Mnemonics for appurtenance

• (Tag: ) appurtenance.. sounds like apartments..so u brought a apartment n all da

required accessory u wanted to decorate ur home...

Mnemonics for asperity

• (Tag: ) Asperity can be thought of as A spear with severity. i.e Sharpness

Mnemonics for brunt

(Tag: ) 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

Mnemonics for brusque

• (Tag: ) BRUSQUE=BRU+QUE...after long hours of waiting in the QUE,the

crowd was jus given a cup of BRU coffee. the crowd got pissed off and turned
VIOLENT
Mnemonics for cognate

• (Tag: ) or co(together) + nate(born), so those who are born together (like twins)
have the same origin.

Mnemonics for comely

• (Tag: Hindi) KOMAL, take it as a name and also concentrate on the meaning,
first it is a girl so it wud seem attractive to boys !!! and acc to meaning one who is
komal, soft n simple is easily agreeable..

Mnemonics for comity

• (Tag: ) comity sounds like come eat with us, which displays courtesy.

Mnemonics for complicity

• (Tag: ) complicity ac-complice.. complice root word, meaning a partner in crime.

Mnemonics for comport

• (Tag: ) comport = com + port. When you come to the (air)port, you need to
behave with dignity.

Mnemonics for condign

• (Tag: ) condign=deserved (of punishment) condign=co+n+dign ~>

come+and+dine...imagine after a well deserved punishment, ur mother calls u
back for dining :)

Mnemonics for connivance

• (Tag: ) cunning assistance!!!

Mnemonics for consequential

• (Tag: ) Whatever task we do it is IMPORTANT to realize its CONSEQUENces

Mnemonics for contend

• (Tag: ) contend...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.
Mnemonics for contention

• (Tag: Hindi) (IN HINDI) contention sounds like>> kaun tension le yaar, inke
claim (or thesis) ko fact maan lo.

Mnemonics for continence

• (Tag: ) sounds like "abstinence" which is to stay away or to restrain.

Mnemonics for contingent

• (Tag: ) relate with tangent... a tangent is dependent on the circle.

Mnemonics for contumacious

• (Tag: Hindi) (In Hindi language) Break the word as CON - TU - MA - CI- OUS n
tat can be read as Kaun Tu Ma Ki one who says this is disobedient

Mnemonics for cozen

(Tag: ) Instead of a DOZEN, he took 13 bananas, cheating the shopkeepe

Mnemonics for cursive

• (Tag: ) Remember Cursive writing we practised in junior school. Writing in a

flow

Mnemonics for cynosure

• (Tag: English) relate it with dinosaur......which is always a center of attraction.

Mnemonics for defray

• (Tag: ) it rhymes with PAY

Mnemonics for deterrent

• (Tag: ) DETER + RENT. A high rent IS ALWAYS A discouraging factor FOR

TENANTS.

Mnemonics for detraction

• (Tag: ) consider it as an opposite of attraction. The one who doesn't attract, we

slander that.

Mnemonics for disabuse

• (Tag: ) story: like a girl fall in love with a rascal, and her father comes to know.
what he will do is abuse the boy and disabuse the girl about the boy. simple naa.

Mnemonics for disband

• (Tag: ) band:[music band] music group.. disband is to break up and separate..

Mnemonics for distant

• (Tag: ) If u go to a DISTANT planet it will be COLD IN manner

Mnemonics for divest

• (Tag: ) opposite to invest; di + vest; vest means an inner garment; divest is to

remove it.

Mnemonics for docket

• (Tag: ) docket - rocket - a rocket launch involves many trial programs before the
actual takeoff.

Mnemonics for dossier

• (Tag: ) Dossier sounds like BOSS+here.. so ur boss is here n he needs d file!

Mnemonics for dowdy

• (Tag: english) DOWDY somewhat sounds like DOWRY-a person who gets
DOWRY is untidy
Mnemonics for drab

• (Tag: ) rhymes with crab, which is a dull creature.

Mnemonics for drivel

• (Tag: ) The drunken driver making nonsense in public

Mnemonics for droll

• (Tag: ) when u r amused u roll on the ground

Mnemonics for effete

• (Tag: ) relate the word with defeat..which means losing ones power

Mnemonics for elucidate

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Mnemonics for emollient

• (Tag: ) divide it as e + moll(..mole which is a black spot)+ ient. If we find a black

spot on our skin, we quickly start searching for a SOOTHING REMEDY to
remove it.

Mnemonics for engross

• (Tag: ) pick the word gross - grass garden is fill with grass.

Mnemonics for enjoin

• (Tag: ) EN(means to become) + join...you command and order people to join

and become members of your group.

Mnemonics for ensconce

• (Tag: ) a child gets his ice cream CONe which makes him settle down
comfortably.

Mnemonics for enthrall

• (Tag: ) en+thrall(very close to word thrill......)and you are thrilled by seeing this
enthralling jump in sea.........

Mnemonics for exchequer

• (Tag: ) cheque ~ money ~ treasury

Mnemonics for excoriate

• (Tag: ) Examiner (EX-) ne meri kori (cori)(in hindi blank) answer sheets ko dekh
ke mujhe bahut harsh remarks diye.

Mnemonics for exiguous

• (Tag: ) "exit juice". juice is exitin from the glass through a SMALL hole :P
Mnemonics for expatiate

• (Tag: ) expatiate - ex + pati (husband in hindi) + ate - your ex husband ate your
brain talking some nonsense tried to convince you to remarry him, means he
talked at length.

Mnemonics for expletive

• (Tag: ) Your parents will surely utter 'Expletive' words if you are 'Expelled' from
the exam.

nemonics for expropriate

• (Tag: ) ex+propriate; ex+property...so depriving someone of his property

Mnemonics for extirpate

• (Tag: ) Extirpate~~~Exterminate

Mnemonics for extradition

• (Tag: ) consider the trad part in extradition--> its like trading (of prisoners)
between two states

Mnemonics for exude

• (Tag: ) exclude is to remove and exude is to remove but slowly. like oozing out of
liquid..

Mnemonics for ferret

 • (Tag :) ferret sounds like for+rat == I want rat== so hunt it...search for it and hunt
it

Mnemonics for fete

• (Tag :) I bought a new ford FIESTA (sounds like fete) so I am celebrating

Mnemonics for filigree

• (Tag: English) suppose that opposite of filigree is 3rd degree (torture) ... 3rd
degree torture is very harsh and hard punishment given using (electric ) wires ...
but filigree is a very delicate (not hard) and fine ornamentation done with wire.

Mnemonics for flit

• (Tag: general) flit=fly like it (can be anything) which is lite. n something thats lite
fly's swiftly..

Mnemonics for flotsam

• (Tag: English) Seems very similar to something that is floating. Float (FLOT) &
some(SAM). So, flotsam means some thing that is floating specially some parts of
a ship.

Mnemonic for flounder

• (Tag: Global) Sounds similar to founder.. a startup founder has to face lots of
difficulties in the beginning.

Mnemonics for foist

• (Tag: ) when you hoist the flag improperly, it is called foist.

Mnemonics for fractious

• (Tag: Hindi) f + RACTIOUS -> RACTIOUS sounds like RAKSHAS(like
Raavan) -> RAKSHAS' are easily irritated

Mnemonic for fraught

• (Tag: Global) fraught = fraud + caught; The fraud or thief was caught. His
pockets were filled with jewels and money.

Mnemonics for fritter

• (Tag: ) fritter rhymes with bitter...since the food was bitter, I wasted them

Mnemonics for frond

• (Tag: ) some fronds grow in ponds

Mnemonics for fulsome

• (Tag: ) usually when you have sex, two people is enough, threesome is more than
enough, FULSOME(foursome) is excessive
Mnemonics for geniality

• (Tag: ) congenial - being friendly

Mnemonics for gerrymander

• (Tag: Eng) 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.

Mnemonics for gestate

• (Tag: Hindi) GAS+PATE- when somebody is pregnant, it seems if

PATE(stomach) is full of GAS.

Mnemonics for glean

• (Tag: English) It sounds like clean. You clean by picking up bit by bit.

Mnemonics for gloat

• (Tag: ) g+loat....LOOT...so think of dacoits who express their evil satisfaction

after looting houses of people.

Mnemonics for gossamer

• (Tag: ) SOUNDS LIKE gussa..mar de yaar..gussa mat ho.....take things

lightly....light lena sikho..yaar..that's how you advice your friend.

Mnemonics for gouge

• (Tag: ) In slang language we call goggles as gouge - So when you buy a pair of
branded gouge, which are expensive, you think the shopkeeper is overcharging
you.
Mnemonics for gouge
• (Tag: ) relate it wid ""gao ge"(in hindi as we pronounce singing) ->IndianIdol
->Anu Malik-saying agar tum aisa bekar gao ge to main tumhari ankhen bahar
nikal dunga (by digging/ scooping action)! Can he use a chisel also in doing so?!

Mnemonics for grate

• (Tag: ) ( when u win any compitetion then ppl say the word.. "GREAT." which is
grate.. they actually shout out loud.. making an harsh noice..)

Mnemonics for grovel

• (Tag: English) One who wants to "grow well" needs to grovel before his manager.
Mnemonics for gruel
• (Tag: ) sounds like cruel. Imagine a cruel person getting more cruel day by day
because he is getting thin liquid porridge in the prison.

Mnemonics for grueling

• (Tag: ) a cruel person is grueled(exhausted) at some point of time

Mnemonic for gruff

• (Tag: Global) g+ruff ~ rough; a rough-mannered person is generally gruff.

Mnemonics for guffaw

• (Tag: ) remember gufa in hindi. If you laugh a bit in gufa, it sounds like
boisterous laugh.

Mnemonics for gull

• (Tag: ) cheezein "gull" karna matlab trick se flick karna.

Mnemonics for gustatory

• (Tag: ) guests ke liye taste is gustatory.

Mnemonics for gusto

• (Tag: ) GUSTo..gust..guest..you are filled with much enthusiasm while you
eagerly wait for your guest to arrive.

Mnemonics for gusty

• (Tag: ) gusty=dusty..so when the wind blows dust will form.

Mnemonics for guy

• (Tag: ) You tie a COW (in hindi GUY) with a rope.
Mnemonics for harrowing

• (Tag: ) harrow - sounds like sorrow and sorrow leads to agony, so........

Mnemo nics for hortatory

• (Tag: Asian Villages) While ploughing farms with bulls, farmers say "HUR
HUR ;HORT HORT" to encourage bulls to move ahead. This is HORTATORY.

Mnemonics for imbroglio

• (Tag: ) IM+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.

Mnemonics for immolate

• (Tag: ) sounds like omelette(egg) where a chicken is scarified to satiate hunger.

Mnemonics for implicate

• (Tag: ) We write IMPLY symbol to show something is true. Here, we are imply
for suggesting someone is guilty.

Mnemonics for impolitic

• (Tag: ) "impolitic" rhymes with 'in politic(s)',people are 'not wise'

Mnemonics for imponderable

• (Tag: ) IM + PONDERABLE sounds like IM + POUNDS = w/o pounds =

weightless

Mnemonics for import

• (Tag: ) import is short for important

Mnemonics for importunate

• (Tag: ) Someone who is IM (not) PORTUNATE(fortunate) urges or demands for

money to buy food.

Mnemonics for imprecation

• (Tag: ) im+precation(relate it to precaution.....so you must take a precaution

before saying somebody a curse, or using any offensive word.

Mnemonics for impudence

• (Tag: ) Impudense = Impure + densely = densely impure, very rude

Mnemonics for impuissance

• (Tag: Slang) a PUSSY

Mnemonics for impute

• (Tag: ) im(put)e... put the credit to somebody

Mnemonics for incapacitate

• (Tag: ) in(not)+capacity: making someone incapable or injuring him badly.

Mnemonics for inchoate

• (Tag: hindi) choate seems like "chote"..for example "chote bachche" means not
fully grown up or in the initial stage of life.

Mnemonics for inclement

• (Tag: ) clemen(t)cy means kind, while inclement means unkind, rude,(for a

person) stormy(for weather).
Mnemonics for incontinent

• (Tag: ) on continent or island say, there is no bahtrooms.. sou feel incontinent on

continent or island.

Mnemonics for incur

• (Tag: ) incur.....MR AMBANI incurred Rs 10000k loss during the stock market
crash.....:)

Mnemonics for indemnify

• (Tag: ) in(not)+debt+fy.....you pay compensation for the loss they incurred to

save them from falling into debt.......

Mnemonics for indenture

• (Tag: ) Indenture can be separated as In-debt-to-Sir (debt to your master)

implying you as a slave or an apprentice to your master.

Mnemonics for inebriated

• (Tag: ) inebriety sounds like celebrity , who always drinks

Mnemonics for ineluctable

• (Tag: ) ineluctable -- in +luc(k)+table.. So, a person will be lucky or unlucky in

his work on a particular day as per his luck-table, he can't escape from it, it's
unavoidable.

Mnemonics for infidel

• (Tag: ) Infy+Dell : NO ONE will BELIEVE if someone says infy and dell
merged.

Mnemonics for ingrained

• (Tag: ) if we divide this into three parts...in+grain+ed....we see that middle

part...grain....which is the seed of a food plant,,,and we know that food plant is
always deeply rooted in the soil before it matures and devlop seeds.

Mnemonic for iniquitous

• (Tag: Global) INIQUITOUS ~ IN + Equity; in + equity -> not treating everyone

equally (which is considered as INIQUITOUS or sinful act)
Mnemonics for insensate

• (Tag: ) Insensate: who has no sense can not be moved or has no sense

Mnemonics for internecine

• (Tag: ) 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.

Mnemonics for inured

• (Tag: Global) someone INJURED again and again will become TOUGH

Mnemonics for inveigle

• (Tag: ) inveigle sounds like in veil. SO something that is concealed by a veil.

Outward appearances are sometimes deceptive.
Mnemonics for jovial

• (Tag: ) jovial=jo(joy)+vi(by)+al(all), so jovial means happiness, joyful, merriment

Mnemonics for juncture

• (Tag: ) sounds very similar to PUNCTURE...well if your tyre gets punctured

when you have an important meeting, you find your self IN a HUGE CRISIS.

Mnemonics for junket

• (Tag: ) in hindi (jun)ta (ke) paiso se (T)ravel is JUNKET :)

Mnemonics for kernel

• (Tag: ) kernel sounds similar to colonel. In an army the colonel has an importance
of being the central authority.

Mnemonics for knave

• (Tag: ) k+nave..naive(means trustworthy, innocent)....knave is just the opposite of

naive.

Mnemonics for knead

• (Tag: ) knead = k-nead(need)...what do you need? ..food? Then you will have to
mix the dough

Mnemonics for knell

• (Tag: english) knell== k + (hell+bell) === when u die u wil be in hell... so knell
means tolling of a bell to indicate funeral

Mnemonics for knoll

• (Tag: ) KNOLL= KNOT + HILL, i.e-- its like a knot on a thread.... which is like a
small aberration on the thread.. implying a small hill on the land

Mnemonics for knotty

• (Tag: ) knotty- with lots of knots -difficult to disentangle, difficult to manage.

Mnemonics for laceration

• (Tag: ) sounds like laSeration...that is use of laser...so using a laser can cause a
torn wound on your skin

Mnemonics for lambaste

• (Tag: hindi) lamba st(ick) se pitai karna... beat badly with a long stick

Mnemonics for lank

• (Tag: ) tank will be short and fat, lank is opposite of tank-long and thin

Mnemonics for larder

• (Tag: ) kid went up the LADDER to steal jam from the pantry

Mnemonics for latitude

• (Tag: ) mnemonic:latitude:can be interpreted as lasting attitude,...and any one

who's got a good atitude will always be free from narrow thoughts, he/she will
never become narrow minded because they have a good attitude.

Mnemonics for lecherous

• (Tag: hindi) le(kar) charas usne kiya nasha aur phir ki ladkibazi:) easy na

Mnemonics for libertine

• (Tag: English) LIBERTINE=liberti+ne=LIBERTY IN Excess can make you

irresponsible and immoral.

Mnemonics for libido

• (Tag: English) sounds like Dildo, hence the mnemonic

Mnemonics for limn

• (Tag: ) limn ... m out --- lin (e)

Mnemonics for lithe

• (Tag: ) Sounds like "light" and something which is light in weight can easily be
moved and bended.
Mnemonics for litotes

• (Tag: ) lie + quotes(kind of similar to euphemism too)

Mnemonics for lumber

• (Tag: Hindi) Relate to the person who is "lamba" (lamba in Hindi language means
tall person in English ) moves heavily or clumsily

Mnemonics for makeshift

• (Tag: ) 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

Mnemonics for mangle

• (Tag: ) mango ko mangle kar do , it means cut into pieces.

Mnemonics for manumit

• (Tag: ) MAN-U-MIGHT-GO and be free!

Mnemonics for meek

• (Tag: ) meeku. sounds like lil boy's name..n lil boys are submissive

Mnemonics for mete

• (Tag: English) meter is a measure..(think of some device to measure lenth and

having a line on it on it's boundary)

Mnemonic for mettle

• (Tag: Global) Sounds like metal and metals are obviously strong. So, can be
related to a strong courageous person.

Mnemonics for mincing

• (Tag: English) mincing cud be related to mint which REFINES our breath
Mnemonics for misapprehension

• (Tag: ) apprehend means to understand..

Mnemonics for misdemeanor

• (Tag: ) Mis+demi moore has done a small mistake

Mnemonics for misgiving

• (Tag: ) Miss giving good grades to me? Doubt it

Mnemonics for molt

• (Tag: ) SOUNDS LIKE "BOLT" WHICH MEANS LOCKING OR FASTENING

SOMETHING. "MOLT" IS THE OPPOSITE, WHICH MEANS "SHEDDING"

Mnemonics for morbid

• (Tag: ) MORBID = MORTAL (deadly) + BITE (like of an insect) --> a deadly

bite is unhealthy and disease related.

Mnemonics for mordant

• (Tag: hindi) more +daant = more teeth, so biting

Mnemonics for musty

• (Tag: ) stale and old thing catch dust.. hence become "dusty".. it rhymes with
musty..
Mnemonics for niggardly

• (Tag: hindi) ni(nahi) gar(ghar or home) jiske pass ghar nahi hai woh toh reluctant
hoga hi!

Mnemonics for niggle

• (Tag: english) niggle: sounds like a new girls. who is worrying too much about
her first day in college.

Mnemonics for nostrum

• (Tag: ) put RUM in the NOSTrils.....to cure cold.... :D

Mnemonics for obliterate

• (Tag: ) after destruction things are all over the place and it seems as if the place
has been littered.. hence ob+liter+ate

Mnemonics for obloquy

• (Tag: ) etymologically OB-'against' and LOQUY-'talk'. Therefore OBLOQUY

means to TALK AGAINST SOMEONE,i.e. SLANDER

Mnemonics for opprobrium

• (Tag: ) If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized, humiliated & put
to shame.

Mnemonics for obstreperous

• (Tag: ) ob( oppose) + streper ( stripper) + ous (us-our). = ppl opposed to have
strippers as their neighbors by making noisy protest.

Mnemonics for obtuse

• (Tag: ) imagine a pencil tip...the more obtuse the angle between the two edges of
the tip...the more blunt the tip is..

Mnemonics for opalescent

• (Tag: ) opelascent > opel astra and accent cars when brand new.. shine! are
lustrous!

Mnemonics for oratorio

• (Tag: ) think of an old melody ( english) with violin and long " oooooooooooooo"
sound. the word starts and ends with O. OOOratoriOOOOO means music or song
without acting

Mnemonics for ordeal

• (Tag: ) OR+DEAL...DEALING WITH ORIYA SPEAKING PEOPLE IN

ANOTHER LANGUAGE is quite a difficult experience.

Mnemonics for overwrought

• (Tag: ) over+wrought => remember wrought iron. Which has become so due to
agitation and hysterisis.
Mnemonics for pernicious

• (Tag: ) word can be divided like per+nicious. nicious when pronounced sounds
like noxious...so noxious.. ..so something harmful.....

Mnemonics for perpetrate

• (Tag: ) per+pet+r+ate--eating pet animal is doing wrong

Mnemonics for pestilential

• (Tag: English) pests spread diseases

Mnemonics for pine

• (Tag: ) pani ke liye pine karna....

Mnemonics for plumage

• (Tag: English) Birds wen they AGE, they become PLUM(P) and shed off their
feathers :/

Mnemonics for plumb

• (Tag: ) plumb--plumber who tests the pipe to see whether it is exactly vertical or
not.
• (Tag: ) On the lines of Mann007: a PLUMBER EXAMINES a pipe
CRITICALLY to see if it is VERTICAL and so MEASURES DEPTH of the tank.

Mnemonics for politic

• (Tag: ) To enter POLITICs, one has to highly PRACTICAL n they must also have
a WELL DEVISED plan to succeed!

Mnemonics for preclude

• (Tag: ) PRECLUDE is to EXCLUDE or keep out, whereas INCLUDE which is

its

Mnemonics for prelate

• (Tag: ) church bishops are always late.

Mnemonics for primordial

• (Tag: ) mordial (moral) so as we know moral values exists from begning

Mnemonics for privy

• (Tag: ) priv(PRIVATE)+Y.......SO A PRIVATE DISCUSSION IS ALWAYS

secret and hidden from others.

Mnemonics for procrastinate

• (Tag: ) PRO cas 3 ate = Person ka kaam 3 din late

Mnemonics for profusion

• (Tag: English) WHERE THERE IS FUSION (EXPLOSION, ABUNDANCE,

MUCH) OF MONEY

Mnemonics for promiscuous

• (Tag: ) sounds like promise + mix...so you have promised your dad that you will
mix with all the students in class and will not be attaching yourself to a single
group of students...

Mnemonics for promontory

• (Tag: ) pro+MOUNT

Mnemonics for propinquity

• (Tag: ) Propinquity has PIN in it. If you pin two things together they are close
together

Mnemonics for propitiate

• (Tag: ) PROf+PITI- if you want professor's pity then you would have to appease
him/her.

Mnemonics for propound

• (Tag: ) propo(propose) + ound(round) = what do we propose at a round table, an

idea, guys :)

Mnemonics for proviso

• (Tag: ) Proviso=visa condition required for ms in us.

Mnemonics for prune

• (Tag: english) Rhymes with SALOON, where barber CUT(TRIM) our hair...
Mnemonics for prurient

• (Tag: ) opposite of being prude

Mnemonics for pry

• (Tag: ) sounds like spy who interferes in others' private affairs and also OPENS
up some secrets

Mnemonics for punctilious

• (Tag: ) it is very close to word 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.

Mnemonics for purport

• (Tag: English) PURPORT:PURPOSE

Mnemonics for purveyor

• (Tag: ) remember conveyor which means supplying something..purveyor=

person+ conveyor. A person who does a job of conveyor by supplying something
to others.

Mnemonics for pusillanimous

• (Tag: ) take it as PUSSY + ANIMAL = a pussy will always be dumb and

cowardly, will always lack courage.
Mnemonics for quaint

• (Tag: ) quaint can be closely related with the word "FAINT" where you need to
take the meaning as faint colors which are ODD,OLD FASHIONED.

Mnemonics for qualm

• (Tag: ) opposite of Calm

Mnemonics for quintessence

• (Tag: ) Quint+essence.It carries a quintal(a large amount) of ESSENCE(feel) of

itself. Therefore it is a perfect example of it's type.

Mnemonics for quirk

• (Tag: ) Sounds like "quick" (sharp turn).

Mnemonics for quisling

• (Tag: ) Quislings are prone to QUIZZLINGS by the government when caught!

Mnemonics for ravel

• (Tag: ) You will entangle(ravel) your RIVAL with ropes

Mnemonics for raze

• (Tag: ) Raze means to destroy completely. So the word raze sounds similar to
erase.raze=erase...which means to remove or clean completely.

Mnemonics for recumbent

• (Tag: English) recum+bent => sounds similar like become+bent. you become bent
while sitting means you lie down.

Mnemonics for reek

• (Tag: ) A Drainage LEAK will emit a REEK :)

Mnemonics for renegade

• (Tag: ) renegade sounds like grenade. A person who throws a grenade in his own
country is a Traitor.

Mnemonics for renege

• (Tag: English) renege : made of re+nege nege is a root for negative, go negative
on ones own said words, which is the meaning.

Mnemonics for repast

• (Tag: ) Repast or say re+fast...before refasting the next day muslims have a repast.

Mnemonics for repertoire

• (Tag: ) =REPET (Repeat) + TOIRE (sounds like CHOIR = songs) => so repeat-
choir = repeat songs = collection of songs

Mnemonics for repine

• (Tag: ) re+pine, pine rhymes with wine, so when you are given a wine that is not
proper, you will COMPLAIN.

Mnemonics for reprieve

• (Tag: ) sounds like relieve and means the same

Mnemonics for reprise

• (Tag: English) REPEAT PERFORMANCE because it has got PRAISE...is RE-

PRISE

Mnemonics for reprobate

• (Tag: ) reprobate: rep(repeatedly)+rob+ate.. a person who again and again robs

other peoples food and eats it up has no moral values.

Mnemonics for requiem

• (Tag: ) requiem = re (recite) + quie (quiet) + m (man); means recite for a

quiet/dead man.

Mnemonics for resumption

• (Tag: ) it can be linked from resume - which means starting again

Mnemonics for resuscitate

• (Tag: ) Compare it with 'Resurrect'; meanings are also same.

Mnemonics for retinue

• (Tag: rhyme) sounds like routine what you FOLLOW (daily) is routine(oops
retinue) i.e follow-->routine following-->retinue

Mnemonics for reverie

• (Tag: ) (rever)ie, rever sounds like river. if you think of sitting with a girl on a
river bank you are daydreaming.

Mnemonics for revert

• (Tag: ) =reverse

Mnemonics for riddle

• (Tag: ) If we remember Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets... Harry destroys

Tom RIDDLE's diary by PIERCING it.

Mnemonics for rider

• (Tag: ) a recent RIDER to the motorcyclist riders act of India is the Helmet Rule
is compulsory.
Mnemonics for rife

• (Tag: English) rife==> rifle which has abundant bullets

Mnemonics for roil

• (Tag: ) when you BOIL a SOUP you ROIL it to ensure that the ingredients are
properly mixed..

Mnemonics for ruffian

• (Tag: ) Sounds like "rough"-ian. i.e., a rowdy person.

Mnemonics for scintilla

• (Tag: ) scintilla = skiny + tinka tinka in hindi means a small drop.. so both the
words mean small bits..

Mnemonics for scourge

• (Tag: english) SCOld with COURaGE :: We first scold a person and then give
mnhim punishment(which needs courage)

Mnemonics for scurry

• (Tag: ) scurry..sounds like SCARY...SO if you see something scary.you move

hastily from that place.

Mnemonics for scuttle

• (Tag: ) s-cut-tle -->if there happens to be a cut in a ship,it will sink..

Mnemonics for sedition

• (Tag: ) SEDITION or OPPOSITION which are rhyming words refer to words or

actions inciting rebellion.

Mnemonics for seedy

• (Tag: ) the original seed the plant grows out of is right at the bottom in the
ground.. thats what seedy means.. to lower or run down some one..

Mnemonics for seethe

• (Tag: ) SOOTHE if you remember, means, calm/quiet...Seethe is its opposite,

meaning, violent.

Mnemonics for sensitization

• (Tag: ) SENSITIZATION or SENSITIZE - cause to respond readily to STIMULI

or stimulus.

Mnemonics for sepulcher

• (Tag: ) it can be breaked into see(p)+ vulture .As vulture is human flesh eating
animal will b found near tombs.
Mnemonics for shard

• (Tag: ) s + hard..it is very HARD to join the broken FRAGMENTS OF

POTTERY.

Mnemonics for sheaf

• (Tag: ) Remeber it with chef,a chef brings a bundle of grain sacks for
cooking..Has a gud stock in kitchen for preparing food.

Mnemonics for sibylline

• (Tag: ) SIBYLLINE is a SIGN of the DIVINE.

Mnemonics for silt

• (Tag: ) SILT is not exactly FILTH but sediment deposited by a river on course.

Mnemonics for sinewy

• (Tag: ) sounds like "sunny" deol who is muscular and strong.

Mnemonics for skimp

• (Tag: ) skimp (less than required) clothes of kim sharma (bollywood actress)

Mnemonics for skulk

• (Tag: ) skulk reminds us of skull. People who associate themselves with that
symbol are usually notorious(like pirates). And as everyone knows such people
move about secretly.

Mnemonics for slink

• (Tag: ) When his links with the Mafia were revealed, he slunk (slink) through the
roads of Mumbai.

Mnemonics for slipshod

• (Tag: ) slipshod.....very close to slipshot ..slip+shot..(in cricket)....so now think of

a batsman ...playing a SHOT TO THE SLIP in a VERY CARELESS
MANNER...thereby being caught out by the fielder at the slip.

Mnemonics for slither

• (Tag: ) SLITHER rhymes with SLIPper. So remember it as SLIP.

Mnemonics for slough

• (Tag: ) slough sounds similar to slaughter....so when there is a slaughter ,so many
lives are CAST OFF

Mnemonics for sodden

• (Tag: ) SODDEN ...remove the 'o' and replace it with 'a',u get sadden(ed)...so
when u are saddened u look so DULL

Mnemonics for sojourn

• (Tag: ) so-journ, remember it as so(sona)to sleep,during a journey,therefore it

would be a temporary stay at a place away from your home..

Mnemonics for solecism

• (Tag: funny) It's a funny one...When someone's shoe sole comes out it is a social
blunder...

Mnemonics for sophistry

• (Tag: ) remember"sophisticated".... looks eloquent and eloborate..but logically

invalid...

Mnemonics for solicitous

• (Tag: ) Solicit means to request earnestly for something, but if you have to wait
for it to happen then you are liable to become solicitous.

Mnemonics for sparse

• (Tag: ) sparse... purse of the ladies.. now a days which is so small and thin...

Mnemonics for spat

• (Tag: english) spat-sounds like >spit-and when you spit on someone it leads to a
minor quarrel.

Mnemonics for staccato

• (Tag: )When the cat suddenly jumps on to stack, it makes an abrupt sharp sound.

Mnemonics for staid

• (Tag: ) STAID rhymes with MAID.think that a maid is RESPECTFUL,its a rarity

Mnemonics for stanch

• (Tag: HINDI) stanch~kaanch (peice of glass) ; kaanch chubta hai to khoon behta
hai jise hum rokten hain (or we stanch it !)

Mnemonics for steep

• (Tag: ) It's "stow deep". i.e., keep something deep in a liquid.

Mnemonics for stifle

• (Tag: ) stifle is similar to Stifler(American pie series). imagine abt the guy... he
used to supress and ditch around his fellow ppl.

Mnemonics for stilted

• (Tag: English) when you are stilted you are still and tilted

Mnemonics for stint

• (Tag: ) stint ..sounds like stunt....and all stunt are learned when u spent SOME
FIXED TIME TO LEARN THE INTRICACIES OF YOUR TASK .

Mnemonics for stodgy

• (Tag: ) stodgy-a old fashoined doggy

Mnemonics for stoke

• (Tag: ) Sounds like "stove" which is a furnace.

Mnemonics for strew

• (Tag: ) strew = threw

Mnemonics for strident

• (Tag: Hindi) Think of "stree"(wife) + "dant"(tooth). A girl's mouth is always loud

and harsh - craving for supremacy or attention :)

Mnemonics for strife

• (Tag: English) STRIFE <> STRIKE

Mnemonics for stultify

• (Tag: English) Stultify sounds like STUNT+IFY. When one guy who tries to be a
stunt man and fails then he looks stupid.Stultify=stunt+failed.

Mnemonics for subjugate

• (Tag: hindi) it just sound in hindi like "SaB JUkhkege mere GATE ke
aage"...mean conquer , bring under control..(it sounds good) ;)

Mnemonics for suborn

• (Tag: ) sub+porn = to force someone to see porn is unlawful

Mnemonics for subsume

• (Tag: ) subsume -- sub + sum + e. Sum -- summing. summing something means

adding up and hence to include everything.

Mnemonics for subversive

• (Tag: ) subversive--->reversive--->go against established rule. Revert (to cause

downfall) from inside.

Mnemonics for succor

• (Tag: ) Succour in hindi sounds like sukkar(IYA)....SUKKARIYA.....means

thanks....so to whom do we say sukkariya or thanks??...obviously to someone who
HELPS or ASSISTS us in OUR DIFFICULT TIME ..OR in a time of difficulty.

Mnemonics for suffuse

• (Tag: ) akin to other fuses: diffuse, effuse - all of which mean flow or spread.

Mnemonics for sundry

• (Tag: Hindi) SUNDARI (beautiful girl) ke peeche SEVERAL boys pade hai :P

Mnemonics for supple

• (Tag: ) Playing cards can be SHUFFLED because they are SUPPLE

Mnemonics for tawdry

• (Tag: ) taw - Toy which is cheap and Dry - Means it is dry showy - Not proper
elegence.

Mnemonics for tempestuous

• (Tag: ) TEMPESTUOUS can be split as TEMP + PEST + OUS, so how will your
TEMPer be if someone keeps PESTering you. It will obviously be VIOLENT.

Mnemonics for temporize

• (Tag: English) (Temporize ~ Memorize); If you are not able to memorize the
GRE words properly you temporize your plan to schedule the exam date
immediately

Mnemonics for tendentious

• (Tag: ) Rearrange the words to make - Tend or Tendency + ious or bias. So,
TENDENTIOUS is a TENDENcy towards one viewpoint over another.

Mnemonics for tipple

• (Tag: ) Reminds of tippu sultan. Kings we see in films usually drink and enjoy.

Mnemonics for torrid

• (Tag: ) torturously arid or hot & arid=torrid

Mnemonics for totter

• (Tag: ) Sounds Like Torture. therefore while someone is released after being
tortured..he moves unsteadily.

Mnemonics for tract

• (Tag: ) You would drive a TRACTOR in a TRACT(meaning an expanse of land

or say a field) to get it ready for cultivation.

Mnemonics for traduce

• (Tag: ) TRADUCE - TO + REDUCE someone's good image, to slander or

defame.
Mnemonics for transpire

• (Tag: ) Conspire is Secret plot, so transpire is to open the secret, reveal it

Mnemonic for travail

• (Tag: Global)travel If want to get chance travel overseas have to travail hard

Mnemonics for treatise

• (Tag: ) focus on TREATI..almost same as TREATY...now remember treaty

between two nations, so it must be a formal written document

Mnemonics for trough

• (Tag: English) We are fimiliar with/studied the crest and troughs of waves !
• (Tag: ) A TROUGH is something HOLLOW, say a hollow receptacle for feeding
animals. It also refers to a ditch or crater.

Mnemonics for truculence

• (Tag: ) sounds very similar to DRACULA which is damn aggressive

Mnemonics for turgid

• (Tag: ) both turgid and tumid sound a little like "too much"
Mnemonics for unguent

• (Tag: ) Ungent if rephrased as urgent can be used as, say, 'There is an urgent need
for the ointment (ungent).

Mnemonics for unprepossessing

• (Tag: English) split it as un+possessing. something which you dont want to

possess is unattractive.

Mnemonics for untenable

• (Tag: ) a child un(der) ten not able defense himself they need parents maintenance
(under+ten+not able)

Mnemonic for unwieldy

• (Tag: ) Unwieldy---un+wield(near to wild)+y--anything wild or awkward looking

thing is unwieldy.

Mnemonics for venial

• (Tag: ) key word is menial. We forgive someone for menial mistakes.

Mnemonics for vernal

• (Tag: ) Ver (above) nal (tap of water) (in Marathi, Hindi) -- water falling from the
tap which is above us like rain.

Mnemonics for vicarious

• (Tag: ) Vicarious and precarious. It is precarious (unsafe) to use a substitute

(vicarious) medicine unless the doctor prescribes it.
Mnemonics for vicissitude

• (Tag: ) vicissitude sounds like ...WISE ATTITUDE...... whenver there is

variation in circumstances or fortune at diffrent times of life, only a WISE
PERSON WHO POSSES WISE(good)ATTITUDE CAN HANDLE THE
SITUATION PROPERLY.....

Mnemonics for vignette

• (Tag: ) MTV roadies vignettes was a program to show l'il bit inside stuff of
roadies i.e to give little description

Mnemonics for vitiate

• (Tag: ) Vitiate is similar to contaminate and they both mean - to spoil, to pollute.

Mnemonics for vitreous

• (Tag: ) Remember the Ad of Kajaria VITRIFIED tiles - These tiles look GLASSY
and decorative

Mnemonics for volition

• (Tag: ) Volition: Voting- Politicion

Mnemonics for vouchsafe

• (Tag: ) VouchSafe: A voucher is valuable, and where do we keep valuables - in a

safe- a safe is a guaranteed security, therefore vouchsafe.
Mnemonic for wangle

• (Tag: english) 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 .

Mnemonic for wean

• (Tag: English) Wean sounds like Bean ( say SoyBEAN)-- milk is considered a
good alternative to cow's milk, so you can wean away the baby from its mother's
milk and feed it soya milk instead.

Mnemonics for whittle

• (Tag: ) whit = small... whittle is to make things smaller by cutting

Mnemonics for wince

• (Tag: English) when opposite party WINS our faCES becomes wince

Mnemonic for wont

• (Tag: english) Wont is similar to want... you want (wish) to do something and in
wont you are accustomed to do something.

Mnemonic for zany

• (Tag: Bollywood actor) zany sounds like Johnny...Johnny Walker, a comedian

with a zany sense of humour.