WORDLIST 23 1.WORD Meaning mnemonic season. : hibernal : of, relating to, or occurring in winter : similar to hibernate.

Bears hibernate during the WINTERY

2.WORD Meaning

: hibernate : sleep throughout winter

3.WORD Meaning

: hierarchy : arrangement by rank or standing

4.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hieroglyphic : picture writing : hieroglyPhIC...observe PIC in the word...easy to remember..

5.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hilarity : great merriment : hilari.. hilari (American president candidate).....she laughed loudly when she come to know about her selection as president.

6.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hindmost : located farthest to the rear : hind=behind.. hind most.. most behind or furthest behind..

7.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hindrance : block, obstacle : hindrance...HIDE-ENTRANCE....which means obstructing. obstacle or block

8.WORD Meaning

: hinterlands : back country (farthest areas of a country)

9.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hireling : one who works for hire. : (Tag: hire - ing) When you hire a person, he works only for money

10.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hirsute : hairy : some one who wears a hir(hair)+sute(suit)....so someone who wears a suit of hairs to look like jamvant( a hindu mythological character)...who was very hairy)...

11.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: histrionic : theatrical : (Tag: eng) histrionic-- sounds like history. We find that most of the plays performed on stage in the theatre are from history, hence the name histrionic, theatrical.

12.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hoard (v.) : stockpile; accumulate for future use : A whore make so much money through prostitution that she has a hoard of cash. she has to make money earlier in her age..... as she cannot sell herself once she becomes old

13.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hoary : white with age : Hoary or Hairy (white here).

14.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hoax : trick : HOAX rhymes with 'JOKES'. a practical joke or simply a trick

15.WORD Meaning

: holocaust : destruction by fire

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: (Tag: English) 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 ..

16.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: holster : pistol case : A holster HOLDS a gun.

17.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: homage : honor; tribute : Homage = Home + Age; In our culture, we respect the aged persons of our home.

18.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: homeostasis : tendency of a system to maintain relative stability. : 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.

19.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: homespun : made at home, domestic : (Tag: split) home + spun: spun at home, or made at home.

20.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: homily : serious warning, sermon : homily = home becomes silly....when you get a warning from your parents you take it as an unwanted homily (sermon).

21.WORD Meaning

: homogenous : of the same kind

22.WORD Meaning

: hone : sharpen

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: Hone sounds like horn or cone, and both horn r cone is sharp..

23.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hoodwink : deceive, delude : hoodwink: you wink under the hood of your jacket. So you concealed what you were doing

24.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: horde : crowd : well it sounds like herd......which we know is a term used for a group , so for a crowd of people , its horde

25.WORD Meaning mnemonic

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

26.WORD Meaning

: horticultural : pertaining to cultivation of plants.

27.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hostility : unfriendliness, hatred : (Tag: opposite) HOSTility: opposite being not a good HOST implies unfriendly

28.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hovel : shack; small, wretched house : (Tag: english) hovel sounds like how is the well ..so, the well which is in the house is in a bad state!!!

29.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hover : hang about, wait nearby : HOVER----HangOVER in air

30.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hubbub : confused uproar : when people come to a HUB(center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation), they tend to get confused due to the uproar..

31.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hubris : arrogance, over-bearing pride : HUB+RIS(RAISE)--A person RAISEd in a HUB(city centre),will be arrogant and conceited towards villagers and others

32.WORD Meaning

: hue : color, aspect

33.WORD Meaning mnemonic :

: hue and cry : outcry, loud and persistent outcry from many people

34.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: humane : marked by kindness or consideration. : HUMANe : humans are born considerate n kind...

35.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: humdrum : dull and monotonous : one movie named HUMDUM (a bollywoodmovie) was released which was dull & boring..

36.WORD Meaning

: humid : damp

37.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: humility : humbleness of spirit. : humility: HUMble-ITY

38.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hummock : small hill : Hummock - Humming + Mocking : Picture Humming birds and mocking birds flying around small hills (full of greenery....and a cover of mist in the morning sun) !!!

39.WORD Meaning

: humus : substance formed by decaying vegetable matter.

40.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hurtle : crash, rush : its HURDLE race, in which runners have to run in a particular direction,it also involves crashes!! Cheers to Olympic 08

41.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: husband (v.) : use sparingly; conserve, save : All wives are extravagant and spendthrifts where as all husbands spend sparingly, are frugal and save on the budget.

42.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: husband (n.) : frugality(economy) ; thrift, agriculture : Husband deal with the money matters at home. i.e. economy (frugality)

43.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hybrid : mixed breed : e.g. a mule is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey

44.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hydrophobia : fear of water; rabies : HYDRO refers to water and PHOBIA is a fear of something.... therefore a fear of water.

45.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hyperbole : exaggeration, overstatement. : hyper(beyond the limit)+bole(means speak)..so someone who gives the statement beyond his limit..overstating basically.

46.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: hypercritical : excessively exacting : hyper(means excessive, beyond limit)+critical....so something beyond the normal...means very critical, severe.

47.WORD Meaning

: hypochondriac : a patient with imaginary symptoms and ailments

48.WORD Meaning

: hypocritical : pretending to be virtuous (excellent), deceiving.

49.WORD Meaning mnemonic

:hypothetical : hypothesis, based on assumptions : HYPO: unreal, abstract. THETICAL: theoretical, implies based on assumptions

50.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: ichthyology : study of fish : This is a bit wierd.But something(mnemonic) is better than nothin! Icthy-ology -> remove 'h' from Icthy, which makes it "Ichty" sounds similar to "catchy". Its not easy to catch fish. so its catchy(some difficulty) to catch a fish

51.WORD

: icon

Meaning mnemonic

: religious image, idol : (Tag: similar lookin words) icon ==> idol

52.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: iconoclastic : attacking cherished traditions. : (Tag: Greek) icon = idol clast = fragments. So, one who destroys idols into pieces is iconoclast.

53.WORD Meaning nation mnemonic

: ideology : an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or : Political idea

54.WORD Meaning

: idiom : expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style.

mnemonic

: e.g. The phrase to lose ones marbles is an idiom. It implies that the person is crazy, not that its asking you to help find it for him.

55.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: idiosyncrasy : individual trait, usually odd in nature. : Idiot & crazy people are more idiosyncratic. (e.g Johns idiosyncrasy was his liking for ketchup on banana)

56.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: idolatry : worship of idols, excessive admiration : combination of idol+ adulatory(adulation) gives the meaning

57.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: idyllic : charmingly carefree, simple : sounds like idli...south indian dish...and its a very simple food.

58.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: igneous : produced by fire; volcanic : ignite is to fire. "ign" in general as a prefix refers to fire.

59.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: ignite : kindle, light : ig+nite..so during night time you put on light, or you set fire..so remember night..and this word has do do sth with night and light

60.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: ignoble : unworthy, not noble : igno(ignore)+ble(able)..so if something IS unworthy and not noble, ONE should be able to ignore them.

61.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: ignominy : deep disgrace, shame or dishonor. : IGNO(IGNORE)+miny(enemy)...so YOU ignore your enemy because you have a DEEP DISGRACE FOR HIM.

62.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: illicit : illegal : illicit- Black list. organizations indulging in Illicit trades are Black listed by government.

63.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: illimitable : infinite. : il(not or un),a -ve prefix + limitable meaning unlimited i.e.infinite

64.WORD Meaning

: illuminate : brighten, clear up or make understandable.

65.WORD Meaning

: illusion : misleading vision.

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: sounds like ..i +llu.(lost) + usion..vision.....

66.WORD Meaning

: illusive : deceiving, misleading, having the nature of an illusion.

67.WORD Meaning

: illusory : deceptive

68.WORD Meaning

: imbalance : lack of balance, disproportion.

69.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: imbecility : weakness of mind, a stupid mistake. : imbecilic : foolish in this word 'cili' hai read it as silly so a person who is silly or immatured.

70.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: imbibe : drink in, take in : im+bibe...sounds like pipe...and u need a pipe to drink in

71.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: imbroglio : complicated situation, a very embarrassing misunderstanding : 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.

72.WORD Meaning mnemonic

: imbue : saturate, fill : very close to imbibe. imbibe means to drink. imbue means drink so thoroughly that you soak everything.