
Link - vitu (bite you) + perative (operator) => when you feel so pissed off on a unkind operator, you would say harshy abusive remarks like "I'll bite you operator" :-)....

Vixen-female fox, malicious women with a fierce temper

Usage- The vixen had four pups in the den. Link 1- The VIXEN ran off with the CHICKEN from the nearby farm.

Vociferous - noisy
Usage - Her vociferous cries grabbed everyone's attention.

Link - sounds like voice+ ferous(which is an ore of iron)....so when iron peices collide with each other ... they make noise !! "" ferous --> iron --> collide to make noise "" ... Link2 - VOICE + FURIOUS = noisy

Vogue- latest fashion; popular taste at a given time

Usage- Bollywood fashion is in vogue. Link 1- Vogue sounds like Provogue(a brand); Since Saif Ali khan has become the brand ambassador of provogue, it has become vogue.

Volition- act of making a choice, a conscious choice

Usage- Students should be left to their own volition, so that they can choose the path they want. Link 1- Volition= voluntary action Link 2- Volition and violation sound similar but they are opposite in meaning.Violation means going against rules(your choice), volition is your own choice. Link3 - Volition: Voting- Politician..

Voluble - fluent, talkative

Usage - She is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not conversations Link - Remember "volume" in TV controls. It's related to sound. This voluble is also related to speaking...
Link2 - Rita is very talkative girl, so to make her quiet Ram(drinking milk) kissed her with tongue and all the milk got soluble in her mouth.....very creepy 1....

Voluptuous - of or giving sensual pleasure, indulging in sensual pleasures

Usage - Hollywood seems full of voluptuous blondes.. Link - sounds like vo+ lup(lips) + tuous (choos) .....in Hollywood all actresses are voluptuous, because vo actors ke lips choosti hai in movies...

Voracious - eating large quantities of food, insatiable hunger

Usage - He is very voracious kind of a person Link - Voracious (BORA RICE FOR US) Imagine you are seeking a BORA BHARKAR RICE for yourself.. what does it signifies? Simply you be such a food craver !!...

Vortex - a spiral motion of fluid within a limited area, especially a whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it toward its center; whirlpool, maelstrom
Usage- Many people were swept away in the vortex of Katrina. Link 1 - sounds like vertex around which whirlpool occurs....i.e. center of rotation of whirlpool...

Vouch - give a personal guarantee

Usage - I vouch for the quality of my products
Link - link it like..... casting couch mein Directors guarantees(vouch) the heroine of giving role in the film...

Vouchsafe - grant condescendingly; guarantee

Usage - Ex. vouchsafe your fair return on your investment

Link - VouchSafe: A voucher is valuable, and where do we keep valuables - in a safe- a safe is a guaranteed security, therefore vouchsafe....

Voyeur - person who derives sexual gratification from observing the sexual acts of others
Link - sounds like viewer....viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others....i don't think it needs further explanation....we all watch porn.... :P

Vulpine - like a fox, crafty

Link - VULP sounds like WOLF... Link2 - PINE is sharp, thus it makes the syn :clever, crafty, cunning, foxy, ingenious, shrewdness, skillful, sly, tricky, wily....

Zany - comic, crazy

Usage - He is a very zany kind of a person. Link - zany sounds like Johnny...Johnny Lever, a comedian with a zany sense of humour... Link2 - sounds like fanny....guys go crazy when they see a girl's fanny....check out the meaning of fanny if u dnt know it...just google it...

Zenith - highest point, point directly overhead in the sky

Usage - Zenith, is the opposite of beneath which means something below. Link - sounds like jannat...which is at the highest point... Link2 - there is also a famous computer parts company named ZENITH....which claims to be the top sellers of computer parts...

Zephyr - gentle breeze; west wind

Usage - There are always wonderful zephyr breeze blowing off the sea near our farm house. Link - Zephyr = Ze + Phyr ~ sounds like the-fire; A slight wind could help in spreading fire by blowing it in a certain direction... Link2 - Zephyr is like respire...Zephyr means air and respire means to breathe, therefore you breathe in the air..hence relating the words to each other... Link3 - Jeep + Hire= u will hire a jeep for having some gentle breeze...

Zest - a tart spicy quality, with full of energy, spirited enjoyment

Usage - The spicy chicken casserole had a sharp zest. Link - sounds like best....You can do your best, only if you show interest in something and do it with energy and enthusiasm.... Link2 - sounds like vest.....when girls see a guy's vest..they go crazy.....

Wade - walk through a substance such as water, that impedes movement

Usage - Can we wade across the river to the other side? Link - sounds like invade...u invade only in a restricted area which impedes or movement....

Waffle-speak equivocally about an issue, pause or hold back in uncertaintyUsage- When the convict was interrogated about the murder, the convict waffled and tried to
mislead the court. Link 1- Waffle sounds like wafers; wafers look the same from either side. Link 2- Waffle also sounds like baffle; by waffling (speaking equivocally on an issue) you confuse the other person. Link3 - waf+fle..waf(wife)+ffle(eiffel tower...so ur plan of visit eiffle tower with ur wife is uncertain, as u hv lot of work to at office......so ur not decided as wat to do...and holding ur plan.....in uncertainity....

Waft- moved gently by wind or waves.Usage- A breeze wafted through the door.
Link1- waft sounds like raft. Raft is used for travelling on water...It sails through the waves.

Wag - shake repeatedly from side to side, a witty amusing person who makes jokesUsage - The happy dog wagged his tail
Link1 - sounds like gag....remember the famous show...just for laugh gags...it is a comedy show where persons are tricked humorously..

Waif - homeless child or animal.Usage- Inspite of being the richest people, Bill and
Melinda Gates are known for their work towards the waifs. Link1 - Waif?wife; if you fight with your wife, she will throw you out of the house and you will become a waif... Link2 - Waif sounds like Kaif; After IPL 2 , Mohd. Kaif was removed from the Rajahsthan royals , he become homeless (or waif), and he was put off from the list of auction.

Waive - give up temporarily, yield.Usage - As Lalit Modi is suspended as the IPL

chairman, he had to waive his rights in the IPL decision making issues. Link - Waive is somewhat similar to slave, wherein waive means to lose the right to something, while a slave is a person who has lost his right to freedom... Link2 - Waive sounds like wave; when you wave your hand (i.e. when you say bye) to your friend who is going out of station you are sayin bye TEMPORARILY. Link3 - Waive?waiver(aid);As Raj didnt get waiver(aid) from his university, he gave up (waive)his plans of MS temporarily

Wallow - roll in, indulge in , become helpless.Usage- The hippopotamus loves

to wallow in the mud. Link1 - Wallow buffALLO; buffalo loves to wallow in mud.. .Link2 - look for wall in word wallow and imagine a wall surrounding you which is not allowing you to go anywhere, which makes u helpless...

Wan - having a pale or sickly color, pallid, dull.Link 1- wan sounds like pan;
if you put your hands on a hot pan, your skin will become pale... Link2 - wan rhymes with maruthi van... she liked to travel in a scorpio but she is traveling in a van..so she became pale(sharam ke maare)...

Wane - decrease in size or strength, draw gradually to an end.Usage - With time my interest in the project waned.
Link1 - Wane sounds like pain; when you are in pain, you tend to become weak and lose strength. Link2 - wane sounds like gain; both are opposite.in meaning.

Wangle - achieve by cleverness or trick, wiggle out, fake.Usage - She

tried to wangle an invitation to the party. Link1 - Wangle sounds like bangle; By buying new bangles to the girl, he wangled love towards her and spent the night with her by banging her... :P. Link2 - wan(VAN)+gle(gal)--if you want a GIRL TO SIT IN YOUR VAN--you HAVE to PLAY SOME TRIcKS WITH HER , like you have to persuade her to come with you by making fabricated stories and fake offeres ....

Wanton - willfully malicious, unrestrained, gratuitously cruelUsage- The animals were killed wantonly for sport.
Link 1- Wanton sounds like Wanted; In the movie Wanted, Salman Khan wantedly acted like a criminal to get hold of the criminals. Link2 - WANTON..WANTED....Osama has been DECLARED THE MOST WANTED person on the earth because of his cruelty...

Warble - sing, babbleUsage - Every morning the birds warbled outside her window.
Link - Warble can be broken into WAR+Ble(bell), now picture the scene before war, soldiers play drums and BELL and SING patriotic songs.... Link2 - warble sounds like babble.

Warren - tunnels in which rabbits live; crowded conditions in which people live.Usage- The auditorium was a warren, packed with people to see their favorite star.
Link1 - Warren sounds like barren; and both mean the opposite, no one lives in a barren land and warren means a crowded place. Link2 - Warren --Warren Buffet...the world's richest person... wherever Warren Buffet goes, lots of people come in to meet him.

Wastrel - waster, profligate, a person who wastes..esp., a spendthriftUsage - Inspite of good performances, Raj was denounced as a wastrel and left out of the team.
Link1 - Wastrel- sounds like waste; when you are wasting something it is called wastrel...

Wax - increase gradually, grow

Usage - Sales were waxing after prices were lowered Link - when gals wax their legs...hair again grow back gradually...

Waylay - ambush, lie in wait.

Usage - They decided to waylay the victim as he passed through the dark alley going home. Link1 - When the soldiers went to attack the Pakistanis, the Pakistani were already hiding in their way and were laying in the bushes so that they could not be seen... Link2 - way+lay... imagine a situation where an army LAYs its plan of attacking the militants on their WAY to their destination..

Wean - give up a cherished activity, cause to gradually leave

Usage - He weaned himself from cigarettes. Link1 - Wean-- Weak; When you are weak, you stop masturbating(cherished activity) and take some rest..

Link2 - if a boy is allowed to drink the mil from his friend's mom directly..he will be excited...but after sometime when he misused the opportunity then he was weaned from it....

Welt - raised mark from a beating or whipping

Usage - The teacher often welted the students by beating them with a thick stick. Link - sounds like BELT...having been beaten by a belt, he had marks all over his body..

Welter - turmoil, bewildered jumble, a confused multitude of things.

Usage - The ship wrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours. Link1 - sounds like melted...you are at gunpoint and thieves ask you to submit your BMW and kiss your wife or take melted iron in your ass...you will be in great turmoil what to do...

Wheedle - coax, cajole, deceive by flattery

Usage - Raj knew he could wheedle anything he wants from his mom. Link1 - wheedle..wheed(SOUNDS LIKE NEED)...when we NEED something very urgently we try to obtain it in whatever way possible, be it by flattery or deception...

Whelp - young wolf, dog, tiger, etc.; birth.

Link1- Whelp sounds like help...say a little pup needs HELP from its mother because it is still very young.

Whet - to sharpen, hone, strengthen, to make more keen, stimulate.

Usage - The smell of chicken biryani whetten my appetite. Link - sounds like wet...when I saw the girl getting wet in the rain, she stimulated(excited) me.

Whiff - puff or gust(of air or scent); hint, short lasting smell

Usage - The whiff of the scent used by her present boy friend reminded her of her ex-boy friend. Link - whiff sounds like SNIFF....I could sniff (smell) the fragrance of the flowers in a whiff of air.. Link2 - sounds like uff..Raj used to take a whiff of cigarette in his balcony and usne apne ghar mein kisiko is baat ki uff(hint) tak nahi hone di...

Whim - sudden capricious idea, fancy

Usage - Many empires have fallen due to the whim actions that the kings or emperors take, without thinking, succumbing to caprice. Link - The aunty had a sudden idea of washing the plates with Vim bar rather than Rin..which worked..

Whine - complain, make a high sad sound

Usage - My car engine makes a whining noise

Link - whine--sounds like WINE, and after drinking WINE ..people often feel emotional and express their feeling by making a HIGH SAD SOUND

Whinny - sound made by a horse i.e. neigh

Usage - I knew he wanted to make his queer noises for me- to bark like a dog or whinny like a horse. Link1 - Whinny (the neighing of a horse) and Ninny (a foolish person)...he was a such ninny because he was frightened of even the horse's whinny.

Whit- a tiny or a scarcely detachable amount.

Usage- Sreesanth was not a whit scared of Hayden during the match. Link1 - Whit sounds like bit, bit is a small or scarce quantity...also bit is the smallest unit for storage in a computer memory..

Whittle- to cut into small bits, to fashion or shape in a particular way, to reduce gradually
Usage - Whittle down the debt by making small payments. Link1 - hittle reminds us of Hitler who cut things into smaller(esp human beings) ...also just focus on "hit" part of this which is used to break something...

Whorl - a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles

Usage - The plant has dense whorls of red purple flowers Link - sounds like whore...a whore has a round pussy....because of so much of doing it.. Link2 - Whorl sounds like curl--- as in curly hair.

Wiggle - move from side to side with irregular twisting motions

Usage - Don't wiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage Link - A wig seller is moving around the market in a snake like fashion shouting "WIG LE" (take a wig in hindi)..

Willowy - flexible, pliant, slender

Link - will+low+y..so a person whose WILL power is very low...HENCE FLEXIBLE...AND PLIANT.

Wilt - loose freshness, droop

Usage - My opponent was wilting
Link - Wilt and tilt sound the same and they both mean, to droop...u tilt only when u loose energy or freshness...

Wily - artful, cunning.Usage - He is too wily for the police to catch him.
Link1 - Wily sounds like billy(cat)..DON ko junglee bilian (cats) bahut pasand thi(because they were very clever).

Link2 - sounds like willy which means someone who wants to fulfill his will by any means. He has to be clever to do so.

Wince - move back suddenly, shrink back, flinch

Usage - He winced as the dentist touched his broken tooth. Link - sounds like pinch...when I got pinched I winced... Link2 - Wince sounds mince(which means cut into pieces); When someone cuts your finger into pieces, you wince. Link3 - Wince sounds like wins; When your opponent wins, you wince.

Winsome - charming, often in a childlike or naive way, agreeable, gracious

Usage - She gave me her most winsome smile. Link1 - winsome: you can win some one only if you are charming and attractive.. Link2 - I've always been able to WIN SOME girls over with my winsome charm...

Wispy- a small bunch or bundle, as of straw,hair, or grass; thin and weak, lacking clarity
Usage - Grey wispy hair straggled down her shoulder. Link - when I whisper in her ear, I can feel the WISPS of hair tickling my face. Link2 - sounds like whisper which cannot be seen when girls wear it...

Wistful vaguely longing, sadly thoughtful

Usage There was a wistful look in his eyes when he spoke of his childhood. Link1 sounds like wish+full....when GOD will sy that you have wished a lot...now no wish will be fulfilled...u will become sad and start thinking what will happen to you now...i.e. sadly thoughtful...

Wither shrivel, decay, to loose freshness.

Usage Raj leg muscles had withered from lack of use. Link1 sounds like....with + her...after spending the entire night with her, the boy was not looking fresh the next day morning...

Wizened - shriveled, withered, lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Usage A little wizened old fellow with no teeth Link1 - Wizened sounds like WISE, with age you become WISE and also lean and wrinkled because of age. Link2 - at old age your body and private part gets withered because of doing it so many times....

Wont - an established custom, habit.

Usage The poor man is wont to complain that this is a cold world.

Link1 A habit is something you WONT leave.

Wrangle - to quarrel noisily or angrily.

Usage The political parties always wrangle over some or the other issue. Link1 sounds like wrong + angle, when your friend starts thinking in a wrong angle about what ever you say, then he will Wrangle(quarrel) with you. Link2 - remember Wrangler jeans.. Imagine there is a sale in wrangler showroom and two girls are FIGHTING to decide who picked the jeans first...there will be a catfight..which will be awesome..

Wrath - anger, fury, forceful, often vindictive anger

Link1 Wrath sounds like Vrat(in hindi, it means fasting). In hindi movies, when heros father is killed by villain, heros mother says with anger(wrath), that till hero kills the villain , she will not eat(vrat). Link2 - w+rath-- due to an argumentative conversation on last night or RAAT( rath)..you are still in anger with your husband...

Wreak to inflict, cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

Usage Violent storms wreak havoc on coast. Link1 wreak sounds like break..so if you break somebody head...you will definately be inflicted some punishment...

Wrench 1. a sudden sharp, forcible twist or turn. 2. a sudden surge of compassion, sorrow or anguish.
Usage I wrenched my knee Link1 Read wrench as RANCHO(3 idiots)...when virus presents him his pen as a mark of excellence, Rancho felt wrenched ( sudden happiness). Link2 Wrench is a tool to screw or unscrew the nuts and bolts.(sudden sharp twisting)

Wrest - to take or force away by violent pulling, to cease forcibly, to obtain laborious effort.
Usage - Wrested power from the monarchy. Link1 sounds like Wrestling...in wrestling you have to fight and defeat him to wrest the Championship Belt from the opponent.

Writhe - twist in coils, contort in pain

Usage - The prisoner writhed in discomfort Link - If someone asks you to write the content while doing it...you will be contort in pain... :P

Wry - Dryly humorous, crooked or abnormal.

Usage - At first he made a wry face, but, one after another, the skins and the cores disappeared. Link - sounds like cry...when a person start laughing suddenly when hi is crying...it will be humorous...

Yen - strong desire or inclination, a yearning or craving, longing, urge

Usage - Raj had a yen to try cycling. Link1 - Yen sounds like Zen( Car); Zen is a famous model released by maruti , and when it was released every one had the yen to drive it... Link2 - Yen is also a currency of Japan...imagine when u r in Japan....and u start having a strong desire to do it with a prostitute....then you will have to pay yen(currency)...and if u r poor u will have yen to earn yen there...

Yeoman - man owning small estate, middle class farmer

Usage - It is the yeoman of the country who determines the nations policy. Link1 - Yeoman sounds like young man, a young man who is obviously inexperienced will be given petty roles or responsibilities in any business.

Yoke - join together, unite, join, slavery

Usage - People are suffering under the yoke of capitalism Link1 - yoke sounds similar to yak, yak is an animal which used carry load(burden, used for slavery). Link2 - replace y with j joke, you know a joke and a laugh brings, joins people together.

Yokel - a rustic, bumpkin, an unsophisticated country man, unintelligent person

Usage - A local yokel. Link1 - sounds like joker...generally when a person from village comes to the city, he becomes a joker because he does not know the city lifestyle. Link2 - sound like LOCAL..a local person who visits foreign countries is a rustic..

Yore - time long past.

Usage example...in the days of yore. Link1 - Yore sounds like bore, when you get bored , you think of the past(happy times). Link2 - yore : yaar...yaar ke saath time kaise nikal jata hai pata hi nahi chalta...

Taciturn - habitually silent, reserved, talking little

Usage - A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables. Link We were playing antakshari, it was my turn, but I was a taciturn, so I gave a pass!! Link2 - sounds like Taxi_turn....while taking turns during driving, you will always find the taxi driver silent..

Tactile - perceptible to the sense of touch, tangible.

Usage - The tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair Link sounds like fact + tile. It s a fact, all tiles are tactile.

Taint - contaminate; cause to lose purity

Usage - Shopkeepers usually taint the grocery products. Link - sounds like stain....where stain is one which causes to lose the purity. Link2 - Paint on sth is to increases beauty but TAINT on sth DAMAGES BEAUTY

Tantalize - to tease or torment (a person etc) by making him want something he cannot have and by keeping it just beyond his reach.
Usage - The expensive clothes in the shop-window tantalized her. Link sounds like Santa + realize. Santa saw a beautiful villa and was tantalized, only to realize that he cannot afford it... Link2 - sounds like taunt+entice....Taunt Tont Taunting someone... It means harassing

Tantamount - Equivalent in effect or value, commensurate with.

Usage - What he was saying was tantamount to heresy. Link sounds like Santa + amount. The amount given to Santa Singh was in commensurate with his work. Link2 - ta-n-ta; an equal amount of 'ta' on both sides of 'n'. Link3 - sounds like tent+mount...Tent's height is tantamount to mount Everest......

Taper - Gradual decreases, as in action or force, diminish or lessen gradually.

Usage - The storm finally tapered off. Link sounds like tape. When there is a water leakage, we apply a tape or a sticky substance (mseal) around the leak, and the leakage gradually decreases and finally stops.

Tarry - To delay or be late in going, coming or doing, lounge, linger,dawdle,dally

Usage - Two old boys tarried on the street discussing some issues. Link - sounds like Tar(material used to build roads)....when Tar gets stuck to your boot, it leaves the boot slowly.... Link2 - tarry sounds like the hindi word deri.....so a delay in doing something..

Taut - stretched tightly as a rope or wire

Usage - The clothes line is pulled taut and secured. Link - Taut sounds like Tight; and has the same meaning.

Tautological - needless repetition of the same sense in different words, redundancy

Link - Sounds like Tota(parrot); It REPEATS what ever you say.

Tawdry - gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance, shameful and indecent

Usage - She wore a tawdry necklace to the ball. Link - sounds like TOWEL+DRY......In a public locker room, a person who dries his body with a towel in front of
everybody is vulgar and gaudy.

Taxonomist - the science, laws or principles of classification

Usage - Scholars have been laboring to develop a taxonomy of young killers Link - sounds like TAX; People pay tax to the government, but does every one pay the same amount?People pay the taxes as per the slab(CLASSIFICATION) they fall into.

Tedium - the quality or condition of being tedious; tediousness or boredom.

Usage - I felt I would go mad with the tedium of the job. Link - Sounds a bit like 'tedious' which means annoying Link1 - tedium....stadium.......bored of sitting in a stadium when India is losing the cricket match very badly....

Teetotalism - One who abstains completely from alcoholic beverages.

Link - sounds like TEA -- TOTAL; He is TOtally into Tea and milk, no alcohols!!

Temerity - fearless daring, bold

Usage - Patients who have the temerity to the challenge their doctor. Link - Temerity (boldness) is the opposite of timidity, which means fear or shyness. Link2 - sounds my tea....why did you drink my tea....temerity behaviour...

Tempestuous - stormy, violent

Usage - A tempestuous relationship Link - Tempestuous-- > tempest--> Temper; If one loses a temper in a relationship, then it becomes violent or a tempestuous relationship.. Link2 - sounds like TEMP + PEST + OUS, so you will loose your TEMPer if someone keeps PESTering you. It
will obviously be VIOLENT.

Temporal - not lasting forever, worldly

Usage - Also, the net is very tolerant of temporal variability in the signal. Link - temporal is derived from temporary which means lasting only for a time

Temporize - to delay, or protract a discussion, negotiation, etc., esp in order to gain time or effect a compromise
Usage - The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote

Link sounds like Temper + rise. In a team meeting, if a person does not answer to the point, instead tries to equivocate, the tempers of the team leaders will surely rise... Link2 - sounds like memorize....If you are not able to memorize the GRE words properly you temporize your
plan to schedule the exam date immediately..

Tenable - able to be upheld, believed, maintained, or defended, reasonable, plausible.

Usage - This argument is simply not tenable. Link Ten + able. Will you be able to believe, if your friend says that he has ten kilos of moon rock?? No na, you argue by saying, dude thats not tenable.

Tenacious - holding or grasping firmly, tending to stick or adhere, stubborn or persistent.

Usage - He has a particularly tenacious grip on life. Link sounds like Tenu + she + yes. Tenu (means you in Punjabi), a charming boy held the girls hand firmly and said, tenu leke ghar jaoonga (i will take you home). The girl said NO, but his charm and persistent efforts bowled her and she said YES!! Link2 - Sounds like ten Asians. Ten developing Asian countries if united together, can not be pulled apart.

Tenancy - temporary possession or holding by a tenant of lands or property owned by another.

Usage - Check the terms of your tenancy closely. Link sounds like Nancy. Nanny told Nancy, her new tenant, please go through the terms and conditions of your tenancy.

Tendentious - having or showing an intentional tendency or bias, esp a controversial one, a partisan.
Usage - a tendentious account of the recent elections. Link sounds like Ten + senti . Raj had a tendentious nature; he gave 2 cents to Ramesh and ten cents to Suresh....Poor ramesh got senti.....

Tenet - an opinion, doctrine, or principle held as being true by a person or especially by an organization
Usage - non violence is the central tenet of their faith Link - sounds like TENANT...so the tenants were given a set of DOCTRINE by the owner before they could occupy the house.....

Tentative - uncertain, hesitant, not definite or positive

Usage - The restaurant hired two tentative cooks to deal with the extra rush during the holiday season. Link - sounds like tent + tenant....Living in a tent temporarily. If you are living in a tent, you are unsettled.

Tenuous - long and thin, slender, lacking substance

Usage - It is like a tenuous string Link - sounds like tennis....women who play tennis are long and thin and generally lack the substance( hope you understood :P)

Tepid - moderately warm, lukewarm, lacking in emotional warmth

Usage - He hates tepid coffee Link - sounds like tap....in winters everyone wants to have tepid water from the tap in the morning.... Link - sounds like insiPID....insipid is lacking in taste and tepid is lacking in emotional warmth

Tertiary - third in place, order, degree, or rank

Usage - Tertiary education follows secondary education Link - You can remember the meaning like this : primary education--> secondary education --> tertiary education; so something which comes afterSECONDary education is Tertiary education

Testator - maker of a will

Link - sounds like estator....means the owner of the estate....the estator wrote a testator.....