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ABASE:to act in a way that shows that you accept somebodys power over you A+base.base is the key word Dhiru Bhai Ambani says if your companys base is not strong, your company will not be able to stand against your competitors and youll have to accept their power over you. ABASHED: embarrassed and ashamed because of something you have done Ab + ash+ed.Relate ash with Aishwarya In the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Salman was embarrassed and ashamed when Aishwarya rejected his offer to marry him and decided to marry Ajay. ABATE:to become less strong; to make something less strong. Ab + ate.ate is the key word If Deepika Padukone would ate less and doesnt exercise, she can become less strong. ABBREVIATE: to make a word, phrase or name shorter by leaving out letters or using only the first letter of each word Obvious We use abbreviations in our daily life. For Example, CAT is the abbreviated name of Common Aptitude Test or ATM is the abbreviated form of Automated Teller Machine. ABDICATE:to give up the position of being king or queen; to fail or refuse to perform a duty. Abdicate rhymes as indicate Atal Bihari Bajpayees bad health indicates that he can give up his position in the near future ABERRANT:abnormal; not usual or socially acceptable Aber+rant.rant sounds like rent Abnormal flat rents in Bombay cause problems for a common man to get an appropriate flat to live in. ABET:to help or encourage somebody to do something wrong. A+bet.bet is the key word. Shakti Kapoor while playing cards with his friends, never help or encourages anyone to bet higher and lose big money. ABEYANCE:being stopped for a period of time or not being used. A+beyance.beyance sounds like Beyonce. Singer Beyonce Knowless concert in Delhi was being stopped for a period of time because of the chaos in the audience. ABHOR:to hate something A+bhor.relate bhor with bhor (in Hindi) (morning) In Colleges, usually students hates to wake up in bhor (morning) for attending the classes. ABIDE:to accept and act according to a law, an agreement etc. A+bi+de.relate bi with bai (in Hindi) (servant) A bai (in Hindi) (servant) has to accept and act according to her maalkins (in Hindi)(Owner) rules. ABJECT:terrible and without hope; without any pride or respect for yourself. Abject sounds like object When a person doesnt know the objects of his life, he/she feels terrible or hopeless.

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ABJURE:to promise publicly that you will give up or reject a belief or a way of behaving. Ab+jure..Relate jure with jury Phoolan Devi promised the Supreme Courts jury that she will give up his way of behaving, and that she will behave like an ideal citizen of the country ABLUTION:the act of washing yourself Ab+lution..lution sounds as lotion Sushmita Sen uses Lakme body lotion to wash her face. ABNEGATION:reject or denial or renunciation Ab+negationrelate Ab with Amitabh Bachhan Amitabh Bachan rejected the Slumdog Millionaire offer. ABODE:A house or home Relate Abode with adobe Interior Designers use adobe software to design homes or houses on computers. ABOLISH:Officially end a system, a law or an institution A+bolish..Bolish rhymes as polish Indian government is planning to end the practice of shoe polishing by minors and child labour. ABOMINABLE:Extremely unpleasant and causing disgust A+Bomin+able.Bomin sounds as Boman Irani (a Bollywood actor) In the movie Munna Bhai MBBS Boman Irani played the role of an extremely unpleasant and disgusting person. No one likes him. ABORIGINAL:Relating to the original people living in a country Ab+Original.Original is the key word Original people of India are those who live in villages and practice farming. ABORTIVE:not successful; failed A+bortive..Bortive is the keyword Do you know about Mr. Bortive? Well! Mr. Bortive is the guy who failed or unsuccessful in GRE exam continuously for 10 years. ABRASIVE:capable of polishing or cleaning a hard surface by rubbing or grinding; harsh or insensitive in manner A+bras+sive..Relate bras with Brass (an alloy) Brass (an Alloy) is a mixture of copper and zinc, which are polished or cleaned by rubbing on it. ABRIDGE:condense or shorten A+bridge..Bridge is the key word Howrah Bridge shortens the distance between city and the railway station. ABROGATE:end an agreement, a law Abro+gate.gate is the key word If any actor is kicked out from the gate of Karan Johars office it only means Karan Johar has ended an agreement with that actor. ABSCISSION:cutting off; separation Ab+scission...Relate scission with scissors Scissors are used by tailors to cut off clothes.

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ABSCOND:depart secretly and hide Abs+cond.relate cond with cond (in Hindi) (a crime) In the movie Vaastav, after involving in a cond (in Hindi) (crime), Sanjay Dutt decided to depart secretly and hide from the police. ABSOLUTE:complete and total Obvious In colleges absolute marking is preferred by professors. ABSOLVE:state formally that somebody is not guilty or responsible for something Ab+solvesolve is the keyword Case is solved in favor of Salman; court stated formally that he is not guilty or responsible. ABSTAIN:to decide not to do something, especially something you like or enjoy, because it is bad for your health; refrain Ab+stain.stain (marks) is the keyword Shahrukhs dentist advised him not to smoke much because it might s tain his teeth. So Shahrukh decided not to smoke. ABSTEMIOUS:not allowing yourself to have much food or alcohol Ab+stem+ious..Stem is the key word Aamir wanted his abs strong like a stem, so he decided not to allow himself to have much food or alcohol. ABSTINENCE:abstaining, especially from food or alcoholic drinks Relate Abstinence with Abstemious because both have Abs common and both have the same meaning ABSTRACT:existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or practical existence. Obvious When we take projects from our Guide, In report, we write abstract, it means we are giving an idea or thought what we are planning to do which doesnt have any physical existence till that time. ABSTRUSE: difficult to understand Abstruse rhymes with Tom cruise Tom Cruise is a unique personality. Its really difficult for his mates to understand him ABUSIVE:Rude and offensive; criticizing rudely and unfairly A+bus+ive..Bus is the key word In local buses, it is very common that conductor use rude and offensive language when someone doesnt have the money to buy a ticket. ABUT:(of land or a building) has a common boundary or side with something A+but.but is the key word India and Pakistan has a common boundary but both are very different from each other ABYSMAL:extremely bad or very low standard A+bysmal...relate bysmal with Bysmilla Bysmilla khan is a great Sehnai Vadak. His knowledge in music instrument especially Sehnai is endless or bottomless. If someone is not his fan it means his taste of music may be extremely bad or very low standard. ABYSS:a deep wide space or hole that seems to have no bottom A+byss..byss sounds as base. Anything without a base or bottom

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ACADEMIC:related to education Obvious Every College has an academic building which is related to education ACCEDE:to agree to a request, proposal Accede sounds as acid A criminal threatened Preeti Zinta that if she didnt pay him the money, he would throw acid at her pet; so she agreed to give him money. ACCELERATE:to happen or to make something happen faster or earlier than expected Obvious When you accelerate your bike or car it means you simply try to drive your car or bike faster ACCESSIBLE:that can be reached, entered, used etc Access+ible..Access is the key word When you type a wrong password in your computer then it says Access Denied it means you cant enter into the system. Access means something can be reached, entered or used etc. ACCESSORY:an extra piece of equipment that is useful but not essential or that can be added to something else as a decoration. Access+ory.. Access is the key word You are allowed to access or voice chat from your college computer lab but without headphone (accessory) you cant do it. ACCLAIM:to praise or welcome somebody/something publicly A+claim.claim is the key word If Sachin claims to make a century against England then all his fans will praise him. ACCLIMATE:to get used to a new place, situation or climate Ac+climate..climate is the key word Sunil Shetty gets used to a new place, situation or climate very easily. ACCLIVITY:sharp upslope of a hill Ac+cliv.cliv is resemble to cliff. Cliff means sharp upslope of a hill ACCOLADE:praise or an award for an achievement that people admire; award of merit Acco+lade.relate lade with laden In the movie Tere Bin Laden, Ali Zafar praised by US government when he claimed that he took the interview of Laden. ACCOMMODATE:to provide somebody with a room or place to sleep, live or sit Acco+mmo+date.date is the keyword If a person is not able to pay the rent on a particular date, he/she has to look for another room or shelter ACCOMPLICE:a person who helps another to commit a crime or to do something wrong Accom+ plice.relate Plice with police In movies, its shows that police help the criminal to commit crime. So they are also partners in crime ACCORD:a formal agreement between two organizations, countries etc Relate Accord with Honda Accord Abhishek decided to buy a used HONDA ACCORD so he makes an agreement with the owner of the car.

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ACCOST:approach and address boldly or aggressively Ac+costcost is the keyword Raima Sen approaches and addresses the shopkeeper boldly when she has to bargain on cost price of her clothes. ACCOUTRE:equip; pieces of equipments that you need for a particular activity Ac+coutre.relate couture with court In the Movie Damini, Sunny Deol was equipped with accessories like blazer and tie that he needs for court activity.

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ACCRETION:growth; increase; the process of new layers being slowly added to something Ac+cretion.cretion sounds as creation Creation leads to growth of something ACCRUE:to increase over a period of time; to allow a sum of money or debts to grow over a period of time Ac+crue.crue sounds like crew (a group of people) The crew on the Titanic ship had to be increased due to the popularity of the Titanic ship ACERBITY: bitter in taste; bitterness of speech and temper A+cerbit+y..cerbit sounds like cerbat (in Hindi) (flavored drink) Dharam paa ji ordered a glass of cerbat(in Hindi) (flavored drink), but when he drank it, he found the cerbat bitter in taste. The taste of cerbat increased his bitterness of speech and temper. ACETIC:the acid in vinegar that gives it, its taste and smell Obvious In the subject chemistry, you must have heard about acetic acid which tastes like vinegar. ACIDULOUS:slightly sour; sharp; caustic Acid+ulous..acid is the key word Sulphuric acid is slightly sour; sharp or caustic ACKNOWLEDGE:to accept that something is true; recognize Obvious After you fulfill and submit your entrance exam form you receive your acknowledgement card via post which means theyve accepted your form. ACME:the most excellent example of something or the highest stage of development Acme rhymes with lakme Lakme is the most excellent example of available face creams in the market. ACOUSTICS:related to sound or to the sense of hearing Aco+stic.stic sounds as stick Anu Malliks son is very talented; he can create pleasant musical sounds with a stick. ACQUIESCE:to accept something without arguing, even if you do not really agree with it Ac+quies+ce.relate quies with quite Sharmila Tagore is a quiet person sometimes she accepts things without arguing, even if she doesnt really agree with them. ACQUITTAL:an official decision in a court of law that a person is not guilty of a crime Ac+quit+talquit is the key word When Sanjay Dutt quit every illegal connection then the court released an official decision in the court of law that he is not guilty of a crime. ACRID: having a strong, bitter smell or taste that is unpleasant Ac+rid...rid is the key word At a restaurant Katrina found her pizza having a strong, bitter smell or an unpleasant taste, hence she just wanted to get rid of that Pizza.

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ACRIMONIOUS:angry and full of strong bitter feelings and words; bitter in words or manner. A+crim+oniouscrim sounds as cream Jaspal Bhatti ordered for an ice cream and waiter served him facial cream, after seeing this Jaspal Bhatti got angry and was full of strong bitter feelings and words for the waiter. ACROPHOBIA:fear of heights A+crow+phobia..crow is the key word A crow cant fly high because it is afraid (phobia) of heights. ACTUARY:a person whose job involves calculating insurance risks and payments for insurancecompanies by studying how frequently accidents, fires, deaths etc happen Relate Actuary with actually Aftab Shivdasanis friend wanted to be an actuary (person whose job involves calculating insurance risks and payments for insurance companies by studying how frequently accidents, fires, deaths etc happen) but now he has become a doctor. ACTUATE:to make somebody behave in a particular way (motivate); to make a machine or device start to work (activate) Actu+ate.ate is the keyword A Friend of Aftab is an actuary. When he wanted to make Aftab behave in a particular way he gave him lot of things to eat like Manchurian, Chicken etc. ACUITY:sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing) Acuit+y.Acuit sounds as acute An acute angle has sharp edges similarly an acute person has sharpness of mind. ACUMEN:ability to understand and judge things quickly and clearly. Relate Acumen with Acute men An acute (intelligent) man like Chacha Chaudhary(a Diamond comics character) has good ability to understand and judge things quickly and clearly. ACUTE:intelligent and quick to notice and understand things A+cute.cute is the key word Genilia (a Bollywood actress) is not only a cute actress but also intelligent and quick to notice and understand things. ADAGE:a well known phrase expressing a general truth about people or the world; widely known Ad+age..Relate Ad with Advertisement Idea Company was looking for a well known phrase expressing a general truth about people or the world for his company. Abhishek gave them an Idea to use a well known phrase Work is Worship. ADAMANT:determined not to change your mind or to be persuaded about something; hard; inflexible Ada+man+t.man is the key word In a Research it was found that men are more determined not to change their mind or to be persuaded about something in comparison to Women ADAPT:to change something in order to make it suitable for a new use or situation; modify Adapt sounds as adopt Sushmita Sen adopted children, basically she is trying to change their life in order to make it suitable for a new use or situation or we can say modifying childrens life.

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ADDENDUM:a section of extra information that is added to something, especially to a book; addition; appendix to book Add+end+um..Add and end are the key words Speakers or Writers like Chetan Bhagat, Arundhati Roy usually add extra information at the end of speech or book. ADDICTION:compulsive habitual need Obvious Addiction to smoking can be dangerous ADDLE:make or become confused; muddle; drive crazy; unable to think clearly Addle sounds like idle Madhuri Dixit sometimes gets confused about her career because she has to sit idle at home so now she is planning to work in movies again. ADDRESS:direct a speech to; a formal speech that is made in front of public Ad+dress.dress is the key word Politicians usually wear simple dress if they have to direct a speech to common people. ADEPT:expert at; very skilled A+dept.. dept is abbreviated form of department In IITs, the faculty head of each department is an expert or very skilled in their specific areas. ADHERE:stick firmly to something Relate Adhere with Adhesive Adhesive like Fevicol sticks firmly to something ADHERENT:supporter; follower; a person who supports a political party or set of ideas Relate adherent with Adhere Sushma Swaraj has adhered or stick firmly to her party. She is great supporter of Bhartiya Janta Party (a political party). ADJACENT:situated next to or near something; adjoining Obvious Remember adjacent angles in Geometry. They are next to each other. ADJOIN:be next to Ad+join..Join is the key word. When we join two things, they get next to each other ADJOURN: suspend until a later time; to stop a meeting or an official process for a period of time, especially in court of law We commonly hear this statement that jury adjourns the court for the next session it means jury suspended the court until a later time ADJUNCT: a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important; something attached to but holding an inferior position Ad+junc+t.junc sounds as junk (useless or worthless article) There are always junk types of projects done by students in colleges but they are added or attached to important professors to learn something.

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ADJURATION:solemn urging; to ask or to order somebody to do something Ad+jura+tionrelate jura with jury Jury ordered Sanjay Dutt to tell the truth in front of court ADJUTANT:an army officer who does office work and help other officers Relate adjutant with adjunct In Indian army Adjunct army officers does office work and help other officers. ADMONISH: to tell somebody firmly that you dont approve of something that they have done; warn or speak to with gentle disapproval; reprove Ad+monish.relate monish with Monish Behl (a Bollywood actor) In the movie Hum aapke hain kaun Monish behl was the big brother of Salman khan. He tells Salman khan firmly not to go after Madhuri because he does not approve of something that he is doing. ADORE: love deeply and respect highly A+dore.dore sounds as door Salman khan opened the door as he saw someone he loved and respect standing outside. ADORN: decorate A+dorn..dorn sounds as don In the movie Don, Shahrukh decorates his gun to kill his enemy. ADROIT: skillful and clever Ad+roit..relate Ad with Advertisement Big companies like Pepsi, Coca Cola hire skillful people like Sachin, Aamir Khan etc to perform in their Ads ADULATION:excessive admiration and praise. Adulation rhymes as education Parents says higher your education the more admiration and praise you will receive. ADULTERATE: make (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance. Adult+erate.Adult is the key word Adult milkmen in order to earn fast money make milk less pure by adding another substance which causes many problems. ADVENTITIOUS:happening according to chance. Adventitious rhymes as adventurous There are many accidents happened during adventures of MTV roadies but these accidents are not planned, they occur by chance. ADVERSARY: an opponent. Relate it with adverse (negative and unpleasant) Sometimes opponents are responsible for our adverse (negative and unpleasant) conditions. ADVERSE: difficulty or misfortune. Both Adverse and adversity means difficult and unpleasant situations ADVERSITY: difficulty or misfortune. Both Adverse and adversity means difficult and unpleasant situations ADVERT: an advertisement. Advert is actually advertisement (ads which we see on TV).

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ADVOCACY: publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy. Relate advocacy with advocate In the movie Kyonki main Jhoot nahi bolta Advocate (lawyer) Govinda supports his client publicly. AEGIS: the protection, backing, or support of someone. Aeg+isAeg sounds as egg Outer shell of an egg protects or works as a shield for the chickens until they hatch. AESTHETIC:concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty. Aesthe+tic.Aesthe sounds as Aasthaa (in Hindi)(faith) Every contestant for Miss Universe should have believe in herself and must have aastha (in Hindi)(faith) in God. AFFABLE: good-natured and sociable. Aff+able.relate Aff with Afghanistan Afghanistan people are known to be very good natured and sociable people AFFILIATION: a persons connection with a political party, religion etc Af+fil+iation.fil sounds as feel Lalu Prasad feels for the political party with which he is connected.

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AFFINITY: a close relationship between two people or things that have similar qualities. Af+finit+yrelate finit with finitefinite rhymes as infinite Romeo and Juliet have infinite feelings for each other because there is a close relationship between them. AFFIRM: to state firmly that or publicly that something is true or that you support something strongly Af+firm..firm is the key word Anna Hazare is very firm with his opinion and stated publicly that he supports the Jan Lokpal bill strongly. AFFIX:to stick or attach something to something else. Af+fixfix is the keyword Affix simply means fix or stick or attach something to something else. AFFLICTION:pain and suffering Af+fliction..relate fliction with fiction Horror movies like Saw which is based on fiction can cause pain and suffering to those who are weak by heart. AFFLUENCE:having a lot of money and a good standard of living. Af+fluence..fluence rhymes with influence Rich people like Ambani brothers with lot of wealth, influence a lot of people. AFFRONT:a remark or an action that insults or offends somebody/something Af+front..front is the keyword An enemy came in front of Salman khan and spoke out a remark that insulted and offended him. AGAPE: (of a person's mouth) wide open. A+gape..gape looks like gap. When Khali (WWE fighter) laughed with his mouth wide open or wide open, we can see a big gap. AGILE: able to move quickly and easily. Ag+ile.relate Ag with age Age doesnt affect Madhuri Dixit, she still can dance quickly and easily. AGGLOMERATION: a group of things put together in no particular order or arrangement Ag+glow+meration..glow is the key word A glow was coming out of the group of diamonds and rubies put together in no particular order or arrangement in a necklace in the neck of Tina Munim. AGGRANDIZE: increase the power, status, or wealth of Ag+grand+ize..grand is the keyword When Nadal(a Tennis player) won the grand slam title it increased his power, status and wealth. AGGREGRATE: a total number or amount Aggre+grate..relate grate with GATE exam In GATE exam engineering students had to score a total of 60% to get their stipend. AGHAST: filled with horror or shock. A+ghast..relate ghast with ghost In the movie Harry Potter, a ghost filled Harry Potter with horror and surprises.

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AGITATE: to argue strongly for something you want, especially changes in law, in social conditions etc Agi +tate..tate rhymes with state There is a new state Uttarakhand in India, wherein people argue strongly for something they want, especially changes in law, in social conditions etc. AGNOSTIC: a person who is not surewhether or not God exists Ag+nostic..nostic sounds as naastic(in Hindi) Suresh Kalmadi is a naastic. He is not sure whether god exists or not. AGOG: excited or curious to find out something. A+gog..relate gog with goggle Lalu Prasad got excited and curious when he saw Rayban goggles in Patna. AGRARIAN: connected with farming and the use of land for forming. Relate agrarian with agriculture It is connected with farming and the use of land for farming. ALACRITY:great willingness or enthusiasm. A+lac+ ritylac sounds as lakh. Jayalalitha accepted a lakh rupees with willingness and enthusiasm from political leaders in order to give them election ticket. ALCHEMY:a form of chemistry studied in the middle ages which involved trying to discover how to change ordinary metal into gold. Al+chem+y..relate chem with chemistry. Isaac Newton studied chemistry of middle ages which involved trying to discover how to change ordinary metal into gold. ALIAS: also known as. Ali+as..Ali is the keyword Mohammad Ali is also known as Cassius Clay. ALIENATE:to make somebody less friendly or sympathetic towards you. Alien+ate.Alien is the keyword When humans landed on Mars, aliens made them feel less friendly or sympathetic. ALIMENTARY: relating to nourishment or sustenance. Ali+mentar+ymentar sounds as mentor. Ali is the keyword Mohammad Ali is mentoring a poor child by teaching him and supplying nourishment. ALIMONY: the money that a court of law orders somebody to pay regularly to their wife or husband when the marriage is ended. Ali+mony.mony sounds as money Mohammad Ali is in great trouble as he has to pay some money to his wife since their marriage ended. ALLAY: to make something, especially a feeling, less strong. Al+lay.lay is the keyword Jennifer Lopez recommends all her friends to eat Lays chips as it helps to feel something special. ALLEGE: to state something as a fact but without giving poof. Allege sounds like algae When American scientists discovered algae they stated that it is a micro organism without giving any proof but later proved the same.

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ALLEGIANCE:a persons continued support for a political party, religion, ruler etc. Ali+gia+ancerelate gia with hindi word gia(in Hindi) Saif Ali khan sang the song tere bina gia jaye nah for Kareena. He wanted to promise her of his continued support. ALLEGORY: a story, play, picture, etc in which each character or event is a symbol representing an idea or a quality, such as truth, evil, death, etc Alle+gory..Alle sounds as Ali In Islam Ali represents a certain quality or idea like peace, truth etc. ALLEVIATE:make (pain or difficulty) less severe. All+vi+ate..ate is the key word Doctor recommended Rajnikant that he should eat all the medicines on time then his problem will become less severe. ALLOCATE: to give something officially to somebody/something for a particular purpose. Al+locate..Locate is the keyword which means to find the exact position of somet hing. Sachin Tendulkar located some problems in his Mercedes car and officially gave permission to repair it. ALLOY: a metal that is formed by mixing two types of metal together, or by mixing with another substance. Obvious.Brass is formed by mixing copper and tin together. ALLUDE: to mention something in an indirect way All+ude..All is the keyword In the movie taare zameen par Amir Khan wanted to mention that all children are special in an indirect way. ALLURE: the quality of being attractive and exciting. All+ure..All is the keyword All girls are moving towards Shenaaz Husains boutique, because it has the quality to make every girl look attractive. ALLUSION:indirect or implicit reference Allusion rhymes with illusion Sri Lanka team was in illusion that they going to win the World cup but Indian team effort in the matches were an indirect reference that they are the real champions. ALLUVIAL: made of sand and earth that is left by rivers or floods. Allu+vial.Allu sounds as Aalu (in Hindi) (potato) Aalu grows in areas which are made of sand and earth that is left by rivers or floods especially in states like Uttar Prdesh. ALMS: money, clothes and food that are given to poor people. Alms rhymes as helps Mother Teresas home uses money, clothes and food to help the poor. ALOFT:high in the air A+lof+tlof sounds like laugh When the giant wheel went high in the air, SRK's son started laughing.

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ALOOF:unfriendly or not interested in other people Aloo+f..Aloo is the keyword Aloo (potato) got unfriendly or not interested in other vegetables when it came to know that it was declared king of vegetables. ALTERCATION:noisy agreement Alter+cat+e..cat is the key word When Sania Mirzas neighbor altered her cat with a different color, She had a noisy agreement with him. ALTRUISTIC:the fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people. Al+tru+istic or all+true All true people like Baba Apte care about the needs and happiness of other people. AMALGAM:join or combine together to form one. Amalgam rhymes with bubblegum Boomer (a type of bubblegum) is made up of different ingredients to form a single bubblegum. AMASS: to collect something, especially in large quantities. A+massmass is the keyword Gold was found in a large mass by the British in India. AMAZON:a female warrior Relate Amazon with amazing Rani Laxmibai was an amazing female warrior; she fought like a man against British army. AMBIDEXTROUS:able to use the left hand or the right hand equally well. Ambi+dextro+us..relate dextro with Dexter (a TV serial) In the TV series Dexter, the guy was capable of using his left hand and right hand equally well. AMBIENCE: the character and environment of a place. Ambi+encerelate ambi with Amby Valley (a housing society) Ambi valleys environment is very healthy to live in. AMBIGUOUS:not clearly defined Ambi+guous..relate Ambi with Amby valley (a housing society) Amby valleys living conditions are good but it has not been clearly defined whether it is for their staff or for general public too. AMBIVALENT: having or showing both good and bad feelings about somebody/something. Ambi+valent.relate Ambi with Amby valley (a housing society) People have both good and bad feeling about Amby valley. AMBUSH: the act of hiding and waiting for somebody and then making a surprise attack on them. Am+bush.relate bush with bushes In the Kargil war, Indian soldiers hid themselves in bushes and waited for enemy soldiers before making a surprise attack on them. AMELIORATE: to make something better. Amelio+rate..rate is the key word McDonalds burger hiked the prices (rate) of burgers in order to make the quality better.

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AMENABLE: easy to control A+men+able..men is the key word Taliban has many men who are easy to control and influence in order to conduct acts of terrorism. AMEND: to change a law, document, statement etc. slightly in order to correct or mistake or to improve it. A+men+d.men is the keyword Anna Hazare and his men are trying to change a law, document, statement etc slightly in order to correct a mistake or to improve it.

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AMENITY:a feature that makes a place pleasant and comfortable or easy to live in. Amen+ity...relate amen with Aman Verma (the famous TV anchor) Aman Verma (TV Anchor) cannot live in a place which lacks features like AC, Television, refrigerator that make a place pleasant and comfortable or easy to live in. AMIABLE: Pleasant; friendly and easy to like A+mi+able.mi sounds as me. In the movie Catch Me If You Can, Leonardo Di Caprio played the role of a very pleasant, friendly and easy to like person. AMICABLE: Done or achieved in a polite or friendly way and without quarrelling. Ami+cable..cable is the key word Sushmita Sens cable man is very smart; he got the job done in a polite or friendly way. AMISS: wrong A+miss.miss is the keyword Miss World Lara Dutta made a wrong decision of entering the Bollywood industry. AMITY: a friendly relationship between people. Obvious Amity University is known for its friendly relationship between students and faculty. AMNESTY: an official pardon for people convicted of offenses. Am+nest+y.nest is the keyword Katrina Kaif broke a birds nest. The bird pardoned her offense. AMOK:to suddenly become very angry and start behaving violently especially in a public place. A+mok.mok sounds as mock During a mock test at Career Launcher Coaching Institute, students suddenly become very angry and start behaving violently. AMORAL: not following any morals rules and not caring about right and wrong. A+moral..moral is the keyword Amoral simply means not moral. AMOROUS: showing sexual desire and love towards somebody. A+morous.morous rhymes as mars. Aliens from Mars show sexual desire and love towards Ear ths females. AMPLE:enough or more than enough Ample rhymes as apple Kashmir produces enough or more than enough of apples. AMPLIFY: to increase something in strength, especially sound. Ampli+fy..fy rhymes with high The student shouted at a high pitch making a loud sound. ANACHRONISM:a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and doesnt belong to the present. Relate chronism with chronicle Chronicle is a GK magazine but it seems old fashioned and doesnt belong to the present because it publishes very old & outdated information.

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ANALOGOUS:comparable in certain aspects Ana+log+ous.log is the Keyword.log is abbreviated form of logarithm Graphs of logarithm (y=logx) and exponential(y=ex) are comparable in certain aspects. ANARCHISM:the political belief that laws and governments should not be there and that people should work freely Anar+chism.relate Anar with anar(in Hindi) (a fruit) In an American research it is found that the people, who dont like anar, believe that laws and governments are not necessary. ANARCHIST:a person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary. Obvious Someone who follows anarchism ANECDOTE: just a short interesting or amusing story about a real person or event. Anec+dote.relate Anec with anec (in Hindi) (many).dote sounds as dot Chetan Bhagat wrote a book with no words but only dots, it was just a short interesting or amusing story about an event. ANGUISH: severe mental or physical pain or suffering. Relate anguish with anger Dont get angry because it doesnt help, it gives severe mental or physical pain or suffering. ANIMADVERSION:critical remark Ani+mad+versionmad and version are the keywords The public is displaying madness by not criticizing the Congress Government & not supporting this version of the Jan Lokpal Bill. ANIMOSITY:have a strong feeling of opposition anger or hatred Relate Animosity with animal Sometimes Priyanka Chopras animal (a dog) goes against her and has a strong feeling of opposition anger or hatred when she doesnt give it a biscuit. ANNEAL:to heat metal or glass and allow it to cool in order to make it hard. Relate Anneal with Anil Kapoor Anil Kapoor heated a rod and allowed it to cool in order to make it hard, it was his experiment when he was in college. ANNIHILATE:to destroy somebody/something completely. Annihi+late.late is the key word Anil destroys the plan of going out with his wife, when director Danny Boyle called him late at night about shooting for Slumdog Millionaire. ANNUITY:a fixed amount of money paid each year, usually for the rest of their life. Relate Annuity with annual An annual amount to be paid each year ANNUL:to state officially that something is no longer legally valid. Relate Annul with Anil Anil Kapoor declared that his marriage is no longer legally valid.

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ANODYNE:unlikely to cause disagreement or offend anyone. Ano+dyne..relate dyne with die. A Man who is going to die is unlikely to cause disagreement or offend anyone. ANOINT: to put oil or water on somebodys head as a part of a religious ceremony. Relate Anoint with annoy. Anna Hazare got annoyed when the priest put oil or water on his head as a part of a religious ceremony. ANOMALY:a thing, situation etc. that is different from what is normal or expected. Anomal+y.anomal sounds as abnormal or not normal So anomaly is something which is not normal ANONYMITY:the state of remaining unknown to most other people. Anony+mity..mity sounds as mitti (in Hindi) (Soil) In plants, flowers and leaves are visible and known to everyone but the roots under the mitti (in Hindi) (Soil) remain unknown to most of the people. ANTAGONISM:feelings of hatred and opposition. Anta+gonism.relate anta with aunt Katrina Kaifs aunt and uncle have a strong feeling of hatred and opposition for Salman Khan. ANTECEDE:a thing or event that exist or comes before another and may have influenced it Ante+cedecede sounds as seed Priyankas Aunty put a seed in the soil and it is going to influence the growth of other plants. ANTEDILUVIAN:very old fashioned Ante+dil+uvianrelate dil with dil(in Hindi)(heart) Mallikas aunty gave her dil(in Hindi) (heart) to Amitbh Bachhan in a party in front of everyone but that is very old fashioned way of showing love. ANTHEM:a song which has special importance for a country or an organization and is sung on special occasions. Obvious Jana Gana Mana is our national anthem. ANTIPATHY:a strong feeling of dislike Anti+pathy.Anti is the key word Shoaib has an anti feeling or a strong feeling of dislike for Sachin which he clearly showed in his book. ANTIQUATED:old fashioned and no longer suitable for modern conditions Antiq+uated..Antiq sounds like antique Antique items are old fashioned and no longer suitable for modern conditions. ANTISEPTIC:a substance that helps to prevent infection in wounds by killing bacteria Obvious We uses antiseptic cream Boroline to prevent infection in wounds by killing bacteria. ANTITHESIS:opposite of something Anti+thesis.anti is the key word which means opposite of something. APATHY:the feeling of not being interested in or enthusiastic Apathy is opposite of sympathy (feeling of sorrow for someone else misfortune) Apathy means the feeling of not being interested in or enthusiastic about anything.

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APEX:the top or highest part of something. Relate apex with Apex coaching centre Do you know that Apex coaching centre in Delhi is at highest point in the whole city in giving selections in IIT JEE. APHORISMS:a maxim or saying; a short phrase that says something true or wise. A+phor+isms.phor sounds as four After each four hit by Dhoni, commentator Sidhu used to say a maxim or saying. APOCALYPSE:the destruction of the world Relate Apocalypse with Solar Eclipse American scientists predict that next solar eclipse will do some destruction or very serious damage to the world. APOCRYPHAL:(of a story) well known, but probably not true. Apoc+ryphal..ryphal sounds as rifle Everyone in the city believes that Sallu bhai carries a rifle but he actually doesnt have any, it a known story, probably not true. APOLITICAL:not interested in politics; not thinking politics or important. A+political.Not political.Not interested in politics or not thinking politics or important APOSTATE:a person who rejected his/her religious or political beliefs Apo+state..state is the keyword Anna Hazare plans to reject the religious or political beliefs and struggles to make a new state free from corruption. APOTHECARY:a person who prepares and sells medicines Apothe+cary..cary sounds as carry Jim Carry prepared and sold medicines in his early career. APOTHEOSIS: the best time in somebodys life or career. Apo+theo+sis..sis is the keyword. It also means Sister Kareena Kapoor is the sis of Karishma Kapoor. Karishma Kapoor was awarded as the best actress for the movie Raja Hindustani that was the best time in her life and career. APPALL: to shock somebody very much. Ap+pall.relate pall with Sunil Pal Sunil Pal (pall) shocked everyone when he scored higher than Raju Srivastava in The Laughter Challenge. APPALLED:feeling or showing horror or disgust at something unpleasant or wrong Ap+pal+ledrelate pal with Sunil Pal On Halloween, Sunil Pal was filled with horror or disgust when Raju Srivastava tried to scare him with the mask of joker. APPELLATION: a name or title Appell+ation..relate appell with appeal Sunil Shetty appealed in court for change of his name or title because it is not lucky for him APPOSITE:very appropriate for a particular situation or in relation to something. Apposite sounds as opposite There is a garment shop opposite Billu Barbers shop. From there Irfan Khan and his family get appropriate or fitting dresses for Shah Rukhs shooting.

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APPRAISE:to consider or examine somebody/something and make an opinion about them. Ap+praise..praise is the keyword Before we praise Anna Hazare as a person, we must consider or examine him in order to have an opinion about him. APPROBATION:approval or agreement. Appro+bation..relate appro to approve. So approbation means approval or agreement

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APPURTENANCES: an accessory associated with a particular activity. Appurtenances rhymes as assistances or assistants Assistants are always required to conduct any particular activity. APROPOS:concerning or related to somebody/something. A+propos..propos sounds as propose Saif ali khan made sure that when he went to propose Kareena, he kept in mind whether the purpose was concerning or related to marriage or only love. ARBITER:a person with the power or influence to make judgments and decide what will be done or accepted. Arbit+er..arbit is the key word Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has the power or influence to make judgments and decide what should be done or accepted but sometimes he takes arbit decisions. ARBITRARY:not seeming to be based on a reason, system or plans and sometimes seeming unfair. Arbit+rary..arbit is the key word Congress party took an arbit decision on the Lokpal bill which does not seem to be based on a reason, system or plans and sometimes seeming unfair. ARBITRATE: to officially settle an agreement or a disagreement between two people or group s Arbit+rate.arbit is the key word The Supreme Court took an arbit decision on the Babri Masjid case to officially settle a disagreement between two groups. ARCANE: secret and mysterious and therefore difficult to understand. Ar+can+e.relate can with Coke can. A coke can lying on the road of Mumbai may lead people to think something secret and mysterious about it may be a bomb. ARCHAIC:old fashioned Arch+aicarch is the keyword There are many arches (for example Qutub Minar) in India that are very famous as they are old fashioned structures. ARDOR:very strong feelings of love or enthusiasm. Ardor sounds like odor There is new AXE perfume for body odor in the market which is used to increase feelings of love among couples. ARDUOUS:involving a lot of effort and energy. Ard+uous..ard rhymes as hard Hard work and lot of energy was involved in making the Taj Mahal. ARGOT: informal words and phrases that are used by a particular group of people and not easily understood by others. Argot rhymes as forgot. Raj Pal Yadav said to a French girl, I forgot the word which you told me in the French language. I really need to learn these informal words and phrases that are used by a particular group of people and not easily understood by others.

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ARIA:solo voice in an opera or oratorio Aria sounds as area An area in Kanpur is Armapur, famous because singer Abhijit Sawant had his first solo performance there. ARID:having little or no rain A+ rid.rid is the keyword. Farmers in Bihar should get rid of the land, where there is no rain. AROMATIC:having a pleasant noticeable smell. A+romatic.romatic sounds as romantic Pleasant smell of roses can create a romantic atmosphere. ARRAIGN:bring somebody to court in order to formally accuse them of crime. Arraign sounds as arrange The politicians arrange a meeting with Kasab (who attacked on Taj Hotel) to bring him to court in order to formally accuse him of crime. ARRAY:group or collection of things in order. Ar+ ray.relate ray with Satyajit Ray Snapdeal is offering a huge discount on Satyajit rays great collection of movies and songs on his birthday. ARREARS:money that somebody owes that they have not paid at the right time Arrears rhymes as career Many a times it happens that students take money for college or professional career courses from the Bank and are not able to pay at the right time. ARROGATE:to claim or take something that you have no right to Arro+gate..relate gate with India gate A foreigner claimed that he built India Gate when he has no right to claim such things, so he was sent to jail. ARTIFACT: art created by human being Art+ifact.Art is the key word Art created by M.F Hussain especially of historical or cultural interest is appreciated by everyone. ARTICULATE:to express or explain your thought or feelings clearly in words. Art+iculate..Art is the key word Raju Shrivastav has an art to express or explain thoughts or feelings clearly in words. ARTIFICE:the clever use of tricks to deceive Arti+fice..fice sounds as fish Tuna fish use clever tricks to deceive fishermen. ARTLESS: simple, natural and honest Art+less..Art is the keyword The Hrithik Roshan starrer movie Gujarish was not very artful. There are many simple, natural and honest scenes in it. ASCENDANCY:the position of having power or influence over somebody \ something Ascend+ancy.ascend is the keyword All people would like to ascend or rise to a more powerful position.

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ASCETIC:not allowing physical pleasures especially for religious reasons. Relate Ascetic with acetic acid Exposure to acetic acid can cause harm to people by not allowing physical pleasures especially for religious reasons. ASCRIBE: to consider or state that a book etc was written by particular person Ascribe sounds as describe The Times of India stated that a particular top selling book Wings of fire is written by APJ Kalam. In this book APJ Kalam describes his life and achievements. ASEPTIC: free from harmful bacteria. Relate aseptic with antiseptic We use antiseptic cream to free ourselves from harmful bacteria. ASHEN:very pale Ash+en.relate ash with Aishwarya Aishwarya looks very pale and ill as she is pregnant. ASKANCE: to look at or react to somebody/something with suspicion or doubt or in a critical way. Askance rhymes as glance During the Independence Day celebrations at Red fort Army officers glanced with suspicion or doubt or in a critical way at every spectator. ASKEW:not in straight or level position Askew sounds as Sq (Square meter) When Lalu Prasad bought a plot of 1000 Sq. mts in Patna, it was not in a straight line or level. ASPERITY: the fact of being harsh or severe, especially in the way you speak to or treat somebody As+perity...perity sounds as party In a party Rakhi Sawant started talking in a very harsh or severe tone to Mallika Serawat without any reason. ASPERSION: critical or unpleasant remarks Relate aspersion with Asperity. Both have the same meaning. ASSAIL: to attack somebody violently, either physically or with work. As+ sail.relate sail with Public sector unit SAIL (Steal Authority of India limited) In SAIL (a PSU), Management trainees are attacked violently either physically or with words by the higher rank officers ASSAY:testing of metals and chemicals for quality Assay sounds as essay In the movie Taare Zameen Par Aamir Khan asked his student to write an essay on testing of metals and chemicals for quality. ASSENT:official agreements to or approval of something. As+sent.sent is the keyword TATA executive officer was sent to handle the official agreements or the approval of the manufacturing plant in China. ASSERT:to state clearly and firmly that something is true. As+sert..as is the keyword Bill Gates puts the facts in front of media as they are to state clearly and firmly that Microsoft is better than Apple.

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ASSIDUOUS: working hard Ass+iduous..Ass is the keyword. Ass means donkey Ass or Donkey is a hard working animal. ASSIMILATE:to understand the idea or information so that you are able to use it yourself As+simi+late.simi and late are the keywords Jimmy Shergills sister Simi Shergill works kate in the night in order to understand the idea or information so that she is able to use it herself. ASSUAGE: lessen a feeling; make a feeling less intense As+sauge......relate sauge with sauce We eat McDonalds burger with sauce to lessen the feeling of hunger. ASTRINGENT: to stop a cut from bleeding. Astrin + gent..gent is the Key word Gents use astringent (liquid or cream) to stop a cut from bleeding. ASTUTE: very clever and quick at seeing what to do in a particular situation Astute rhymes with institute Students of Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) are very clever and quick at analyzing what to do in a particular situation. ASUNDER: to bring into pieces. Asunder rhymes as thunder The thunder that had struck Japan brought everything into pieces. ASYLUM: protection that a government gives to people who have left their own country, usually because they were in danger for political reasons Asylum rhymes as Muslim Lot of Muslims get protection from Indian government, who have left their own countries, usually because they were in danger due to political reasons. ATONE: to act in a way that shows you are sorry for doing something wrong in the past A+tone..tone is the Key word The terrorists Kasab tone changed after being questioned by the Police. ATROCITY: cruel, terrible and violent act. Atro+city.city is the keyword. Mumbai city is full of people who do cruel, terrible and violent things. ATROPHY: the body becomes weaker because it doesnt have enough blood A+trophy..trophy is the Key word After trying very hard to win a trophy for many years, the body of Roger Shah became very weak because it didntt have enough blood. ATTENUATE: to make something weaker or less effective. At+tenu+ate..relate tenu with Tenu Anand Smoking makes Tenu Anand(a Bollywood Actor) weaker or less effective. ATTIRE: clothes At+tire.relate tire with tired Pooja Bhatt is tired of wearing the same clothes

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ATTRITION: a process of making somebody/something especially youre enemy, weaker by repeatedly attacking them or by creating problems for them At+trit+ion..trit sound as treat In the movie Sholay, Gabbar Singh treats Ram Garh people very badly (he makes them weaker by attacking or by creating problems for them). ATYPICAL: not typical or normal A+ typical..not typical or not normal AUDACITY: brave but rude or shocking behavior. Auda+citycity is the keyword There is a city called Auda in US. The citizens of Auda city are brave but having rude and shocking behavior. AUGMENT: to increase the amount, values, size. Augmen+t.augmen sounds like aagman (in Hindi)(arrival) Aishwarya Rais aagman (arrival) in Bachhan family increased the amount, values etc. AUGURY: a sign of what will happen in the future Augur+y.Augur sounds as agar (in Hindi)(if) Prophet Nostradamas said Agar I tell people about what will happen in future, people will get scared. AUGUST: Impressive, making you feel respect Relate August with 15th of August Whatever our freedom fighters have done for us was impressive and makes us feel respectful of them. AUSTERE: simple and plain; without any decorations Aus+tere.relate aus with Australia Nowadays, Australian cricket team is losing everywhere and so they are getting no sponsors, players are living a very simple and plain life, without any decorations. AUTOPSY: an official examination of a dead body by a doctor to discover the cause of death. Auto+psyauto is the key wordrelate auto with Auto rickshaw Doctor Asomethingana had to perform an official examination of a dead body in order to discover the cause of death, Munnabhai informed him very late, and hence he took an auto rickshaw and reached the operation theatre. AVARICE: extreme desire for wealth A+ varicevarice sounds as vaaris (in Hindi) Anil and Mukesh are the sons of Dhiru Bhai Ambani, both have extreme desire to be vaaris of his wealth. AVERSION: strong feeling of not liking somebody/something. A+versionversion is the key word New version of windows is not liked by the users; they have strong feeling of not liking windows 7. AVID: very greedy or extremely eager A+vidvid sounds like with Aamir and Salman in Andaaz Apna Apna played the roles of very greedy or extremely eager persons who wanted to marry with rich girls (Raveena and Karishma). AVOCATION: a hobby or minor occupation A+vocationVocation sounds like vacation During summer vacations students prefer to take up some minor occupations.

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AVOW: to declare firmly and publicly. A+vowvow sounds as wow After watching 3 Idiots critics said wow!! What a movie and they declared it firmly and public that it is a great movie. AVUNCULAR: behaving in a kind and friendly way towards young people, similar to the way an uncle treats his Niece Av+uncle+ar.Uncle is the keyword Behavior similar to the way an uncle treats his nieces or nephews. AWFUL: full of bad or unpleasant experience. Aw+fulrelate ful with full.Full of bad or unpleasant experiences AWRY: not in the right position A+wrywry is the key word which means showing that you are both amused and disappointed or annoyed Salman was wry at himself because he was not in the right position when Aishwarya Rai broke up with him. BABBLE: to talk in a way that is difficult to understand Relate Babble with a bubble gum If you are eating bubble gum, you will talk in a way that is difficult to understand. BACCHANALIAN: drunken Bacchan+alianRelate Bacchan with Amitabh Bacchan Amitabh Bacchan played a role of drunken person in the movie Sharaabi. BADGER: to put pressure on somebody by repeatedly asking them questions or asking them to do something. Badge+rBadge is the keyword According to a rule, an officer with badge of more than 4 stars like Ajay Devgan in Singham is allowed to put pressure on somebody by repeatedly asking them questions or asking them to do something. BADINAGE: bad jokes on each other but in friendly way Bad+ age.bad is the keyword In Golmaal, actors use bad jokes on each other but in a friendly way. BAFFLE: to confuse somebody completely. Ba+ffle.fle sounds as fal (in Hindi) (a fruit) Do you know there is a fal (fruit) found in Australia, if you eat that fal (fruit), it can make a person completely confuse BAIT: deliberately tease somebody; harass Bait sounds as bat or cricket bat In IPL, Dhonis cricket bat was stolen by Deepika Padukone, She was deliberately teasing or harassing him. BALEFUL: threatening look Bale + fullrelate bale with Graham Bell Graham bell was a scientist. He doesnt like disturbance during work. Once his secretary accidently disturbed him, he gave him a threatening look. BALM: oil with pleasant smell that relieves pain ObviousZandu balm relieves pain

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BANAL: very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important. Ban+alBan is the keyword Government should ban all those subjects in school which are very ordinary and containing nothing that is interesting or important. BANDY: to argue with somebody and speak rudely to them Bandy sounds as brandy In a bar Shahrukh argued with Salman and spoke rudely to him just for a shot of brandy. BANE: something that causes trouble and makes people unhappy Relate Bane with bane..Kamlabane (servant) Kamala bane works in Priyanka Chopras flat, always causes trouble and makes people unhappy in her neighborhood. BARD: a person who writes poems Bar+dBar is the key word Persons who write poems prefer to go to a bar to drink and think about their poetry, Shakespeare used to go bar for this purpose very frequently. BAREFACED: showing that you do not care about offending somebody or about behaving badly. Bare+face+d.face is the keyword In the Movie Mr. India, Amrish Puri made a face showing that he didnt care about offending or behaving badly with Anil Kapoor. BAROQUE: used to describe European architecture art and music of the 17 th and early 18th centuries Relate Baroque with Barrack Obama Do you know that Barrack Obama likes European architecture art and music of the 17 th and early 18th centuries that has a grand and highly decorated style. BARRAGE: continuous firing of a large number of guns in a particular direction. Barrage rhymes as garage Last night, there was a continuous firing of a large number of guns in a particular direction in Hrithik Roshans neighbors garage. BARRISTER: lawyer Obvious BARTERER: exchange goods property services etc for other goods etc without using money Relate Barterer with bartender Now a days Bartender does a part time job, they sometimes exchange goods property services etc for other goods without using money BASK: to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat or light of something, especially in the sun Relate bask with basket (Basketball) Michael Jordan (a great basketball player) likes to enjoy sitting or lying in the heat or light of something, especially in the sun after basket ball practice sessions. BASTION: a group of people play a vital role to defend Relate bastion with Sebastian In Goa, ATS (Anti-Terrorist Squad) and their team played a vital role to defend the St. Sebastian Church.

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BATE: feeling very anxious or excited Bate sounds as Bat In the World Cup Final, when Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first, Indians got very anxious because Sri-Lankan could score a bigger target to chase for India. BAWDY: indecent; obscene Bawdy sounds as body In, every second movie, Mallika exposes or shows her body, this is very obscene and indecent. BEATIFIC: showing great joy and peace Relate beautific with beautiful Beautiful beaches in Goa give tourists a feeling of great joy and peace. BEATITUDE: blessedness; state of bliss Its meaning is same as Beatific BEDIZEN: to dress with vulgar finery Bed+izen.bed is the keyword Mallika likes to dress with vulgar finery before going to bed BEDRAGGLE: made wet, dirty or untidy by rain mud Be+drag+gle.Drag is the keyword Kajol said to her child, If you are wet, dirty or untidy by rain mud etc drag yourself away from bed. BEELINE: to go straight towards something /somebody as quickly as you can Bee+line.Bee and line are the key words Bees always prefer to go straight in a line as quickly as they can. BEFUDDLE: confused and unable to think normally Be+fuddlefuddle rhymes as muddle (confused state) BEGET: produce (a child); to become father of a child Be+getget is the keyword Kajol said to Ajay, I want to get another child in this family. BEGRUDGE: to feel unhappy that somebody has something because you do not think they deserve it Be+ grudgegrudge is the keyword which means feeling of anger or dislike Watch movie The Grudge. Its about a girl who felt unhappy that her sister has lot of trophies as a cheerleader than her and she thinks that she doesnt deserve it. BEGUILE: trick somebody into doing something, especially by being nice to them Be+gui+le.gui sounds as guy First, James Bond tries to trick guys for doing something, especially by being nice to them, but if they dont agree, he uses abusive language. BEHOLDEN: owing something to somebody because of something that they have done for you Be+hold+enhold is the keyword Vidya Balan takes care of Emraan Hashmis baby because Emraan held her hand and helped her in every stage of her life.

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BEHOOVE: benefit or advantage Relate Behoove with behave Manmohan Singh behaves in a very kind and simple manner. Sonia Gandhi takes an advantage or advantage of his behavior. BELABOR: to repeat an idea, argument etc many times to emphasize it Be+labor.labor is the keyword Labor or worker (low educated) they need to repeat an idea argument etc many times to emphasize it especially when it has already been mentioned or understood. BELATED: coming or happening late Obvious When we forget to wish somebody for their birthday we say belated happy birthday BELEAGUER: experiencing a lot of criticism or difficulties Be+league+r.league is the keyword When Saina Mirza was knocked out in league matches in Wimbeldon, it a caused a lot of criticism or difficulties for her. BELIE: to give a false impression of somebody\something Belie sounds as Bhilai Bhilai citizens claim that it is a beautiful city but they give a false impression of the city because there is lot of pollution over there. BELITTLE: dismiss as unimportant Be+ little..little is the key word Kajol felt that her husband dismisses her little needs as unimportant. BELLICOSE: to feel desire to argue or fight Bellicose rhymes as glucose Glucose gives strength to sportspersons to argue and fight for the gold medal. BELLIGERENT: unfriendly and aggressive Belligerent rhymes as detergent A salesperson rang the bell on Kareena kapoors door. He was selling Nirma detergent powder. When she refused to buy, he started behaving in unfriendly and aggressive manner. BEMOAN: to complain or say you are not happy Be + moan.Moan sounds as moon It was decided earlier that astronaut Rakesh Sharma was not going to be sent to the moon so he began to complain about it. BENEDICTION: Christian prayer of blessing Ben+edictionediction rhymes as addiction Few Christians have an addiction to praying in the church every Sunday.

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BENEFACTOR: a person who gives money or other help to a person. Bene+factorfactor is the keyword Jamshedji Tata was a big factor in the development of industries, schools. He gives money to charity for building schools every year. BENEFICENT: giving help; showing kindness Relate it with benefit People try to take advantage of people like Baba Amte, who shows kindness to others and misuse their benefit. BENEVOLENT: kind helpful and generous Ben+volent.volent sounds as violent Violent people like Osama Bin Laden can never be kind, helpful and generous. BENIGN: kind and gentle; not causing any harm Be+ nign..nign sounds as nine In an interview Priyanka Chopra said that she was lucky to have nine wonderful friends. They are very kind, gentle and can never cause any harm. BENISON: blessing Beni+ sonson is the Key word Amitabh Bachhan always gives his blessing to his son. BENT: determined to do something Relate bent with bend People like, Anna Hazare, who are determined to do something never bend themselves against corrupt government. BEQUEATH: to say in a will that you want somebody to have your property, money, etc, after you die Be+ queathqueath rhymes with death Ambani said in his will that he wanted to leave his property, money etc to both his sons so it could be equally divided after his death. BERATE: to criticize or speak angrily to somebody because you do not approve of something they have done Be+raterate is the key word Rate of petrol raises which causes anger among common people.people are criticizing or speaking angrily against congress government. BEREFT: completely lacking something; having lost something be+reftreft rhymes with left John Abraham left the party because he had lost his precious watch and he was lacking interest. BESEECH: to ask somebody for something in an anxious way because you want or need it very much Be+ seech..relate seech with seechna (in Hindi) (watering) Farmers ask the congress government for water supply so that they can seech (water) his crops. They ask for it in an anxious way because they want or need it very much. BESET: to affect somebody/something in an unpleasant or harmful way be+setset is the key word Dhoni said to his team we need to set our goal again because we are affected by England team in an unpleasant or harmful way.

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BESIEGE: surround with armed forces Be+siegesiege sounds as seize Hitler ordered to seize or surround Poland with armed forces in order to capture it. BESMIRCH: to damage the opinion that people have of somebody/something Bes +mirch.Bes mirch(in Hindi) sounds as 20 chilly Taj hotel in Mumbai is famous for its special recipes. A chef added 20 mirch (chilli) in Aamirs Khans dish, it ruined the taste, and chef did it deliberately to damage the opinion that people have of Taj hotel. BESTIAL: cruel and disgusting Best +ial.best is the key word Dhoni was the best batsman in the team, when he started his career, in a way, who hit bowlers with cruel and disgusting manner. BESTOW: to give something to somebody especially to show how much they are respected Be+stowstow sounds as stove Abhishek gave a stove to Aishwarya as a gift especially to show how much she is respected by him. BETOKEN: to be a sign of something Be+ tokentoken is the key word When Anil Kapoor gives token of Rs.1000 to a waiter, it is a sign that he enjoyed his service and food. BETRAY: to hurt somebody who trusts you, especially by not being loyal or faithful to them Be+ traytray is the keyword Kalmadis servant brought a tray full of sweets but mixed it with poison So in this way he hurt Kalmadis feeling, especially by not being loyal or faithful to him. BETROTH: having promised to marry somebody Bet+roth.bet is the key word I can bet that he is a big liar, though he has promised her to marry but he will never marry her. BEVY: a large group of people or things of the same kind Bevy sounds as biwi (wife) Sharukh said to Ajay that my biwi (wife) has a large collection of dresses of the same kind. BICKER: to argue about things that is not important Bick+erbick sounds as byke In the movie Ghulam, Biker gang argue with each other about things that are not important BIENNIAL: happening once every two year. Compare Biennial with annual (happening every year) BIGOT: a person who has very strong, unreasonable beliefs or opinions about race, religion or politics and who will not listen to or accept the opinions of anyone who disagrees Bigot rhymes as boycott We should boycott those people who have very unreasonable beliefs or opinions about a race, religion or politics and who will not listen to or accept the opinion of anyone who disagrees. BILIOUS: feeling as if you might vomit soon; bad tempered; full of anger Bili+ous.Bili sounds as Billi (in Hindi)(cat) Rani Mukherjis billi is not feeling well. It feels as if it might vomit and thats why it is in a bad mood since morning.

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BILK: to cheat somebody, especially by taking money from them Bil+k..Bil sound as bill In India some people dont pay the electricity bill and cheat the government. BILLOW: to fill with air and swell out Billow sound as below Below Earth, due to large pressure, large vacant spaces get filled with air and swell out. BIZARRE: very strange or unusual Bizarre sound as bazaar (in Hindi)(market) Meena Bazaar (market) in Delhi is place full of strange people; there is a chance that anything strange or unusual can happen. BLACKBALL: to prevent somebody from joining a club or a group by voting against them Black+ball.relate ball with football Football club Chelsea has a very strict rule; they can prevent a player from joining the club by voting against him. BLANCH: to become pale because you are shocked or frightened B+ lanchlanch sounds as lunch In an old Hindi movie, Prem Chopras face become pale because he was shocked or frightened to know that he had just eaten poisonous lunch. BLAND: showing no strong emotion; not having strong or interesting taste B+ land.land is the keyword In the movie Do Beegha Jameen, After Balraj Sahnis land taken away by the land lord he showed no strong emotion BLANDISHMENTS: pleasant things that you say to somebody or do for them to try to persuade them to do something Bland+dish+ments.bland sounds as blind and Dish is the keyword During shooting of Slum dog Millionaire, a blind cook prepared a dish which was liked by Anil Kapoor. Anil kapoor said pleasant things to him to try to persuade him to open a restaurant in partnership. BLASPHEMY: behavior or language that insults or shows a lack of respect for God or religion Blasphemy rhymes as Galat fehmi (in Hindi)(misunderstanding) SRK had galat fehmi (misunderstanding) for his friend Karan Johar, SRK thought he believed in God or religion but Karan shows a behavior or language that insults or shows lack of respect for the God or religion. BLATANT: done in an obvious and open way without caring if people object or are shocked Bla+tanttant sounds as tent In Kolkata, few terrorists killed an innocent man under Durga Puja tent or pandal. The murder was done in an obvious and open way without caring if people objected or were shocked. BLEAK: not hopeful or encouraging; cold and unpleasant B+leak..leak is the keyword The Times of India leaked news that Sachin is going to retire after champions trophy, this news was not hopeful or encouraging for his fans. BLOATED: full of liquid or gas and therefore bigger than normal in a way that is unpleasant Bloat+ed.Bloat rhymes as boat A body full of liquid and therefore bigger than normal in a way that is unpleasant was pushed by few police men from a boat in the river Ganga.

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BLOWHARD: a person who talks too proudly about something they own or something they have done Blow+ hard..hard is the key word During Mugal period, a horn was blown loud and hard in order to announce the victory of the King. BLUDGEON: to hit somebody several times with a heavy object Blud+geon.Blud sounds as blood During wrestling, WWE fighter Khali hit his opponent, on the head several times, with a heavy object that blood could came out from his head. BLUFF: to try to make somebody believe that he will do something that he dont really intend to do or he know something that he doesnt really know. Relate bluff with Bluff master In movie Bluff master, Abhishek Bachhan was expert in making somebody believe that he will do something that he dont really intend to do or he know something that he dont really know. BLUNDER:stupid or careless mistake. Bl+underunder is the key word There is a Prof. Blunder in Harvard University; no student is allowed to commit any stupid or careless mistake in his class under his guidance. BLURT:to say something suddenly and without thinking carefully enough Blur+tblur is the keyword which means become unclear Shahid Kapoors girl friend got angry when he said suddenly and without thinking carefully enough, that the picture of his girlfriend is blurred. BLUSTER: to talk in an aggressive or threading way but with little effect. Blust+erblust sounds as blast Terrorist were going to blast the New York City! The head of terrorist group, Osama Bin Laden was talking in an aggressive or threatening way but with little effect. BODE: to be bad /good sign for somebody/something. Bo+de(bo.de) sounds as body Aamir khans physique is a good sign that he worked a lot on his body for the movie Gajini. BOGUS: false Bogus sounds as bokas& bakwas (in Hindi)(false) BOHEMIAN: a person often involved with the arts, lives in a very informal way without following accepted rules of behavior. Bohe + mianRelate mian with Miandad After his cricket career Miandad (Pakistani cricketer) is living a life in a very informal way without following accepted rules of behavior

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BOISTEROUS:noisy and full of energy Bois+terous bois sounds as boys In the movie Taare Zameen Par, class 10th boys and girls give a noisy and full energy welcome to the newly appointed English teacher Aamir Khan. BOLSTER:to improve or make it stronger. Bols+terbols sounds as balls Zaheer practiced with a ball and a single stump every morning at 5 a.m. to improve or make his bowling stronger. BOMBAST:words sound important but have little meaning used to impress people. Bomb+astbomb is the key word On the 15th of August, Osama Bin laden declared that he going to blast a bomb in the Mumbai but his words sounds important but have little meaning used to impress people. BOOR:very unpleasant and rude person. Boor rhymes as poor Poor people are tortured by rich people very unpleasantly and rudely. BOUNTIFUL: in large quantities. Bounti+ful Relate Bounti with Bunty In the movie Bunty and Bubli, both Abhishek and Rani earned money in large quantities by cheating people. BOURGEOISIE:middle classes in society Bourge+oisierelate bourge with burger In the society, the lower middle class doesnt prefer to eat McDonalds burgers because it is quite expensive for them. BOVINE:connected to cows Bo+ vine.vine sounds as wine Do you know that in America, Vine is considered as holy as Cows milk in India. BOWDLERIZE:to remove the parts of a book which you think are likely to shock or offend people Bowdlerize named after Dr. Thomas Bowdler who in 1818 produced a version of Shakespeare from which he had taken out all the material which he considered unsuitable for family use. BRAG: talk too proudly about something Relate brag with bag Katrina Kaif bought a new bag from New York. She is talking too proudly about her bag. BRANDISH:waving weapons in an aggressive or threatening way. Brandi+shbrandi sounds as brandy After 9/11 attacks, terrorist were enjoying brandy and waving weapons in an aggressive or threatening way. BRAVADO:confident way of behaving that is intended to impress people sometimes as a way of hiding a lack of confidence. Brav+ado.Brav sounds as brave Sunny Deol is brave among all the actors in the Bollywood. Every girl is impressed by his confident way of behaving that is intended to impress people sometimes as a way of hiding lack of confidence.

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BRAWN:physical strength Relate Brawn with brown Akshay Kumar has a brown colored dog. Its physical strength is great. BRAZEN:open and without shame usually about something that people find shocking. Bra+zen.zen is the keyword It is a shameful to drive a Zen car without following the road discipline. People from other countries find this kind of driving quite shocking. BREACH: a breaking of contract or duty B+reach.reach is the keyword Deepika asked her boy-friend to reach at Juhu beach on time but he failed to do that, so she broke her relationship with him. BREVITY: quality of few words when speaking or writing Brevity rhymes with gravity Newton describes the concept of gravity in using very few words that was amazing. BROACH:a subject that is difficult to discuss especially because people disagree about it Bro+achbro also known as brother In the movie Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya, Salman Khan's younger brother Sohail Khan needed money but he found that the subject (like money) was difficult to discuss especially because Salman disagreed with him. BROOD: to think a lot about something that makes you annoyed anxious or upset B+roodrood sounds as rude Amrita Singh thinks a lot about the rude behavior of her husband (Saif Ali Khan) that makes her annoyed, anxious or upset. BROOK:to not allow something Brook rhymes as book Librarian does not allow any book into the library that is related to adult or illegal content. BROWBEAT:threaten or frighten somebody in order to make them do something Brow +beat...Brow is the keyword Bruce Lee uses only his eye brows to threaten or frighten his opponents in order to make them do something. BRUNCH:a meal that you eat in the late morning as a combination of breakfast and lunch Its combination of breakfast+ lunch BRUNT:to receive the main force of something unpleasant. B+run+t run is the key word When Shoaib Akhtar takes a long run during balling, batsman has to receive the main force of his fast bowling. Such a delivery is really tough to bat. BRUSQUE:Using very few words and rudely Brus+que Brus sounds as brush SRK asked his son where his tooth brush is. Son replied in very few words and very rudely that he had lost it. BUCCANEER: sailor who attacked and robbed ships at sea. Buc+caneer.Buc sounds as book Johny Depp was a sailor in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean who attacked and robbed ships at sea. He is also known as buccaneer because he is always found reading a book about robbing ships.

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BUCOLIC: connected with the country side or country life Bucolic rhymes as alcoholic or workaholic People who live country life are workaholic and alcoholic. BUFFET: meal at which people serve themselves from a table Obvious Buffet arrangement in marriage parties is very common nowadays. BUGBEAR:a things annoys people and that they worry about Bug+bear.Bear is the key word A bear came from a jungle to Mumbai city. This bear annoys people and they worry about it every time. BULLDOZE: to destroy buildings Relate Bulldoze with bulldozer (a powerful motor vehicle) Bulldozer used to destroy buildings. BULLY: a person who uses his strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker Bull+ y.Bull is the keyword A bull uses his strength or power to frighten or hurt a weaker cow. BULWARK: a person or thing that protects or defend something Bul+wark..Bul sounds as Bull A farmers bulls (heera and moti) not only do work for him but protect or defend when needed. BUNGLE:to do something badly or without skill Bungle rhymes as mangle Mangal Pandey is always annoyed with his servant because he always cleans his house badly or without skill and fails to do it properly BURGEON: to begin to grow or develop rapidly Burgeon rhymes as virgin Virgin mobile demand has begun to grow or develop rapidly because they were providing free balance just for speaking on phone with the other Virgin mobile users. BURLY: big, strong and heavy B+ urly.urly sounds as early If you want to make your body big, strong and heavy then you should wake up early in the morning and breathe in the fresh air like John Abraham. BURNISH: to polish metal until it is smooth and shiny Burn+ishburn is the key word Ratan Tata sometimes burns the metal before polishing in order to make it smooth and shiny. BUTTRESS:to support or give strength to somebody/something Relate Buttress with Butter We should eat Amul butter with bread; it gives us support or strength CABAL: a small group of people who are involved in secret plans to get political power. Ca+bal.Relate Bal with Bal Thakre Bal Thakre is the leader of small group of people who are involved in secret plans to get political power.

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CACOPHONY:a mixture of loud unpleasant sounds Caco+phon+yPhon sounds as phone Mamta Kulkarni had a ring tone on her Nokia phone which is a mixture of loud unpleasant sounds. CADENCE: the rise or fall of voice in speaking Ca+dencedence sounds as dense In Ramleela Maidan crowd is usually very dense and its difficult to hear clearly. People need to ensure the rise or fall of the level of voice during speaking. CAJOLE: to make somebody do something by talking to them and being very nice to them. Cajole sounds as Kajol Kajol is very innocent, whenever Ajay wants her to do something; he talks to her and is very nice to her. CALAMITY: an event that cause great harm or damage. Cal+amityamity is the key word Amity College students organized an event that went flop; it caused great harm or damage to the college. CALCULATED: careful plan to get what you want Obvious CALIBER: quality of something especially a persons ability Obvious CALLOUS: dont care about other peoples feelings Callous sounds as Kallis Jacques Kallis is a cruel bowler, he dont care about batsmans feelings. CALLOW: young and without experienced. C+allow.allow is the key word Parents should not allow young and inexperienced teenagers to go for late night parties. CALORIFIC: connected with or producing heat Obvious CALUMNY: false statement about a person that is made to damage their reputation C+ alumny.alumny sounds as Alumni Congress leaders gave false statement about IIT alumni Arvind Kejriwal that is made to damage his reputation. CAMARADERIE: feeling of friendship and trust among people. Camara+derieCamara sounds as camera Rakhi Sawant shot a lot of pictures of her school friends at the farewell party with her Canon camera which will strengthen her feeling of friendship and trust among her friends. CAMEO: a small part in a film or movie or play for a famous actor Cam+eo.Relate cam with camera Salman loves to work in front of camera especially some small roles in a film or movie, the way he did it in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

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CANARD: a false report or news Ca+nard Nard sounds as narad (a character in Ramayan) Narad was famous for producing false news or false reports. CANDOR: quality of saying what you think openly and honestly. Can+dor.dor sounds as darr (fear in Hindi) Akhsay Kumar says in Mountain Dew advertisement.Darr Ke Aage Jeet Hai.People like Akshay Kumar who dont fear of anything have a quality of saying what they think openly and honestly. CANTANKEROUS: bad tempered and always complaining Can+tanker+oustanker is the key word Indian military tankers are used to attack enemies. The drivers of the tankers have bad temper and are always complaining. CANTATA: a short musical work on a religious subject, sung by solo singers Can+tata can and Tata are the key words Can Tata Industries be successful in music industry? A short musical work on a religious subject, sung by solo singers like A. R Rehman, Sonu Nigam is going to launch next year. CANVASS:to ask somebody to support a particular person, political party etc especially bygoing around an area and talking to people Canvass sounds as canvas (a strong heavy rough fabric used for making tents sails etc) Political parties like Congress BJP use canvas for publicity of their candidates. They ask people to support a particular person especially by going around on area and talking to people. CAPACIOUS:having a lot of space to put things in Relate Capacious with capacity Katrina is looking for a bag having lot of space or capacity to put large number of things in. CAPITULATE:to agree to do something that you have been refusing to do for a long time. Cap+itulate.Cap is the keyword Yuvraj prefer helmet rather than cap, but when Preeti Zinta told her that you look great in cap, he agrees to wear a cap which he has been refusing to wear for a long time. CAPRICE: a sudden change in attitude or behavior for no obvious reason Cap+ price..price is the key word Adidas increases its cap price when there was no season of cricket. This attitude or behavior of the company was unpredictable and clearly for no obvious reason. CAPTION: words that are printed underneath a picture, that explains or describes it Obvious CARAPACE: the hard upper shell of a tortoise or crustacean. Cara+pace.pace is the key word A tortoise moves in slow pace due to hard shell on tits back. CARDINAL:mostimportant, having other things based on it. Card+inalcard is the key word In the card game of 29, Jack is most important, because it has maximum points and the rest are based on it.

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CAREEN: to move forward very quickly especially in a way that is uncontrolled. Relate Careen with Kareena During shooting of 3 idiots, Kareena Kapoor came to know that her boy friend Saif Ali Khan had got injured. She suddenly picked her car and moved forward very quickly especially in a way that is uncontrolled. CARICATURE:funny drawing or picture of somebody that exaggerates some of their feature. Relate caricature with capture Times of India capture Laloo Prasads funny drawings or pictures which exaggerates some of his features. CARNAGE:violently killing a large no. of people on road. Car+ nage Car is the key word Drunken Rahul Gandhi violently killed a large no. of people on road. CARNAL:connected with sex activities. Carnal sounds as colonel Colonel Veer Pratap Singh is found guilty; he was connected with illegal sexual activities. CAROUSAL: drink alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way. Car+ouselCar is the key word On the New Year Aftab Shivdasani decided to drink and enjoy with friends in his new Mercedes car in a lively way. CARRION:decaying body of dead animal. Car+rion..Car is the key word John Abraham and Bipashas car killed a deer. They left the decaying body of the deer .They did not bother to take any action. CARTOGRAPHER: one who draws or make maps Cartographer is just like photographer A photographer takes pictures. Similarly a cartographer draws or makes maps. CASTIGATE:to criticize somebody/something severely. Casti+gateGate is the key word Two of our batch mates were not able to qualify for the GATE examination. They were criticized by professors in the departments. CASUALTY: a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident. Casual+ty casual is the key word One day Nana Patekar was walking casually when he was hit by a car and got injured. CATACLYSM: sudden disaster or a violent event that causes change. Cat+aclysmrelate cat with Katrina During the shooting of Mere brother ki dulhan, Katrina was in America when she experienced the powerful tornado that hit America and disastrously changed lives of many people. CATASTROPHE:disaster that causes many people to suffer. Catas+trophetrophe sounds as trophy Ratan Tata gives a trophy and financial help to the brave commandos who showed great courage in the attack (Hotel Taj attack) that caused many people to suffer.

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CATCALL:noise or shout expressing anger or disapproval of somebody. Cat+call.Cat is the keyword Cat called rat from her new Apple iPhone but he shouted at the other end expressing anger or disapproval to talk. CATECHISM:a set of questions and answer that are used for teaching people about the belief of the Christian religion. Cat+echismCat is the key word If you want to succeed in CAT you have to prepare a set of questions and answer that are used for teaching people about the belief of the Christian religion. CATHARSIS:process of releasing strong feelings. Catha+rsisCatha sounds as katha(in Hindi)(Story) When Baba Ramdev tells katha(in Hindi) of any great person and his struggle in the life, it helps people to release strong feelings. CAUCUS:meeting of the member or leader of political party to choose candidates or to decide policy. Cauc+usCauc sounds as cock Cock fight is common in meetings of the members or leaders of the Congress party to choose a candidate or to decide policy. CAUSAL: connected with the relationship between two things where one causes the other to happen Caus+alCaus sounds as cause Relationship between poverty and disease is well known, where poverty cause the disease to happen CAUSTIC:able to destroy or dissolve other substance. Relate caustic with caustic soda Caustic soda is a very harmful chemical able to destroy or dissolve other substance. CAUTERIZE: to burn wound using chemical or heat Caut+erize.Caut sounds as caught In Delhi a doctor was caught because he used to burn wound using chemicals like caustic soda which were very harmful for the skin. CAVALIER:not caring enough about something or about the feelings of other people Cavali+er.Cavali sounds as kawwali (in Hindi) Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a great kawali singer but personally he was not caring enough about the feelings of other people. CAVIL: to make unnecessary complaint about something. Ca+vil vill sounds as will In the movie, Munna bhai MBBS, Sanjay dutt said we will not make unnecessary complaints against Dr. Asomethingana! The whole class agreed to this. CEDE: to give somebody control of something or give them power, a right etc especially unwillingly Cede sounds as seed In olden days Farmer bought seed from Mahanjan (in Hindi), in exchange, the farmer had to give them control of their land or give them power, rights etc especially unwillingly. CELERITY: quick; speed; rapidity Celerity rhymes with celebrity Celebrities like Aishwarya Rai prefer to make a quick move to the Airport in order to avoid the crowd.

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CELIBATE:not married and keeping away from sex especially for religious reasons Celibate rhymes as celebrate In America, there are people who celebrate that they are still not married and not having sex especially for religious reasons. CENSOR: a person whose job is to examine films, books etc and remove parts which areconsidered offensive, immoral or politically dangerous Obvious The Censor board of India is very strict it remove parts from movies. CENSORIOUS: tending to criticize people or things a lot. Censor+ious.Censor is the key word Censor board criticized director of the movie Murder because director added unnecessary s cenes that were immoral. The Censor board ordered him to cut those scenes. CENSURE: strong criticism Cen+ sure.sure is the key word Congress was sure that they will receive strong criticism from public on Jan Lok Pal Bill. CENTURION:great officer who capable of commanding a unit of 100 soldiers. Relate Centurion with century In Rome after a century a very great officer known as Alexander came who was capable of commanding a unit of 100 soldiers. CEREBRAL:related to the brain. Cer+ bral..cer(in hindi)(head or brain)..So cerebral is something related to the cer (in Hindi) (Head or brain). CEREMONIOUS:behaving in formal or traditional way. Ceremoni+ous..ceremoni sounds as ceremony (a public a religious occasion that includes a series of formal or traditional action) In wedding ceremony of Akshay and Twinkle, both have decided that they do their marriage in a very formal or traditional way. CERTITUDE:feeling of being certain; a thing about which you are certain Certi+tudecerti is the short form of certificate When a student gets certi (certificate) from college, he is certain that he can apply in companies for a job. CESSATION:stopping of something. Ce+ssationssation sounds as session Congress government started a session on Jan Lok Pal Bill to decide what to do but they took a long time to decide anything, people outside were very angry but Anna was stopping people to take any illegal action against government. CESSION:act of giving up land or rights. Cession sounds as session In Bihar many farmers were giving up land or rights so APJ Kalam called a meeting or session with farmers to understand their problem.

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CHAFE:to feel annoyed and impatient about something. Chafe sounds as safe In the cricket team Sehwag is the only batsman who takes a risk. When he was asked to play safe he gets annoyed and impatient. CHAGRIN:feeling of being disappointed or annoyed Relate Chagrin with chai ka girna(in Hindi) Mallikas servant ne chai gira di(spilled tea) on her new boyfriends shirt which made him fi lled with feeling of disappointment or annoyance. CHAMPION:a person that has won a competition especially in a sport. Obvious Vishwa Nathan Anand is World Chess Champion. CHAOTIC:in a state of complete confusion and disorder Relate chaotic with chaos CHARISMA: powerful personal quality that some people have to attract and impress other people. Charisma sounds as Karishma Karishma Kapoor has a powerful personal quality to attract and impress other people. CHARLATAN: a person who claims to have knowledge or skills that they do not really have Char+lat+anChaar laat maaro (in Hindi)(Kick) Politicians should be kicked who claims to have knowledgeor skills that they do not really have. CHARY: not willing to risk doing something; fearing possible problems if you do something Chary sounds as Cherry (a fruit) Ajay Dewagan went to market to buy cherry for Kajol but its quality wasnt good, and Ajay Dewgan was not willing to risk buying bad cherries. CHASTE: not having sex with anyone; only having sex with the person that you are married Chaste sounds as chest Faking news says that doctors claim that people who do not have sex have chest pain in old age. CHASTEN:tomake somebody feel sorry for something they have done. Chaste+nChaste sounds as chest Rajpal Yadav had chest pain because he smokes a lot, Doctor made him feel sorry for smoking a lot and let him quit immediately. CHASTISE: to criticize somebody for doing something wrong. Chast+ise ..Chast sounds as chest Akshay suffered from chest pain since morning. Doctor suggested him to take medicine from the medical store but he didnt get time to purchase medicine. Twinkle criticized him for committing such mistakes. CHERUB:pretty child Che+rubrelate rub with the movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi In this movie Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka had beautiful life after marriage. After one year Anushka gave birth to a very pretty child. CHICANERY:theuse of complicated plans and clever talk in order to deceive people Chican+eryChican sounds as chicken Two chickens were talking cleverly and about complicated plans in order to deceive their master.

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CHIDE:to criticize or blame somebody because they have done something wrong. Chide sounds as child Sachin criticized or blamed his child for not attending school and not doing his homework. CHIMERA: an impossible hope or idea Chimera sound as camera Lara Dutta promised Mahesh Bhupati if he wins Tennis Grand Slam, she will gift him a Nikon camera but its an impossible hope or idea of Lara Dutta because she knows that Mahesh cant win the title. CHIVALROUS: polite, kind and behaving with honor especially towards women. Chival+rousrous (in Hindi) (a type of drink) Som rous (a type of drink), if you will drink Bhagwan ShivsSom rous you will become polite, kind and start behaving with honor especially towards women. CHRONIC:lasting for a long time. Chroni+c.chroni sounds as Hansie Chronje (South African cricket captain) During 1996 world cup, Hansie Chronie (South Africa cricket captain) was suffering from a disease and the pain lasted for a long time. CHRONICLE: a written record of event in the order in which they happened Relate chronicle with chronicle Magazine Chronicle Magazine keeps written record of events in the order in which they have happened. Read Chronicle if you are preparing for UPSC. CHURLISH: rude or bad tempered easily Churli+shChurli sounds as Charlie Charlie Chaplin was a great comedian but he gets rude or bad tempered easily. CIPHER: a secret way of writing Obvious Cipher is opposite of decipher CIRCUITOUS: long and not direct. Circuit+ousCircuit is the key word In the movie Munna Bhai MBBS, Circuit never talks straight. He always talks in a long and indirect way. CIRCUMLOCUTIONS:more words than are necessary. Circum+ locution.Ghuma phira ke bolna(in Hindi)using more words than are necessary CIRCUMSCRIBE:to limit somebodys\somethings freedom, rights, power etc In Mathematics circumscribe means we make circles around something. Similarly when we limit somebodys, freedom, rights etc it is known as circumscribe. CIRCUMSPECT:inspect your circumstances (surroundings) before doing anything Circumspect rhymes as inspect (search) Inspector Bharat always inspects his circumstances (surrounding) before doing anything. CIRCUMVENT:to find a way of avoiding a difficulty Cirum +vent.vent sounds as went Shahrukh Khan went to watch Test Series of India Vs England, He saw that Indian team was not fighting against England; they were just trying to find a way of avoiding the difficult situations.

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CITADEL: a castle on high ground in or near a city where people could go when the city was being attacked. Cita+del.Cita sounds as Sita Ram built a castle on high ground in or near a city where people could escape when the city was being attacked, this castle is named in the memory of Sita. CITE: to mention something as areason or an example or in order to support Cite sound as Site People make a website in order to mention about Jan Lok Pal Bill in order to get support from internet. CLAIRVOYANT:power to communicate with dead people. Clair+voy+antclair sounds as clear and voy sounds as view Do you know that Rajnikant has a clear view of future or has power to communicate with the dead people? CLAMBER: to climb or move with difficulty Clamb+errelate clamb with climb Small babies climb or move with difficulty or a lot of effort using their hands and feet. CLAMOUR: to demand for something loudly Clam+our.clam sounds as claim It is our legal right, if any party supporters give bribe to vote to a particular party, in such situations we should claim or demand for it loudly. CLANDESTINE: kept secret C+land+estineland is the key wordRelate land with Woodland WoodLand kept secret that they are taking shoes from Bata and labeling it as Woodland. CLANGER:an obvious and embarrassing mistake Cl+angeranger is the key word Katrina Kaif is very particular about her dresses she cannot tolerate and show anger if her designer makes any obvious and embarrassing mistake. CLEAVE: to split or cut something in two using something sharp and heavy C+leaveleave is the key word In an upcoming movie Urmila Matondkar is playing the role of a psycho killer who never leaves any clue. In a scene, she cuts the skull of a man in two parts using sharp and heavy axe. CLEFT: split, divided, or partially divided into two We just learned cleave. Both have the same meaning. CLEMENCY: kindness shown to somebody when they are being punished Cle+men+cy.men is the key word Relate men with Batman. In the movie Dark Knight, Batman was known to show kindness when somebody being punished. CLICHE: a phrase or an idea that has been used so often that it no longer has much meaning and is not interesting. Relate Clich with click During a meeting, Rahul Gandhi clicked an idea but that has been used so often that it no longer has much meaning and was not interesting.

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CLIENTELE: the customer or clients of a shop/store etc Cleint+ele.Client is the key word Client of a shop/store etc are known as clientele CLIMACTIC: very exciting, most important Climac+ticClimac sounds as climax Climax of the movie Sholay was very exciting CLIME: a country with particular kind of climate. Relate Clime with Climate India has a variable climate. CLIQUE: a small group of people who spend their time together and dont allow others to join them. Clique sounds as click John Abraham made a group Click on Facebook, its a small group of people who spend their time together and dont allow others to join them. CLOUT:power and influence Cl + out.out is the keyword In World Cup final, Indian cricket teams power and influence gets half as soon as Sachin Tendulkar got out against Sri Lanka. CLOYING:so sweet that it is unpleasant C+loy+ingloy is key word Trio of Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy sometimes made tea so sweet that it is unpleasant for the guests. COAGULATE:thick and partly solid. Relate Coagulate with Colgate Colgate launched its new varieties of tooth paste that are thick and partly solid. COALESCE: joins together to make bigger or large Coal+escecoal is the key word In Coal India, workers make a small lump of coal later joins with more to make bigger or large lump of coal. COALITION:to make a bigger group from several different groups Coal+itioncoal is the key word Coal India limited is entering into a partnership with Reliance industries in order to make a bigger group. COGENT:stronglyand clearly expressed in a way that influences what other people believe Cogent rhymes as Agent Agent James Bond expresses himself clearly and strongly that influence what other people believe. CHORTLE:to laugh loudly with pleasure or amusement Chor +tle.chor(in Hindi) (a thief) A chor laughed loudly with pleasure or amusement after doing chori from Fardeen Khans house when he was out for shooting. COGITATE:to think carefully about something. Cogi+tate.Cogi sounds as cosy (comfortable, warm and secure) Raima Sen needed a cosy bed to think carefully about her character in the movie.

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COGNITIVE:connected withmental process of understanding of something. Cog+nitivecog is the key word Cog is one of a series of teeth on the edge of a wheel that fit between the teeth on the next wheel and causes it to move In a study, it is found that the way cog works in the same way mental process of understanding of something works COGNIZANT:knowledge or understanding of something Cog+ni+zan+t.Relate Zan with Zen car Vivek Oberai planned to buy a Zen car, so he decided to collect knowledge or understanding of the technical aspects of cars. COHABIT: living together and have a sexual relationship without being marries Co+habithabit is the key word In India people are adopting the habit of living together and having a sexual relationship without getting married. COHERE:to work closely together. Co+ here.here is the keyword During recession, Companies like McKinsey said that that they needed employees here who can work closely. COHORT: group or community of people who share their common feature. Co+horthort sounds as heart There is a group or community of people started by Indira Gandhi in which group members donate their body organs such as eyes, heart etc to save others before they die. COLLABORATE:to work together with somebody in order to produce something. Obvious COLLAGE: the art of making pictures by sticking pieces of colored paper fabric. Collage sounds as college In College, a competition among students is very common in which student uses pieces of colored paper to make a picture. It is known as collage. COLLATE: to collect information together from different sources in order to examine andcompare it Col+late.late is the keyword During college days Amitabh Bachhan always reached the lab late and didnt get time to collect information from different sources to examine and compare it. COLLOQUY: conversation Colloquy sounds as combination of College+guy In College, final year guys (students) used to have conversations in the department about placements. COLLUSION: to plan in secret. Relate Collusion with collision Collision occurred between Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani because Mukesh was planning to set up a secret project and Anil wasnt aware of it. COMATOSE:deep unconscious in coma Coma+tose.Coma is the key word which is defining its meaning.

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COMELY: Pleasant to look at or attractive Come+ly.Come is the key word In an interview, director Prakash Jha asked new actresses to come forward who were pleasant to look at or were attractive. COMEUPPANCE:punishment. Comeuppance can be written asCome u - pance Relate it with Saja-e-Kalapani which was kind of punishment given to freedom fighters. COMMANDEER:to take control of a building a vehicle, etc for military purpose during a war Commandeer sounds as commander Commander of Hitlers army gave orders to take control of a building, vehicles, etc for military purpose during the war. COMMEMORATE: intended to help people remember and respect an important person or event in the past Com+memorate.relate memorate with memory National flag helps us to remember and respect the memories of the struggle of freedom fighters. COMMENSURATE:matching something in size, important, quality etc. Com+mensurate.relate mensurate with Mensuration In CAT10 Mensuration was matching with Geometry in importance and quantity of questions asked. COMMISERATE:to show sympathy when they are upset or disappointed about something. Come +miss+ratemiss is the keyword School kid likes to go to her/his teacher when they feel sad because they miss their parents. COMMODIOUS:having lot of space. Commodious rhymes as spacious COMMUNAL:Shared by all community members Communal sounds as combination of community+all A community for all COMPASSION:a strong feeling of sympathy for people who are suffering and a desire to help them Com+passionpassion is the key word Dr. Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar had the passion or strong feeling of sympathy and a desire to help people who are suffering. COMPATIBLE:able to use together. Obvious Any new software or mobile application has to be compatible to the Operating System. COMPELLING:that makes you pay attention to it because it is so interesting and exciting. Com+ pell+ing...relate pell with Pele The way Pele (a great footballer player) made goals in Football makes the whole World pay attention to it because it is so interesting and exciting. COMPILATION: to produce as book, list report etc by bringing together different items, articles etc. Compilation come from compile (to produce a book, list report etc by bringing together different items, articles etc)

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COMPLACENCY:a feeling of satisfaction with yourself or with the situation Complacen+cy.Relate Complacen with Complan Complan Boy are satisfied with their drink they dont need any other drink. COMPLIANCE:obey rules or request made by authority Relate compliance with Complan Do you know why parents give Complan to their children? Because boys and girls obey rules and requests made by their parents after a cup of Complan COMPLIANT:obey rules or request made by authority Its meaning is same as compliance. COMPLICITY:the act of taking part in crime. Compli+citycity is the keyword In Godhra kaand case entire city police took part and did nothing to stop it. COMPORT:to behave in particular way Com+port.relate port with Airport At Indian Airlines airport, Raju Srivastava behaved in a way that made everyone laugh. COMPOSURE: the state of being calm and in control of your feelings or behavior Composure sounds as composer A.R Rehman is a great composer, his state of mind is calm and in control of his feelings so that he can think deeply about the music. COMPOUND: things consist of two or more thing combines together. ObviousWe learned compound in chemistry COMPREHENSIVE: including all or almost all, the items, details, facts, information etc ObviousMust have read this line comprehensive list of all the candidates COMPRISE:to consist of somebody/something Comp + prise.relate comp with Compaq and prise sounds as price Compaq Home package consists of Desktop, Speakers, and Headphones etc. The total price of Compaq Home package includes taxes and other charges. COMPUNCTION: a feeling of guilt about doing something Com+pun+ctionpun is the key wordfilthy pun is same as kameena pun Shakti Kapoor is famous for filthy puns but he was always guilty after doing bad things. COMPUTE: to calculate Relate compute with computer We take help of the computer to calculate. CONCATENATION: link together in a chain or series Con+cat+e+nationcat is the keyword Few students prefer to join CAT test series of Time as well as Career launcher because both are linked together. CONCEDE:admit Con+cede.cede sounds as CD In the court Prem Chopra admitted that CDs which were found from his home contain illegal stuff.

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CONCEIT:too much pride Con+ceitCeit sounds as seat Every year the politician gets MLA seat in the elections. CONCENTRIC:having the same centre Obvious.Relate it with concentric circles which we learn in geometry CONCEPTION: an idea or plan Conception rhymes with Inception The movie inception is all about the process of forming an idea or planting them in dreams. CONCERTED:determined Concert+ed.concert is the key word Anil Kapoor organized a rock concert for her daughter in a planned and determined way on her birthday to impress her. CONCESSION: allowance Obvious.In book stalls; we get 30% concession on books for competitive exams. CONCILIATORY:to make somebody less angry or friendly. Relate conciliatory with Conciliate which means to make somebody less angry or friendly. CONCISE:short and snappy Con+cisecise sounds as size The height (size) of Rajpal Yadav is short and snappy. CONCLAVE:a meeting to discuss something in private Clave rhymes as cave In the TV Serials Mogali, Sherkhan decided to organize a meeting to discuss something in private with all the animals in a cave. CONCOCT:to make something especially food, drink by mixing different things Con+ coct.relate coct with cocktail In parties, Sharukh prefers cocktail which is a drink made by mixing different drinks. CONCOMITANT:happening at the same time as something else Relate concomitant with contaminant We saw contaminants have increased in the waters of River Yamuna. Number of deaths increasing at the same time as the contamination was increasing. CONCORD:agreement Concord rhymes as accord The new Honda accord distributors signed an agreement which says warranty of 5 years. CONCUR:agree Concur sounds as conquer Napoleon conquered the whole world. He first shook hands and agreed with the policies and then built the relationship. CONCURRENT:happening at the same time Obvious Concurrent lines intersect with each other at the same time and at same point.

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CONDESCEND:to do something which is that you think that is below your social or professional position to do. Con+ de+scend..scend sounds as send Rahul Gandhi was sent to handle Jan Lokpal situation which he thought was below his social or professional position to do. CONDONE:an acceptable behavior that is morally wrong or to treat it as it were not serious Con+done..done is the keyword Congress had done a bad thing by arresting Anna Hazare but they released him next morning because they thought that Annas behavior was acceptable but morally wrong. CONFIDANT:a person that you trust and who you talk to about private or secret things. Confidant sounds as confident Dhoni is very confident about Dravid not only professionally but personally because he trusts him thus talks to him about private or secret things. CONFIDENT: trusted fully assured Obvious The students are confident of high scores in Board Exams because paper was very easy. CONFINE: to restrict the entry Con+ fine..fine is the key word Bhagwan Laxman made a fine Laxman Rekha in order to restrict the entry of Ravan. CONFISCATE: to take away Con+fis+catefis sounds as fish In Goa, fish taken away by authority as punishment from fisherman because it was illegal. CONFLAGRATION:great of destructive fire Con+flag+rationflag is the key word The Flag of Pakistan was put on great or destructive fire by Americans when the terrorists attacked WTC on 9/11. CONFLATE:to put two or more things together to make one new thing. Relate conflate with cornflake At home, Mother put cornflakes and milk together to make one proper breakfast. CONFLUENCE:the fact of two or more things becoming one. Relate Confluence with influence Due to the influence of Anna Hazare, people of India are becoming one. CONFORMITY:behavior that follow the accepted rules of society. Conform+ity..conform sound as confirm In the court Sanjay Dutt confirmed that he will follow the accepted rules of society. CONFOUND:confusing or shocking Con+foundfound is the key word In CAT 2010, MBA aspirants found reading comprehension very confusing and shocking. CONGEAL:to become thick or solid Con+geal Relate geal with gel Colgate gel is thick or solid tooth paste.

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CONGENIAL:pleasant Con+genialrelate genial with Genilia Dsouza Irfan khan found it quite pleasant to spend time with Genilia because their interests matched each others. CONGENITAL:present at birth Con+genitalgenital sounds as Janm se hi.Existing from birth Some congenital diseases are fatal. CONGLOMERATION:mixture of different things that are found all together. Cong+lomerationRelate cong with congress Congress is a political party having mixture of MLAs from different region found together. CONGRUENCE:having the same size and same shape. Relate Congruence with Congruent In geometry congruent triangles have the same size and same shape. CONJECTURE:an option or idea that is not based on definite knowledge and is formed by guessing. Conjecture rhymes as lecture Sometimes Newton used to give lectures on the ideas that are not based on definite knowledge but are formed by guessing. CONJUGAL:relating to relationship between husband and wife Con+ jugal..relationship between couple or jugal (in Hindi) CONJURE:to do clever tricks Conjure rhymes as kamjor(in Hindi)(Weak) A magician O.P Sharma claims that he can lift 50 tones from his hands, but he was looking very kamjor (weak), but he lifted it like nothing, there must be some clever trick involved in it.

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CONNIVANCE:help in doing something wrong Conni+vance.Relate conni with Hensi Cronie (former South officer cricket captain) The crime was committed with the help of former cricket captain of South Africa Hensie Cronie. CONSCIENTIOUS:taking care to do things correctly and carefully. Relate Conscientious with conscience Aamir Khan takes care to do things correctly and carefully, as he follows his conscience (the part of your mind that tells you whether your actions are right or wrong) CONSCRIPT:to make somebody to join armed forces. Con+ scriptscript is the key word Subhash Chandra Bose was good script writer but nation made him to join armed forces and fight against British Army. CONSECRATE:to state officially in a religious ceremony that something is holy and can be used for religious purpose. Con+secrate....Relate secrate with secret The Babri MAsjid was constructed secretly but stated officially in a religious ceremony that Maszid is holy and can be used for religious purpose. CONSENSUS:all member of a group agreed on an opinion with open senses Con+sense.sense is the key word All Indian cricket team members agreed on an opinion with open senses that Dhoni should take rest for few months. CONSEQUENTIAL:happening as a result of something. Relate Consequential with consequenceoutput of a consequence CONSIGN:to put somebody\something somewhere in order to get rid of them Con+ sign..sign is the key word In the movie 3 Idiots Aamir Khan forced, John Abraham to sign an agreement to put him out of this movie in order to get rid of him. CONSOLE:to give comfort or sympathy to somebody who is unhappy or disappointed Con+solesole sounds as soul Music of A.R.Rahman gives comfort or sympathy to soul of a person who is unhappy or disappointed CONSOLIDATION: to make position more powerful stronger Con+solid+ationsolid is the key word Large number of Scams in the period of Congress Government made position of BJP more powerful or solid. CONSONANCE:agreement Relates Consonance with consonant In English grammar, if vowels and consonant are in harmony or in agreement with each other only then words are formed. CONSORT: Husband or wife Con+sortsort is the key word Shahjahans wife Mumtaz made his life sort of hell.

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CONSORT:to spend time with somebody that other people do not approve Con+sortsort is the keyword Some sort of film stars like Tushar Kapoor spends time with people that other people do not approve of. CONSPIRACY:a secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal Obvious CONSTITUENTS:a component part Obviouscarbon and oxygen are constituents of CO2 CONSTRAINT: a thing that limits or restricts something, or your freedom to do something. Cons+train+t.train is the key word Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee said that prisoners will not be allowed to travel by trains; this decision will limit or restrict their freedom. CONSTRUE:interpret words Cons+ truetrue is the keyword Shahid Kapoor interprets Kareena Kapoors words wrongly, but she was right. CONSUMMATE:perfect Consum+mateConsum sounds as consume In Sholay, it is perfect to call Dharmendra an alcoholic as he consumes a lot of alcohol when he was going to propose to Dhanno. CONTEMPT:worthless Con+temp+ttemp is the keyword. On computer, it is worthless to store temp (Temporary Files) files. CONTEND:to say something that is true Con+ tend.tend is the key word In a meeting of board of directors of Apple, Steve Jobs tended to say something that was true but no one listened to him because he wasnt the CEO of Apple at that time. CONTENTION:dispute; disagreement Con+tentiontention sounds as tension There was a lot of tension between Hindus and Muslims after the disagreement over Babri Masjid demolition. CONTENTIOUS:likely to cause disagreement between people. Meaning is same as contention CONTEXT:the situation in which something happens and that helps you to understand. Con+text text is the key word Read the text book based on Titanic and watch the movie and then you will be able to understand the situation under which it sank. CONTIGUOUS:touching or next to something Contiguous rhymes as continuous Shah Rukh Khan was sitting next to a girl on the plane, she was continuously asking for an autograph.

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CONTINENCE:control on feeling especially desire to have sex. Relate Continence with continents (one of the large land masses of the earth such as Asia, Europe or Africa) In a research it is found that people of Continent of Europe have control on their feeling especially desire to have sex. CONTINGENT:a group of people at a meeting or an event who have something in common. Con+tin+gent.tin (a metal) is the key word In Delhi, a group of people belong to tin container manufacturing industries came to attend a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss problems in the manufacturing of tin containers. CONTRABAND:goods that are illegally taken into or out of a country. Contraband sounds as combination of country + banned Ban gets stricter on the goods that are illegally taken into or out of the country India. CONTRAVENE: to do something that is not allowed by a law or rule. Contra+vene..Contra is the key word In childhood we played a game called contra, if you do something that is not allowed by a rule, the game gets over automatically. CONTRITE:very sorry for something bad that you have done Cont+riterite is the key wordrite sounds as right Mukesh Ambani Signed a contract with a company of US, later he felt sorry because it wasnt a right decision because it was a fraud Company. CONTRIVED:planned everything in advance and not natural or genuine Con+tri+ ved.tri is the key word.tri sounds as try Sunil Gavaskar planned everything in advancefor his sons career Rohan gavaskar in cricket. Rohan Gavaskar tried very hard to get into the team but wasnt success ful. CONTROVERT:strongly disagree about Controvert comes from controversy (strongly disagree about). CONUNDRUM:very confusing problem that is very difficult to solve. Conun+drumdrum is the key word In the show, Kaun Banega Crorepati, Amitabh asked a question related to music instrument, the drum and the contestant found it very confusing CONVENE: to arrange a meeting for people. Con + venevene sounds as win. After the win, Indian cricket team coach arranged a meeting for the team members to come together and discuss future plans. CONVENTION:the way in which something is done that most people in a society expect andconsider to be polite or the right way to do it Relate Convention with conventional I hope you are aware of the word conventional it means natural and ordinary. CONVERGE:come together from different directions so as eventually to meet Obvious.Converge and Diverge nature of light

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CONVERSANT:familiar with somebody Conver+santsant sounds as saint Baba Ramdev is a great saint, in your first meeting with him; you will feel that you are familiar with him for years. CONVERSE:the opposite or reverse of a statement or fact Obvious.Question on Converse of Pythagoras theorem is very common in X th Board exam. CONVERT:a person who has changed their religion, beliefs or opinions Relate convert with convert (to change something from one from to another) Do you know that Saif Ali khan is going to change his religion? CONVEYANCE:the process of taking somebody/something from one place to another. Obvious.Conveyance also means vehicle People accepted that process of taking their goods from one place to another through FedEx is the best way because their vehicles never get delayed. CONVICTION:the act of finding somebody guilty of a crime a law. Conviction comes from convict (declare to be guilty of a criminal offence by the jury) Daud Ibrahim was a convicted of murder and was charged with other criminal cases. CONVIVIAL:friendly and cheerful in atmosphere or character Con+vivi+alRelate vivi with VVS laxman VVS Laxman hit a triple century in a crucial test match against Australia and that made the atmosphere very friendly and cheerful. CONVOKE:call together Convo+ keConvo is the key word During convo or convocation in IIT Kharagpur, recently passed out students were called to receive their degrees and Manmohan singh was the chief guest, but students rejected to take their degrees from him. CONVOLUTED: extremely complicated and difficult to follow Convo+lutedconvo is the key word In convo or convocation, procedure to get degree is extremely complicated and difficult to follow. COPIOUS: in large amount Copi+ouscopi sounds as copy When the school session starts, students purchase books and copies in large numbers. COQUETTE: to impress Coq+uettecoq sounds as coke When Katrina wants to impress her boyfriend, she offers Coke and samosa to him. CORDIAL:pleasantly and friendly Obvious..We say that you are cordially invited meant you are pleasantly and friendly welcome them.

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CORDON:to make a ring or line of police officer stopping people from entering or leaving a place Cor+dondon is the key word Waise to don ko pakadana mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai lekin ek din Don pakkda gaya that day police officer ordered the police force to make a ring or line of police officers to stop people from entering or leaving the place where Don was caught. CORPOREAL:physical rather than spiritual Corpo +realreal is the keyword I want to tell a real story that Baba Ramdev saw Gods physical p resence rather than spiritual at his home. CORRELATION:mutual relation Cor+relationrelation is the key word Love is based on mutual relation rather than one sided. CORROBORATE:to provide evidence or information that supports a statement, theory etc Corroborate rhymes as Corporate In the corporate world, Companies like Reliance, Infosys appreciate if you provide evidence or information that supports a statement or theory etc. CORRODE:destroy something slowly Cor+roderode sounds as road In the Movie Manoj Bajpai was trying to destroy Viveks and Antara Malis relationship slowly. CORROSIVE:tending to destroy slowly by chemical action ObviousIron gets destroyed slowly if not painted. COSMIC:universe, huge Relate cosmic with comic A comic book was launched in which Chacha choudhary was roaming in universe with Saabu in search of Raaka. COTERIE:a small group people who have the same interest and do things together but do not like to include others Coterie sound as katori (in Hindi) Utensils like plate, spoons, katorie can be compared as a small group of items who have the same interest and do things together but do not like to include others like Gas cylinder etc. COUNTENANCE: a persons face or expression Count+enancecount is the key word During the Lakme fashion week Judges Count the number of models and check a models face or expression. COUNTERMAND:cancel Counter+mandrelate counter with encounter In the Movie Ab tak Chappan, encounter specialist Nana Patekar has order from higher authority to cancel his plan to encounter a criminal. COUNTERPART:a person or thing that has the same position or function assomebody/something else in a different place or situation Counter+part.Counter is the keyword At Taj hotels reception counter there are both males and females as the both hold the same position or function in different places and situations.

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COUP:suddenly attack Relate coup with Allen Cooper (a brand in shoe industry) Allen Cooper launched a sudden attack on the shoe industry by capturing brands like Reebok and Adidas. COUPLE:two people or things Obvious.Ajay and Kajol make a great couple COURIER: a person or company whose job is to take packages or important papers somewhere Obvious..We use DTDC, First Flight etc courier services to deliver our important documents COVENANT:legal agreement Covenant rhymes as agreement Divorce between Saif and his Amrita Singh was a legal agreement. COVERT:secret or hidden, making it difficult to notice. Cover+t.cover is the key word There are still many scams by politicians are covered in order to be hidden or making them difficult to notice by public. COVETOUS:having a great desire Covet+o+us..covet sounds as Kuwait Salman Khans brother has a great desire to settle in Kuwait as hi s girl friend is from Kuwait. COW:to frighten somebody in order to make them obey you. Relate cow with cow (an animal) Rajpal Yadav has a cow; it didnt obey him so he frightened it in order to make it obey him. COWER:to bend low or to move backward because you are frightened. Cower sounds like cover Gabbar Singhs gun went off and villagers made their family member bend low and cover children with sheets because they were frightened. COY:shy and innocent. Coy sounds as combination of cow+ toy In a store, toy of a cow was very cute. Son of Sachin Tendulkar was eager to have it but he was shy and innocent to ask for it from his father. COZEN:cheat Co+zenZen is the key word Cost of Zen (a car) is very less in the market but a car dealer cheated Rakhi Sawant and took more than actual price of the car. CRABBED:small and difficult to read. Crab+bedcrab is the key word A doctors handwriting is small like a crab and is small and difficult to read. CRASS:very stupid and showing no sympathy or understanding Crass sounds as cross The Indian police are very stupid and show no understanding or sympathy for poor people in trouble during cross questioning.

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CRAVEN:lack of courage C+ ravenRelate raven with Ravan( a character in Ramayan) Ravan was a brave man; he never lacked courage and even Ram accepted this fact. CREDENCE:belief in something as true Cre+dence..dence sounds as dance Michael Jackson was a legendry dancer; his dance was best and everyone believes that. CREDO: set of beliefs Cre + dodo is the keyword Every religion has its own set of beliefs which mean a lot to them like they perform prayers every day in the morning. CREDULITY: ability or willingness to believe that something is true. Relate Credulity with credo (set of beliefs) When you are following credo of certain religion like Sikhism, Islam or Hinduism, you need to have the ability or willingness to believe in things that are true. CREED:set of principles or religious beliefs C+reedreed sounds as read Hindu pundits always read set of principles or religious beliefs before saying their prayers. CRESCENDO:a gradual increase in volume Cres+cendo.cres sounds as Krissh Rithik Starrer Movie Krissh didnt make a very good collection in the first week but later there was a gradual increase in volume of collection. CRESTFALLEN:feel sad and disappointed because you have failed. Crest+fall+en.fall is the keyword Roger Federer was sad and disappointed when he falls during a match and looses a point against Nadal. CRINGE:to moved back C+rin+ge..Rin is the key word Kareena Kapoor accidently washed her face with Rin detergent cake. She was shocked when she moved back and saw her face in the mirror. CRITERION:a standard or principle by which something is judged It comes from criteria. CRONE:ugly old woman. Relate crone with cone Helen is an ugly old woman and loves eating ice cream cones. CROTCHETY:bad tempered Crot+chet+yChet sounds as chat Sunil Shetty got bad tempered when a girl dont respond him on facebook chat. CRUX:most important reason Relate crux with the bike Crux R When Salman Khan was questioned by the police regarding an accident, He said that brake failure of the Crux-r was the most important reason of the mishap.

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CULINARY:connected with cooking or food Culi+nary.Culi sounds as kuli (In Hindi) Few Kuli at the railway station connected with 5 star hotels and responsible for cooking of food CULL:to kill a particular number of animals of a group in order to prevent the group from getting too large. Cull sounds as kal(in Hindi) (tomorrow) In Gwalior, many Hunters and villagers decided that kal(in Hindi)(tomorrow) they will kill large number of dogs to prevent the group from getting too big or large. CULMINATION:the highest point or end of something. Cul+mi+nation.nation is the keyword The highest point or moment of time our nation was when India got freedom from the British. CULPABLE:responsible and deserving blame for having done something wrong Culp+ablerelate culp with kriya kulp(in Hindi) Sanjay Dutt was caught in the wrong kriya kulp of shooting the deer and was responsible and deserved blame for having done wrong. CUMBERSOME:large and heavy; difficult to carry Relate cumbersome with cucumber Cucumbers are very large and heavy and difficult to carry. CUMULATIVE:growing by addition Obvious CUPIDITY:strong desire for more wealth possessions, power. Cupid+ity..cupid is the keyword Cupid not just wants love and wants to be loved. He has a strong desire for more wealth possessions, power, etc CURATOR:a person whose job is to be in charge of the objects or works of art in a museum or art gallery Curator sounds as care taker A care taker, take care of objects or works in museum or art gallery CURMUDGEON: very bad tempered person Cur+mudgeoncur sounds as kar(tax)relate mudgen with Mahajan(in hindi) Mahajan ka kar nahi diya to he will be very angry because he is a very bad tempered person CURSIVE:with letters joint together Curs+ive.curs sounds as curse In the olden days; it was a curse to write with letters joint together. CURSORY:done quickly and without giving enough attention. Cursor+y..cursor is the key word We move our cursor quickly and without giving enough attention when we are in hurry. CURTAIL: to limit something. Cur+tail..tail is the keyword Raavan cut the tail of Lord Hanuman to make him powers less and limit his freedom. CYNOSURE: a person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration. Cynosure rhymes as dinosaur Dinosaurs, now a days are an object of attention or admiration for all scientists.

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DAIS:stage on which people stand to make speeches to an audience. Dais sounds as days During school days, APJ Kalam participated in debate. He can still remember the stage on which people sood to make speeches to an audience. DALLY:to take lot of time. Dally sounds as Delhi During the election rally BJP leader LK Advani take a lot of time roaming in villages and urban areas in hope of getting good number of votes. DANK:damp, cold and unpleasant. Dank sounds as Damp (slightly wet) Anna Hazare started his fast for the LokPal bill in a damp cold and unpleasant Ramlila Compound. DAPPER:small with neat appearance. Dapper sounds like diaper Charlie Chaplin was a man with small and neat appearance, and he loved to wear a diaper. DAPPLED:marked with spots of color D+apple+ d.There are unique variety of apples found in Kashmir. The apple is marked wit h spots of color. DAUB: to spread a substance such as paint, mud etc thickly and or carelessly onto something Dau+brelate dau with Daud Daud Ibrahim spreads his network on to Mumbai like paint, mud etc thick and carelessly.

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DAUNT: to make somebody feel nervous and less confident about something D+aunt..aunt is the keyword Rakhi Sawants aunt has a strange behavior she used to make youngsters feel nervous and less confident about acting in movies. DAUNTLESS:not easily frightened Daunt+less..Not daunt DAWDLE: to take long time to do something. Daw+i+dle.relate dle with dull The ministers in the UPA government are dull and take long time to do something on corruption. DEADLOCK:complete failure to reach an agreement. Dead+lock.Dead is the keyword The UPA government leaders feeling dead on the issue of Anna Hazare and the Jan Lokpal bill, they completely fail to reach an agreement on the issue. DEADPAN:without any expression or emotions. Dead+pan.Dead is the keyword When former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao died, there was no expression or emotion on his face. DEARTH:lack of something D+earth.. earth is the key word People around the world will lack Earths resources like petrol, water and gas in the near futu re. DEBACLE: an event or situation that is completely failure and causes embarrassments Debacle rhymes as oracle Oracle a software company totally fails to make new software and it causes embarrassment among employees DEBASE:to make something or somebody less valuable or respected. Debase similar as degrade DEBAUCH: a person that is immoral; drinks a lot of alcohol. Deb+auchDeb sounds as dev In the movie Dev D, Abhay deol played a role of immoral and drank a lot of alcohol. DEBILITATE:reduce ability of mind. Debilitate sounds as combination of De+ability.ability is the keyword Smoking reduces ability of the mind to remember. DEBONAIR:fashionable and confident. Relate it with Debonair Magazine Fashionable and confident actor like John Abraham read Debonair magazine DEBUNK: to show that an idea, a belief is false. De+bunkbunk is the key word Mathematician Aryabhatta showed that the idea of attending classes is false as he was able to get marks even he bunked classes.

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DEBUTANTE:a young, rich woman who is going to fashionable social events for the first time Debu+tante.debu sounds as debut Lakme fashion week is the debut venue for many young, talented women who are going out into modeling for the first time. DECADENCE:decay of behavior, attitude. Deca+dence.deca sounds as decay.decay of behavior, attitude etc. DECANT: to pour De+cant..de sounds like Di(sister)( in Hindi) Rahul Gandhi challenged his sister to pour water on him but she wasnt able to. DECELERATE:to make something become slower. Obviousopposite of accelerate DECIDUOUS:(of a tree or shrub) that loses its leaves every year Decid+uous.Decid rhymes with acid Acid causes trees to lose their leaves annually. DECIMATE:kill one in every ten Relate decimate with decimal The answer of a question was 2.6387285 but it was instructed to calculate it into two decimal places, in this way we reduce the answer. DECIPHER:convert from code into normal language; succeed in understanding or interpreting (something). Obvious.Only the experts can decipher the scripts on the cave walls. DECLIVITY:a downward slope, decline Relate Declivity with decline DECOMPOSITION:decay Obvious.Decomposition is aided by the bacteria. DECORUM: to behave in controlled, calm and polite way Deco+rumrum is the keyword In the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, Johny Depp after drinking rum, forgot to behave in controlled, calm and polite way. DECREE:an official order from a ruler or a government that becomes the law Decree sounds as degree In CBI, the officer with higher degree is allowed to give official orders that can become the law. DECREPIT:elderly and infirm; worn out or ruined because of age or neglect. Decre+pit.Relate pit with Brad Pitt( a Hollywood Film Star) Brad Pitt was worried about his survival in Hollywood when he got very old. DECRY:to strongly criticize somebody/something especially publicly De+crycry is the key word Aishwarya Rai was crying very hard when she was criticized by Abhishek Bacchan in public.

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DEDUCE:to form an opinion about something based on the information or evidence that is available De+duceduce sounds as deucea deuce ball Dhoni had an opinion about the pitch in England based on the information that the deuce ball will swing a lot and that it favors the bowlers. DEFACE:damage the appearance of something especially by drawing or writing on it. De+faceface is the key word Posters of Shoaib Akhthars face were damaged by drawing or writing on it by his fans when he was caught in match fixing scandal. DEFAME:damage the good reputation of somebody or something De+fameopposite of fame (the state of being famous) DEFAULT:to fail to do something that you have legally have to do, especially by not paying a debt De+fault.fault is the key word Sanjay Dutt made a great fault in his life when he failed to legally pay debt to his wife after divorce. DEFEATIST:expecting not to succeed. ObviousDefeat+ist.Defeat is the key word DEFECTION:to leave a political party, country etc to join another that is considered to be an enemy Defection is opposite to affectionloosing affection and leaving political party, country etc. to join another that is considered to be an enemy DEFER:to delay something until a later time. Defer sounds as duffer Teachers believe that Darsheel Zafari (actor in TaareZameen Par) is a duffer student because he delayed his homework until a later time but reason behind it was that he was suffering from dyslexia. DEFERENCE:a behavior that show respect Deference sounds as difference Children who came from Pakistan make a difference when they showed a behavior that was showing respect to Indian culture. DEFIANCE:open refusal to obey somebody/something De+fiance..fianc sounds as fiance In Lakshya, Hrithik Roshans proposes co-star Preity Zinta to be his fiance but she refused to obey his marriage proposal. DEFILE:to make something dirty or impure especially something that people consider important or holy De+filefile is the keyword In the movie Sin, Shiney Ahuja played the role of a priest who mad e the reputation of church dirty or impure that people consider important or holy, because he had a relationship with many women and local people decided to file a case against him. DEFINITIVE:final; not able to be changed, unlikely to change Definit+ive.Things that is definite and cant be changed DEFOLIATE:to destroy the leaves of trees or plants especially with chemicals De+foli+ate..Relate foli with folic acid Folic acid is a chemical. It can destroy leaves of trees or plants.

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DEFROCK:to strip a priest or minister of church authority De+frockfrock is the keyword To take away the frock is same as stripping a priest of church authority. DEFT:skillful Deft sounds as deaf Tushar Kapoor played a role of deaf man in Golmaal-3 and he played his part skillfully. DEFUNCT:no longer in use De+functrelate funct with function Something not in funct or not in function, no longer in use DEGENERATE:to become worse Relate Degenerate with Regenerate Regenerate means make something better, while degenerate means make it worse DEGRADATION:the condition or process of degrading or being degraded . Obvious DEHYDRATE:lose or cause to lose a large amount of water Obvious.Dehydration occurs when no water is left in our body. DEIFY:to treat or worship somebody as a god. Deify sounds as define Rajnikant defined as God in Telugu movies. DEIGN:to do something in a way that shows you think you are too important to do it Deign sounds as Dean The Dean of the college takes all decisions related to students activity and performs them in such a way which shows he is too important to do them. DELETE:remove or erase Obvious DELETERIOUS:very harmful Delete+riousDelete is the key word The Shift + Delete key in Computer is very harmful. It could remove your important files forever. DELIBERATE: done consciously and intentionally; done or acting in a careful and unhurried way. Deli+berateDeli sounds as Delhi Delhi Govt. is levying tax on smoking publicly; this is done intentionally because government knows that they will be able to collect a lot of revenue by doing this.

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DELINEATE:describe, draw or explain something in detail De+lineateRelate lineate with linear Professor Einstein converted a complex expression into linear form, it took him one week. He described his drawings or explained it in detail in front of other mathematicians. DELIRIUM:a mental state where somebody becomes delirious (in an excited state and not able to think or speak properly), usually because of illness Assume that a new metal delirium is found by scientist. Its very dangerous. Its exposure could take a person into an excited state where he/she will not be able to speak or think properly. DELUDE:make (someone) believe something false. Relate Delude with delusion Delude is to make (someone) believe something false and delusion is a false opinion or belief about yourself or your situations. DELUGE:a great quantity of something arriving at the same time Deluge rhymes as huge Huge number or great number of calls arrived at the same time to Kareena Kapoor on her birth day. DELUSION:a false belief or opinion about yourself or your situation Relate it with illusion DELUSIVE:the action of deluding or the state of being deluded. Relate it with delusion DELVE:try to find out more information about something De+lve...Del is the key word Dells (a Laptop company) services are good in India. If you have any problem with your laptop, they come to the clients house, try to find out more information about the problem and give complete solutions. DEMAGOGUE:a political leader who seeks support by using arguments based on emotions rather than reason Dema+gogueMr. Dema Gouge is an U.S Politician In every election his policy is same as Lalu Prasad Yadav, Dema Gogue tries to win support by using arguments based on emotions rather than reason. DEMEAN: to do something that makes people have less respect for you De+mean..mean is the keyword Anna Hazare is getting offers to join political parties, but he is rejecting those offers be cause he doesnt want to make people respect him less. DEMEANOR: the way that somebody looks or behaves. Demean+orDemean is the keyword Salman Khans behavior is very professional. He never demeans (degrade) any actor because of their looks or behavior. DEMISE: somebodys death. De+mi+semi sounds as my In the movie Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Genelia was very upset. When Imran Khan asked her what had happened, she replied that my cats death has put me in a state of shock.

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DEMOLITION:pull or knock down Demo+litiondemo is the keyword The demo version of FIFA 2011 pulled or knocked down from the Game market. DEMONIC:connected with demon Demon+ic..Demon is the key word Someone or something connected with demon DEMOTIC:used by or typical of ordinary people Demot+ic..relate demot with de-motivate Ordinary people should motivate their child to do higher study and never de-motivate them. DEMUR: to say that you do not agree with something or that you refuse to do something De+mur.Relate mur with Marna (in Hindi)(Die) Marne se pehle Dhiru Bhai Ambani wanted to say that he is doesnt agree with conditions on the will. DEMURE:quiet and serious De+muremure sounds as more Drew Barry more (a Hollywood Actress) is playing role of quiet and serious girl in her upcoming movie. DENIGRATE:criticize unfairly. Deny+grate.Deny is the keyword In Bollywood, Deny was a great actor but few directors criticized him unfairly. DENIZEN:a person or an animal that lives, grows or is often found in a particular place Deni+zen.zen is the keyword Deni is usually found in his Maruti Zen. Similarly Polar bears live, grow or is often found in the freezing north. DENOTATION: distinguished by name De+notationnotation is the keyword The notation of Pune University mark sheet is distinguished by name. DENOUEMENT:the final part of a play, book, etc. in which matters are explained or resolved. De+nou+ementnou sounds as now The conclusion was not written in Jeffrey Archers new novel Now. He will be publishing another book as a final part in which matters are explained or resolved DENOUNCE:criticize De+noun+ce.noun is the key word Definition of noun was initially criticized by all English professors but later accepted it. DEPICT:represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form; portray in words. De+pic+tpic is the key word Leonardo Da Vinci wanted to convey the mind and feelings of a woman through the painting or pic of Mona Lisa. DEPLETE:to delete or reduce Deplete rhymes as delete In order to make your computer fast you need to delete unused files.

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DEPLORE:to strongly disapprove of something and criticize it especially public Depl+ore..ore is the key word In iron ore mines, every year thousands of tons of iron are taken by people by force, this act is strongly criticized by the public. DEPLOY:to move soldiers or weapons into a position where they are ready for military action Deploy rhymes as apply The U.S. President George Bush once applies force and moves the soldiers in Iran where they were ready for military actions. DEPOSE:remove somebody especially a ruler, from power De+posepose is the keyword Lal Krishna Advani of B.J.P was removed from power because he only poses in front of the media and did nothing for the party. DEPOSITION:a formal statement, taken from somebody and used in a court of law De+positionposition is the keyword A minister who was at higher position in the government, his son was once caught in rape case. He just took formal statement from that girl and used it in the court of la w that he wasnt the guy who raped her. DEPRAVITY:the state of being morally bad Dep+ravity..relate dep with Johny Depp (a Hollywood actor) During the shooting of the movie Pirates of the Carribean, Johny depp was warned by the director because he was behaving morally bad with the actress. DEPRECATE:to feel and express strong disapproval of something Depre+cat+e.cat is the key word Many Students feel and express strong disapproval of CATs new pattern. DEPRECIATE:to become less valuable over period of time Depreciate is opposite of appreciate DEPREDATION:an act that cause harm Dep+redationdep is the key word Johny Dep in his next movie will do acts that cause harm to human life. DERANGED:not be able to behave and think normally De+range+drange is the key word In the movie Munna Bhai MBBS, a Doctor declared that the patient is not normal anymore; he is out of range now. He will never be able to behave and think normally. But Circuit and Munna Bhai were quite hopeful that he could be treated. DERELICT:not used or cared for and in bad condition Dere+lic+t.lic sounds as lick Salman Khan doesnt care his dog and puts him in bad conditions. The dog licks his feet when he wants to eat food or play. DERIDE:to treat somebody/something as ridiculous and not worth considering seriously. De+rideride is the keyword When a terrorist hides a bomb in a crowded marketplace, shopkeepers treat it as ridiculous and not worth considering seriously.

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DERISION:ridicule De+risionrision sounds as reason The reason to ridicule his attempt is very simple because Raj Pal Yadavs legs were not reaching the bikes brakes. DERIVATIVE:copied from something else; not having new or original ideas Obvious DEROGATORY:gives insulting remarks Dero+gateDero sounds as diro In the movie 3 idiots Diro aka Director Virus, give insulting remarks based on the behavior of a few students when he caught Aamir and his friends in a drunken state. DECRY:to strongly criticize somebody/something especially in public. De+crycry is the key word When SRKs son was crying in a public party, SRK strongly criticizes his wife for not taking care of him. DESECRATE:secretly damaged a holy thing De+secrate.Relate secrate with secret Terrorists secretly damaged the holy place Golden temple in Amritsar. DESOLATE:empty place without people, making you feel sad or frightened Deso+latelate is the key word When Salman Khan was late for a movie shoot he was forced by Director to work in an empty place without people who caused him to feel sad or frightened. DESICCATE:dried in order to preserve it Desi+c+cat+e.desi is the keyword.relate desi with desi (in Hindi) During Shooting of the movie Dostana, Desi girl Priyanka Chopra dried coconut to preserve it for a longer time which she collected from a nearby place in New York. DESPERADO:a man who does dangerous and criminal things without caring about himself or other people Relate desperado with desperate Spider Man is always desperate to do dangerous and criminal things without caring about himself or other people. DESPISE:dislike and have no respect to somebody/something. De+spiseSpise sounds as spice Once Bipasha added some spices in food; John disliked it and had no respect for her.

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DESPOIL:make the place less attractive. De+spoil ...spoil is the keyword Terrorist destroyed and spoil the WTC and made it less attractive. DESPONDENT:without much hope Despondent rhymes with correspondent Aaj tak correspondent lost live coverage of Saddams death, and was left without much hope. DESPOT:ruler with great power. De+spot.spot is the key word The US spotted the ruler with great power especially Saddam Hussain and decided to nail him down. DESTITUTE:without money, food and the other necessary for life, Sounds as combination of destiny + institute I met an extremely poor student who was without money, food and the other necessary items for life, but his destiny was to study in a good engineering Institute. DESULTORY:going from one place to another. Desult+ory.Desult sounds as desert Once Abhishek and Aishwarya got stuck in Thar Desert; they were very confused, and were going from one place to another for water. DETACHED:to remove something from something larger; to become separated from something Obvious..Opposite of attach DETERMINATE:fixed and definite Meaning of Determinate is similar to determined. DETERRENT:thing that makes somebody less likely to do something . Deterrent comes from deter (to make someone decide not to do something or continue doing something) DETONATION:an explosion Deto+nationnation is the keyword Every nation shows its power by doing explosions. DETRACTION:opposite of attraction Opposite of attraction DETRIMENTAL:harmful Detri+mental.mental is the keyword Cigarette is very harmful as it decreases our mental strength. DEVIATE:to be different from something. Obvious DEVIOUS:behaving in dishonest way. Devi+ousrelate Devi with Sri Devi (a Bollywood Actress) Sometimes Sri Devi starts behaving in a dishonest way. DEVISE:something new De+visevise sounds as wise Only a wise man like Albert Einstein could invent something new like the theory of relativity.

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DEVOID:completely lacking in something. De+voidvoid is the key word.void means completely blank or lacking something DEVOLVE:you received it after somebody else dies. De+volverelate volve with valve Anil Ambani received a valve manufacturing plant after the death of Dheeru Bhai Ambani. DEVOTEE:a person who admires and Devout De+vote+evote is the keyword Indian people give votes to congress; it shows that people admire them. DEVOUT:believing strongly in particular religion and obeying its laws and practices Dev+outRelate Dev with Anand Dev Anand left Hindu religion, now he believes strongly in Buddhism and obeys its laws and practices. DEXTEROUS:skillful with your hands Dexter+ousWatch Dexter an English T.V serial, the actor in the lead role is skillful with his hands. DIABOLICAL:extremely bad Diabol+calRelate cal with Calcutta. Weather conditions of Cal (Calcutta) are extremely bad. DIADEM:crown, sign of royal power. Dia+demRelate diadem with diamond The Kohinoor diamond is on the crown and is a sign of royal power. DIALECTICAL:methods of discovering the truth of ideas by discussion and logical argument Dial+ecticalrelate ectical with electrical Electrical engineering involves methods of discovering the truth of ideas by discussion and logical argument. DIAPHANOUS:so fine or light Dia+phanousphanous sounds as fineness The dress of Sonam Kapoor at the filmfare awards was so fine and light that everyone was appreciating her dress DIATRIBE:a long and angry speech Dia+tribe.relate tribe with tribes A minister of Jharkhand was sent to jail because he gave a long and angry speech against local tribes of Jharkhand. DICHOTOMY:the separation between two group and things that are completely opposite to each other Dichotomy rhymes as botany Both the subjects Botany and Zoology have a big separation because they are completely opposite to each other DIDACTIC: designed to teach people something. Didactic sounds as deduct Director Prakash Jha, dont want to deduct scene from his movie Aarakshan because movie was designed to teach people about reservation.

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DIFFIDENCE:not having much confidence in you. Relate diffidence with defend Pakistanis couldnt defend our attack in Kargil War because they dont have much confidence in themselves. DIFFUSE:to spread over wide area. Diff+useuse is the keyword In Rang De Basanti, Police uses tear gas to spread away Aamir and his colleagues and other supporters who came to raise the voice against a corrupt minister. DIGRESSION:to start to talk about something that is not connected with the main point of what you are saying Dig+ressiondig is the keyword Congress leaders are trying to dig the points which are not connected with main points of Jan Lokpal Bill. DILAPIDATED:old and in very bad condition Dilap+idateddilap sounds as Dilip Kumar (a Bollywood Actor) Do you know that Dilip Kumar is getting old and living in very bad condition DILATE:becomes larger or wider Di+lateLate is the keyword During college days Kareenas elder sister Karishma Kapoor came home late, her fathers eyes became larger and wider in anger. DILATORY:not acting quickly; causing delay Dila+torydila sounds as delaycausing delay. DILEMMA:a situation which make problems, often one in which you have to make a very difficult choice between things of equal importance Dil+emma.Relate emma with Emma Watson (Harry potter Girl) Emma Watson had a situation in Aapna dil kisko de. In this problem she has to make a very difficult choice between things of equal importance. DILETTANTE:a person who does or studies something but is not serious about it and doesnt have much knowledge Dil+ettante.Dil (in Hindi) (Heart) is the keyword In the movie Dil, Aamir Kahn was studying Psychology but he was not serious about it and doesnt have much knowledge because he was wasting a lot of time on Madhuri Dixit. DILIGENT:showing care or effort in your work or duties. Dil+a+gentGent is the key word In a research it is fund that Gents show more care or effort in their work or duties than ladies. DILUTE:to make liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid. Obvious DIMINUTION:act of reducing something. Dim+inutionDim is the key word Congresss political power going to dim or reduce in the coming years DIN:continuous loud Relate Din with din (In Hindi) (a day) In Delhi Public School, children make continuous loud noise din-bhar (in Hindi)(whole day), until the teacher comes.

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DINT: by mean of something Relate Dint with Didnt Film stars such as Katrina Kaif didnt succeed in the film Industry by means of hard wo rk but because of luck. DIRE:very serious. Relate Dire with General Dire General Dire took a serious decision when he ordered to kill everyone present in the Jalianwala Baugh. DISABUSE: to tell somebody that what they think is true is in fact not true. Dis+abuseabuse is the keyword In the movie 3 Idiots, Boman Irani abused Aamir Khan that he will not be able to become an engineer but in fact that was not true. DISAFFECTED:no longer satisfied with your situation Dis+affectedaffected is the keyword Few affected members & no longer satisfied with the partys situation left to form a new party DISAPPROBATION:disapproval of something/somebody. Disappro+bation..Disapproval (Disappro+val) Disappro is common in both the words and its meaning is same. DISARRAY:state of confusion Dis+array.Not in array, not arranged; state of confusion DISAVOW:to state publicly that you have no knowledge. Disa+vowvow sounds as wow When other businessmen got to know that Ambani brothers are divided they said, wow what a news, but in public they stated that they have no knowledge of their division. DISBAND:to stop somebody/something from operating as a group. Dis+bandband is the keyword In the movie Rock On, rock band stopped operating as a group due to some proble ms DISBURSE: to pay money to somebody from a large amount that has been collected. Disburse rhymes and sounds as disperse During recession Satyam Pvt. Ltd dispersed or pays the salary to their employees from a large amount of money that had been collected from investors. DISCERN:to know Discern sounds as design Only experts could understand the time machine designed by IIT Kharagpur mechanical engineers. DISCLAIM: to state publicly that you have no knowledge of something . Dis+claimclaim is the keyword The Congress government claims publicly that they have no knowledge of money that is stored in the Swiss Bank. DISLODGE:to force or to knock something out of its position. Dis+lodgelodge is the keyword In the movie Singham, Ajay Devgan lodged a complaint against the villain. So he was forced or knocked out of his position and transferred to another police station.

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DISCOMFIT:to make somebody feel confused and embarrassed Dis+com+fitfit is the keyword In the movie 3 Idiots, the sherwani didnt fit the actor because R. Madhavan purposefully dropped green color sauce on his sherwani to make him feel confused and embarrassed. DISCOMBOBULATED:confuse Discom+bobu+latedRelate Babu with Raja Babu In the movie, Raja Babu, Govinda was confused about his career as he had pictures of him in different professions like lawyer, doctor, engineer etc. DISCONCERT:to make somebody feel confused, anxious Dis+concert.concert is the keyword Shakira was confused, anxious about her live concert in South Africa for FIFA 10. DISCONSOLATE:very unhappy Dis+consolateRelate consolate with consolation Kareena kapoor was very unhappy, because she didnt even get a consolation prize in Filmfare awards. DISCORD:disagreement Dis+cord.cord is the key word If any cord of the guitar is disturbed, the cords get in a disagreement. DISCORDANT:not in agreement. Discord+antdiscord is the keywordMeaning is same as discord DISCOURSE:longand serious discussion of their subject in speech Dis+course....Course is the keyword Course in computer Science department of advanced Probability is difficult to teach; even professors need to have a long and serious discussion. DISCREDIT:to make people stop believing that something is true. Dis+creditcredit is the keyword Salman Khan had a credit card and it doesnt have money, it made people stop believing that its true.

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DISCREPANCY:the difference between two or more things. Discre+pan+cy.pan sounds as pen Nataraj pen and pencils are market leaders because there is huge difference in quality of pencils which they provide than others. DISCRETE:independent of other things of same type. Obvious DISCRETION: the freedom of power to decide what should be done in particular situation. Discretion sounds as discussion Anna Hazare, Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal had discussion on JanLok Pal Bill in which they decided that everyone should have freedom to decide what should be done in this situation. DISCURSIVE:moving from one point to another without any strict structure. Opposite of cursivehope you remember the meaning of cursive DISDAIN:the feeling that somebody\something not good to deserve your respect. Dis+dai+ndai sounds as day One day Saif Ali Khan realized that Kareena is not good enough to deserve his respect because she was still not faithful to him. DISEMBARK:to leave vehicle. Obviousopposite of embarkwe will discuss embark later DISENFRANCHISE:to take away somebody rights Obviousopposite enfranchise DISENGAGE:to free somebody / something from the person or thing that is holding them Obvious.Opposite of engage DISFIGURE:to spoil appearance of person. Dis+figurefigure is the keyword Preeti Zinta has a great figure but nowadays she is looking bit heavy, she completely spoiled her appearance. DISGORGE: To pour something out in large quantities Dis+gorgeRelate gorge with George George Bush poured money in large quantities to fund the Iraq War. DISGRUNTLE:annoyed or disappointed Disg+run+tlerun is the keyword In the movie Run, Vijay Raaz (Kawwa Biryani guy) was very annoyed or disappointed from everything like tea-stalls, hospitals etc. DISHEARTEN:to make somebody lose hope or confidence. Dis+heart+en.heart is the keyword Aishwarya broke Salmans heart,when she rejected his offer to marr y him, she made him lose hope or confidence forever DISHEVELED:very untidy Dis+he+vel+ed..relate He with He Man He Man (Comic Character) looks very untidy in his initial appearances.

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DISINCLINATION:lack of willingness to do something. Opposite of inclination DISINGENUOUS:not sincere especially when you pretend to know less about something than you really do. Opposite of ingenuouswe will discuss it later DISINTER:to dig up something. Dis+inter.Relate inter with internet On internet we can dig up any information from Google, it is very powerful resource to get information. DISJUNCTION:difference between two things that you would expect to be in agreement with each other. Dis+junction...Junction is the key word On a Railway junction there is always difference in the announcement time and actual arrival time of trains that we expect to be in agreement with each other. DISLODGE:to force or to knock something out of its position. Dis+lodgeLodge is the keyword In the movie Singham Ajay Devgan lodged a complaint against the villain. But Ajay was forced or knocked out of his position and transferred to another police station. DISMEMBER:divide into parts Dis+member.member is the keyword Uttar Pradesh is divided into two parts, Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh. Now Uttaranchal is not a member of Uttar Pradesh. DISMISS:to decide that somebody/something not important and not worth. Obvious DISPARAGE:to suggest that somebody/something not important or valuable Dis+pa+rageRelate pa with Paa or Papa Abhishekh Bacchans Pa(papa) Amitabh Bacchan said that he should not perform roles in the movies that are not valuable or important. DISPARATE:so different from each other that they cannot be compared or cannot work together. Dis+parate.parate sounds as parrot Behavior, color etc of parrots of north India is different from parrots of south and cant be compared. DISPARITY: a difference especially one connected with unfair treatment Obvious.relate it with Disparate DISPASSIONATE:not influenced by emotion Dis+passionate.not passionate The soldiers of the Indian Army are passionate about their work and are not influenced by emotion. DISPATCH:to send somebody/something some where Obvious DISPEL:get rid of something, feeling Dis+spel..spel sounds as spell In the World cup bowling Spell of Harbhajan & Zaheer was so economic that they made sure South Africa got rid of feeling of winning the match.

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DISPERSE:scattered Dis+perseperse sounds as purse On Mumbai Airport, when Deepika Padukone opened her purse, coins fell down and scattered everywhere on the floor. DISPIRITED:having no hope Di+spirit+ed.spirit is the key word... relate spirit with sprite. As it was very late in the night Ajmal Kasab had no hope of getting a bottle of sprite. DISPORT:enjoy yourself by doing something active. Di+sport sport is the keyword Baichung Bhutia keeps himself fit by enjoying doing something active like playing football. DISPUTATIONS:debate or argument Disputations come from dispute Hindus and Muslims always had an argument on Babri Masjid as they couldnt agree on certain issues. DISQUISITION:a long complicated speech Dis+quis+ition.Quis sounds as quiz At the start of the Bournvita Quiz, Danny obrien gave a long complicated speech about the rules. DISSECTION:to cut up dead persons body, plant animal to study it. Dis+section..section is the keyword In the movie Munnabhai MBBS, Sanjay Dutt wanted to be a doctor, in the hospital he has to cut up a few sections of dead persons body to study it. DISSEMBLE:to hide your real feelings or intentions. Dissemble rhymes as assemble When Sunil Shetty called a technician to assemble his computer, technician was hiding his real feelings or intentions to work in film industry rather than working as a technician. DISSEMINATE:to spread information Dis+sem+inatesem is the keyword..sem also known as semester or term In the movie 3 idiots during semester, When Aamirs friend didnt get good marks, the Professor spread information that they will never able to get a job from campus DISSENT:the fact of having or expressing opinions that is different from those that are officially accepted. Dis+sent.sent is the keyword In IITs It was decided that an academic performance will be sent to parents but students expressed opinions that were different from those that were officially accepted by departments. DISSERTATION: a long essay, especially one written for a university degree or diploma. Dissert+ationdissert is the keyword which means the sweet course eaten at the end of a meal. Sonali Bendre ordered a dessert after dinner in hotel Taj while she was reading a long essay, written for a university or diploma. DISSIDENT:a person who strongly disagree Dissi+dent...dent is the keyword which means a hollow in a hard surface After an accident Salman Khan strongly disagreed that there was a dent on the road.

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DISSIMULATE:to hide your feelings. Disi+simulatesimulate is the keyword In the movie Simulate one, the villain Johnny Depp tries to hide his feelings but is not successful as the other people get to know about it. DISSIPATE:make something weaker until it is disappear. Diss+ipatediss for dissipate and diss for disappear Anna Hazare is trying to make India a better country for the poor people by making corruption weaker until it disappears. DISSOLUTION:the act of breaking Dis+solutionsolution is the key word The act of breaking of movie sets by political parties caused a lot of trouble for actors like Amitabh Bachhan, Sunil Shetty and Salman Khan. They found a solution and stopped these acts from taking place again. DISSONANCE:a combination of musical notes that sound harsh together. Opposite of consonance (harmony) DISSUADE:to persuade not to do something. Opposite of persuade.So dissuade means persuade not to do something. DISTANT:far away in space or time Distant sounds as distance Distance learning programs by certified institutions are conducted by use of satellite that is far away in space or time. DISTEND:to swell because of pressure inside. Dist+endend is the keyword UNO decided that they need to end this poverty problem in Africa as young children stomachs will swell because of pressure of hunger inside. DISTIL:simply a process of making a pure liquid Distil sounds as distill.relate distill with distill water Distillation is a process of creating a liquid that is pure and without impurities. DISTINCTION:a clear difference between people or things ObviousIn Board exams, topper got distinction in all subjects that make a clear difference between him and other students. DISTORT:to change shape appearance or sound of something so that it is strange or not clear Obvious DISTRAIT:absent minded; distracted Di+straitstrait sound as straight In Black Rani Mukherjee was absent minded she can`t walk straight or talk properly.

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DISTRAUGHT:not understand anythingmakes them extremely upset. Dis+traughttraught sounds as taught In the movie Main hoon na, professors taught so badly that students didn`t understand anything this made them extremely upset. DIURNAL:active during day Opposite of nocturnal (active in night) DIVA:famous women singer Relate diva with Divya bharti Divya Bharti was a famous singer before getting break in Bollywood. DIVERGE:separate and going in different direction Obvious.Converge and diverge are the two properties of light DIVERSE:different Diverse sounds as divorce Divorce occurs between those couples which are very different in nature and having lack of understanding DIVERSION:the act of changing the direction. Obvious DIVEST:to remove clothes Di+vestvest sounds as west Rani mukherjee is from West Bengal. On movie sets, she is used to wear and remove clothes very fast in changing room. DIVINE:connected with god. Di+vinevine sounds as wine After drinking 5 bottles of wine, Kagana Ranaut found herself connected with god. DIVULGE:to give somebody information that is supposed to be secret. Di+vulgeDi sounds as Die In the Hindi movies, if someone is going to die, he usually tells information that is supposed to be secret to the hero or someone important in the movie. DOCILE:very quiet and easy to control. Relate Docile with DOSA (Dean of students affairs) IIT Kharagpurs DOSA was very nice; he was very quiet and easy to control. DOCTRINAIRE:strictlyfollowing a theory in all circumstances even if there are practical problems or disagreement Relate doctrinaire with Doctor Doctor Asthana in Munna Bhai MBBS strictly believe in following theories in all circumstances even if there are practical problems or disagreement DOCTRINE:set of beliefs taught by church. Obvious Christians need to follow a set of doctrine and beliefs that have been taught by the church.

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DOCUMENT:an official paper or book that gives information about something, or that can be used as evidence or proof of something Obvious DODDERING:weak, slow and not able to walk in a steady way, especially because of old age Dod+deringrelate dod with dad Deepika Padukones dad was an athlete but now he became slow, weak and not able to walk in a steady way, especially because of old age. DOFF:remove (an item of clothing especially a hat) D+offoff is the keyword Police officers remove or take off their hat or cap in respect. DOGGED:showed determination; not giving up easily Dog+ged..dog is the keyword Akshay Kumars dog is loyal and showed determination when few criminals attacked his home. DOGGEREL:poetry that is badly written or ridiculous. Dog+real..real is the keyword In the movie Sarfaroz, in order to make the performance look real Naseerudin Shah recited a poetry that was badly written and ridiculous later that scene was removed from the movie. DOGMATIC:being certain that your beliefs are right and others should accept them, without paying attention to evidence or other opinion. Dog+maticdog is the keyword Bulldogs are special breed of dog. Bulldogs are certain that their beliefs are right and that other dog should accept them, without paying attention to evidence or other opinion. DOLDRUMS: the state of feeling sad Dol+drumrelate drum with drummer Bryan Adams wanted to be a drummer but now he has been in the state of feeling sad ever since his dad threw his drums. DOLOROUS:feeling great sorrow or distress Dolor+ousdolor sounds as dollar Ambani`s brothers were in sorrow or distress when they lost a million dollar deal with an American company. DOLT:a stupid person Dol+tdol sounds as doll AishwaryaRai behaving like a stupid girl, when she asked her husband to buy a doll for her, she wanted to play with that doll. DOMINEER:trying to control other people without controlling their wishes Relate Domineer with dominate DORMANT:not active but able to become active in future. Dor+man+tman is the keyword Spider-Man by nature can never sit inactive. DOTAGE:to be old age, cant able to think clearly. Dot+ ageage is the keyword Because of old age, Manmohan Singh is not able to think clearly.

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DOTE:feel and show great love for somebody. Dote sounds as doubt Ajay Devgan has no doubt that he feel and show great love for Kajol. DOUR:giving impression of being unfriendly and severe; not pleasant. Dour sounds as door Rekha closed the door when Amitabh came, giving the impression of being unfriendly and severe nature DOUSE:to stop fire from burning by pouring water over it Dou+se.Douse rhymes with housedou sounds as dau(in Hindi)(Uncle) Raju srivastavas dau(in Hindi) (uncle) did a great job when he stop fire from burning by pouring water over it. DOWDY: not attractive and fashionable. Dow+dydow sounds as dau (in Hindi)(Uncle) Brad Pitt`s dau (Uncle) is not attractive and fashionable and thats he dont go with him into any party. DOWNCAST:disappointed, sad. Down+castcast is the keyword The whole cast of Golmaal-3 were disappointed when movie flopped at the box office. DRAB:a dull and boring manner D+rabRelate rab with Rab ne Bana Di Jodi Director of Rab ne Bana De Jodi presented a relationship of married people in a dull and boring manner. DRACONIAN:extremely harshly and severely. Relate Draconian with Dracula Dracula punishes innocent people extremely harshly and severely. DREGS:the worst and most useless parts of something. Dregs sound as drugs Few drugs such as Marijuana contain worst and useless particles which could be harmful DRIVEL:silly nonsense Drivel sounds as combination of drive+well John Abraham rode a bike in Dhoom like a pro, but he couldnt drive well in real life and madee silly, nonsense mistakes during riding a bike. DROLL:amusing but not in a way that you expect. D+rollroll is the keyword Scary movies make us roll on the floor in amusement. DRONE:a person who is lazy and gives nothing to society while others work Relate Drone with Dronacharaya Dronacharya (in Mahabharat) was an idle person doing nothing to society while others were working. DROSS:waste substances D+ross..ross bole to rossan or Rakesh Raushan In school days, Rakesh Raushan hated doing experiments, once he made a big mistake, he collected waste substances and threw the important substances out.

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DRUDGE:a person who has to do long hard boring jobs Drudge rhymes with grudge Sonia Gandhi had a grudge on Rahul Gandhi because she has to do long hard boring jobs while Rahul didnt work at all. DUBIOUS:doubtful Relate Dubious with Obvious Probability is a subject in which it is obvious that student will be doubtful about problems. DULCET:sweet Dul+cetdul sounds as dull Some people believe that Airtels Hello Tune is very dull but most of the people think that it is sweet. DUMBFOUND:unable to speak because of surprise Dumb+founddumb is the keyword Rajpal Yadav looks like dumb person; he is unable to speak because of surprise when he came to know that his movie Main Meri Patni aur Woh is a big hit. DUPE:to trick or cheat somebody Relate dupe with dope Strangers on train sometimes offer food which contain drugs in order to trick or cheat passengers. DUPLICITY:to make somebody believe something that is not true. Dupli+citycity is the keyword There is a city in U.S where each person has duplicate. People use such persons in order to make somebody believe something that is not true. DURATION:the length of time that something lasts or continues Obvious DURESS:threats, force Duress rhymes with dress In the Movie Dabangg, Salman Khan wore the dress of an inspector, he threatened and forced the criminals to not do bad things. DUTIFUL:doing everything that is expected to do, Duti+ful.duti sounds as duty Shah Rukh Khans wife is very obedient; she performs her duty then works at home. During duty she does everything that is expected to do and never misses anything important. DWINDLE:to become gradually less or smaller D+wind+lewind is the keyord Against wind power every other power is gradually less or smaller. EARTHY:concerned with the body sex etc in an open and direct way that some people find rude. Earth+yEarth is the keyword On planet Earth, among different living things, human beings are most concerned with the body, sex etc in an open and direct way that some people find rude

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EBULLIENT:full of confidence, energy and good humor. E+bullientrelate bullient with bullion (gold bricks) If a poor guy found bullion on roadhow he would feelhe will be filled with confidence, energy and good humor on his fate ECCENTRIC:very strange or unusual Ec+centricRelate centric with center When Salman Khan was a student, he asked a very strange or unusual kind of question, Why does circle have only one centre? He found the geometry very strange and unusual subject. ECCENTRICITY:behavior that people think strange and unusual Relate it with eccentric ECLECTIC:not following one style or set of ideas but choosing from or using a wide variety Relate Eclect as elect Manmohan Singh is elected as Prime Minister because he does not follow one style or set of ideas but choosing from or using a wide variety. ECLIPSE:an occasion when moon pass between the earth and the sun so that you cannot see all or part of sun for a time. Obvious ECSTASY:feeling of very great happiness Ec+stasystasy sounds as stacy You must have watched the song Stacys Mom, Mother was filled with feeling of very great happiness when she found that her daughter`s boyfriend is interested in her and not in her daughter. EDICT:An official order or statement given by somebody in authority Edict sounds as addict Political leaders such as Sharad Pawar, Pranab Mukherjee just give official order or statement but don`t believe in doing anything, they are just addicted to corruption. EDIFY:to improve people minds by teaching them about something Relate it with edit When we edit a Word Document, we improve the written theory similarly when we edify we improve people minds by teaching them about something EERIE:strange, mysterious and frightening Eer+ieeer sounds as ear Neil Nitin Mukesh keeps his ear at neighbors door because he heard strange, mysterious and frightening voices. EFFACE:to make disappeared Ef+faceface is the keyword On birthday, Bipasha was looking very unhappy, suddenly she saw John coming, unhappiness disappeared from her face. EFFECTUAL:producing the result that was intended Relate effectual with effective.

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EFFERVESCENT:excited, full of energy. Effervescence sounds as combination of effective+scent In the movie Perfume, the actor made scents are so effective that, their smell made people excited and full of energy. EFFETE:without strength, feeling very weak. Ef+fetefete sounds as feet After running 10 kms Ronaldos feet did not have strength and he was feeling very weak. EFFICACY: effectiveness Eff+icacyeff for efficacy and eff for effectiveness EFFLUVIUM:noxious smell Effluvium smells like alluviumit has noxious smell. EFFRONTERY:behavior that is confident and very rude without any feeling of shame Ef+front+eryfront is the key word Among all models and actress, Mallika Sherawat comes in front to claim that she is most confident and very rude without any feeling of shame. EFFUSION:something especially a liquid that flows out of somebody/something; pouring forth Ef+fusion.fusion is the keyword Shankar, Eshan and Loy are a band of fusion that play soothing music after they have had enough of wine pouring forth from their bottles. EGOISM:the fact of thinking that you are better or more important than anyone else Ego+ismego is the key word In the movie Singham, Jaykand Shirke says that the police can do everything but not hurt his ego, the fact that makes him think that he is better than anyone else. EGOTISTICAL:excessively self-centered; self-important; conceited Meaning is same as egoist personself centered EGREGIOUS:extremely bad Eg+regiousEg sounds as egg When Sanjay Dutt started eating egg maggi made by him, it was extremely bad in taste. EGRESS:the action of going out or leaving a place; exit Relate Egress with aggressive After watching My Name is Khan, people were exiting from the theatre in a very aggressive manner because the movie was a not very good. EJACULATION:a sudden shout or sound that you make when you are angry or surprised Obvious ELATED:very happy and excited because of something good that has happen E+late+d..late is the keyword Saif Ali Khan is usually famous for coming late to the shoot but during shooting of Kal Ho Na Ho, he came on time which made everyone happy.

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ELEGY:a song that expresses sadness, especially for somebody who has died Elegy can be read as Algae Algae are a microorganism but they also have life and feelings, they usually sing a song that expresses sadness, especially for somebody who has died. ELICIT: to get information about somebody. Eli+citcit sounds as sit Few bad people in the movie Book of Eli caught Denzel Washington and asked him to sit on a chair to get information about the book. ELOQUENCE: able to use language and express your opinions, well, especially when you are speaking in public Elo+quencequence sounds as queens Queen Elizabeth was able to use local language and express her opinions, well, especially when she spoke in front of local public ELUCIDATE:to make something clearer by explaining it more fully E+luci+dateLuci is the keyword Luci, a Hollywood actress went on a date with Sunny Deol and made it clear by explaining it more fully that she couldnt marry him. ELUSIVE:difficult to find, define or achieve E+lusi+ve Lusi is the keyword The same Hollywood actress after her meeting, she became difficult to find forever for Sunny Deol EMACIATED:thin and weak. E+mac+iatedmac is sounds as mass When mass or weight of body decrease, child becomes thin and weak EMANATE:to show or to produce something. E+man+ate.man is the keyword Spider Man ate lot of protein to show or to produce six pack abs to impress his girlfriend. EMANCIPATE:to free somebody, especially from legal, political or social restrictions E+man+cipateman is the key word Women will be able to participate in every field when they will be free from legal, political or social restrictions designed by man EMBARGO:an official order that forbids trade with another country. Em+bar+gobar and go are the keywords A foreigner Em said to his friend that they will go to a bar and trade with local people in Mumbai but there was an official order that forbids trade with another country and its people. EMBARK:to get onto ship Em+barkbark is the keyword Bruce Willis decided to travel India by ship, one day he got onto the ship, he carried a dog with him, whole journey dog barked a lot, disturbing other passengers. EMBED:to fix something firmly Em+bedbed is the keyword During shooting of Sholay, Amitabh got injured, he was lying in hospital bed for one week, and doctors performed the operation to remove the glass that had fixed itself firmly in his leg.

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EMBELLISH:to make something more beautiful by adding decoration to it. Em+bell+ishbell is the keyword On Christmas day, people bring bells to make Christmas tree more beautiful. EMBEZZLEMENT:to steal money that you are responsible for or that belongs to your employer Em+bezz+elmentRelate elment with element Microsoft discovered an element which will help to find out the employees who stole money that was their responsibility or that belonged to their staff. EMBOSS:to put raised design on paper. Em+bossboss is the keyword In Big Boss serial, Big Boss name is written in a raised design outside his room. EMBRACE: to put your arms around somebody as a sign of love Em+bracebrace is the keyword Kajol before marriage used brace for her teeth. When she removed her braces she was looking more beautiful, Ajay saw her and put his arms around her as a sign of love EMBROIL: to involve somebody in an argument Em+broilbroil sounds as boil Laalu Prasad involved himself in an argument with reporters on Chara Ghotala, he felt that his head was boiling on heater. EMBRYONIC: in an early stage of development. Embryo+nic..Embryo sounds as Ambrose (a West Indies fast cricket bowler) Ambrose a fast bowler of West Indies succeeded in cricket when he was in an early stage of development EMEND:to remove the mistakes in piece of writing. Em+endend is the keyword Mahesh Bhatt said to his script writer to end this discussion and remove the mistakes in the script of the movie Zeher.

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EMENDATION: correction Emend+ionMeaning is same as emend. EMINENT:famous and respected in a particular profession Relate eminent with Eminem (famous English rap singer) Eminem is very famous and respected singer in music industry. EMISSARY:a person who is sending to deliver an official message especially from one country to another country. E+missary..missary sounds as misery Rahul Gandhi was in misery when he got a job to deliver an official message especially from one country to another country. EMOLLIENT:used for making your skin soft or less painful Emoll+iente-moll is the keyword From an online e-moll girls purchased a cream that used for making their skin soft or less painful EMOLUMENT: salary; compensation E+molu+mentmolu is the keyword Raj pal Yadavs friend Molu got his first salary, he was very happy EMPATHY: the ability to understand another persons feelings experience. Relate it with sympathy. EMPIRICAL:based on experiments rather than ideas or theory. ObviousYou must have heard Empirical formula of compounds that`s based on experiments rather than ideas or theory. EMULATE:attempt to match or surpass, typically by imitation Emu+latelate is the keyword Akshay Khanna usually comes late for shooting, Kareena Kapoor attempt to match or surpass him typically by imitating his habits. ENAMOR: in love with somebody Enamor sounds as pyaar main marne waala ENCIPHER:convert a message into code Opposite of decipher ENCLAVE:area of country or city where people have different religion En+claverelate clave with cave Today the definition of cave has changed, now it is area of country or city where people have different religion ENCOMIUM: a speech or piece of writing expressing praise Encomium rhymes as chromium Media praises the scientist through writing articles, speeches etc who did the discovery of chromium ENCOMPASS:include or surround all the points. En+compasscompass is the keyword In school, students make a circle using compass which include or surround all the points.

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ENCROACH: begin to cover more and more area Relate encroach with cockroach The growing no. of cockroaches will soon begin to cover more and more area in the Kolkata city. ENCUMBER: to makes it difficult to somebody to do something or for something to happen Relate encumber with cucumber When a cucumber gets very large it makes difficult other crops to grow. ENDEAR:to make somebody popular En+deardear is the keyword Parents always say good word or expression to their dear childrens because they made them popular from their work and achievements. ENDEMIC: regularly found in particular place and difficult to get rid of it. End+emicend is the keyword Bird Flue is going to end the whole city of New York; it is regularly found in there and difficult to get rid of it. ENDORSE:to say publicly that you support a person, statement or course of action. En+dorsedorse rhymes as horse In a race course, Mike Tyson was very sure that Black horse was going to win the race; he said publicly that he supports this horse. ENDUE: to give a large sum of money to a school En+due..Due sounds as Dew Akshay kumar gave all his money collected from the Ad of Mountain Dew to a school. ENDURING:long lasting En+duringduring is the keyword During school days everyone has some sweet memories which are long lasting. ENERGIZE: to make somebody enthusiastic about something. Obviousrelate it with energy ENERVATE: make somebody feel weak and tired. Ener+vateEner sounds as inner Wearing innerwear other than Lux innerwear can make you feel weak and tired. ENFRANCHISE: to give sb the right to vote in an election. En +franchiserelate franchise with election franchise The election franchise gives people the options to vote in an election for special candidates like V. Deshmukh and Narendra Modi. ENGAGE:to succeed in attracting and keeping somebodys attention and interest. Obvious ENGENDER:to make a feeling or situation exists. En + gendergender is the keyword The issue of reservation of female gender makes a feeling or situation of chaos in the Parliament.

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ENGROSS:give it all his attention and time En+grossgross is the keyword Microsoft gives their employees so high gross salary that they give all their attention and time to his job, they dont think of other jobs. ENHANCE:to increase or further improve the good quality, value or status En+hancehance sounds as hence Sachin decided to do advertisements for Tide detergent Powder. Hence it is an opportunity to increase or further improve the good quality, value or status of the company. ENIGMA:a person, thing or situation that is mysterious and difficult to understand E+nigmanigma rhymes with Nagma( Bollywood actress) Nagma`s life is a mystery and difficult to understand for everyone. ENIGMATIC:mysterious and difficult to understand. Meaning is same as Enigma ENJOIN:to order to advice somebody to do something. En+joinjoin is the keyword Amitabh Bacchan ordered or advice his son Abhishek not to join group of smoking people like Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham. ENMITY:feeling of hatred towards somebody. Enmi+tyenmi sounds as enemy Politicians created a partition of India and Pakistan and made them our enemy because of that both side people have feeling of hatred for each other. ENNUI:feeling of being bored En+nu+inu sounds as new In The Movie Masti, Vivek, Aftab and Ritesh plan to have affair with a new girl in order to remove the feeling of boredom. ENORMITY:very great size, effect of something Relate Enormity with Enormous (Extremely Large) ENRAPTURE:to give somebody great pleasure or joy. En+rap+turerap is the keyword The new rap album of Baba Sehgal gives people a great pleasure or joy. ENSCONCE:to make yourself comfortable and safe En+sconce..sconce sounds as Iskon People join the Iskon group to make their life comfortable and safe. ENSUE:to happen after as a result of another event. En+sue..sue is the keyword Abhishek Bachan was trying to kill Aishwarya as a result her family sued him. ENTAIL:can`t avoid En+tail.tail is the keyword Tail is a part of body that Animals can`t avoid.

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ENTERPRISING:a company Enterpris+ing..Enterprise is the keyword We must have heard Jitendra enterprise or a company which is involved in making serials on TV, Movies etc. EUTHANASIA:mercy killing Ethan+asia..Asia is the keyword In Asia, mercy killing is illegal. ENTHRALL:so interesting that you give all your attention. Enthr+all.all is the keyword In Devdas Shah Rukhs Khans act was so interesting that people gave all their attention. ENTICE:to persuade somebody/something to go somewhere or to do something. Relate entice with enticer John Abraham got a new bike Enticer, now he can persuade his girlfriend Bipasha Basu to go somewhere on his bike. ENTITY:something that exists separately from other things Relate entity with identity In colleges the students have their Identity Cards in which Roll No is written that separate them from other students. ENTRANCE:a door, gate Obvious ENTREE: the right to enter a social group or institution Entre sounds as entry In the movie 3 idiots, Aamir and his friends has no right to attend a social group (marriage) or take an entry where they found that their professor is present. ENTREAT:to ask somebody to do something in serious and often emotional way. En+treattreat is the keyword Abhishek and Aishwarya went on a treat of their marriage Anniversary. Abhishek begged in serious and emotional way to Aishwarya not to do Hollywood movies. ENTREPRENEUR:a person who make money by running a business. Obvious ENUMERATE:to name things on a list one by one. Enume + raterate is the keyword The rate of all the dishes is mentioned one by one in the menu of Taj Hotel. ENUNCIATE:pronounce clearly E+nun+ciatenun is the keyword A senior nun in a church pronounces clearly that mother Teresa will be our head nun. ENVIRON:the area surrounding the place. Environ comes from environment or surrounding. EPIC: a long film/movie or book thats contains a lot of action, us ually about a historical subject E+picpic is the keyword.pic is the abbreviated form of picture or movie Bhagat Singh is a picture or movie that contains a lot of action usually about a historical subject

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EPICURE:a person who enjoys food and drink of high quality. Epi+curecure is the keyword Dr.Nane`s (Madhuri`s husband) can cure cancer, after operation he loves to enjoys food and drink of high quality. EPIGRAM:short poem that express an idea. Epi+gramgram is the keyword Sohail Khan wanted to send a short poem that express an idea through courier to his brother Arbaaj Khan, its weight was around 50gm and cost him Rs. 150. EPILOGUE:a speech that end a play, book or film as a conclusion. Compare Epilogue with prologue EPISODIC:comes occasionally and not at regular intervals. Episod+ic.relate it with episode Episode of Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi comes occasionally and not at regular intervals. EPITAPH: words that are written or said about a dead person, especially words on a Gravestone Epi+taphtaph sounds as Taif Taif was brother of Saif but he died in childhood. Best bro these words are written on his gravestone. EPITOME:perfect example of something. Epi+tomerelate tome with Tommy Tommy a dog is a known or perfect example of loyalty. EPOCH:a particular period of time in history, especially one during which important events or changes happen E+pochpoch sounds as Pak1947 was the time in history during which Ind and Pak faced a lot of important events and lot of changes happened. EQUABLE:calm feeling not easily annoyed. Equableequal feelingcalm feeling..not easily annoyed EQUANIMITY:a calm state of mind which means that you do not become angry or upset especially in difficult situation. Meaning is same as equable EQUILIBRIUM:balance. Obvious

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EQUINE:connected with horses. E+quinequine sounds as queen Queen Elizabeth was fond of riding on horse. EQUITABLE:treat everyone equally. Equi+table..table is the keyword A judge when sit in the court on his chair-table he treats everyone equally. EQUITY:equally treated Obvious..Relate it with equal EQUIVOCAL:words not having one clear meaning. Equi+vocalvocal is the keyword If your vocals are not equal it means you speak words which don't have a clear meaning. EQUIVOCATE:to talk about something in a way that is not clear Equi+voc+atesame as equivocal. ERODE:to destroy the surface something through the action of wind rain etc. Erode comes from erosion. EROTIC:showing or involving sexual desire and pleasure Obvious ERRANT:doing something that is wrong. Er+rantrant sounds as rent If you are living on rent and not paying then you are doing something that is wrong. ERRATIC:not happening at any regular pattern. Er+rat+ic..rat is the keyword Micky mouse is a rat. It difficult to catch him because he doesn't run in any regular pattern ERRONEOUS:error; not correct, wrong. Erro+neouserrornot correct, wrong. ERUDITE:showing great knowledge that is gained from academic study Eru+ditedite sounds as diet If you want to have or show great knowledge that is gained from academic study like Einstein or Newton you have to have a proper diet and nutrition. ESCAPADE:an exciting adventure Escape+de..Escape is the keyword Movie Shawshank Redemption is an exciting adventure of escape from a prison. ESCHEW: avoid Es+chewchew is the keyword Chewing tobacco is a bad habit, you should avoid this habit.

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ESOTERIC: likely to be understood only by a small number of people with a special knowledge or interest Esoteric rhymes as turmeric You must have seen advertisement of Vicco Turmeric. Vicco Turmeric powder and cream are produced in a very complex manner, it can only be understood by a small number of people with a special knowledge mostly those who are part of the company. ESPIONAGE: the activity of secretly getting important political or military information about any country. E+spi+on+agespi sounds as spy Media especially reporters, secretly get important information about celebrities in order to increase the TRP. ESPOUSE: support each other in difficult situations Espouse sounds as spouse Spouse support each other in difficult situations. ESSAY:a short piece of writing by a student as part of course of study. Obvious ESTEEM: great respect and admiration Relate Esteem with Esteem Car company Michael Shumacher won an international car race, that event was sponsored by Esteem, this title bring a great respect and admiration to him. ESTIMABLE: deserving respect and admiration. Estim+able estim sounds as esteem Anna Hazares effort is worth deserving respect, admiration and esteem ESTRANGED: no longer living with your husband or wife E+strange+d.strange is the keyword It was very strange news when Amrita singh and Saif Ali got separated after years of married life. ETHEREAL: extremely delicate or light. Ethe+real..real is the keyword Mozarts music is extremely delicate and light especially his live and real performances. ETHNIC:belong to which nation, race or tribe Eth+nicnic sounds as nick Nick name of a person sometimes tells that he belongs to which nation, race or tribe. EULOGISTIC: praised highly Eulogi+sticEulogi rhymes as geology A student from IIT Kharagpur did an extraordinary work in geology. He is praised highly by DEAN in convocation. EULOGY: a speech or piece of writing praising somebody/something very highly Eulogy comes from Eulogistic EUPHONY:the quality of having a pleasant sound Eu+phon+y.phon sounds as phone Salmans new girlfriends voice is very pleasant on phone

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EUPHORIA: extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement. Relate Euphoria with Euphoria Band Euphoria bands music album Dhoom gives an extremely strong feeling of happiness and excitement. EUTHANASIA: practice of killing without pain Euthan+asia.asia is the keyword In Asia, especially India practice of killing without pain is illegal. EVANESCENT:suddenly disappearing from sight. E+van+scentvan and scent are the keywords Bollywood star Preeti Zinta was driving a van going for the shooting of Sangharsh, she was wearing a pretty dress having pleasant scent but suddenly she disappeared from sight. Later it was found that she got lost somewhere on the way. EVASIVE: not willing to give clear answer to a question Eva+sivesive sounds as Shiv Bhagwan shiv sometimes dont willing to give clear answer to a question asked by Parvati EVEN-HANDED: completely fair Even+hand..hand is the keyword In the movie Sholay, Sanjeev Kumar lost his hand because of Gabbar Singh, he decides to take revenge from him, takes help from Jai and Veeru, it was a completely fair decision taken by him. EVOKE: to bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind . E+voke..voke sounds as woke. After Death of Nawab Pataudi, whenever Sharmila Tagore woke up in the morning, his pictures bring a feeling or memory into her mind EXACERBATE: to make something worse. Exa+cerbaterelate cerbate with sharbat (flavored water) If you will add excess sugar in the sharbat, you will make the taste worse. EXACT:accurate, correct in every detail; very accurate and careful about details Obvious EXACTING: needing or demanding a lot of effort. Same as exact EXALT:to make somebody rise to higher rank. Ex+altEx is abbreviation of Excellent grade If a student gets Ee grade in a subject it helps him to rise to higher rank in the class or department. EXASPERATE: to irritated so much Sounds as combination of Exhausted+ separate Bipasha irritated John so much that he got exhausted and decided to separate from her. EXCEPTIONABLE: unusually good. Exception+ableException is the keyword Exceptions are always unusually good.

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EXCERPT: a short piece of writing Excerpt sounds as except A student was looking for a short piece of writing from Ramayan, he found every detail except the short piece of writing which he was looking for.

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EXCISE: a government tax Obvious.You must have heard of excise duty (a government tax) EXCLAIM: to say something very suddenly and loudly Ex+claimclaim is the keyword When reporter asks who is the best actor in the Bollywood is?? Every actor claims very suddenly and loudly that he is the best actor of Bollywood. EXCULPATE:to proved or state officially Ex+culp+ateRelate culp with Kriya Kalap It is officially proved or stated that Salman Khan is not guilty or not involved in bad kriya kalap. EXECRABLE: very bad Exe+crab+le.crab is the keyword Crab tastes very bad. EXECRATE: feel or express great hatred Exe+cratecrate sounds as create People feel or express great hatred for the government, its high time to create or set an example against them by supporting Jan Lokpal Bill EXEGESIS: detailed explanation Exe+gesisGesis sounds as Jesus In the Bible, there is a detailed explanation about Jesus' life. EXEMPLARY: providing a good example for people to copy. Relate Exemplary with example Sachin provide a good example for new generation to copy. EXEMPLIFY: typical example of something Relate it with example EXEMPT: free from an obligation or liability imposed on others. Exem+ptExem sounds as exam Few Banks announced that Students, who cleared IIT JEE exam, are now free from an obligation of paying interest on the money which they took for study. EXERTION: the use of power to make something happen Exert+ionexert is the keyword which means applying force or power. EXHILARATING: very exciting and enjoyable Relate exhilarating with exhale (breathe out air) When we exhale oxygen in the morning it is very exciting and enjoyable habit. EXHORT: to try hard to persuade somebody to do something. Ex+hortrelate hort with heart Everyone try hard to persuade Rakhi Sawant not to join yoga but she has to win the heart of Baba Ramdev EXHUME: to remove dead body from ground Exhume sounds as assume In a movie, Amrish Puri killed Shatrughan Sinhas wife and assumed that he buried her body properly but Inspector Shatrughan Sinha found the dead body from the ground and arrests him.

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EXIGENCY: emergencies Exigencies rhymes with emergencies. EXISTENTIAL: connected with human existence. Exist+entialpertaining to existence EXODUS: a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time. Exodus sounds as ek sau dus(in Hindi)(One hundred ten) At least one Hundred ten people are moved from the accident site at Taj hotel to a safer place by brave police officers. EXONERATE: officially say that somebody is not responsible for something that they have been blamed. Exone+rate..rate is the key word Rate of petrol, gas etc is very high but congress government said that they are not responsible for what they have been blamed. EXORBITANT: (of a price or amount charged) unreasonably high . Exorb+itantexorb rhymes with absorb In five years, Congress leaders absorb all the pub lic`s money in scams thats why people need to purchase things in unreasonable high price. EXORCISE:a person who make evil spirit leave a place or persons body by prayers or magic. Exorcise sounds as exercise Practice of driving out evil spirits need lot of physical exercise in the morning. EXOTIC:from or in another country, especially a tropical one Exotic rhymes with erotic Erotic scenes of Mallika`s Sherawat in a new movie are shot in another country especially a tropical one. EXPANSIVE:tending to expand. Obvious EXPATIATE:to write or to speak in detail about a subject. Expati+ateate is the key word Katrina Kaif loves burgers; she usually prefers to eat Chicken Burger and can write or speak in detail about the same EXPATRIATE:a person living in the country that is not their own. Ex+patriateRelate patriate with patriotic Indian people living in other countries are as patriotic as proper Indians. EXPEDIENT:an action that is useful or necessary for a particular purpose but not always fair or right Expedient rhymes as incident The incidents of swine flu causes authority to control the disease by not allowing anyone to leave the city, it was a useful or necessary action but not always fair or right EXPEDITE:to make a process happen more quickly; speed up Expe+diateExpe sounds as XP Windows XP new version window XP professional has the ability to speed up the performance of the computer. EXPENDITURE:the act of spending or using money Obvious

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EXPERTISE:expert knowledge. Obvious EXPIATE:make amends for guilt or wrong doing Ex+pi+atepi or peena (in Hindi) (drink) Whenever Salman Khan drinks a lot of vodka and eats meat of rare animals, he makes amends for what he has done. EXPLETIVE:a word, especially a rude word, which you use when you are angry or in pain; swear word Ex+plet+iveplet sounds as plate Ajay Devgan uses rude word because he gets angry when he didn't find boiled eggs on his plate during breakfast. EXPLICATE:detailed explanation Sounds as combination of Explain+cat Career launcher posted the detailed explanation of CAT 2011. EXPLICIT:clear and easy to understand. Expli+citcit sounds as sit Anna asked Sonia Gandhi to sit in relaxed way; he will explain the Jan Lokpal Bill which is very clear and easy to understand. EXPLOIT:to treat a person or situation as an opportunity to gain an advantage. Obvious EXPOSTULATION:to protest something. Expos+tulation..Expos sounds as expose People protest the excessive exposure by Vidya Balan in the movie Dirty Picture EXPOSITOR:a person that explains complicated ideas or theories Expos+itoryExpos sounds as expose A reporter exposed Urmila Matondkar when he explained complicated theory behind the murder case of Divya Bharti. EXPOSURE:a state of being in a place or situation where there is no protection from something harmful or unpleasant. ObviousState of being exposed. EXPROPRIATE:to officially take away private property from its owner for public use. Ex+propriate..relate propriate with appropriate Coal India Limited took land from its owner for mining (public use) which isnt an appropriate decision. EXPUNGE:to remove or get rid of something Expunge rhymes as sponge (a cake made with egg) Shah Rukh Khan wanted to get rid of sponge cake when he was in London for the shooting of Ra-One. EXPURGATE:remove improper and objectionable parts Expur+gaterelate gate with GATE exam If you are planning to give GATE-2011 first remove improper and objectionable parts from your books then study.

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EXTANT:still in existence Ex+tanttant sounds as tent During Kargil war, soldiers made tent to take rest. After the war, those tents are still in existence. EXTEMPORANEOUS:spoken or done without any preparation Ex+tempo+raneous..tempo is the keyword Barrack Obama spoke without any preparation but with full tempo (confidence). EXTENUATE:to lessen the seriousness Ex+tenu+ateRelate tenu with Tinu Anand Doctor suggested Tinu Anand to eat more fruits because it will help to lessen the seriousness of the disease. EXTIRPATE:to destroy, to get rid of something that is bad or not wanted. Extirpate sounds as Extra-paid Every terrorist would be extra paid by Osama Bin Laden if they would be willing to destroy America completely. EXTOL:to praise something / somebody very much. Extol rhymes as install Microsoft has launched a new phone in which you can install Linux and Windows together; this phone is praised by everyone. EXTORT:to make somebody give you something by threatening them. Extort rhymes as start Jackie Shroff in start of his career make people to give him money (hafta wasooli) by threatening them. EXTRADITION:to send back somebody who has been accused of guilty of a crime to the country where the crime was committed. Ex+traditiontradition is the keyword British government has a tradition that they always send back suspect who has been accused of guilty of a crime to the country where the crime was committed. EXTRANEOUS:irrelevant or unrelated to the subject Extra+neousExtra is the keyword In World cup test series Nehras performance make Sreesanth irrelevant but in the final match he got the chance. EXTRAPOLATION:to form an opinion about something, using the facts that you have now Extra+polepole is the keyword American Scientists form an opinion about poles (North and South Pole) that its going to shift in few years is based on facts that they have at that time. EXTRICATE:to set free Extr+icate.relate Extr with extra In colleges, professors hardly set their students free for extra-curricular activities. EXTRINSIC:not belonging naturally to somebody/something coming from or existing outside Relate Extrinsic with externalopposite of intrinsic

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EXTROVERT:a person interested mostly in external objects and actions. Relate Extrovert with externalopposite of introvert EXTRUDE:to force or to push something out of something. Ext+ruderude is the keyword In the movie Rang De Basanti police force push Aamir Khan, Kunal Kapoor etc. in a very rude manner when all of them protesting against a minister. EXUBERANT:full of energy, excitement and happiness. Exube+rant.rant sounds as rent Shah Rukh was full of energy, excitement and happiness when he got his first movie, but when he returned to his flat, his landlord criticized him, because he hadnt paid the rent of last two month. EXUDE:if you display a particular feeling or quality, people can easily see that you have it Relate Exude with excuse During shooting of the movie Bodyguard, Katrina feels irritated talking to Salman and said Excuse me, Can we talk later but this feeling was easily seen by Salman. EXULT:to feel and show that you are very excited and happy because of something that has happened. Ex+resultresult is the keyword In the movie 3 idiots, when result gets out, Aamir Khan got highest marks in all the subjects, he was feeling happy and excited, On the other hand his friends were not happy because they got low grades. FABRICATE:to invent false information in order to deceive people. Fabric+ateFabric is the keyword Dheeru Bhai Ambani started his business in fabric with a brand name Vimal. But his opponent invented the false information about the quality of the cloth in order to deceive people. FACET:one of the flat sides of a stone or jewel; a particular part of something Face+t..Face is the keyword One of the flat faces of the gem FACETIOUS: trying to appear amusing. Face+tiousFace is the keyword In the movie Dil Chahta Hai, Aamir was making funny faces in an Opera show with Preety Zinta, he was trying to appear amusing. FACILE:produced without any effort Fac+ile..Fac sounds as Face Brazil supporters facial expression was full of confidence because their team scored two goals in first 10 minutes. This was achieved too easily without any effort against Germany. FACILITATE:to make an action or a process possible or easier. Relate Facilitate with facility Facility of internet banking helped people to transfer money very easily; it reduces the effort to transfer the money. FACSIMILE:an exact or similar copy Facsimile.fac sounds as fax When we sends fax to someone; he or she received an exact or similar copy.

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FACTION:a small group of people within a large a larger one. Faction rhymes as fraction Fraction of leaders within the large group of congress is against the government policies and they support Jan Lok Pal bill indirectly. FACTITIOUS:not genuine but created deliberately Fact+itiousFact is the keyword It is a fact that US helping Pakistan in order to produce arms/guns deliberately which is not genuine. FACTOTUM:a person employed to do wide variety of jobs. Fact+otumfact is the keyword In spite of the fact that Madhuri is old and has kids but she could still do a wide variety of jobs in a movie. FACULTY:all the teacher of particular university or collage. Obvious FALLACIOUS:wrong, based on false idea. Fall+cious.Fall is the keyword Youngsters should never fall in false love. FALLIBLE:able to make mistakes. Fall+ibleFall is the keyword Vijay Malya fall from his position, we should learn from him, human beings are able to make mistakes and one mistake can make you fall from highest position. FALLOW:not using land for growing crops, so that the quality of the land will improve. Fallow rhymes as follow In India, farmers should follow the method of not using land for growing crops, so that the quality of the land will improve. FALTER:to become weaker or less effective Falt+erFalt sounds as fault The one who keeps on doing faults becomes weaker with time, he feels hesitated in front of everyone. FANATIC:person who is extremely enthusiastic about something. Fan+KineticKinetic is the keyword Kinetic is giving free iphone with Kinetic Pride (a Scooty). People are looking extremely enthusiastic to get this offer. FANCIED:based on imagination Fanci+edfanci sounds as fancy You must have heard of fancy dress competition, competition is about imaginary dresses which kids want to wear. FANCIFUL: based on imagination and not facts or reasons. Fanci+fulfancy is the keyword Meaning is same as fancied FANFARE: loud piece of music that was played to celebrate somebody/something important arriving Fan+fare..fan is the keyword Fans of Sachin Tendulkar organized a short loud piece of music that was played to celebrate his arrival at the airport after World cup.

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FARCE: a funny play for theatre based on ridiculous and unlikely situation Relate Farce with force Balaji Tele films force Ekta Kapoor to produce a comedy serial or play based on ridiculous and unlikely situations whereas TV channels are already flooded with lots of comedy shows. FASTIDIOUS: being careful that every detail is correct. Fast+idiousfast is the keyword Mark Zukerburg (Facebook founder) is a great coder, he codes very fast and he is careful that every detail (or code) is correct. FATALISM: believe that event are decided by fate and that you can`t control. Fat+alism.Fat is the keyword Fat people believe that they are fat because of fate and they can`t control it. FATHOM: to understand or find an explanation for something. Sounds as combination of father+mom It is hard to understand or find an explanation for the death of Divya Bharti and the pain her father and mother have after her death. FATOUS:very silly and stupid Fat+ousFat is the keyword Whenever fat girls laugh they look silly and stupid for example Tuntun (a Bollywood actress). FAUNA: all animals living in an area. Remember.Flora and fauna (plants and animals). FAWN:to try praising them or paying them too much attention Fawn sounds as phone Katrina Kaif tries to please directors on phone by praising them or paying them too much attention to give her a break in their movies. FAZE: to make you feel confusion or shocked so that you does not know what to do Faze sounds as phase Aishwarya sent Abhishek Bachan in phase of confusion or shock so that he does not know what to do, when she told him that she is going to divorce him. FEASIBLE: that is possible or likely to be achieved. Obvious FEBRILE: nervousness, excitement and very active. Feb+rilerelate Feb with Feburary On 14th February (Valentine day), Singles and couples are in state of nervousness, excitement and very active. FECUNDITY: able to produce new things especially ideas Fecun+dityRelate dity with duty On duty or during work its difficult to produce new things esp ecially ideas because it needs a lot of thought process to get new ideas. FEIGN: to pretend that you have a particular feeling or that you are ill, tired etc Relate feign with Fena (a washing powder) House wives pretend that they have a particular feeling that they are tired after washing clothes, but after using Fena Washing Powder, their feeling of tiredness completely gone

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FEINT: movements that is intended to make your opponent think you are going to do one thing when you are really going to do something Feint sounds as faint Coach advised the football team to make movements that were intended to make your opponent think you are going to do one thing when you are really going to do something else but Maradona tells on the ground that they will not perform such movements. After listening him everybody fainted. FELICITOUS: well chosen Felicit+ousrelate Felicit with facility For farmers, water facility in India is a major problem, the congress government planned to solve it completely, it is well chosen by Manmohan Singh in its priority list, and farmers are feeling happy. FELICITY: the quality of being well chosen. Its meaning is same as felicitous. FELONY: act of committing a serious crime. Fe+lony.relate lony with SL Loney Do you know there was a writer called S.L Loney, who wrote a book on trigonometry. Last year he was caught in committing a serious crime. FERMENT: a state of political action or social excitement and confusion Fer+mentment sounds as meant Manmohan Singh resigned from his position but didnt mean to create a state of political action or social excitement and confusion. FERRET:to look for something that is lost or hidden among a lot of things. Fer+retrret sounds as rat A rat was looking for food that is lost or hidden among a lot of things. FERVENT: strong feeling about something. Strong feeling about something FERVID:strong feeling about something. Strong feeling about something FERVOR: strong feeling about something. Strong feeling about something FESTER:(wound or cut) to become badly infected Relate fester with faster Sachin`s wounds grow faster, it gets badly infected because he didn`t take precautions before the World Cup. FESTIVE: typical of special event or celebration Relate festive with festival An outdoor entertainment is organized to honor Amitabh Bachan for his contribution to the Bollywood but his fate was not with him and he couldn`t attend the festival.

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FETE:honor at festival Sounds as fate Only few people have good fate to get honored at festivals like Cricket players like Sachin Tendulkar, Musicians like AR Rehman, Bollywood actors like Sharukh Khan FETID: smelling very unpleasant Feti+dfeti sounds as fatty Fatty acid smells very unpleasant. FEUD:avery bitter argument that continued for a long time. Feu+dfeu sounds as few Because of few rupees Salman and Shahrukh had a very bitter argument that continued for a long time. FIASCO: complete failure causes embarrassment Fi+asco sounds as fee+disco Entry fee of a night disco in Mumbai is very high, Laloo Prasad booked that disco and invited politicians but no one could dance therenso it turned out to be a complete failure in an embarrassing way. FIAT:an official order Relate Fiat with Fiat Car Fiat is the leader in car market, Authority decide and gives official order regarding the car. FICKLE: changing often Fickle rhymes with pickle Pickles of different flavors (i.e. lemon, mango, ginger etc.) helps to change the taste of food frequently FICTITIOUS: imaginary Obvious You must have seen declaration before the start of any movie or serial that, all the places and characters in the movie are fictitious (imaginary) FIDELITY: the quality of being loyal and not betraying; trustworthy Fi+deli+tydeli sounds as Delhi If you want to do any business, Delhi is the best place to start with, you will get the people having quality of being loyal and not betraying, people in Delhi are very trustworthy and helpful. FIGMENT: imagined thing Fig+ment. Relate fig to figment In the movie Smurfs, children see characters and people that are things imagined by producers and film makers. FILCH: steal Filch Sounds as combination of filthy+chori(stealing) FILIAL:connected with the way children behave towards their parents Fil+al..Fil sounds as fill If parents fulfill their children's need then children behave properly towards their parents. FINALE: the last part of a show Obvious Remember Grand finale of Indian Idol in which Amit Sana ended up as runner up

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FINESSE:fine skill in dealing with people or situations especially in a delicate way. Finesse sounds as fianc Preet zintas fianc is a business manhe has fine skill in dealing with people or situations especially in a delicate way. FINICKY: too much worried about what she eats, wear, etc; disliking many things; choosy Fi+nicky.nicky is the keyword In the movie Neal and Nicky, Nicky was always worried about what she eats, wear, etc., disliking many things. FINITE: limited Very obvious FIREBRAND: a person who always encouraging other people to take strong political action; troublemaker Fire+brandfire is the keyword Laloo Prasad is known to cause fire in the politics; he encourages other politician to take strong political action. FITFUL: irregularly or not continuously. Fit+fulFit is the keyword When we don`t feel physically fit, we can`t sleep properly, we sleep irregularly or not continuously. FLACCID:soft and weak; not firm and hard Fla+acid..acid is the keyword Exposure to acids can make your skin soft and weak FLAG: to become tired, weaker or less enthusiastic Relate Flag with Indian Flag On 26th January, School kids get tired, weaker or less enthusiastic carrying flag in parade for a long time. FLAGRANT:shocking because it is done in a very obvious way and shows no respect for people and laws etc. Flag+rentFlag is the keyword In, America few politicians burn their national flag that was shocking because as it was done in a very obvious way and shows no respect for people and laws etc. FLAIL:move around without control Relate flail with fail In the movie Anjaana Anjaani, Priyanka Chopra got drunk and failed to move around with control. FLAIR:natural ability to do something well Fl+airair is the keywordRelate air with Indian airlines Indian Airlines has natural ability to reach airport on time. FLAMBOYANT:confident and excited in a way that attracts attention Flam+boy+antboy is the keyword Sachin`s wife said that his boy (or son) is very confident and excited in a way that attracts attention before his first trial in School cricket team FLAUNT: to show something you are proud of to other people, in order to impress them Fl+auntaunt is the keyword Shah Rukh Khan`s aunt shows Shah Rukh`s home to other people, in order to impress them.

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FLAY:criticize severely F+laylay is the keyword Lays Company`s Management criticized ITC`s brand severely in its meeting. FLICK:to hit something with a sudden quick movement F+licklick is the keyword Shoaib Akhtar prefers to lick his horse in order to increase its speed, its better than to hit horse with a sudden quick movement. FLINCH:avoid doing something unpleasant Fl+inch.inch is the key word Tailors dont prefer to use inch tape to take measurement of cloth because it is an unpleasant work and they avoid doing it. FLIPPANT:showing you are lacking proper seriousness. Flip+pantpant is the key word Do you know that your pant describes your seriousness towards life. If you don`t wear pants it shows you are lacking proper seriousness FLIT:to moves lightly and quickly from one place or thing to another. F+litlit is the keyword On Diwali children use to lit rockets, it moves lightly and quickly from one place or thing to another, which could be dangerous. FLORID:having too much decoration Relate florid with Florida Local language of Florida is very decorative. FLOTSAM:wreckage found floating on the sea Flot+sam Flot sounds as float Sam lost his flat in hurricane and it found floating on the sea as wreckage. FLOUNDER:to have a lot of problems and to be in danger of failing completely. Flounder sounds as founder Founder of every big company faced a lot of problems and to be in danger of failing completely in start. FLOURISH:to develop quickly Flour+ishflour sounds like flower Flowers in the Garden are started developing quickly because Preeti Zinta put a lot of effort. FLOUT:to show that you have no respect for a law etc by openly not obeying it Fly + outfly and out are the keywords When John Abraham fly out on his bike he dont care about law, it shows that he has no respect for a law etc by openly not obeying it. FLUCTUATE:to change frequently in size amount and quantity. ObviousVoltage fluctuation at home is very common issue. FLUENCY:the quality of being able to speak or write a language especially foreign language easily and well. Obvious

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FLUKE:a lucky or unusual thing that happens by accident, not because of planning or spill. Relate fluke with God flake Sharukh Khan got a gold flake in the middle of Arabian Desert during shooting of a movie, it was a lucky or unusual thing that happens by accident, not because of planning or spill. FLUSTER: to make somebody confusion and nervousness especially by giving them a lot to do Flus+terflus sounds as flush Never keep confusion and nervousness in your mind, just flush them. FLUX:continuously changing F+lux..lux is the keyword Lux soap is continuously changing its brand ambassadors from Madhuri Dixit to Kareena Kapoor. FOIBLE:a silly habit of a person`s character that is considered harmless. Foi+bleble rhymes as able Silly habits of Aditya Chopras character during shooting of Dhoom were able to be tolerated because it is considered harmless. FOIL:contrast Relate it with foil (metal made into very thin sheets that is used for covering or wrapping) Color of the foil is in contrast with the black colored Tiffin box. FOIST:to force somebody to accept somebody/something that they dont want. Do you know that Foist is the new title of novel of Eric Segal but title Foist for his novel was forced on him by the publishers? FOMENT:to create trouble or violence Foment rhymes as moment The moment Rahul Gandhii started speaking against Anna Hajare, he created trouble or violence in crowd. FOOLHARDY:to be foolishly bold. Fool+hardyFool and hardy are the key words You must have read stories of Hardy Boys; Hardy Boys were known to be foolishly bold. FOPPISH:a man who is excessively concerned with his dress and clothes Fop+pish.relate Fop with flop Mithun Da gave a lot of flop movies, one of the reasons was that he was excessively concerned with his dress and clothes not concern about acting. FORAY:a short sudden attack For+ayFor sounds as four Sachin decided to do a sudden attack on Australia from start, so he hit four sixes in McGraths`s first over. FORBEARANCE:patient and self control For+bear+ancefour+bear Fardeen Khan was patient and self control when bears attacked him from four different sides during shooting of the movie Jungle. FORD:a shallow place in river where it is possible to drive or walk across. Relate ford with Ford Ikon Do you know that a Ford Ikon can be driven where a river can be crossed on foot

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FOREBEARS:actual ancestors Fore+bearbear is the keyword In a research it is found that bears are our actual ancestors not monkey. FOREBODING:a strong feeling that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen. Fore+bodingrelate boding with boarding In the movie Taare Zameen Par, the child Darsheel Jafari has a strong feeling that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen when he came to know that his parents were sending him to boarding school. FORESHADOW:to be a sign of something that will happen in the future. Fore+shadow.shadow is the key word Hurricane in Japan was shadow or sign of Doomsday that will happen in the future FORESIGHT:ability to see future. Fore+sightsight is the key word Nastredamas(a great prophet) had a great sight to see the future. FORESTALL:to prevent something from happening or somebody from doing something by doing something first. Fore+stall.stall is the keyord If any shopkeeper wants to put his stall in Durga Pooja, he needs to book his place before anyone else does it. FORGO:to decide not to have or do sth that you would like to have or do For+gogo is the key word Narendra modi decided not to go for the meeting with the Prime Minister of India. FORLORN:feeling unhappy and lonely For+lorn.relate lorn with long In Jail Sanjay Dutt was feeling unhappy and lonely for a long time. FORMALITY:a thing that you must do as a formal. Very obvious FORMIDABLE:feel fear for them because they seem very difficult. For+mid+ablemid is the keyword Mid semester and end semester exams together make a situation that is threatening, students feel fear for it because they seem very difficult. FORSAKE:to leave somebody\something, especially when you have a responsibility to stay. Relate Forsake with God sake After marriage, Aishwarya said to Abhisek, for God sake doesnt leave me, especially because you have a responsibility to stay.

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FORSWEAR:to make a promise that you will stop doing something For+swearswear is the keyword John Abraham said to Bipasha that I swear, I promise I will never smoke again. FORTE:a thing that sb does particularly well. Fort+efort rhymes as effort The Indian Army is the best in the world it can do any things better than most people their best effort.

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FORTHRIGHT:very straight in manner and speech. Forth+rightright is the keyword In the movie Tiranga Nana Patekar was very straight in manner and speech because he was talking right. FORTITUDE:courage shown in difficulties. Forti+tudeforti sounds as forty In the movie Gadar, Sunny Deol killed forty people alone; it shows his courage in difficulties. FORTUITOUS:happening by chance that brings good fortune Relate it with fortune FOSTER:to encourages something to develop. You must have heard of beer fosterit encourages people to be a proper boozer. FOUNDER:a founder who start an organization. Obvious FRACAS:a noisy argument or fight usually involving several people Relate Fracas with fracture A noisy argument or fight usually involving several people in Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh causes bone fracture of many ministers FRACTIOUS:bad tempered or easily upset Relate Fractious with fracture Fractured Rahul Gandhi get bad tempered or upset when he had to talk to media in such condition. FRAIL:physically weak and thin. F+railrail is the keyword Mamta Banerjee is going to start a rail for old people or senior citizens who are physically weak and thin. FRANCHISE:formal permission given by company to somebody who want to sell its goods or services in a particular area. Very obvious FRANTIC:unable to control your emotion because you are got frightened and worried about something. Fran+ticfran sounds as friend Kareena Kapoor unable to control her emotion because she got frightened when she found that Saif Ali Khan is meeting with one of her friend FRAUDULENT: cheating; deceitful Fraud+ulentfraud is the keyword Fraud means cheat someone.

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FRAUGHT:filled with sorrow F+raughtraught sounds as wrote Salman wrote a letter to Aish which was filled with sorrow, which was his last letter to her. FRAY:a person who is short temper F+rayrelate ray with Satyajit Ray Sahjajit Ray was a great director, but he was short tempered, always ready for fight or argument with team on sets. FRENETIC: involving a lot of energy and activity in a way that is not organized. Frenetic rhymes as Energetic Lashkar E- toiba the militant group was energetic, but too much energy and activity in a way that is not organized is not good for any plan. FRESCO: a picture that is painted on a wall while the plaster is still wet. Rres+cofres sounds as freshFresco rhymes as Franscisco San Francisco is known for artists who made pictures that are painted on a wall while the plaster is still wet or fresh. FRET: to be worried and unhappy and not able to relax. F+retret sounds as rat Micky Mouse is a famous rat. One day he had an argument with his friends, it made him worried and unhappy and not able to relax. FRICTION: the action of one object or surface moving against another. Obvious FRIGID: intensively cold. Frig+idFrig sounds as fridge The Whirlpool`s refrigerators or fridge makes water intensively cold. FRITTER: waste time or money on thing those are not important. Fritter rhymes as twitter Do you know that Twitter founder waste time or money on things those are not important. FRIVOLOUS: silly and amusing thing, especially when such behavior is not suitable. Fri+volous..fri sounds as free During shooting of Dabbang, in free time Salman used to do silly and amusing thing with Sonakshi Sinha, especially when such behavior is not suitable. FROLICSOME: lively and enjoyable Frolic+somesome is the keyword Sometimes parents should go for a lively and enjoyable activity with their children from their hectic busy schedules. FRUCTIFY: bear fruit; make or become fruitful (producing good results) Fruct+ifyfruit is the key word Something which is fruitful or bear fruit FRUGAL: use only as much money for food as is necessary. Fru+galgal sounds as girl Pussy cat girls are Hollywood singers earns lot money through albums and live shows, but they are very economic, use only as much money for food as is necessary.

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FRUITION: successful result of the plan Same as fructifyfruit is the keyword. FRUSTRATE: to make somebody feel annoyed or impatient Obvious FUGITIVE: a person who has escaped or is running away from somewhere and is trying to avoid being caught. Everyone watched the serial Fugitive, the most wanted, it was about criminals who has escaped or is running away from somewhere and is trying to avoid being caught. FULMINATE:to criticizing somebody or something angrily. Ful (fruit)+minateful sounds as ful (in Hindi) (fruits) Shahrukh started criticizing angrily the vendor who gave him fruits. FULSOME: praising, thanking saying sorry Relate Fulsome as full of something i.e .praising, thanking, saying sorry etc. FUNCTIONARY: people with official duties Function+aryfunction is the key word Opening function of CWG (common wealth games) was great. Credit goes to people with official duties who organized that event. FUNDAMENTAL: the most central and important part of something. Obvious FUNERAL: a ceremony, usually a religious one, for burying a cremating. Obvious FUROR: great excitement shown by number of people. Furor rhymes as uproar (great excitement) FURTIVE: behaving in a way that shows that you want to keep something secret and dont want to be noticed. Furt+vefurt rhymes as effort On Airport, Rakhi Sawant take a lot of effort to behave in a way that shows that she want to keep something secret and dont want to be noticed in public. FUSILLADE: firing rapid series of shots from one or more guns Fusi+ladefusi sounds as fauzi(in Hindi)(soldier) Fauzi are expert in firing rapid series of shots from one or more guns especially. FUSION: process of joining two or more thing together to form one thing Obvious FUTILE:efforts get pointless Fu+tilefu sounds as few Aishwarya asked Abhishek to order tile for their new home in Mumbai but efforts get pointless when he found that only few tiles are available in the market.

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GADFLY: a person who annoys or criticizes other people in order to make them do something. Gad+flyGad sounds as God Gad fly, is person not a fly (a flying insect) sent by god, who annoys or criticizes other people in order to make them do something. GAFFE: a mistake made in public especially very embarrassing. Gaffe rhymes as caf John insulted Bipasha in a caf, it was a mistake he made in public especially very embarrassing for both of them. GAINSAY:to say something that is not true; to disagree with or deny something Gain+ say..Gain is the keyword Saif said he gains a lot of money in gambling but Kareena disagrees with his claims. GAIT:a way of walking Gait sounds as GATE Students, who wake up early on the exam days, can take a walk to reach their GATE exam centre. GALAXY: a system of millions or billions of stars together with gas and dust. Obvious GALE:an extremely strong wind Gale sounds as GAIL(Gas Authority of India Limited) GAIL (Gas Authority of India Limited) is a very strong public sector like an extremely strong wind GALL: rude behavior and showing lack of respect Gall sounds as girl Shakti Kapoor shows rude behavior and showing lack of respect for the MTV roadies girls. GALL:upset and angry; especially because of something unfair Relate Gall with gal Pretty gal aka Priety Zinta gets upset and angry especially when her team loses a match against Mumbai Indians GALVANIZE:to make somebody take action by shocking them or making them excited Relate Galvanize with Galvanic cells Galvanic cells are used to make a machine take action by shocking it GAMBIT: a move or moves made at the beginning of a game of CHESS in order to take an advantage Gam+bitGam sounds as Game Vishwanathan Anand prefer to take moves at the beginning of a game of chess to take an advantage GAMBOL: to jump or run about in a lively way Gamb+olRelate gamb with gambler In the movie Gambler,Govinda won lots of money, he started jumping and running in a lively way. GAMELY: in a way that seems brave, although lot of effort is involved Game+lygame is the key word To win a Game against England seems brave although a lot of effort is involved.

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GAMUT: the complete range of a particular kind of thing Gam+utGam sounds as game Game of human emotions is from joy to despair, it is a complete range of human emotions GAPE: to stare at somebody/ something with your mouth wide open because you are shocked or surprised G+apeape is the keyword When ape are shocked or surprised, they make their mouth wide open. GARBLED: told in a way that confuses the person listening Garble+d..Garble sounds as garbar (in Hindi)(something wrong) There was a garbar Message from Kareena that told in a way that confuses the Saif on his answering machine GARGANTUAN: extremely large Relate it with gigantic WWE champion Khali is gigantic or extremely large. GARISH: very brightly colored in an unpleasant way Garish sounds as Girish Girish Karnad wearing a brightly colored pant and shirt inspired by Govinda GARNER: to obtain or collect something such as information, support etc Garner sounds as gardener A gardener collects or gathers flowers from garden. GARRULOUS: talking a lot, especially about unimportant things Relate Garrulous with Gairola (a surname) My friend Smriti Gairola talks a lot about unimportant things. GASTRONOMY: the art and practice of cooking and eating good food Gas+tronomy..Gas is the keyword LPG gas cylinder is the start of all art and Science of cooking and eating good food. GAUCHE:awkward when dealing with people and often saying or doing the wrong thing Gauche sounds as gosh In the serial Coffee with Karan, Kareena behavior was awkward when dealing with Karan Johar. Karan Johar said Oh my Gosh (God) what a girl I am dealing with!. GAUDY: too brightly colored in a way that lacks taste Gaud sounds as god God hates too brightly colored things in a way that lacks taste. GAUNT:very thin, usually because of illness, hunger or worry G+ auntaunt is the keyword Pooja Bhatt`s grand aunt doesn`t give food to her dog, he became very thin and weak because of hunger. GAWK:to stare at somebody/something in a rude or stupid way G+ awkrelate awk with awkward Akshay when saw Kareena in swim suit, he stared at her stupidly, that was very awkward. GAZETTE:a journal or newspaper, especially the official one of an organization or institution Obvious

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GENERALITY:quality of being general rather than detailed or exact General+itygeneral is the keyword GENERATE:to produce or create something. Obvious GENERIC:characteristic of an entire class or species; not specific Again general is the key wordnot specific GENESIS:beginning or origin of something Gene+sisgene is the key word Beginning or origin of gene GENIAL:happy and cheerful happy and cheerful Relate genial with Genilia Genilia D`Souza played a role of happy and cheerful girl in the movie Jaane tu ya jaane naa. GENRE:a particular type or style of literature, art, films or music Relate Genre with general In defense, Lieutenant Generals are very specific about movies, arts etc, they only prefer particular type of movie to watch GENTEEL:someone who is gentle, kind and polite pretending to be from a high social class Relate genteel with gentle GENTILITY:very good manners and behavior; that fact of belonging to a high social class Being gentle GENTRY:people belonging to a high social class G+ entryentry is the keyword It`s difficult to take entry for middle class man to attend parties where people belonging to high social class such as Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan come. GERMANE:relevant to a subject German+e. German is the key word Joining classes of German language is relevant if you are planning to go to Germany. GERMINAL:pertaining to germs Germ+inalgerm is the key wordpertaining to germs GERMINATE:begin to grow Germ+inategerm is the keyword Germs start or begin to grow in rotten food. GERRYMANDER:manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class. Ger+rymanderrhymander sounds as remainder is the keyword Mulyam Singh has strange way of calculating votes, He said that the votes we collected by manipulating the boundaries so as to favor our party, divide those votes with total number of votes, remainder will be the winning votes.

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GESTATE:state when the young of a person or an animal develops inside its mother`s body until it is born. Ge+statestate is the key word when the young of a person or an animal develops inside its mother`s body until it is born this state is known as Gestation. GESTICULATION:gesture or movement of your arms and body in order to attract attention or make somebody understand what you are saying Relate Gesticulation with gesture Gesture or movement of your arms and body in order to attract attention or make somebody understand what you are saying GHASTLY:causing great horror or fear Relate ghastly with ghost Ghost causes great horror or fear among children. GIBBERISH:words that have no meaning or are impossible to understand Gibb+erishgibb sounds as geebh(in Hindi)(tongue) When gibb or geebh causes problem you can`t talk properly, you start sounding words having no meaning or are impossible to understand. GIBE:an insulting or mocking remark. Gibe sounds as jibe There is a Facebook application Jib-Jibe, it is very funny, it gives insulting or mocking remarks about someone. GIDDY:dizzy (feeling that everything is moving and that you are going to fall Giddy rhymes with dizzyit means tendency to fall or feeling dizzy. GINGERLY:in a careful way, because you are afraid of being hurt, of making a noise Ginger+ly..ginger is the keyword Kajol warns her child not to play with knife and ginger, she said be careful because she was afraid that kids could hurt themselves. GIST:essence; the main or general meaning of a piece of writing, speech or conversation Obvious The essence of writing a short story is the art of chetan bhagat. GLARE:very bright and unpleasant Glare rhymes as aware Everyone aware that in summer sun gets very bright and unpleasant. GLAZE:cover with a thin and shiny surface G+ lazelaze sounds as lays Lays launches its new product Mirch Masala Chips which are covered with thin and shiny surface of chilly. GLEAN:gather (left over grain) after a harvest; gather information from different sources Relate Glean with Glenn Mcgrath(An Australian Cricket Player) Glenn McGrath was asked to clean his room, he gather leavings and throw them in the dustbin. GLIB:using words that were clever but weren`t sincere and didn`t show much thought. G+ liblib is aka library Amitabh met a girl in a library, she was using words that were clever but weren`t sincere and didn`t show much thought, that girl was Zia Khan.

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GLIMMER:shine faintly with a wavering light. Obvious The stars in the night sky shine faintly with a wavering light. GLOAT:to show that you are happy about your own success or sb elses failure, in an unpleasant way Gloat sounds as goat.Goat known as Bakri (in Hindi) During Bakri Id a goat was happy about his success and its friend failure, in an unpleasant way. GLOSSY:smooth and shiny Relate glossy with glass Rayban glasses are very smooth and shiny. GLOWER:to look in an angry, aggressive way Relate glower with Grover In movies Gulshan grower always looks in an angry, aggressive way GLUT: lot of; excess G+ lutrelate lut with lot GLUTINOUS:sticky; viscous Glu+tinousGlu sounds as glue Fevi Qucks Glue is very sticky and viscous GLUTTON: a person who eats too much Glutton rhymes as mutton If Salmans mother makes mutton, Salman eats too much. GOAD:to keep irritating or annoying somebody/something until they react Goad sounds as god Kajol keeps God irritated and annoyed until God fulfills her wish. GORY:involving a lot of blood or violence Gory sounds as gori Remember the song Gori teri aankhen kahein, raat bhar soyi nahi . Do you know why Gori couldnt sleep because Gori saw the violence and blood which happened in Mumbai blast. GOUGE:to force somebody to pay an unfairly high price for something; to remove or form something by digging into a surface Relate gouge with gouge (a sharp tool for making hollow areas in wood) In the movie Psycho, a psycho man carrying gouge in his hand forces strangers to pay an unfairly high price for that gouge. GOURMAND:person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink Gourmand sounds as government Indian Government employees takes pleasure in food and drinking when thats comes free.

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GOURMET:a person who knows a lot about good food and wines and who enjoys choosing, eating and drinking them Gourmet sounds as Gurmeet Sunny Doels cousin brother Gurmeet Deol knows lot about good food and wines and he enjoys choosing, eating and drinking them. GRANDEUR:the quality of being great and impressive Grand+eur..Grand is the keyword Meaning is same as grand (great and impressive) GRANDILOQUENT:using long or complicated words in order to impress people Sounds as combination of Grand+Eloquent Barrack Obamas words are eloquently grand which means they are complicated in order to impress people. GRANDIOSE:seeming very impressive but too large, expensive etc to be practical or possible Grand+iose.Again grand is the key word to remember its meaning. GRANULATE:form into grains It comes from granules or grains GRAPHIC:connected with drawings and design, especially in the production of books, magazines etc Obvious GRAPPLE:to take a firm hold of somebody/something and struggle with them Grapple sounds as combination of Grapes+Apple In the movie, Taare Zameen per, Darsheel and his brother are struggling to take a firm hold on basket containing grapes and apple. GRATE:when two hard surfaces grate as they rub together, they make a sharp unpleasant sound Grate sounds as great Mozart produces a great music out of two hard surfaces as they rub together. GRATIFY:satisfy; please Grafity sounds as combination of greatly+satisfy This combination describe its meaning GRATIS:free G+rat+israt is the keyword Sushmita Sen bought toy rat from a shop for children, the shopkeeper gave a small toy cat free of cost with it. GRATUITOUS:unnecessary Relate gratuitous with gratis(free of charge) We should avoid gratis things because they unnecessarily produce problems. GRATUITY:tip Grat+uityGrat sounds as great When waiter does great job Salman never forgets to give him a tip. GRAVITY:extreme importance and cause for worry Relate it with gravity (the force that attracts objects) Gravity is now a days a matter of extreme importance and cause for worry for scientists because it can change its direction in by 2012.

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GREGARIOUS:sociable Gre+gariousrelate Gre with GRE If you are preparing for GRE, you need to get sociable to gather information regarding preparation. GRIEVANCE:something that you think is unfair and that you complain or protest about Griev+ance.Relate griev with grave People think that congress is doing unfair by not passing Jan LokPal Bill and thats why people are complaining or doing protest against it, even people are ready to kill congress leaders and let them sleep in the grave. GRILL:to ask somebody a lot of question about their ideas, actions etc often in an unpleasant way Gr+ill.ill is the keyword Kareen got ill during shooting of the movie 3 Idiots; Doctor started asking a lot of question about her eating habits, exercises etc in an unpleasant way GRIMACE:to make ugly expression with your face to show pain, disgust etc Grimace is brother of Sachin Ramesh Grimace made an ugly with his face when he got injured GRIN:smile broadly, showing teeth G+rinRelate rin with Rin detergent powder In a RIN advertisement, after washing clothes with RIN Powder, all stains simply gone, A housewife smiled broadly, showing her teeth after using RIN. GRISLY:extremely unpleasant and frightening and usually connected with death and violence Grisly is brother of Bruce Lee Gris lee involved in crimes which are extremely unpleasant and frightening and usually connected with death and violence GROTESQUE:extremely ugly in strange way, often causing fear or laughter Sounds as combination of Got+Mask Suresh kalmadi got a mask of Lalu Prasad; mask was extremely ugly in strange way, often causing laughter. GROUSE:complain G+rouserouse (awake) is the keyword Preeti Zinta always complain when he roused (awaken) early in the morning by her mother. GRUDGE:a feeling of anger or dislike towards somebody because of something that they have done to you in the past Watch movie GrudgeIts about a girl, she has a feeling of anger or dislike towards her sister because of something she has done to her in the past GRUELING:exhausting Gruel+ing.Gruel is the keywordGruel is a t hin liquid food of oatmeal or other meal boiled in milk or water. John Abraham exhausted eating Gruel everyday GRUESOME:unpleasant and filling with horror, usually because it is connected with death or injury Grue+some.some is the keywordrelate grue with group Some group of terrorist attacked in Mumbai recently, it was very unpleasant and filled with horror because it is connected with death or injury of innocent people

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GRUFF:rough-mannered G+ruffruff sounds as rough Mallika talk in very rough manner with reporters regarding her new movie. GUFFAW:to laugh noisily Guffa+wGuffa(in Hindi)(Cave) is the keyword During shooting of Jungle, Fardeen Khan heard that three terrorists were laughing noisily in a guffa(in Hindi)(Cave). GUILE:the use of clever but dishonest behavior in order to deceive people Relate guile with gaali (in Hindi) (abusive language) James bond not only use clever but dishonest behavior to deceive his enemies but sometimes use gaali (abusive language) to teach them a lesson. GUILELESS:behaving in a very honest way; not knowing how to deceive people Opposite of guile GUISE:costume; appearance Guise sounds as guys Filmstar Govinda called his friends and said guys lets do some crazy stuff. They decided to have funny costume and running on the road GULL:fool or deceive (someone). Gull sounds as gal or girl Girl make fool their boyfriends and let them spent money on her. GULLIBLE:easily deceived Gull+ible.gull is the keywordmeaning is same as gull. GUSTATORY:affecting the sense of taste Gus+tatoryRelate gus with gas Did you ever notice that if LPG gas is leaking, it affects the sense of taste of food. GUSTO:enthusiasm and energy in doing something Relate gusto with guts New Singers need to have guts to sing with enthusiasm and energy in front of judges like Anu Mallik, Himesh Reshamiya, Asha Bhosle etc. HABITUATE:accustom or familiarize; addict ObviousHabit+uateHabit is the key wordhabit of something HACKNEYED:used too often and therefore boring Hack+neyedHack is the key word Window XP is getting hack by programmers too often and therefore boring news. HAGGARD:looking very tired because of lack of sleep, illness or worry Hag+gardGard sounds as guard Guards looks very tired because lack of sleep, they keep us safe whole night. HAGGLE:argue about price Hag+gleHag means old woman and gle sounds as gal A Hag and a Pretty gal (Pretty Zinta) were arguing with each other on price in the Big Bazaar.

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HALCYON:peaceful halc+yonhalc sounds as Hulk Hulk was happy and peaceful when he found that his weight is reduced by 100kg. HALE:healthy and strong In the movie Mr. India, everyone was saying Hale Mogambo, it means everyone was praying for healthy and strong Mogambo. HALLOWED:respected and important Hallo+wedhallo sounds as hello Baba Ramdev is a very respected and important person. Do you know that Baba Ramdev is available on phone; you just have to call and say Hello Baba Ramdev! And tell your problem. HALLUCINATION:the fact of seeming to see or hear somebody/something that is not really there Hallu+cination.Hallu is the short form of Hallucinated In College, students used short form of hallucinated as hallu. Students usually get hallu when they see their grades. HALTING:slow and hesitant Halting comes from halt (come to an abrupt stop) Sonia Gandhi`s speech is very slow and hesitant it suddenly halt when people started criticizing her. HAMPER:to prevent somebody from easily doing or achieving Relate it with Gift Hamper A girl was about to win a gift hamper in a contest Sawal 10 crore ka suddenly Salman Khan obstructed her playing because she was cheating through mobile. HAP:by chance; luck; fortune Hap rhymes as cap Happy Singh was very happy when he found cap of Sachin Tendulkar signature by Sachin by chance. HAPHAZARD:a Random or without planned hap+hazardHazard is the keyword A random or without planned selection of movies by Sonam Kapoor could be a hazard for her career HAPLESS:unfortunate Hapless rhymes and sounds as Helpless Indian team was unfortunate and helpless when they lost semifinal in 96` world cup against Sri Lanka due to bad condition of Eden garden. HARANGUE:speaking long, passionate, loud speech Relate Harangue with hairaan(in Hindi)(annoy somebody) Hairaan aur pareshaan karna by speaking long, passionate, loud speech on loud speakers during election by candidates is very common.

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HARASS:annoy Obvious HARBOR:a place where ships may move in shelter Relate Harbor with the movie Pearl Harbor Director Michael Bay is thinking of making a movie on a place where ships may move in shelter, finally he came up with the idea of making movie Pearl Harbor. HARDY:very tough, strong and able to survive in difficult conditions You must have read stories of Hardy Boys; they are very young boys, very tough, strong and able to survive in difficult conditionsvery hard kids. HARPING:talking very persistently and tediously on a particular topic. Harp+ingHarp is an instrument Farmers of Bihar use Harp in fields, they can tell lot of stories of this instrument, they can talk very persistently and tediously on a Harp. HARROWING:shocking or frightening and makes me feel very upset Harrow+ingharrow is a heavy frame with metal spikes During shooting of a movie, Shahid kapoor got chance to harrow the field but it was a bad experience, it was basically shocking or frightening and made him feel very upset, and he never tried it after that. HARRY:harassed or annoyed Relate it with Harry Potter Harry Potter was harassed or annoyed by his magician teachers. HAUGHTINESS:pride and arrogance Haught+inesshaught sounds as hot Kareena Kapoor was filled with pride and arrogance when she got the film fare award of hottest actress of the year. HAVEN:safe and peaceful place. Haven sounds as heaven Do you know why everyone wants to go to heaven because it is the most safe and peaceful place. HAZARDOUS: involving risk or danger, especially to somebody health or safety: Obvious Bhuj has covered a long hazardous journey after the earthquake encountered it. HAZY: uncertain or confused about something Hazy rhymes as lazy Rahul Gandhi seems like a lazy politician because of he is uncertain & confused about his position in the party HEADLONG: determined to do things Head+long.Head is the keyword Michael Faraday used his head for a long time as he was determined to invent a bulb HECKLE: to interrupt a speaker at a public meeting by shouting out questions or rude remarks Heck+le.Heck sounds as hack (computer hacking) Barak Obama was interrupted by Indians in a public meeting by shouting out questions or rude remarks when he was blaming them for hacking their networks.

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HEDONIST: pleasure is the most important thing in life. Hed+onisthed sounds as head Vijay Malya don`t think from head (mind), he just believes that pleasure is the most important thing in life. HEEDLESS: not listening, not noticing or disregarding Heed+lessrelate heed with hideless is the keyword Sonia Gandhi warned Rahul to hide the party plans, but he didn`t listen her, showing his careless attitude, not noticing and disregarding her advice. HEGEMONY: domination He+gemonygemony sounds as Germany In the movie Bourne Ultimatum, hero sent to Germany by U.S Government to start making dominance especially of U.S govt. over Germany. HEINOUS: morally very bad He+in+us.He is the keyword Kasab attempted a morally very bad act by attacking Taj, he should be punished. HERBIVOROUS: any animal that eats only plants Obvious Cow is an herbivorous animal. HERESY: a belief or an opinion that is against the principles of a particular religion He+resy.reshy sounds as rishi (in hindi)(Saint) Rishi Valmikis few beliefs & opinion was sometimes against the principles of Hindu religion. HERMETIC: closed and difficult to become part of it Her+met+icHer met are the key words.Hermet sounds as Hermeet An actor named Hermeet met Asihwarya in a party. He wanted to work with her in her next movie but she told him that openings are closed and its difficult for him to become part of it. HERMITAGE: home of a hermit (lives a very simple life alone and does not meet or talk to other people) Hermit+agehermit is the keywordHermet means a person who usually for religious reasons lives in a very simple life alone and doesnt meet or talk to other people Ramdev Baba is on the way to live a life alone in the home of hermit HETEROGENEOUS: consist of many different kinds of people or things Obviouscompare with Homogeneous HEW: cut something large with a tool He+wRelate He with HE-Man He-Man has a big sword; he used it to cut big rocks HEYDAY: time of greatest success; prime Hey+day.Day is the keyword Business Man like Ambani, Vijay Malya etc celebrate a day when their business is at time of greatest success, that day is known as Heyday.

HIATUS: pause; gap Hi+atus.atus sounds as Atlas (atlas is the keyword) Foreign travelers often refer to atlas while making pauses in between their journey when they visit India.

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HIBERNATE: to spend the winner in a state like deep sleep. Obvious There is a option in computer to hibernate, it means to make it sleep HIERARCHY: a system especially in a society or an organization in which people are organized into different level of importance from highest to lowest. Obvious HILARITY: a state of great amusement causing laud laughter Relate it with Hilary Clinton (wife of Bill Clinton) Hilary Clinton is in state of great amusement or happiness when Bill Clinton told her that they are going to India next month. HINDMOST: furthest back Hind+mostRelate hind with Hindustan Hindustan or India is furthest back in FIFA ranking. HINDRANCE: a person that makes it more difficult for somebody to do something or for something to happen. Obvious.relate it with Hinder HINTERLANDS: the remote land of a country away from the coast or the banks of major rivers Hinter+landrelate land with Island Andaman & Nicobar Islands are remote land of India away from the coast or the banks of major rivers. HIRELING: a person who is willing to do anything or work for anyone as long as they are paid Hire+lingHire is the keyword Terrorist hire persons who are willing to do anything or work for anyone as long as they are paid for illegal or violent activities in India HISTRIONIC: a very emotional behavior intended to attract attention in a way that doesn`t seem sincere Relate histrionic with history In History, Hitler had a very emotional behavior intended to attract attention in a way that doesn`t seem sincere HOARD: store money and valued objects for future purpose Hoar+dhoar sounds as whore A whore store money and valued objects for future purpose because she knows that she will be useless after certain age. HOAX: to trick somebody by making them believe something that is not true. Ho+axax sounds as axe Brad Pitt picked an axe and attacked Angelina Jolie, she got scared, then he said it was a joke, he was just tricking her by attacking on her and that attack wasnt true. HOLOCAUST: large scale destruction by fire and do great loss of human life. Watch movie Cannibal holocaust In this movie few young people does large scale destruction by fire and do great loss of human life. HOMAGE: to give tribute or to show respect to somebody Hom+age..Hom sounds as Home..age is the keyword Harivansh Rai Bachan died at the age of eighty. Film stars went to Amitabh`s home to give tribute or to show respect to Harivansh Rai Bacchhan.

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OMEOSTASIS: the maintenance of a stable equilibrium, especially through physiological processes. Home+ostasis..Home is the key word At home Mother always maintain the stable equilibrium through physiological processes HOMESPUN: made at home Home+spunHome is the key word Imran Hashmi likes to eat Chicken Biryani made at home by her wife. HOMILY: a speech or piece of writing giving advice on correct way to behave. Homily sounds as combination of Home and mily In the movie Mily, when Jaya Bacchan, , reached home at 2:00 AM Amitabh Bachhan gave her a speech and piece of writing giving advice on correct way to behave at home. HOMOGENOUS: consisting of things or people that are all the same or all of the same type. Obvious HONE: sharpen H+oneone is the key word There is only one stone which can be used to sharpen the object. It is known as whetstone HOODWINK: deceiving or playing tricks with people Hood+winkRelate Hood with Robin Hood Robin Hood was expert in deceiving or playing tricks with people and helping poor. HORDE: large groups of people. Horde sounds as HordRelate hord with hard It is hard or difficult to control large groups of people came to watch and listens Akon concert in Delhi. HORTATORY: encouraging Hortatory sounds like combination of Heart and laboratory AIIMS in India has a laboratory of Heart that is built after spending crores of rupees. Its goal is to encourage doctors to do research in it. HOSTILITY: unfriendly or aggressive feelings or behavior Hostil+ityHostil sounds as hostel In the movie 3 idiots, when new students entered in hostel college they had to face unfriendly or aggressive feelings or behavior of seniors. HOVER: remain in the air in one place H+over..over is the keyword In the last over of Zaheer Khan, Ricky Ponting hit the ball very high, the ball remained in the air in one place for few seconds but ultimately Sachin caught it safely.

HUBBUB: people make lot of noise and talk at the same time. Hub+bubhub is the bay word BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)is the hub of Brokers, where people make lot of noise and talk at the same time. HUBRIS: fact of somebody being too proud. Hub+rishub is the keyword Bangalore is the hub of IT companies, it is India`s pride.

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HUMANE: showing kindness or sympathy towards others. Human+ehuman is the keyword Do you know what is the difference in human and animal, human has quality of kindness or sympathy towards others but animal dont have any feelings. HUMDRUM: very dull Hum+drum.relate Hum with movie Hum (starring Amitabh, Govinda and Rajnikant) In the movie Hum, there was a song using only one instrument, it was a drum, but it was sounding monotonous or very dull, so that song was deleted before the release. HUMID: (of air or climate) warm and damp. Hu+midmid is the keyword Mid of June and July is the time when climate is most warm and damp in Kolkata. HUMILITY: the quality of not thinking that you are better than other people; the quality of being humble Hum+ilityrelate it with Movie Hum starring Amitabh, Govinda and Rajnikant Amitabh played a character that has quality of not thinking that he is better than other people or he has the quality of being humble HURTLE: to move very fast in particular direction. Hurtle Sounds as combination of hurdle+turtle Do you know if you will try to put a hurdle in the path of turtle, it could move very fast in opposite direction. HUSBAND: save or conserve money In relation of husband and wife, husband tries to save or conserve money whereas wife tries to spend it HUSBANDRY: agriculture Husband+ry..Husband is the keyword Do you know that Hema Malini`s husband (Dharmendra) was in agriculture business before coming into movies. HYBRID: an animal or plant that has parents of different species. Obvious HYPERBOLE: a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better more exciting, than it really is. Hyper+boleHyper is the keyword which means in great amount Rabindra Nath Tagore was famous for his hyper writings that make them sound more exciting and hence he won himself a Nobel Prize. HYPERCRITICAL: too much critical Obvious HYPOTHETICAL: based on situation or ideas which are possible and imagined rather than real and true. Obvious.based on hypothesis ICON: a religious image; idol Relate icon with desktop icon People keep image of religious person as desktop icon or desktop background.

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ICONOCLASTIC: criticizing popular beliefs or established customs and ideas Icono+clas+ticclas sounds as clash Watch movie Clash of the Titans, movie is about a man who criticize popular beliefs or established customs and ideas IDEOLOGY: a set of ideas that an economic or political system is based on. ObviousIdea is the keywordGreat ideas from Mahatma Gandhi and such kind of idealistic persons developed a system of ideas that an economic or political system is based on. IDIOM: a group of word whose meaning is different from meaning of individual word. Very obviousFor example Let the cat out of the bag is an idiom means to tell a secret by mistake. IDIOSYNCRASY: persons with odd ideas Idiosyncrasy sounds as idea+syn+crazyIdea & crazy are the keywords The old generation with odd ideas doesnt seem to have a match with the crazy ideas of the young generation. IDOLATRY: practice of worshipping statues as gods Idol+atryidol is the keyword Rajnikant is worshipped as idol in south. IDYLLIC: a very peaceful and pleasant Relate idyllic with idly (a South-Indian dish) There is a very peaceful and pleasant restaurant in Tamil Nadu that restaurant is famous for its idly. IGNITE: to start to burn Ig+nitenite sounds as night In village, people use wood or candle which starts burning easily to produce light in the night. IGNOBLE: not good or honest; not noble Relate Ignoble with ignore The politicians of India ignore the public after the elections because they are not good or honest. IGNOMINY: public disgrace or shame Ig+nominynominy sounds as nominee Do you know that Mahesh Bhatt is living his life in public disgrace or shame, because he got into a physical relationship with a new actress, that year he was nominee for the best director in FilmFare award. ILLICIT: illegal Ill+citcit sounds as sit Youngster used to sit in internet caf and watch illegal stuff ILLIMITABLE: limitless Obvious no limitsLimitless...Infinite ILLUMINATE: to shine light on something Illu+minateIllu is the keyword On Diwali IIT Kharagpur students celebrate Diwali in their own style, it is known as illu. They brighten every hostel with lights. ILLUSION: misleading vision or false idea, belief. Obvious

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ILLUSIVE: producing illusion, deceptive Relate it with illusion ILLUSORY: based on illusion, not real Relate it with illusion IMBALANCE: not balance or lack of balance. Im+balancebalance is the keyword Darshil Jafari in the movie Taare Zameen Par falls from cycle again and again because he was not balanced. IMBECILE: idiot I+m+becile.relate m with am.becile sounds as Basheel (a type of name) Basheel is friend of Salman, Basheel used to repeat I am Basheel after every sentence he spoke, it sounds very stupid or idiotic IMBIBE: to drink alcohol Im+bi+berelate bi with bi(in Hindi)(servant) Imraan Khan has a bi(Ghar ka kaam karne wali bi), she has a bad habit of drinking alcohol. IMBROGLIO: situation which is complicated; painful or complex Imbroglio rhymes as Bhaaglio(in hindi)(run away) People suggest when situation gets complicated; painful or complex chupchaap wahan bhaglio. IMBUE: to fill something or somebody with strong feelings, opinions or values I+m+bue..Relate bue with blue Every Indian says I am feeling blue means they filled with strong feelings when Indian cricket team won World Cup IMMACULATE: perfectly clean and tidy. Im+macu+latemacu is the keyword Macu is the name of servant of Manisha Koirala, She is very impressed with Macu. Every day he works late night and his work is perfectly clean and tidy. IMMINENT: likely to happen very soon Obvious Nostradamus has said that the end of the world is likely to happen very soon. IMMOBILITY: not movable. Im+mobil+itymobil sounds as mobile.Something which is not mobilenot movable IMMOLATE: as sacrifice. Immo+late.late is the keyword In the movie Mr. India, Mogambo kills his employees as sacrifice if they come late and forgot to say Hail Mogambo. IMMUNE: resistance to fight against diseases. ObviousImmune system is different for persons to personresistance to fight against diseases. IMMURE: put in prison Immure rhymes as impure A shopkeeper tried to give Imran Hashmi impure milk, he quickly called the police, Police put him into prison.

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IMMUTABLE: can`t be changed. Immu+table..table is the keyword Imran Khan`s wife removed his table from his room. Imran got angry and said to her, that position of the table can`t be changed in his absence. IMPAIR: physically injured or hurt. Obvious.physically impairedphysically injured or hurt. IMPALE: pierce with a sharp object Im+palepale is the keyword which means light in color Murderer pierced Divya Bharti with a sharp-pointed knife, suddenly her face gets pale (light in color) and she died in few minutes. IMPALPABLE: able to be touched or felt Not palpable(able to be touched or felt)..We will discuss palpable later. IMPARTIAL: not partial. ObviousIm+partialnot partial IMPASSABLE: impossible to travel Impassable sounds as impossible It`s impossible to travel in Delhi after 2:00 am especially for girls. IMPASSE: position from which there is no escape Im+pass+e.pass is the keyword Darshils father in the movie Taare Zameen Par said to him, you can never pass this exam, because you don`t want to study. IMPASSIVE: no sign of feeling. Relate passive with passion.no passion for anything..no sign of feeling. IMPEACH: accused of charge Im+peachpeach rhymes as speech Manmohan Singh in a speech accused Mulayam Singh that he committed a lot of crime and accused of many charges. IMPECCABLE: in accordance with the highest standards Impecc+ableRelate impecc with impact Only Amir Khan is able to impact Hollywood because only his acting is in accordance with the highest standards of Hollywood actors. IMPECUNIOUS: no relation with money or having little money Im+pecunious.pecunious is the keyword (related to money) Rajpal Yadav in the movie Hungama was having no relation money or little money with him

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IMPEDE: to delay or stop the progress of something Impede rhymes as speed Constructions of Big Bazaar in every small village was going on very good speed but interferes from some villagers delay or stop the progress of it. IMPEDIMENT: something that delays or stops the progress of something Relate it with imperial blue whisky The over dose of the imperial blue whisky stops the growth of the body. IMPEL: force or urge to do something Imp+elImp is the abbreviation of important If an idea or feeling forcing you to do something, you should start working on that idea. IMPENDING: Something approaching; something about to happen Im+pending.pending is the keyword Subhash Ghai advised Anupam Kher that he was too old for acting and a lot of work was pending in his movies. It seems that his retirement is approaching. IMPENETRABLE: not penetrable. Obviousnot penetrable IMPENITENT: not feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong. Im+pen+itentpen is the keyword Darshil Safari felt sorrow and regret after being caught by the teacher when he had stolen the pen of his classmate. IMPERATIVE: of vital importance Imp+erative..relate imp with important Anna Hazare raised his voice against the most important and vital issue which is corruption. IMPERCEPTIBLE: very small and therefore unable to be seen or felt Im+perce+ptibleperce sounds as purse Aishwarya bought two different purses but the difference is very small and therefore unable to be seen or felt. IMPERIAL: connected with an empire. Relate Imperial with Imperial Blue The whisky named Imperial Blue use to be the brand of Emperor Alexander. IMPERIOUS: arrogant and domineering Relate imperious with imperial Now you know the meaning of imperial Arrogant and domineering are the characteristics of the people in imperial army of Alexander. IMPERMEABLE: that cannot be penetrating through. Im+permeablenot permeable (permitting passage through its substance) The eggs yolk cannot penetrate through its tough coverings. IMPERTINENT: rude and not showing respect for somebody who is older or more important Relate impertinent with important In the movie Tare Zameen Par Darshil Safari dont shows respect for his teacher who is elder and more important.

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IMPETUOUS: running quickly and without thinking carefully about the result. Im+pet+uouspet is the keyword Imran Hashmi has a pet(a dog), whenever he goes for a morning walk with his pet, his pet starts running on the road quickly and without thinking carefully about the result. IMPERTURBABLE: not easily upset or worried by a difficult situation Im+perturb+able..perturb rhymes as disturb During Kargil war, Indians life gets disturbed because of attack from Pakistani army but Indian army was very confident and it cant easily upset or worried by such difficult situation IMPERVIOUS: not affected or influenced by something Im+perviousrelate pervious with previous Hrithik Roshans performance is never affected or influenced by previous flop movies; he gave a nice performance in Zindagi milegi Naa Dubaaraa IMPETUS: driving force Im+pet+uspet is the keyword Sometimes Imran Hashmis pet drives him forward when he gets tired. IMPIETY: lack of piety or not pious. Im+pietypiety is the keyword it means quality of being devoutly religious In the movie Deewar, Amitabh Bachchan showed lack of piety towards God. IMPINGE: to make an effect Im+pin+ge..pin is the keyword Tsunami is a natural calamity which is making an effect on Japanese like a pin. IMPIOUS: showing a lack of respect for God and religion Im+piouspious is the keyword In the movie Awarapan, Imran Hashmi was not a pious, showed lack of respect for God and religion. IMPLEMENT: put into effect Obvious IMPLACABLE: strong negative opinion about something that cannot be changed be changed. Im+plac+able..plac sounds as place People have a strong negative opinion that cant be changed that there is no place in India which is not corrupted. IMPLAUSIBLE: not seeming reasonable or likely to be true Im+plausible.relate plausible with possible The lawyers in the court always presents the possible explanations which sometimes are not considered likely to be true. IMPLICATE: to be involved in a crime. Imply+catecate sounds as Kate Kate Winslet (a Hollywood actress) is found to be involved in a crime. IMPLICATION: the conclusion that can be drawn from something. Obvious

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IMPLICIT:understood need not to state; suggested without being directly expressed Imply+citcit sounds as sit When Abhay Deol went to Rithiks house, he didn't need permission to sit, itis understood need not be stated. IMPLODE: burst inward. Compare implode with explode..Explode means burst outward where as implode is burst inward. IMPLORE: beg earnestly for Impl+oreore is the keyword Indian Government found important iron ore mines in Rajasthan, now Reliance group is begging to get those iron ore mines. IMPLY: to suggest that something is true or that you feel or think something, without saying so directly Obvious IMPOLITIC: not wise Im+politic.relate politic with politics It was not wise when Indian government playing politics with Anna and rejected proposal of Jan Lokpal Bill. IMPONDERABLE: something that is difficult to measure or estimate Im+pond+rable.pond is the key word Do you know that there is a pond in Allahabad, its difficult to measure or estimate how much liters of water it contains. IMPORT: significance Obvious India imports grains from abroad are of great significance for poor people because it is available for them in cheap rates. IMPORTUNATE: demanding or begging persistently Sounds as combination of a Important+fortunate India-Australia match is going to be important match in World Cup`11. Only fortunate people got the tickets, other people are demanding or begging persistently to issue more tickets. IMPOSTURE: an act of deceiving people deliberately by pretending to be sb else Im+posture..posture is the keyword Rajesh Khanna played a role of thief who has a bent posture; this was so he could deceive people deliberately by pretending to be a beggar. IMPOTENT: having no potential; very weak or ineffective Obvious.Cigarette smoking can make you impotent IMPRECATION: cursed Im+precationrelate precation with precaution Global Warming is a serious issue and scientists are taking precautions to avoid it. IMPREGNABLE: strong and impossible to defeat Im+pregnablerelate pregnable with pregnant Never underestimate a pregnant woman, she is still very strong and impossible to defeat.

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IMPROMPTU: done without planning or preparation Im+prompt+uprompt is the keyword A prompt (quick) decision of choosing Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister was done without any planning or preparation from Congress leaders. IMPROPRIETY: behavior or action that is dishonest, morally wrong or not appropriate Im+proprietypropriety sounds as property In the movie Khosla ka Ghosla, Anupam Kher was cheated by Boman Irani whose actions are always dishonest or morally wrong IMPROVIDENT: not thinking or planning for the future Im+provident.relate provident with provident fund MS Dhoni dont have provident fund it means he is not thinking or planning for the future IMPROVISE: create and perform (music, drama or verse) spontaneously or without preparation Relate improvise with improve In National School of Arts, Nana Patekar learns to create and perform (music, drama or verse) spontaneously or without preparation to improve his performance. IMPRUDENT: not wise or sensible Im+prudentprudent is the key word which means sensible It would not be prudent or sensible to invest all the money in Reliance when the markets condition is not so good. IMPUDENT: not showing due respect for other people Impudent sounds like combination of Important+student Important students are those students of a college or school who are good in studies but they get unimportant or lose their importance when they do not show due respect for their teachers. IMPUGN: to express doubts about whether sth is right, honest etc Im+pugn.Pugn sounds as peon Bill gates in his office always expresses doubts about whether their employees, peon etc that they are right, honest etc or not IMPUTE: to say, often unfairly, that somebody is responsible for something or has a particular quality Im+put+e.put is the key word Anna Hazare forcefully put in jail, and government saying that he is responsible for all this chaos in the country IMPUISSANCE: unable to take effective action, powerless Im+puiss+ance.relate Puiss with pussy Wills Smith thinks that he is very strong but he is not because when actually courage is needed he started behaving like a pussy and unable to take effective action IMPUNITY: being exempt(ed) from punishment. Im+pun+ity.pun sounds as peon Do you know that Kasab was Peon in Pakistan later he became terrorist. Now, Kasab has attempted such a big terror attack on the Taj Hotel; still he is exempted from punishment.

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INADVERTENTLY: by accident, without intending to In+advert+entlyadvert is the keywordrelate advert with advertisement In an advertisement of Dabur lal Dant Manjan Shahrukh has to broke a coconut from his teeth but accidently he broke his two side teeth. INALIENABLE: that cannot be taken away from you(able to be transferred to new ownership) In+alien+able..alien is the keyword In the movie Koi Mil Gaya, Jadoo was an alien, who was not able to reach his planet, Rithik helped him since it was his ownership which cant be taken away from him. INANE: silly, stupid Inane rhymes as insane. Its meaning is same as Insane (silly, stupid etc) INANIMATE: not alive in the way that people, animals and plants are In+animate..relate animate with animated movies (full of life) Animated movies like avatar are different as compared to inanimate movies. INARTICULATE: not able to express ideas or feelings clearly or easily (fluent and clear in speech) In+art+iculate..Not good in art of expressing feelings or ideas Do you remember the movie 3 idiots? The audience made the fun of Chatur because he was not good in art to express his ideas and feelings clearly. INCANDESCENT: shining brightly (of electrical or other light) Obvious.you must have seen incandescent lamps. INCANTATION: special words that are spoken or sung to have a magical effect In+cant+ationcan`t is the keyword Only a magician like O.P Sharma can spoke or sing words having magical effect, a normal person can`t. INCAPACITATE: to make somebody unable to work or live normally In+capacitate.Relate capacitate with capacity Most of Banks like Deloitte, Barclays etc stretch the capacities of an employee that make him unable to work normally INCARCERATE: imprison In+car+ceratecar is keyword One day Bipasha imprison John in the car just because she was angry with him. INCARNATION: physical form of human being In+car+nationcar is the keyword Do you know that every god wants to take physical form of human being only when he will own a Bungalow and Mercedes car to drive. INCENDIARY: designed to cause fire Incen+diarydiary is the keyword Inspector Bharat found a diary from a suspect flat, in the diary there was a plan designed to cause fire in railway station, Airport or any other public place in Mumbai. INCENSE: make very angry In+censecense sounds as sense Dog smell senses are very strong; smell of cat makes them very angry

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INCENTIVE: payment or concession to stimulate greater output by worker. Obvious INCEPTION: beginning of an activity Watch movie inception, it is all about beginning of dreams and its different levels INCESSANT: never stopping In+cessan+tcessan sounds as session Before choosing any new actress, Aamir organize never stopping sessions with the actress until he completely convinced. INCHOATE: just begun or not clear, in early or developing stage In+choate.relate choate with chaos Ideas make chaos in A.R. Rehman`s mind when they just begin or not clear, in early or developing stage. INCIDENCE: occurrence of a disease, crime or other desirable thing Very obvious INCIDENTAL: happening in connections with something else as minor Inci + dentaldental is the keyword AIIMS decided to build a big medical college in Bombay; it will also open a dental college as minor. INCIPIENT: just beginning In+cipi+entcipi sounds as CP (nickname of Chandra Paul, a West Indies cricketer) When CP qualified for West Indies cricket team, he was just beginning his career in cricket. INCISIVE: intelligently analytical and concise There is a story behind this word, there were two brothers Decisive and Incisive, Decisive was good in settling an issue quickly and effectively where as Incisive was intelligently analytical and concise. INCITE: to encourage somebody to do something violent In+citecite sounds as site.relate site with website Famous website www.google.com is a search engine that encourages the users to explore the varieties of something violent all over the world. INCOGNITO: a way that prevents other people from finding out who you are In+cogni+to..relate cogni with recognize Before the release of 3 idiots, Amir Khan was playing tricks with people; he costumes in a way that prevents other people to recognize him or prevents them from finding out who he was. INCLINE: to lean or slope in particular direction Very obvious INCLINED: tending or leaning toward; bent Obvious INCLUSIVE: having the total cost or the cost of something that is mentioned or contained in the price Obvious Must have heard that VAT is inclusive in this purchase

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INCOHERE: unable to explain yourself clearly In+coherecohere sounds as kohra (in hindi)(fog) One of my friend met Aamir Khan but he didnt recognize him due to kohra(fog) and unable to explain himself clearly. INCOMMODIOUS: not spacious In+commodiousnot commodious (spacious).not spacious INCOMPATIBLE: not harmonious, not compatible Obvious.not compatible (harmonious) INCONGRUITY: strange & not suitable in particular situation In+cong+ruityrelate cong with Congress In Congress party, Manmohan works according to Sonia Gandhi, because he gives ideas which are strange and not suitable in particular situation. INCONSEQUENTIAL: not important or worth considering In+consequential..relate consequential with consequence (result or effect) In the final match of Cricket World Cup, consequence of bringing back Srisanth was not important or worth considering because he bowled very badly. INCONSISTENCY: tending to change too often In+consistency.no consistencynot consistent.change too often INCONTINENT: uncontrolled; lacking self restraint In+continentcontinent is the keyword In a survey it is found that among all the continents American people is most uncontrolled or lacking self restraint INCONTROVERTIBLE: not controversial In+controvertiblerelate controvertible with controversialnot co ntroversial, not open to question. The Defence confidential information is so important that it is not open to question by anyone and even the higher authorities like President is also not allowed to do controversies on it. INCORPORATE: to include something so that it forms a part of something In+corporate.corporate is the keyword In corporate world it is very common that big companies include small companies for example Reliance Industries include small companies so that small companies become part of Reliance Industries Limited. INCORPOREAL: without a body or form In+corporealNot corporeal (relating to someone`s body)Hope you remember the meaning of corporeal INCORRIGIBLE: having bad habits which cannot be changed or improved In+corrigibleRelate corrigible with courage John Abraham dont have enough courage because he cant change his bad habit of smoking INCREDULOUS: not willing or able to believe something In+credulousrelate credulous with credible India is such an incredible country that the foreigners are still not able to believe the richness of the culture and the precious heritages like the Taj Mahal and many more.

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INCREMENT: a regular increase in the amount of salary Obvious INCRIMINATE: to make it seem as if somebody has done something wrong or illegal In+criminaterelate criminate with criminal High courts Lawyer make it seems that Sanjay Dutt done something wrong or illegal and declared him as a criminal, as a result he spent two years in Jail. INCRUSTATION: process of forming hard outer covering or layer In+crust+ationcrust is the keywordcrust is hard outer part of something The earths crust is so hard and forms the outer covering to protect the living beings form the hot and molten magma. INCUBATE: (of a bird) to sit on its eggs in order to keep them warm until they hatch In+cub+atecub sounds as cube There was a hen found in Africa, it was sitting on its eggs in order to keep them warm until they hatch, finally it hatched cube shaped eggs, that was very strange case. INCUBUS: nightmare (a frightening and unpleasant dream) Incu+busbus is the keyword Once Madhuri Dixit fell asleep in a bus journey, she felt someone was trying to touch her, she got awake but that was a nightmare, no one was around her, she was traveling alone in that bus. INCULCATE: to teach simple calculation In+culcaterelate culcate with calculate Sachin tried a lot to teach simple calculation to his son but he doesn`t able to calculate anything. INCUMBENT: necessary as part of somebodys duties Incum+bentincum sounds as income Dharmendra was rickshaw driver before coming into movies, his income was very low, he had no other option and rickshaw driving was getting necessary for him as a duty or responsibility towards his parents. INCUR: if you incur something unpleasant, you are in a situation in which you have to deal with it In+cur.cur sounds cur(in Hindi) (tax) If you are not paying cur(tax) on time it means you incur something unpleasant; you are in a situation in which you have to deal with it. INCURSION: sudden attack on a place by foreign armies In+cur+sion..cur sounds as cur(in Hindi)(tax) Government attacked on Laloo`s property because he was not paying cur (income tax). INDEFATIGABLE: to never getting tired of doing something or never giving up Indefatigablerelate it with undefeated Undefeated people never get tired or never give up like King Ashoka. INDELIBLE: not able to be deleted In+del+ibledel is the keyworddel is abbreviation of deleteindelible means something that is not able to be deleted. You might have heard of Microsoft Windows operating system that is installed on normal pc, it does not allow deleting its files by the guests.

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INDEMNIFY: compensate for loss In+demn+ifyrelate demn with damn Once Abhishek did an accident with his car, public just wanted him to compensate for loss but he didn`t give a damn about it. INDENTURE: a type of contract in the past that forces servants or apprentice to work for their employer for a particular period of time Indenture sounds as in danger Your life could be in danger if you signed a type of contract in the past that forces you to work for your employer for a particular period of time. its like a bond. INDETERMINATE: that cannot be identified easily or exactly In+determinate..relate determinate with determine The Congress Government was not able to determine how such huge public came in to support Anna Hazares fight against corruption from all over the country. INDICATIVE: indicating or suggesting something Obvious Jan lok Pal Bill is indicative of downfall of Congress government

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INDICES: indications; signs Relate indices with index You can find the index of this book Wordfox, at the starting, which will indicate the page number of a particular chapter of your choice. INDICT: accused or charged with a serious crime Relate indict with indication High court gave an indication that Navjot Singh Sidhu is accused or charged with a serious crime of killing a man. INDIFFERENT: they show no particular interest or sympathy towards something In+different..different is the keyword Politicians attitude is different before and after the Lok sabha election, Before election they looks very concerned about public but after the election they show no particular interest or sympathy towards public, they become completely unconcerned. INDIGENCE: poverty Relate Indigence as India ki Janta India ki Janta (public) facing the problem of poverty, there are so many poor families in India. INDIGENOUS: native; belonging to particular place rather than coming to it from somewhere else Relate it with indigent Indigents (poor) are the native of India. INDIGENT: very poor Indigent comes from indigence Dharavi, a place in Mumbai is the biggest slum in Asia where the people are living below indigence line INDIGNATION: show anger on whatever unfair has been done Indi+g+nationnation is the keyword India is a nation known to have people of very calm and peaceful nature but they show anger on whenever unfair has been done to them INDIGNITY: state or quality of not being worthy of honor or respect In+dignitydignity is the keyword The politician felt no dignity or dishonored when someone from the public had thrown shoes on him. INDISCRIMINATE: doing or acting random or without careful judgment In+discriminatediscriminate is the keyword US Government discriminate in treatment with people, especially on the grounds of race, sex or age. They are doing it or acting random or without careful judgment INDISPUTABLE: not open to question or debate In+disput+able.disput sounds as dispute Anna Hazare followed the path of Ahinsa (non-violence) because he did not want any kind of disputes. INDISSOLUBLE: not able to dissolve or end In+dissolublenot dissoluble(able to be dissolved, or loosened) The sand is not soluble in water.

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INDITE: write In+ditedite sounds as diet Do you know about www.diet.com if you are confused about your diets just write your query on this website you will get your answer within 24 hours INDOLENT: not wanting to work, very inactive In+dol+ent..dol sounds as doll Do you know when Karishma Kapoor was a kid she had a doll, she used to play with it all the time, she don`t even go to school, she was getting lazy and very inactive. INDOMITABLE: impossible to defeat or unconquerable Indomi+table.table is the keyword Do you know what is the reason behind the success of Hitler, why he was impossible to defeat or unconquerable, the reason was simply a table, it was gifted by his parents. INDUBITABLE: impossible to doubt; unquestionable; not open to doubt In+dubi+table.relate dubi with doubt Performance of Sachin is impossible to doubt. INDUCE: persuading somebody to do something In+duceduce sounds as deuce In school days, Sachin and Kambli practiced whole month with tennis ball for a cricket championship but later they came to know that other teams succeed in persuading organisers to play with a deuce ball. INDUCTIVE: using particular fact & example to form general rules & principles Relate inductive with induction Every management trainee in PSU does induction (formally introduce) program. In PSU government offices use particular fact and example to form general rules and principles for new management trainees INDULGENT: become involved in activity Indulgent comes from indulge (become involved in activity that is undesirable). The Indian public became indulge in the Anna Hazares protest against corruption INDUSTRIOUS: working hard & busy Relate industrious with industry Reliance industry is nourishing or developing just because it has so many hard working employees. INEBRIATED: drunk Inebri+ate+date is the key word After success of Dabbang, in a party Salman ate lot of chicken and got drunk. INEFFABLE: not able to be described in words Ineff+ableIneff sounds as enough In CWG scam Suresh Kalmadi looted enough money to live comfortably throughout his life. INEFFECTUAL: without ability to achieve much ObviousIn+effectualnot effective INERRANT: incapable of doing error In+err+antrelate err with errorincapable of doing error. The computers are nothing but a machine that is designed so that it is incapable of doing errors.

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INERT: without power to move or act, chemically inactive Obvious You must learn about inert gases in school days, inert gases like Nitrogen, etc. simply mean chemically inactive gases. INEVITABLE: that you cannot avoid or prevent Inevi+tabletable is the key word In Olympics, Table Tennis team of India was very weak; they couldnt avoid or prevent their defeat against Chinese table tennis players. INEXORABLE: that cannot be stopped or changed Inex+orableInex sounds as Inox Shopping malls like Inox are developing in every city; their growth cant be stopped or changed. INFALLIBLE: never making mistakes In+fall+iblefall is the key word Google search engine is the best search engine; it never falls from its top position. It always gives correct results and never makes any mistakes INFAMOUS: well known for bad or evil There are two words famous and infamous Famous means famous for doing good things like Mother Teresainfamous means famous for doing bad things like Osama Bin Laden INFANTILE: typical of a small child Infant+ile..Infant is the keyword. Infant means child or baby A mother bears a lot of pain while giving birth to an infant. INFER: conclude or deduce Obvious We used to see infer in many questions like what can you infer (deduce or conclude) from above problem? INFERNAL: related to hell; extremely annoying In+fernalrelate fernal with funeral People dont prefer to attend funeral of bad people like Hitler. After death he went to hell, it was extremely annoying for him. INFIDEL: no belief in a religion Infi+del..relate del with DELL (a laptop company) Do you know that Dell (a laptop company) owner doesn't believe or has no belief in a religion. INFILTRATE:to enter or make somebody enter a place or an organization secretly In+filtraterelate filtrate with filter Aquaguard use filter which didnt allow any impure particles in water where as infiltration is a process in which we allow somebody enter a place or an organization secretly INFINITESIMAL: very small Infinite+simalInfinite is the keyword Can you see infinite number of Microorganisms in curd from naked eyes???No, because they are very small. INFIRMITY: weakness or illness over a long period In+firm+ity..firm is the key word which means strongso infirm is not firmweak or not strong The political parties that run our country are very weak and unable to remove poverty from India.

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INFLATED: higher than is acceptable or reasonable Relate inflated with inflation During the time of inflation Infosys fired its 14000 employees; it was higher than is acceptable or reasonable. INFLUX: an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or thing Inf+luxLux is the keyword Lux is making its arrival again with large no. of fragrances in the market. INFRACTION: violation of rule or regulation In+fractionfraction is the keyword It takes only a fraction of seconds to violate rule or regulation for criminals like Dawood Abraham. INFRINGE: to break law or rule. In+f+rin+ge.rin is the key word A RIN advertisement on TV was very vulgar; it broke a law or rule, so RIN had to stop it. INGENIOUS: clever, original and inventive In+geniousgenious is the keyword A genius like Einstein is clever, original and inventive INGRAINED: deeply rooted or firmly established In+grain+ed.grain is the keyword Do you know that grains of wheat are deeply rooted in the soil. INGRATE: ungrateful In+ grategrate sounds as great (not feeling of showing gratitude or kindness) Great people like Abdul Kalam Azad, Sachin Tendulkar can never be ungrateful (not showing gratitude) INGRATIATE: to do things in order to make sb like you especially sb who will be useful to you. In+gra+tiategra sounds as grey Salman gave a grey color suit to Karan Johar in order to get him to like him especially because he will be useful for him in the future. INHERENT: thatis basic or permanent part of somebody\something that cannot be removed. Obvious INHIBIT: to make sb nervous or embarrassed so that they are unable to do something In+hibitrelate hibit with habit Deepika Padukone has a bad habit to make Shahrukh nervous or embarrassed so that he is unable to perform well. INIMICAL: very unfriendly Inimical rhymes as chemical Faculty of Chemical department of IIT Kharagpur is very unfriendly. INIMITABLE: impossible to imitate (copy) In+imitable..not imitable.cant be imitated It is nearly impossible to copy this book Wordfox as it is subjected to copyright act and if someone attempts to do so, it is a punishable offence. INIQUITOUS: very unfair or wrong Ini+quit+ousquit is the keyword In the movie, 3 idiots, when professor did something very unfair or wrong with a student, he decided to quit.

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INITIATE: to make something begin. Obvious INJURIOUS: causing or likely to cause harmful ObviousMust have heard that Cigarette smoking is injurious (harmful) to health. INKLING: a hint Ink+lingInk is the keyword In examination, students use ink pen to write formula to give other students, its a hint about the answer. INNATE: natural and inborn talent Inn+ateate sounds as eight When Sachin was in class eight, his parents found that he had natural and inborn talent of cricket. INNOCUOUS: not harmful In+nocuousnot nocuous (harmful) or not noxious (harmful) The army personnel consume liquor in a limited quantity as it is not harmful to their health.

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INNOVATION: the introduction of new things, ideas or ways of doing sth. Very obvious INNUENDO: an indirect remark about sb\sth usually suggesting sth bad or rude; the use of remarks like this Innu+end+oend is the keyword Shakti Kapoor is usually gives an indirect remark about new actresses suggesting something bad or rude but many girls starts complaining about it after that he has to end it. INOPPORTUNE: not an appropriate or convenient option. In+opportunerelate opportune with opportunity Ashish Nehra got an opportunity to prove his bowling skills but he was beaten by a batsman in his last over in league match of World Cup`11 and the Indian selectors realized that he was not an appropriate or convenient option. INORDINATE: excessive Inordinate rhymes as co-ordinate Director, Subhash Ghai couldnt co-ordinate with the team so he is working excessively to improve his coordination skills. INQUISITOR: a person who asks very tough questions. In+quis+itorquis sounds as quiz The Bournvita quiz Competition is the really tough one because the anchor asks very tough questions to the students. INSALUBRIOUS:dirty and with many things that need to be repaired, cleaned or replaced In+salu+brious.relate salu with Shalu(a name of a girl) The name of girlfriend of Rajpal Yadav is Shalu, she lives in slums of Mumbai which is really very dirty place to live in on which government should take care upon. INSATIABLE:not satisfied. In+sat+iable..relate sat with Saturday Generally a private employee not satisfied with a company if he has to work on saturday INSCRUTABLE: Impossible to understand or interpret In+scrutable.relate scrutable with scrutiny..Scrutiny means careful and thorough examination The Lokpal Bill that is available for the public scrutiny is impossible to understand. INSENSATE: no sensation. In+sensateNot sensate..relate sensate with sensation The deo AXE nowadays come with no sensation as it has stop producing good fragrance. INSENSIBLE: not sensible. In+sensible.Not sensiblesense is the keyword In the movie Titanic, during the climax Jack Dawson was not able to sense anything as he was in really cold water INSIDIOUS: spreading gradually or without being noticed In+sidi+oussidi sounds as CD Business of DVD, Cds is spreading gradually because it is very cheap and easily available.

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INSIGHTFUL: showing a clear understanding of a person or situation Insight+ful..insight (the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of something) is the keyword Anna Hazare has great insight of corruption of India and through Jan Lok Pal he shows a clear understanding of corruption to the common man. INSINUATE: to suggest indirectly that something unpleasant is true In+sin+uatesin is the key word The priest always tries to suggest indirectly that doing sin is unpleasant and one day you need to suffer. INSIPID: lacking in flavor. In+sip+idsip is the keyword As soon as Inzamam took first sip of coffee in CCD, he found that it is lacking in flavor. INSOLENT: rude and showing a lack of respect In+sole+ntrelate sole with soul There is a straight forward rule; good souls go to heaven and bad souls who are rude and showing a lack of respect go to hell. INSOLVENT: not able to find any solution to solve money problem In+solve+nt..solve is the keyword During recession most of the banks like Lehman Brothers got bankrupt and they weren`t able to find any solution to solve money problem. INSOMNIA: the condition of being unable to sleep. Jo raat mein so nahi pata hai use insomaniac kehte hain. INSOUCIANT: state of not being worried about anything In+souc+iantsouc sounds as sauce One day Mallika Serawat was very hungry she ordered a pizza with chilli sauce and started eating, she was so hungry that she was not worried that she doesnt have money to pay the bill INSTIGATE: to make something start or happen, usually something official Insti+gateInsti is short form of institute Directors of IIT officially started a new trend in the institute that there will be an assembly in front of the institute main gate in the morning. INSUBORDINATION: refusal to obey orders or show respect for sb who has a higher rank In+subordinat+ionsubordinate is the key word Subordinate or assistant of Madhuri Dixit refuse to obey orders or show respect to her when she didnt paid him on time. INSUBSTANTIAL:not very large, strong or important In+substantialrelate substantial with substance The government of India state that child labor has no substance to discuss and believes that it not an important issue. INSULAR:only interested in your own country, ideas, etc and not in those from outside Relate Insular with Insularistan. It rhymes as Hindustan Insularistan is a new country newly developed country, people of Insularistan interested in their own country and not in those from outside, thats why nobod y knows about Insularistan.

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INSUPERABLE: difficulties that can`t be overcome In+super+ablesuper is the keywordrelate super with Superman Superman is a superhero, he can solve many problems but there are difficulties that can`t be overcome by even superman. INSURGENT: a person fighting against the government or armed forces of their own country; Rebel In+surgentsurgent sounds as sergeant Aamir Khan played a role of rebellions or revolutionary sergeant in the movie Sarfarosh. INSURMOUNTABLE: not able to overcome Insurmountablenot surmountable (overcome).able is the keyword When Bhuj has encountered the natural calamity of earthquake it is still not able to overcome the causes. INTANGIBLE:that exists but that is difficult to describe, understand or measure In+tan+giblerelate tan with Tan (a mathematical term) The value of Tan 90 degree (a mathematical term) exists but difficult to describe or measure INTEGRAL: being an essential part of something Obvious INTEGRATE: to combine two or more things so that they work together It comes from integration (we do in Mathematics) INTEGRITY: the quality of being honest & having strong moral principles Relate Integrity with Integrity blue (an alcoholic drink) People who have a quality of being honest and having strong moral principles prefer Integrity Blue as their drink. INTELLECT: the ability to think in logical way & understand things especially at an advanced level Obvious INTELLIGENTSIA: the people in country or society who are well educated & are interested in culture politics & literature etc Intelligent+sia.Intelligent is the keyword The people of south region for example Andhra Pradesh, Kerala are well educated, brilliant and intelligent and are interested in culture politics & literature etc INTER: to bury Inter is the key word Inter cast problems should be buried down in the ground. INTERDICT: prohibited by court of law; an official order from the court of law that orders you not to do something Inter+dict..relate dict with dictionary New Oxford Dictionary is prohibited by court of law due to some illegal words. INTERLOPER: a person who interferes in another`s affairs. Inter+loperrelate loper with lofer (in Hindi) In the movie Lofer, Anil Kapoor played a role of a person who interferes in another man's affairs.

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INTERMINABLE: lasting a very long time & therefore very boring & annoying Relate Interminable with Intermission In the movie Zindagi Naa Milegi Dubara intermission was very long and therefore boring and annoying because everyone wanted to watch its second part which was very exciting. INTERMITTENT: coming at irregular intervals Inter+mi+tentmi sounds as me..tent is the key word During shooting of Jaane tu ya Jaane Naa, Imran and Genelia were relaxing in a tent, they saw a kid coming at irregular intervals, and he was actually very hungry and looking for food. INTERNECINE: happening between members of the same group, country or organization Inter+ne+cinecine sounds as sign Its a bad sign for the country that there are lots of scams is happening or perpetrated by members of congress. INTERPOLATE: insert into a series by estimating or calculating it from surrounding known values Relate interpolate with interpolation In Mathematics, engineering students perform interpolations (insert into a series by estimating or calculating it from surrounding known values) INTERROGATE: asking questions aggressively Inter+gategate is the keyword Police caught Bobby Deol near India Gate and started asking questions aggressively about the murder case of his ex-girlfriend. INTERVENE: come between to interfere. Inter+veneInter is the keyword Inter hostel competition in IIT Kharagpur started, but management came between to interfere. INTIMATE: having a close & friendly relationship Inti+mate.....relate mate with classmate Vidya Balan has a close and friendly relationship with one of her classmates. INTIMIDATE: to frighten or threaten somebody so that they will do what you want Intimi+datedate is the keyword John went to date a girl but she completely frightened of him because she was the sister of Bipasha. INTRACTABLE: not easy to control In+trac+tablenot tractable (easy to control)..trac sounds as track The international phone calls from Dawood Ibraham are not easy to track by any detective agencies of the world. INTRANSIGENCE: unwilling to change their opinion or behavior In+transigencerelate transigence with transcend (a company of pen -drive or USB) The CEO of the Transcend was unwilling to change price of USB because he dont want to compromise with quality INTREPID: very brave and fearless Intrepid sounds as interpret In the movie Sarfarosh, it was difficult to interpret the kind of role Aamir Khan was going to perform by watching first half of the movie, in second half of the movie, he becomes very brave and a fearless IPS officer.

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INTRINSIC: belonging to or part of real nature of somebody or something . Obviousopposite of extrinsic INTROSPECTIVE: tending to think a lot about your own thoughts, feelings Intro+spec+tion.relate spec with specs Katrina Kaif whenever wore her new specs she tend to think a lot about her own thoughts, feelings INTROVERT: a person who is more interested in their own thoughts or feelings than in spending time with other people Obviousopposite of extrovert INTRUDE: uninvited Int+ruderude is the keyword Nana Patekar is a very rude person. He entered a party as an uninvited person and behaves rudely with new actresses. INTUITION: ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning. In+tuitiontuition is the keyword Tuition improves students ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning. INUNDATE: to give or send somebody so many things that they cannot deal with them all Inun+date..date is the keyword On Shahid Kapoor`s birth date his female fans send him so many cards and emails that he gets overwhelmed and cannot deal with them all personally. INURED: used to something, especially something unpleasant In+ur+redred is the keyword Saif said to Kareena, I am used to your unpleasant red dress, please try something new. INVALIDATE: to prove that an idea, story & argument is wrong Invalid+ateInvalid is the keyword The Traffic Police in Delhi dont allow anyone to ride or drive a vehicle with an idea that is invalid, wrong or out of question INVECTIVE: rude language and unpleasant remarks that somebody shouts when they are very angry. Invect+iverelate Invect with invest People invested a lot of money in shares in Satyam Group but Satyam was a scam, so people lost all their money, people started using rude language and unpleasant remarks against Satyam computers because they were angry INVEIGH: to criticize somebody / something strongly. Invei+gh.Invei sounds as envy Twinkle Khanna was envious of Raveena Tandon after watching song Tip tip barsa paani, so she criticized strongly Raveena on phone. INVEIGLE: to achieve control over somebody in a clever and dishonest way, especially so that they will do what you want Inv+eigleeigle sounds as Eagle John gifted an eagle to Riya Sen in order to achieve control over her in a clever and dishonest way; so that she would do what he wanted.

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INVERSE: opposite Obvious INVERT: turn upside down or inside out Obvious INVETERATE: create or design (a new device, process, etc.) Relate inveterate with inverter SU-KAM inverters created or designed a new technology so that inverter lasts longer than any other product. INVIDIOUS: unacceptable, unfair and likely to arouse resentment or anger In+vidiousrelate vidious with video Mallika Shehrawats new video song is vulgar; it is unacceptable, unfair and likely to arouse resentment or anger in public. INVINCIBLE: unconquerable; too strong to be defeated, changed In+vinci+blevinci is the keywordrelate it with Da Vinci code The novel Da Vinci code is unconquerable in the novel market. INVIOLABLE: that must be respected and not attacked or destroyed In+violableRelate violable with violate Salman never violated any rule of traffic because he knew that rules must be respected and not destroyed. INVOCATION: the act of asking for help, from a god or from a person in authority In+vocation.vocation sounds as vacation Kareena Decided to spend her summers in a Beach with his Boy friend. On the beach, she started to drown in the sea, so she started asking for help from god. INVOKE: to make a request to somebody especially a god Relate Invoke with invocation.both the words have same meaning. The priest of Tirupati Balaji invokes God by offering prayers. INVULNERABLE:that cannot be harmed or defeated Invul+ner+able..relate ner with ner-naari(in Hindi)(man-women) Ner-Naari(man-women) or the human beings are the most powerful creature and cant be defeated by any other living things IRASCIBLE: can easily get angered or irritated I+rasc+iblerelate rasc with risk Akshay kumar is known to take maximum risk in the stunt scenes but he easily get angered or irritated when couldnt perform given task properly. IRATE: very angry I+raterate is the keyword The rate of petrol are increasing, it makes everyone very angry with the government. IRIDESCENT:showing many bright colors that seem to change in different lights Iri+descent.descent sounds as decent In rainy season, we can watch decent rainbow showing many bright colors that seem to change in different lights

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IRKSOME: irritate Ir+k +some..some is the keyword Some charity organization came to Deepika Padukone for the donation and irritated her a lot. IRONIC:happening in the opposite way to what is expected Iron+ic.Iron is the keyword A Coal India mine was supposed to produce coal but in many mines workers found more iron than coal, this is happening in the opposite way to what is expected. IRRECONCILABLE:not compatible Irreconci+lablelable sounds as label Scams put a label on congress leaders that they are corrupt, and when congress government didnt found any compatibility with Anna Hazares Jan Lok Pal Bill, it made public completely annoyed IRREFUTABLE:not prove to be wrong Ir+refut+ablerelate refut with refuse No one has refused till today the Newtons laws of motion. IRRELEVANT: not applicable Obviousnot relevant (applicable) IRREMEDIABLE:impossible to cure Irre+med+iablerelate med with medicine No medicine can cure cancer, it is impossible to cure IRREPARABLE: impossible to repair or rectify Ir+repar+able..repar sounds as repair The reputation of Congress is impossible to repair now IRREPRESSIBLE:lively, happy and full of energy Irre+press+iblepress is the keyword The crowd during the matches of IPL was looking lively, happy and full of energy. Accidently a security guard press the alarm button which causes chaos in the crowd IRREPROACHABLE:beyond criticism Ir+reproach+able.reproach rhymes as approach (come near) God is beyond criticism, its impossible to approach him IRRESOLUTE:not able to decide what to do Irre+solute.relate solute with solute and solvent of chemistry In School Days, Sarukh Khan was not able to decide what to do with chemicals because he is confused about which one is solute and which one is solvent IRRETRIEVABLE:not able to be retrieve or bring back Ir+retriev+able..retrieve is the keyword which means bring back Once the data has been deleted from the recycle bin of computer it cannot be retrieved again. IRREVERENCE:disrespectful attitude Ir+rever+ence.rever sounds as river People show disrespect towards our rivers like Ganga, Yamuna etc when they throw garbage in it and make the water impure

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IRREVOCABLE:not able to be changed, reversed or recovered Irrevo+cablecable is the keyword Aishwarya took cable connection from local, she dont want to watch few channels which she wanted to be removed but cable guy told her that the number of channels will remain same, channels cant be changed. ISOTOPE: one of two or more forms of a chemical element with different properties but the same chemical ones ObviousIn Chemistry, we read about isotope. ITINERANT: travelling from place to place Itine+rantrant sounds as rent One who lives on rent doesnt live at one place, he/she always travels from place to place. INVERT: put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement Relate invert with inverter KEN: range of knowledge Relate Ken with Keanu Reeves (a Hollywood actor) Keanu Reeves can only understand the complications of matrix because his range of knowledge is very high. KERNEL: the most important part Kernel sounds as colonel Any colonel of army is the most important member of the military force KILLJOY:spoils Kill+joykill and joy are the keywords Shakti Kapoor is famous to kill the joy and deliberately spoils the enjoyment of other through resentful or overly sober behavior KINDLE: fire up or a fire or set something on fire Kindle sounds as candle A candle can be used to start a fire or set something on fire KINDRED: one family and relations Kindredit comes from kin (one family and relations).The director of the movie Hum Sath Sath Hai has tried to show one family and relations between a number of members in the family. They had respect for the moral values of relations. KINETIC: producing motion or related to motion Relate Kinetic with kinetic pride Kinetic Pride is a nice scooty in the market produce a lot of motion. KISMET: fate Kismet sounds as kismet (in Hindi) (fate).Have you watch the movie Kismat Connection??? In the movie, Shahid believes that his kismet is related with his girlfriend Vidya Balan. KNELL: sound of a bell especially whom rung solemnly for a death or funeral. Knell rhymes as bell its meaning is sound of a bell especially whom rung solemnly for a death or funeral. KNOTTY: very complicated and difficult Knotty sounds as naughty In childhood Shaharukh Khan was very naughty very complicated and difficult to handle.

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KUDOS: honor or glory Relate kudos with kids Sachin in the early age or when he was kid start playing cricket gives sign that one day he will bring a lot of honor or glory for the country. LABILE: likely to change Lab+ileLab is the keyword Congress Government is likely to change all the lab(laboratories ) in school trying to make them better. LABORIOUS: requiring considerable time and effort Lab+oriousLab is the keyword Lab experiment demands considerable time and effort. Albert Einstein is one such great example who spent days and years with his labs. LACERATE: tear or deeply cut Lace +rateLace is the keyword During shooting of Jism John Abraham forget to fasten his laces which cause his face down during shooting and he got tear or deeply cut on his knees. LACHRYMOSE: sentimental Lachry+mose relate lachry with Lucky and relate mose with munh(in Hindi)(face) Lucky Ali is a very sentimental person he gets sad or starts producing tears very easily making sad face (munh) LACKADAISICAL: lacking enthusiasm or determination Relate Lackadaisical with lack of daily Amir Khan believes that lack of daily exercise makes him lack of enthusiasm or determination LACKLUSTER: not excited or interested or dull Lacklusterrelate it with lack of lust (or energy, enthusiasm) means not excited or interested or dull The crowd of students was not excited or shown interest this year when Jal band came to perform in IIT Mumbai. LACONIC: to use only few words to say something Lac+onic.Lac sounds as Lack One of the great leaders of our country Indira Gandhi uses to deliver her speech in few words; it doesnt mean that she was lack of words. LAGGARD: a person falls behind other or lags behind others Lag+gardLag is the key word The press reporters always lag behind the celebrities. LAITY: all the members of the Church who are not clergy; layperson Lai+ty.Lai sounds as layIts meaning is layperson LAMBASTE: criticize harshly. Lamb+asteAllen lamb was a former England cricketer he had a bad habit of criticizing his team members harshly. LAMENT: feel great sadness or disappointment about sb/sth. Lamen +t.Lamen sound as lemon Madhuri dixit got sad and disappointed when Salman did not bring lemon for her

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LAMPOON: to criticize somebody/something in publicly in an amusing way that makes them or it ridiculous. Lamp+ oonLamp is the keyword Lamp is used when there is no electricity but Nigar khan carrying a lamp in the middle of light; everyone criticized her publicly in an amusing way on this act. LANGUISH: to be forced to stay somewhere or suffer sth unpleasant Relate Languish with language Aishwarya during a Hollywood movie forced to stay somewhere or suffer unpleasant place in Africa where people talk in local language that was difficult to understand. LANGUOR: feel lazy and without energy Relate Languor with langoor (a type of monkey) Langoor feel lazy and without energy when they are forced to kept in zoo they belong to live in Junge not in zoo. LANK: straight, dull and not attractive Relate lank with Lanka Cricket players of Sri Lanka are Straight, dull and not attractive LARCENY: the crime of stealing sth from sb; theft Relate larceny with Larcen and Tubro..Larsen and Tubro aka Lnt Larcen and Tubro were two brothers who started this company but Larcen cheated Tubro, Larcen was caught in theft from Tubros Bank account. LARGESS: generosity; Money or gifts given generously. Largess sounds as largest Bill gates have the largest sum of money but Bill gate is very generous with money he gave money or gifts with generosity to people who are in need. LASCIVIOUS: feeling or showing strong sexual desire. Lasci+viousLasci sounds as lassi(in Hindi)(a drink) Faking news says that Lassi can make you feel or show sexual desire LASSITUDE: a state of feeling very tired in mind or body; lack of energy. Lassi+tuderelate Lassi with lassi(in Hindi)(a drink) Lassi work well in summer, after drinking lassi your tiredness gone in a minute LATENT: existing but not yet developed You must have studied latent heat of energy LATERAL: connected with side of something or with movement to the side Obvious LATITUDE: freedom to choose what you do or the way that you do it Lati+ tudeRelate lati with latikaIn movie Slum dog Millionaire Latika fighting for freedom to do or the way you want to do it. LAUD: praise highly Laud sounds as loud Indians loudly praise Sachin Tendulkar when he made his double century in one day cricket match

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LAVISH: large in amount, impressive and usually costing a lot of money Lav+ish.relate Lav with Luv and Kuch Ram brings a lot of gifts in large amount and usually costing a lot of money for Luv and Kush. LAX:not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful. Lax rhymes as relax In office, if your boss is not sufficiently strict, it means you will get lot of time to relax. LEAVEN: to make something more interesting or cheerful by adding something to it Leave + in..Leave is the keyword Govinda advised his director we cannot leave Johny Liver because we can make movie more interesting or cheerful by adding Johny Liver. LECHERY: excessive or offensive sexual desire. Le+ chery.relate Chery with cherry Cherry (fruit) can give you excessive or offensive sexual desire. LEERY: suspicious about something, and trying to avoid it. Lee+r.Relate Lee with Brand Lee Lee is not making good jeans now a days people are suspicious about lees products. LEEWAY: the amount of freedom to move or act that is available. Lee+way.relate Lee with Brand Lee Lee jeans and t-shirt are very comfortable gives you great amount of freedom to move or act. LEGACY: an amount of money or property left to someone in a will. Obvious LEGEND: a traditional story popularly regarded as historical but which is not authenticated. Watch movie The Legend of Bhagat Singh LEGERDEMAIN: skilful use of one's hands when performing tricks Leger sounds as laser Who is the most skilled person in doing tricks with hands? Someone who can produce laser light from hands LENIENT: merciful or tolerant Relate it with Lenin Lenin was a great revolutionary; he was known to be very merciful or tolerant. LEONINE: Like a lion Leo+nine.nine is the keyword Once nine lions attacked Anil Kapoor during a shooting and he got scared. LETHAL: sufficient to cause death; very harmful or destructive. Obviouswatch movie lethal weapon of Mel GibsonIt was all about deadly weapons LETHARGIC: lack of energy Obvious

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LEVITATE: rise and float in the air with no physical support, especially by means of magic Levi+staterelate Levi with Brand Levis Levis made magical jeans after wearing it Salman went in a state where he can float in the air without any support. LEVITY: forget to respect and seriousness. Relate it with Levis.After wearing Levis Jeans and shirts son of Sharukh khan forgot to respect and seriousness towards his father. LEVY: an extra amount of money that has to be paid, especially as a tax to the government Relate Levy with Levis Levys pay an extra amount of money that has to be paid, especially as a tax to the government when it exports Jeans from America LEWD: referring to sex in rude and offensive manner. Lewd rhymes with rude In the movie Koyla, Amrish Puri tries to do sex in rude and offensive manner with Madhuri Dixit. LEXICON: a dictionary. Lexicon rhymes as Mexican Mexican people dont prefer Oxford dictionary. LIABILITY: legally answerable Relate Liability with Liable. It means responsible by law Mahatma Gandhi as a lawyer always tried to be liable in every situation. LIAISON: communication or cooperation between people or organizations. Liai + son.relate son with Larson Larson and Turbo (LnT) founder worked hard to establish a communication and co-operation between people or organization as a result LnT formed. LIBEL: the publication of a false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation . Lib+ el.Lib is the abbreviation of library In library we could easily found publication based on false statement that is damaging to a persons reputation for example publication on Bill Clinton, George Bush etc. LIBERTINE: a person who is freely indulgent in sensual pleasures. Relate libertine with Liberty Liberty is a brand in footwear used by Mallika sherawat. In an advertisement she says one who wears liberty footwear that person gets freely indulgent in sensual pleasure. LIBIDO:sexual desire. Li+bid+inousbid is the keyword In Red light areas youngsters bid on prostitutes and fulfill their sexual desire LICENTIOUS: behave in way that is considered sexually immoral. Relate Licentious with license After marriage Shakti kapoor thought that he got license to behave in sexually immoral way. LIEN:right to keep somebodys property until debt is paid Lien sounds as lion Lion is the king of jungle, it has right to keep animals property until debt is paid.

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LIMN:represent in painting or words. Limn sounds as Line Akhshay khanna uses few lines to make portray of Dimple in the movie Dil Chahta Hai. He represents his feelings in painting. LINEAGE: the series of families that somebody is descended from Line+age..Line and age are the keywords In palmistry there are different lines for example Head line, Sun line similarly there is a line of age which tells about series of families that somebody is descended from. LINEAMENTS: the typical features of something Line+a+men+tsLine and men are the keywords A palmist by looking at lines in the hand of men can find the typical features of his character. LINGER: to continue to exist for longer than expected Relate linger with lingerie Neha Dhupia was looking great in Lingerie, so she decided to continue to be in lingerie for longer than expected LINGUISTIC:connected with language Relate Linguistic with Language. So the word itself says its meaning. LIONIZE: treat as a celebrity. Lion+izeLion is the keyword Lion is treated as a celebrity in the jungle. LIQUIDATE: to sell something in order to pay debts Liquid+ate..liquid is the keyword Guru Dutt decided to sell his house to get liquid cash in order to pay debts LIST: to lean on one side Relate it with List (a series of names) Rani Mukherji received a list of so many wishes on her birthday that she leaned on one side of the chair and fell sleep. LISTLESS: having no energy or enthusiasm. List+lessList is the keyword When two of the idiots in the movie 3 idiots found that their name was last in the list of high scoring students they lose spirit or energy or had no enthusiasm LITANY: a series of prayers to god Lit + anyLit is the keyword Dino Moriya screamed in church that can anyone lit a candle so that he could start series of prayers to God. LITHE: very slim or flexible Li + theLi sounds as Lee.relate lee with Bruce Lee Bruce Lee can move his body in any way because he is very slim or flexible. LITIGATION: the process of making or defending a claim in a court of law Lit + gation.Lit is the keyword Shahrukh made a mistake when he lit his cigarette in a police station now he has to go through process of defending himself in court of law.

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LIVID: extremely angry Liv+vidLiv sounds as Live and vid sounds as with Ajay Devgan said that he cannot live with Kajol because she got extremely angry on small things. LOATH: not willing to do something L+ oathoath is the keyword Laloo Prasad doesnt want to take oath he was not willing to be the chief minister. LOATHE: feel hatred or disgust for something L+oath+eoath is key word Laloo Prasad feels hatred or disgust for taking oath. LOFTY: very high Lof+ tyLof sounds as laugh Kadar Khan laugh in very high sound even his neighbor can listen him. LOITER: stand around or move with no obvious reason purpose. Relate it with lighter Amir, Salman and Shahrukh used to hang around with no obvious reason in KFC. One day light gone in KFC but luckily Shahrukh was carrying a lighter with him. LOLL: to lie, sit or stand around in a lazy or relaxed way . Loll sounds as lol(laugh out louder) When Kareena saw Saif standing on the chair in relaxed way she laughs out louder (lol). LONGEVITY: long life. Long+evitylong is the key word You can live a long life if you are a follower of Baba Ramdev. LOQUACIOUS: talkative Lo+ quac+ious.quac sounds as quack (sound produce by duck) In the movie Tare Zameen Par, school teachers quack about Darsheel Safari that he is a talkative student. LOUT: an aggressive man L+out.out is the keyword Shoaib Akhtar is a very aggressive bowler. He was not satisfied until he bowled out his batsman LOW: below average in amount, extent or intensity Obvious LUCID: clear; easy to understand. Lucid rhymes as acid Sulphuric acid is a strong acid it is used to clear or make your toilet bright. LUCRATIVE: producing a great deal of profit. Lu+crativecrative sounds as creative.Zukerberg is a creative person. He made facebook which is highly profitable website in the world. LUCRE:money, especially when gained in a way that is dishonest or immoral Luc+reLuc sounds as look. Susmita Sen said to Lara Dutta look at Anil Kapoor, now he start fooling directors, he collects money from directors in dishonest or immoral way and never come for the shooting.

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LUDICROUS:ridiculous and unreasonable Ludi+crous.crous sounds as crush When Raju Srivasta said he can crush pepsi bottle with his two fingers he sounds ridiculous and unreasonable LUGUBRIOUS: serious and sad. Lugub+riousreplace lugub with seit will become serious which is its meaning. LULL: calm or send to sleep with soothing sounds or movements. Do you know lullaby (soothing song sung to send a child to sleep) so lull is almost same as lullaby. LUMBER: move in a slow, heavy, awkward way. L+umber..relate umber with umber (in Hindi)( clouds) When umber (in Hindi)(clouds) moves slow, heavily and awkward way it means there is going to heavy rain and lightening. LUMINARY: a person who inspires or influences others. Relate it with lumen Lumen represent light similarly a luminary is a person who enlightens us with his knowledge like Abul kalam azad. LUNAR: connected with moon You must have heard of lunar eclipse LUNGE: a sudden forward movement of the body in order to attack somebody Relate Lunge with Lounge Amitabh relaxing in his lounge suddenly someone took a forward movement of the body in order to attack him. LURID: too bright in color, in a way that is not attractive Lu+ridrid is the keyword Lara dutta had lot of too bright color dresses; she wanted to get rid of such dresses. LUSCIOUS: having pleasant to taste or smell Lusci+ous..lusci sounds as lassi(in Hindi)(a type of drink) In Punjab you can easily find Lassi in restaurants which is pleasant to taste or smell LUSTROUS: soft and shining It comes from luster (shining) You must have heard of metals. They possess the property of lusture, i.e. they are soft and shiny. LUXURIANT: growing thickly and strongly in a way that is attractive Lux+uriantLux is the key word Madhuri is the brand ambassador of the Soap Lux. She believes that Lux soap produce foam in thickly and strongly way that is attractive

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MACABRE: disturbing and horrifying because concerned with death and injury. Ma+cabre.Relate cabre with kabr(in Hindi)(grave) Kabr is always a subject of disturbance and horror because it is concerned with death and injury. MACHIAVELLIAN: use clever tricks to achieve what he wants without people realizing what he is doing. Machia + vellian.vellian sounds as Villain In the movie Sholay, Gabbar Singh was very smart villain he use clever tricks to achieve what he want without people realizing what he is doing. MACHINATION: a secrets and complicated plan Machine+ nationnation is the keyword China is making a secret and complicated plan against Asians basically they are building big machines to attack on Asian Nations. MACULATED: mark with a spot or stain Macu+lateMacu is the keyword Macu is the name of a launder (one who wash and iron clothes) of Sharukh. Once Macu came late and brought clothes marked with spots and stains, Shahrukh lost his temper and fired him. MADRIGAL: a song for several singers, usually without musical instruments, popular in 16 th century Relate Madrigal with soccer team Madrid Before every match Madrid team members listen a song usually without instruments, popular in 16 th century MAELSTROM: a very strong current of water that moves in circle. Mael+strom.mael sounds as malerelate strom with storm Male emotions for a female are strong like a storm and move like a strong current of water that moves in circle MAGISTERIAL: having or showing power or authority Relate it with magistrate District magistrate of a city has a great power or authority given by chief minister MAGNANIMITY: kind, generous and forgiving especially towards enemy Sounds as combination of magnitude +animosity Magnitude of animosity (feeling of dislike) of Mogambo becomes finished, now he become a kind, generous and forgiving especially towards Anil Kapoor aka Mr. India MAGNATE: a person who is rich, powerful and successful especially in business Relate Magnate with magnet The way magnet attracts iron, similarly rich, powerful and successful business man Dheeru Bhai attracts people. MAGNILOQUENT: uses high flown or bombastic language Magniloquent sounds as combination of Magnet + eloquent (fluent speaking or writing) Magnetic people like Anil Ambani are eloquent but use high flown or bombastic language. MAGNITUDE: great size, extent, or importance. Obvious

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MAIM: wound or injure (someone) so that part of the body is permanently damaged . Maim sounds as mame(in Hindi)(Madam) In the Movie English babu deshi mame, Sonali bendre and Sharukh were in the lead role. During shooting Sharukh got injured or wounded so that part of his body is permanently damaged. MALADROIT: done without skill, that annoys people Mala+ droit..relate Mala with Mala Sinha (a Bollywood actress) Mala Sinha was an ineffective actress. Her acting was without skill that annoys audience. MALADY: a serious problem Malady sounds as melody Melody hai chocolaty but now a days melody chocolate causing serious problem to children. MALAISE: a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease. Malai + serelate malai with Mallaika Arora Mallika Arora ate a lot of malai on her birthday; next day she had general feeling of discomfort, illness or unease. MALAPROPISM: an amusing mistake sb makes when they use a word which sounds similar to the word they wanted to use, but means something different Mala+propism.relate Mala with Mala Sinha Mala Sinha usually makes mistakes during speaking, she uses a word which sounds similar to the word she wanted to use, but means something different MALCONTENT: a person who is not satisfied with a situation and who complains about it, or causes trouble in order to change it Mal +contentcontent is the keyword Javed Akhtar was looking for a content writer, after a long struggle he found him but he left because he was not satisfied with situation and complained about it. MALEDICTION: a curse Malediction sounds as combination of Male +addiction Someone told Shahrukh that addiction of smoking is a curse on him and he will never be able to quit it. MALEFACTOR: a person who does wrong, illegal or wicked things Male+ factor.Male and factor are the keywords In most of the cases male are found doing wrong, illegal or wicked things not female. What factor could be responsible for it? MALEVOLENT: wishing evil or desire to causes harm other people Male + volent..volent sounds as violent Prem Chopra gets violent or wishes to be evil or show desire to cause harm to his wife after getting drunk. MALFEASANCE: illegal or dishonest behavior Mal+feasancefeasance sounds as fianc Do you know that fianc of Mallika Sherawat is a criminal known for his illegal or dishonest behavior. MALICIOUS: having or showing hatred and desire to harm sb or hurt their feelings Relate Malicious with Malaysia People of Malaysia are known to show hatred and desire to harm sb or hurt their feelings

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MALIGNANT: strong desire to harm Maligna +nt.Relate malign with Malinga(a Srilankan fast bowler) Malinga (a Srilankan fast bowler) always has a strong desire to harm the opponent batsman. MALINGER:pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work. Relate Malinger with Malinga (a Srilankan fast bowler) During World Cup, Malinga pretend to be ill in order to escape from the match against India in the finals because he knows that Dhoni going to hit him badly MALLEABLE: that can be hit or pressed into different shapes easily without breaking or cracking Two very common properties of metal are malleable and ductile MALODOROUS: smelling very unpleasant. Mal+odor+ousodor is the key word During shooting of the movie Murder, Mallika advised Imraan Hashmi to use a good Body odor, because he smells very unpleasant. MANDATE:an official order to do something. Man+date.Man and date are the keyword If a woman is calling a man for date he takes it as an official order from her MANGY:dirty and in bad condition Mangy sounds as Maggi In college days Amir Khan used to eat maggi at the place which was dirty and in bad condition and the price of maggi was very high MANIACAL: a person exhibiting extremely wild or violent behavior. Maniac+almaniac is the key word Maniac means insane person or person exhibiting extremely wild or violent behavior MANIFEST: demonstration Many + fest.Many is the keyword..relate fest with festival Many Festivals like Diwali, Holi etc are the demonstration of Indian culture. MANIFESTATION: an event, action, or object that is a sign that sth exists or is happening Meaning is same as Manifest The tele-shopping on television always put the demonstration of their products. MANIFOLD: having many different forms. Mani+fold..mani sounds as many.Having many different forms or folds. MANIPULATE:to control or use sth in a clever way Mani+pulate..Mani sounds as many Many shopkeepers control their weights in a clever way and take money of 1 Kg Sugar and give only 900 gms MANNERED: behaving in a specified way Obvious.Relate it with manner MANUMIT:set free;release from slavery. Manu+mitManu is the keyword In the movie Tanu weds Manu, Manu was a slave to his profession when he was in US, when he was set free then he came to India

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MARITAL: relating to marriage or the relation between husband and wife Obvious MARITIME:connected with the sea or ships; near the sea Mari+timemari sounds as marry John promised Bipasha, when they will get married they will go to place connected with the sea or ships to spend their honeymoon. MARKED: easy to see; noticeable; having a visible mark Obvious.A marked increase in profits MARRED:damaged; disfigured Mar+red.red is the keyword Few terrorists were planning to damage the Red fort but their mission got failed by few brave police officers MARSHAL: an officer of the highest rank in the armed forces of some countries Obvious MARTIAL: connected with fighting or war Obvious Bruce Lee was best in martial arts MARTINET: a very strict person that demands that other people should obey his order or rules completely Martin +et.relate Martin with Martin Luther king Martin Luther king was kind but a very strict person who demanded that other people should obey his order or rules completely. MARTYR: a person who suffers very much or is killed because of their religious beliefs Mar +tyr....relate Mar with mar(in Hindi)( killed) Bhagat Singh was made to suffer greatly because of his beliefs and mar diya gaya(killed) because of their beliefs MASOCHIST: practice of getting sexual pleasure from being physically hurt. Maso+chist..relate Maso with macho Machoman (WWE fighter) involved in practice of getting sexual pleasure from being physically hurt. MASTICATE: chew (food). Masti + cat+erelate Masti with masti(in Hindi)(enjoy)..Mastise chabana(in Hindi) (chew) After killing a rat the cat chews it happily. MATERNAL:relating to mother Mater+nal..Mater sounds as matter Matter of child birth is related to mother MATRIARCH: a woman who is the head of a family or tribe; an older woman who is powerful within a family or organization. When a Mata (in Hindi)(mother) rules a family she is known as Matriarch MATRICULATE: enroll or be enrolled at a college or university. Matric+ulatematric sounds as metric You can enroll in college or institute if you are metric pass.

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MATRIX:a rectangular array of quantities or expressions in rows and columns that is treated as a single entity and manipulated according to particular rules Obvious..In mathematics we solve problem on matrix MAUDLIN: talking in a silly, emotional way, often full of pity for yourself, especially when you are drunk Maudlin sounds as modeling When Sushmita Sen was doing modeling, she used to talk in a silly, emotional way, often full of pity for herself, especially when she got drunk. MAUL: handle or treat savagely or roughly. Maul sounds as mall Reliance shopping malls securities never handle public very roughly. MAWKISH: sentimental in a sickly or feeble way. Mawk+ishmawk sounds as mock After TIME cat mock tests, student who dont get good score and are seriously preparing for it gets sentimental in a sickly way. MAXIM: statement expressing a general truth Max+ im.relate Max with Max new York (a insurance company) Max NewYork is an insurance company. It has a short tagline expressing a general truth work is worship. MAYHEM: violent or damaging disorder; chaos. May +hemMay is the keyword Terrorist planned to start a violent or damaging disorder in Mumbai from the month of May but it was crashed by brave Indian police officers MEAGER: lacking in quantity or quality. M+eager.eager is the key word In Caf Coffe Day, Yuvraj was sitting with Preeti Zinta, when the waiter bring the coffee, the sugar was lacking in quantity, Yuvraz was get angry and asked why there was not proper amount of sugar in the coffee. MEALY MOUTHED: hesitant to speak frankly Mealy+mouthed..Mealy sounds as Mili In the movie Mili Jaya Bhaduri played a role of a girl which was hesitant to speak frankly. MEDDLESOME: fond of meddling; interfering Meddle + someMeddle sounds as middle Someone who has habit to come in the middle of interfere i.e. media always interfere in private cases of Bollywood stars

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MEDIATE: try to end a disagreement between people or groups Media + te.Media is the keyword Media sometimes play important role to end a disagreement between political parties MEDITATION:the practice of thinking deeply in silence, especially for religious reasons in order to make your mind calm. Obvious MEDIUM: a way of communicating information ObviousMobile phones are the best medium of communicating information MEDLY: a piece of music consisting of several songs or tunes played or sung one after the other Med+ly med sounds as mad Anyone could be mad after listening to a piece of music consisting of several songs performed one after the other by Anu Mallik. MEEK:quite gentle and always ready to do what other people want. Relate meek with Mikka (a Punjabi singer) Mikka is an awesome singer, by nature he is quite gentle and always ready to do what other people want. MEGALOMANIA:a mental illness or condition in which somebody has an exaggerated belief in their own importance or power Megal+omaniaMegal sounds as Mugal Mugal Emperors like Humanyun, Akbar had a mania of doing grandiose things. Tajmahal is the example of Jahangeers mental illness or condition in which he had an exaggerated belief in his own importance or power. MELANCHOLY:deep feeling of sadness that last for a long time. Melancholy sounds as combination of Mele(in Hindi)(My) +Uncle Daughter of Arbaaz khan said to her school friend that Mele(in Hindi)(My) uncle( Salman Khan) is always in deep feeling of sadness that last for a long time. MELEE:a situation in which a crowd of people are rushing or pushing each other in a confused way. Melee sounds as mela(in Hindi)(festival) In Dushera mela(in Hindi)(festival) it is very common situation that crowd of people are rushing or pushing each other in confused way. MEMENTO:a thing that you keep or give sb to remind you or them of a person or place Obvious MEMORIALIZE:a structure or statue established in memory of a person or event. Memorial+ize Memorial is the key word You must have heard of Mother Teresa memorial school which is established in memory of Mother Teresa. MENAGERIC:a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition. Menager+ic menager sounds as Manger SBI bank manager have special interest in collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition. MENDACIOUS:untruthful; not telling the truth Menda+ciousRelate menda with Mondela Nelson Mondela had a habit of being untruthful on Monday; it was really a very strange habit.

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MENDICANT:a beggar; living by asking people for food and money Mendi+cantcant sounds as cant A child beggar gets a living by begging but he cant survive like this for man y days. MENIAL:not skilled or important and often boring or badly paid. Menial sounds as combination of Man+ denial Bat Man decided to denial the work that is not skilled or important and often boring or badly paid. MENTOR:an experienced person in an organization or institution who advises and helps new employees or students. Relate Mentor with Mentor graphics (a company) Mentor graphics has so many experienced people who advise and help new employees MERCANTILE:connected with trade and commercial affairs Mercant+ile.relate Mercant with merchant Merchants life is related to trade and commercial affairs MERCENARY:primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics. Merce+naryMerce sounds as mercy Saddam Hussain was primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics; he has no mercy feeling for their people. MERCURIAL:to sudden changes of mood or mind. Relate mercurial with Mercury Mercury often changers its shape similarly People changes their mood suddenly. MERETRICIOUS:showily attractive but lacking real value. Mere + triciousMere (in Hindi)(My) is the keyword Shah Rukh Khan said to Aamir mere dad ke pass ek ring hai that ring is showily attractive but lacking real value. MERGER:an act of merging two things, especially companies, into one. Merge+r.Merge is the keyword Asian paints planning to merge with Burger paints. MESMERIZE:capture the whole attention of Mesmerize sounds as memorize When Amitabh memorize his dialogues, it captures the whole attention of Amitabh, he dont think about anything else thats why he is the best actor in the Bollywood METE:to give somebody a punishment Mete sounds as Mate When Einstein was in school, his class teacher gave him and his class mate severe punishment because they didnt finished the homework. METHODICAL:done in a careful and logical way Method+icalMethod is the key word Einsteins method of working is very simple; he does things in a careful and logical way. METICULOUS:very careful and precise. Met+iculousMet is the key word During shooting of the movie Jab We met Shahid kapoor observe that Kareena kapoor is very careful and precise about her diet, and then he came to know the secret of her figure.

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METROPOLIS:the capital city of a country; a very large and busy city. Obvious.You must have heard of metropolitan cities like Kolkata, Delhi Bombay etc these cities are very large and busy all the time. METTLE:a person's ability to cope with difficulties; spirit and resilience. Mettle sounds as Metal In the movie Gadar, Sunny showed us that a person has ability to cope with difficulties when his courage and spirit are hard as metal. MIASMA:unhealthy ad unpleasant atmosphere Mia+sma..relate mia with Mirza Galib (aka as Mia) Mia Galib was a great writer but lives in an unhealthy or unpleasant atmosphere. MIGRANT:a person who moves from one place to another so as to find work. Obvious MIGRATORY:having the habit of, regular migration It comes from migrant or migration MILIEU:the social environment that you live or work Mili+eu.relate mili with mili(in Hindi)(found) Milind Soman ko uski wife mili first time in a social environment where he used to work. She was actually her secretary. MILITANT:using or willing to use, force or strong pressure to achieve your aims, especially to achieve social or political change Relate Militant with Military In Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif used his military to achieve social and political change MILITATE:to make it difficult for sth to happen or exist; to prevent sth; Relate Militate with Indian Military force Our Military force made it difficult for Pakistani force to capture Kargil. MILLENNIUM:period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christ Obvious MIMICRY:the action or skill of being able to copy the voice, movements etc ObviousRaju Srivastava does fantastic mimicry of Bollywood stars in Laughter Challenge. MINION:a servile or unimportant one Minion rhymes as Onion Among vegetables, the position of onion is same as a person especially a servile or unimportant one in an organization. MINISCULE:extremely small. Mini+scule sounds as mini + school Meena Kumari (a Bollywood actress) completed her school from an extremely small village in Bihar. MINUTE:extremely small Relate Minute with Minute (unit of time) Minute is the 2nd smallest unit of Time.

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MIRTH:happiness, fun and laughter Mirth rhymes as Birth Birth of a baby girl in Bachhan family brings a lot of happiness, fun and laughter on the faces of the family members. MISADVENTURE:death caused by accident Mis+adventure.adventure is the keyword Few tourists from America came to see Taj Mahal, missed out on all the fun when a friend of theirs died in an accident. MISANTHROPE:a person who hates and dislikes other people Misan+thropemisan sounds as mission Pope John Paul started a mission to search persons who hate and dislikes other people and try to solve their problems MISCHANCE:no chance or bad luck Mis+chance.chance is the key word Vivek Oberai performed great in the movie Company, after that he had a bad luck because he was not getting the chance to do movies with good directors. MISCONSTRUE:to understand somebodys words or actions wrongly Mis+Cons+true.true is the key word Salman told true story of his relationship with Aishwarya in front of Media. He said that she actually misunderstood his words or actions wrongly and decided to do breakup MISDEMEANOR:a minor mistake but now very serious. Mis+de+mean+or.mean is the key word Rajpal yadavs friends made a minor mistake but not very serious when they mock about his plans to be an actor, they didnt mean to discourage him. MISGIVING:a feeling of doubt Mis+giving.giving is the key word Giving lot of amount to a new actor in a movie brings a feeling of doubt in the mind of Director Karan Johar. MISHAP:an unlucky accident Mis+hapmis sounds as miss (fail to go somewhere) Ratan Tata missed his flight to London, but unfortunately an unlucky accident took place in the flight and everyone died. MISNOMER:a name or a word that is not appropriate or accurate Mis+nome+rrelate nome with name and you will get the meaning MISOGAMY:hatred of Marriage Origin of misogamy.Miso means hatred and gamos means marriage(in Greek language)so its meaning is hatred of marriage. MISOGYNIST:a man who hates women Miso+gynistmiso means hatred (in Greek)hatred of woman

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MISSILE:a weapon that is self propelled or directed by remote control Obvious MISSIVE:a letter Miss+iveMiss is the key word Ajay Devgan was missing Mrs Devgan (Kajol), so he decided to write her a letter. MITE: a small child or animal Mite sounds as might Sourav Ganguly said to his wife, Sachin might come to their place with his wife and small child. MITIGATE:make less severe, serious, or painful. Miti+gateRelate gate with GATE(Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers) GATE stipend has helped a lot of engineering students to make the problem of money less severe. MNEMONIC:word sentence, poem, etc. that helps you to remember something Relate Mnemonic with Pneumonia If you are suffering from Pneumonia, word sentence, poem, etc. that helps you to remember something will become ineffective. MOBILE:able to move or be moved freely or easily. Obvious With Help of Nokia mobile you are able to move while talking MOCK:tease scornfully; ridicule; copy of something ObviousWe give mock test which is copy of CAT. MODE:a particular way of doing something Obvious MODICUM:a less or small amount Modi+cumcum sounds as kum (in Hindi)(less) Modi Cement producing very less or small amount of cement now a days because they are in debt and very small demand in the market MODISH:a very fashionable person Modi+sh.Relate Modi with Modi cement CEO of Modi Cement is a very fashionable person. MODULATE:change the mode or quality of voice in order to create a particular effect by making it louder, softer, lower, etc Mod+late.Relate Mod with Mode Lata Mangeshkar has the quality to change the mode or quality of voice in order to create a particular effect by making it louder, softer, lower, etc. MOGUL:an important or powerful person Relate Mogul with Mughal In Mughal period, Akbar was most powerful among all emperors. MOLECULE:The smallest unit, usually consisting of a group of atoms, into which a substance can be divided without a change in its chemical nature. Obvious

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MOLLIFY: to make somebody feel less angry or upset Moll+ifyMoll sounds as Mallrelate Mall with Reliance shopping Mall A customer service representative in a Reliance shopping mall tried to make Mallika feel less angry or upset because Mallika lost her purse in the mall. MOLLYCODDLE:protect somebody too much and make their life too comfortable and safe . Molly+ coddle....relate molly with Antara Maaly In the Childhood Antara Maalys parents protected her too much and made her life too comfortable and safe. MOLTEN:metal, rock or glass heated to a very high temperature so that it becomes liquid Obvious MOMENTOUS:of great importance or significance Moment + ousMoment is the keyword 3rdapril 2011 was the day of great importance or significance for Indians because it was the moment when Indian cricket team won the Cricket World cup after 28 years. MOMENTUM:a force that is gained by movement ObviousEvery science student must know about momentu m MONARCHY:a system of government by a king or a queen. Mona +rchyrelate Mona with Mona Koirala Mona Koirala is the sister of Manisha Koirala, Mona Koirala controls the government system of Nepal as a queen. MONASTIC:relating to monks or monasteries (place where they live) Mona + sticAgain Mona is the key word Mona Koirala (sister of Manisha Koirala) decided to live a life of Monk in her later life. MONETARY:connected with money Mone+taryRelate Mone with Mona Lisa Mona Lisa painting cost lot of money MONOCHROMATIC:having one color only Mono+chromaticMono means onehaving one color only. MONOTHEISM:the doctrine or belief that there is only one God Mono+theismtheism is the keyword. Mono means single or one and theism means belief in the existence of God. So the meaning is belief in one God. MONOTONY:boring; Lack of variety Mono+tony.Mono means single and Relate Tony with Tony Greig Listening to a single or one ring tone again and again made Tony Greig will get you bored. MONUMENTAL:very important and great influence Monu+mentalrelate Monu with Monu Nigam.mental is the keyword Monu Nigam (Brother of Sonu Nigam) was mentally prepared to start writing a dictionary based on Mnemonics, writing a dictionary was very important step from him and had a great influence in his future. MOODINESS:a mood that changes quickly and often Modi+nessModi sounds as Moody Tom Moody (a cricket player) was very moody; he had a mood that changes quickly and often.

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MORATORIUM:a temporary stopping of an activity especially by official agreement Moratorium rhymes as Auditorium Construction of an auditorium, in the name of Gandhi, stopped by Indian Government temporarily because of some illegal issues. MORBID:having or expressing a strong interest in sad or unpleasant things especially disease or death Mor+bidbid is the key word Nana Patekar has a very different interest in sad or unpleasant things especially disease or death. Nana usually bids on people who are going to die whether they will be able to survive or not. MORDANT:critical and unkind, but funny Mordan+tmordan sounds as modern Nowadays, Siddhu is being critical and unkind but funny against cricketers, he says its a modern way of appreciating them. MORES:customs and behavior that are considered typical of a particular social group or community More+sMore is the keyword.More is a Aditya Birla Groups shopping mall. More Shopping mall developed customs and behavior that are considered typical of More employees MORIBUND:(of an industry, institution etc) no longer effective and about to come to an end completely. Mori+bundMori sounds as Meri (in Hindi)(Mine) and bund (in Hindi)(closed) Anil Ambani said to his brother Mukesh Ambani, I had a feeling that meri company bund hone waali hai, it seems no longer effective and about to come to an end completely. MOROSE:unhappy, bad tempered and not talking very much Mo+roserose is the keyword On rose day, Salman gave a rose to Aishwarya, she didn`t accept it because she was unhappy, bad tempered and not talking very much. MORTIFY:to make sb feel very ashamed or embarrassed Mort+ifyrelate morti with Mortein Mortein Mosquito coil makes feel mosquito ashamed and embarrassed. MOTIF:a design or pattern used as a decoration Motif sounds as motive Motive of Archie Card Company to create creative design or pattern on cards which are used as a decoration MOTILITY:capable of motion Moti+lityMoti(in Hindi)(Fat) is the key word Moti (fat) actress Tuntun can only dream to be capable of fast motion or move quickly MOTLEY:consisting of many different types of people that do not seem to belong together Sounds as Combination of Mote+patley(in Hindi)(Fat+Thin) In U.S, Motley is group of many different Mote(fat)-Patley(thin) people that don`t seem to belong together. MOUNTEBANK:a person who deceives others Mounte+bankbank is the key word CEO of Deutsch bank is known to be a person who is not trustful because he deceives his clients. MUDDLE:bring into a disordered or confusing state; to confuse sb Relate Muddle with murder In the movie Murder, Mallika Shehrawat was confused about her relationship with Imraan Hashmi.

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MUGGY:warm and damp in an unpleasant way Muggy sounds as Maggi Maggi brings a new taste in the market which is warm and damp in an unpleasant way. MULCT: a fine or compulsory payment Mulc+tMulc sounds as Milk Government made a rule that, If a vendor is adding water in milk, he has to give a fine or compulsory payment to his customer. MULTIFARIOUS: having great variety and diversity. Multi+fariousmulti is the keyword Multi means many types, so multifarious means having great variety and diversity MULTIFORM:existing in many forms or kinds Multi+formmulti means manyso its meaning is sth existing in many forms. MULTILINGUAL: speaking or using several different languages Multi+lingual..Multi means many and relate lingual with language Aamir Khan speaks or uses several different languages. MULTIPLICITY:a large number or variety of something Obvious MUNDANE:not interesting or exciting Relate Mundane with Mundela Nelson Mundela was a great person, he accomplished many uninteresting and exciting tasks which a common can man can imagine of doing and completing. MUNIFICENT:extremely generous Muni+ficentMuni sounds as Munni(Malaika Arora) In the movie Dabbang, Munni was behaving extremely generous in the item number Munni badnam hui, Darling tere liye. MUSE:to think carefully about sth or absorb yourself in thoughts for a time, ignoring what is happening around you M+useuse is the keyword When Shahrukh is in doubt or confusion he just absorbed himself in thoughts for a time, ignoring what is happening around him, he used this trick very often to overcome such situations.

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MUSTER:gather Relate muster with mustered oil A farmer gathers all his rai (in Hindi)to get mustered oil out of it. MUSTY:unoriginal or outdated Musty sounds as Masti (in Hindi)(fun) In the movie Masti, Vivek, Aftab had planned to do masti(in Hindi)(fun), they bought bottles of beer, but bottles were outdated or spoiled by age, they had to throw it. MUTABLE:likely to change Mu+tabletable is the key word Akshay and Twinkle were planning to renovate their home. So Table, Chair and other stuffs in room is likely to change its position MUTINY:an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers Mu+tinytiny is the key word Did you hear the news of an open rebel against the proper authorities of Chinese Army, by Chinas most tiny (small) soldiers. MYOPIC:lack of foresight or having problem of short-sightedness Myo+picpic is the key word Do you know, Shahid Kapoor can`t take pic aka picture of long distances because he lacks foresight or has problem of short-sightedness. MYRIAD:an extremely large number of something. Myri+adrelate ad with advertisement During cricket world cup, Dhonis ad comes in extremely large number. NADIR:the lowest or most unsuccessful point Relate Nadir with Nadir Shah Jafar Mugal Empire reached its lowest or most unsuccessful point when Nadir Shah Zafar got defeated by British army. NAIVE:inexperienced; lacking experience, wisdom, or judgment. Nai+ve..relate Nai with nai(in Hindi)(Barber) In the movie Billu Barber, Irfan Khan played a role of an inexperienced Nai (barber). NARCISSIST:excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical appearance Narci+ssist..relate Narci with Naari (in Hindi)(women) In Hindu Mythology, Naari(in Hindi)(Women) is depicted as someone who usually have excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one`s physical appearance. NARRATIVE:a spoken or written account of connected events; a story Obvious.Narration of story NASCENT:In growing state, not fully developed Na+scentscent sounds as sent Krishna don`t want to sent Abhimanyu to fight because he knew that Abhimanyu was in growing state, not fully developed.

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NATTY:(of a person or their clothing) smart and neatly Natty sounds as naughty Nadal (a Tennis Player) is a very naughty and carefree person but when Nadal used to play tennis he dressed neatly or smartly. NAUSEATE:feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit Naus+ea+te..naus sounds as nose If our nose smells something unpleasant or rotten then comes a feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit. NAUTICAL:of or concerning sailors or navigation; maritime Nauti+calnauti sounds as naughty In an American research it is found that people who are naughty by nature prefer to select the profession of sailors or navigation NAVIGABLE:(of a waterway or sea) able to be sailed on by ships or boats Nav+igablerelate Nav with Nav Sena(Nau Sena )(in Hindi) Waterway or Sea must be sailed on by ships or boats then only Nav Sena(in Hindi) is allowed to pass through the sea. NEBULOUS:in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy Nebu+lous.relate Nebu with Nebu (in Hindi)(lemon) If we mix lemon with water its color becomes vague and hazy. NEFARIOUS:wicked or criminal. Ne+fari+ous.Relate fari with fari waala (vendor) Women should be careful from fari (in Hindi) wale. They could actually be wicked or criminal. NEGATE:nullify; make ineffective Neg+aterelate neg with negative Make (clause, sentence) negative or ineffective in meaning NEGLIGENCE:to neglect Obvious NEGLIGIBLE:very small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant. Obvious NEMESIS:a long-standing or persistent rival or enemy Neme+sissis is the key word Manisha Koirala`s sis Nimisha Koirala is seeking revenge from her fathers long standing enemy. NEOLOGISM:a newly coined word or expression Neo+logismNeo sounds as new A new or newly coined word or phrase NEOPHYTE:a person who is new to a subject or activity Neo+phyteneo sounds as new and phyte sounds as fight New strugglers have to fight in Bollywood to get a good role in movies, i.e Randeep Hudda, Rajpal yadav, Manoj Bajpayi

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NETHER:lower in position Nether sounds as neither Neither Nehra nor SreeSant is capable of making good runs, because they aren`t good batsman and they come lower in position of batting order. NETTLE:annoy; irritate Net+tlerelate net with internet 3G Data Card of idea of internet is very slow; it commonly annoys its users. NEXUS:a link or connection Relate Nexus with Google Nexus Google launches its new mobile, Google Nexus, it will help people to get linked or in connection with each other more easily. NICETY:very careful with small details Nice+tyNice is the keyword Shilpa Shetty was trying to prepare a nice tea for his new boyfriend, she was very careful with small details. NIGGARDLY:ungenerous; mean Niggar+dlyrelate Niggar with Nigar Khan Singer Nigar Khan is very ungenerous and mean by nature. NIGGLE:a slight feeling such as worry, doubt etc that doesnt go away Relate Niggle with Nigalna (in Hindi) Akshays son ek rubber nigal gaya by mistake which gives everyone a feeling such as worry, doubt etc that doesnt go away easily. NIHILIST:the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless Nihil+ist..relate nihil with NikhilNikhil Chopra (a fast bowler of Indian cricket team) Nikhil Chopra after retirement from cricket started rejecting all religious and moral principles often in the belief that life is meaningless. NIRVANA:a transcendent state in which there is no suffering or desire, and no sense of self Relate it with Nirvana the band. Nirvana Bands songs can take you in transcendent state in which there is no suffering or desire, and no sense of self. NOCTURNAL:that becomes active at night Noc+turn+alturn is the key word During exams our life style takes 180 degree turn and we studying or become active at night. NOISOME:having an extremely unpleasant or offensive smell Noise+someNoise and some are the key word In front of Sunil Shettys Bungalow, Some children making lot of noise in the street and playing in dirty water having an extremely unpleasant smell. NOMAD:a member of a tribe that moves with its animals from place to place No+madmad is the keyword Brad Pit got mad when Angelina Jolie divorced him. Now he become a member of a tribe that moves with its animals from place to place NOMENCLATURE:the selecting of names for things in a particular field Obvious.In Chemistry, We learn about nomenclature (terminology or system of names.)

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NOMINAL:very small; far below the real value or cost Relate Nominal with normal Price of Peter England shirts is much lower than the normal rates because its Diwali season NONCHALANCE:casually calm and relaxed Non+chalancejo nahi chillate hai or shant rehte haibole to calm and relax, no anxiety. NONCOMMITTAL:not displaying commitment to a definite opinion or policy Non + committalrelate committal with commitment.not giving any commitment. NONDESCRIPT:lacking distinctive or interesting characteristics Non+ de + script..script is the keyword Javed Akhtar wrote a script for a new movie but nobody want to make movie on that because script lacking interesting characteristics. NONENTITY:an unimportant person or thing Relate nonentitywith no identity or no importance or an unimporta nt person or thing. NONPLUS:surprise and confuse; flummox Non+ plusplus is the key word Sachin confuses his son Arjun when Sachin told him that 2 plus 2 is not 4. NOSTALGIA: sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past. Nostalgia rhymes as Nigeria Sushmita Sen went for shooting in Nigeria, when she came back to India he had a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past which she spent in Nigeria. NOSTRUM:an ineffective medicine prepared by an unqualified person Nost +rumrum is the key word Do you know that an unqualified doctor gives rum to Amitabh in the name of some tonic or medicine. It was an ineffective medicine prepared by an unqualified person. NOTABLE:worthy of attention or notice Notable is something can be noted or worthy of attention or notice Katrina Kaif is worthy of attention or notice NOTORIETY:famous for some bad quality or deed It comes from notorious NOVELTY:the quality of being interestingly new or unusual Novel+ty.Novel (a long story) is the key word Just read Chetan Bhagats new novel 2 states it`s interestingly new or unusual. NOVICE:a person who is new to and inexperienced in a job or situation No +vicerelate vice with Vice President Do you know Vice President of US is a new and inexperienced young man? NOXIOUS:poisonous, harmful or very unpleasant Noxious rhymes as poisonous

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NUBILE:sexually attractive Nubile sounds as combination of New+mobile During Shooting John Abhrahm saw a girl carrying a new mobile of Blackberry, she was young and sexually attracted. NUGATORY:of no value or importance Nug+atory..relate Nug with Nug (in Hindi) Nug (in Hindi) of diamond on Nagma`s ear ring is worthless because that is not a diamond and it is of no value or importance. NULLIFY:cancel out; make null and void Null+ifyrelate null with null(in Hindi) (hand pump) Mulayam Singh saw that a single null(in Hindi) (hand pump) can`t fulfill the supply of water, he simply cancelled out the agreement and told the officers to make a new agreement of at least 20 null(in Hindi) (hand pump) in area. NURTURE:nourish Obvious NUTRIENT:nourishing substance Obvious OAF:a stupid, boorish, or clumsy man Oaf sounds as uff(in Hindi) There was a movie named as Uff! Ye mohabbat. The actor (Abhishek Kapoor) was so stupid to fall in love with a rich girl (Twinkle Khanna). OBDURATE: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action Ob+duraterelate durate with duration It took Aishwarya a long duration to convince Abhishek about her relationships because Abhishek is a stubbornly refusing to change his opinions about her relationship with Salman. OBEISANCE:a gesture expressing respect Obeis+ance..obeis sounds as Obese (very fat) Whenever obese singer Adnan Saami met with Fateh Ali Khan he always gave a gesture expressing respect. OBFUSCATE:make confuse someone; make unclear or unintelligible Ob+fus+cat+ecat is the key word.Relate Cat with CAT (Common aptitude test) Every year, Cat question selectors, make CAT question paper very tricky to confuse students. OBJECTIVE:not influenced by emotions, personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts Obvious.Students who are not influenced by emotions are able to qualify in objective exams like CAT, AIEEE, AIIMS, etc. OBLIGATORY:compulsion Relate obligatory with obligation.Meaning is same as obligation (compulsion) OBLIQUE:neither parallel nor at right angles; slanting ObviousMust have heard of oblique angle in Mathematics.

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OBLITERATE:remove or destroy; wipe out Ob+literateliterate is the key word Few highly literate people of India like Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Anna Hazare etc of India trying to remove or destroy corruption through Jan Lokpal Bill OBLIVION:the state of being forgotten Ob+liv+ionliv sounds as live Guru Dutt lived a long period of his life in the state of being forgotten from Bollywood. OBLIVIOUS:not aware of what is happening around one Relate it with Oblivion OBLOQUY:strong public condemnation Oblo+quyquy rhymes as guy A guy named Oblo from America faced a strong public condemnation when he robbed bank of America. OBNOXIOUS:extremely unpleasant; noxious Ob+noxious.noxious is the key word We already learned noxious (Harmful, Poisonous or very unpleasant).Meaning of Obnoxious is same noxious. OBSCURE:not discovered or known about; uncertain Obs+curecure is the key word Cure of Blood cancer is still unknown or not discovered or uncertain to the doctors. OBSEQUY:funeral ceremony Obse+quyquy rhymes as guy Rememeber the guy named Oblo, his friends attended his funeral ceremony few days back, he died because of obesity. OBSESSION:constantly worried about something or thinking about something constantly Ob+sessionsession is the key word Shilpa Shettys yoga session helped Dev Anand. Dev Anand was constantly worried about something or thinking about something constantly. After yoga session he became perfectly fine. OBSOLETE:no longer produced or used; out of date Relate obsolete with absolute Now-a-days in engineering colleges absolute marking is outdated, or out of date, professors use relative marking to analyze students. OBTRUDE:impose or force (something) on someone Obt+ruderude is the key word Nana Patekar behaves very rude with his wife, he forces her to leave him and find another husband. OBTUSE:annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand Opposite of acute (sharpening mind)slow to understand. OBVIATE:remove Obvi+ate..ate is the key word Rahul Gandhi wanted to remove his fat; he started attending Shilpa Shettys yoga classes and ate according to diet told by Shilpa.

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OCCIDENT:the countries of the West, especially Europe and America Relate Occident with accident In a survey it is found that maximum car accidents occur in 2011 in countries of the West, especially Europe and America. OCCLUDE:stop or obstruct Occlude rhymes as include Sreeshant was included in the final match of Cricket World Cup to stop or obstruct the batting line of Sri Lanka but he completely failed. OCCULT: supernatural or magical powers, practices, or phenomena Oc+cultrelate cult with cultivation Tenali Raman had supernatural or magical powers that`s why he did his cultivation of field in few days faster than other farmers. ODIOUS:extremely unpleasant; repulsive Relate odious with audio Himesh Reshamiya launched his new audio album; it is very annoying and extremely unpleasant. ODIUM:general or widespread hatred or disgust Relate Odium with podium As soon as Obama stood on podium he fell down and this caused a lot of hatred or disgust for maintenance team of podium. ODORIFEROUS:having an odor (distinctive smell) Odor+iferousrelate odor with body odor Salman use Body odor when he has an odor (distinctive smell) problem. ODOROUS:having a distinctive smell Odor+usOdor is the keyword Having odor (a distinctive smell) ODYSSEY:a long and eventful or adventurous journey or process Odyssey sounds as Odissi (a type of dance from Orissa) Foreign Tourists travels a long journey to reach Orissa to see Odyssey dance. OFFENSIVE:attacking, insulting Obvious OFFHAND:not showing much interest in sb/sth Off+handhand is the key word Shah Rukh Khan doesnt prefer to shake hand with a director, if he is not showing much interest in his project or movie. OFFICIOUS:believe in giving orders in dominating way Offic+ios.Offic sounds as office In Income Tax office, Employer believes in giving orders in a dominating way, but they himself dont want to work. OGLE:to look sb in an offensive way, usually showing sexual interest Ogle rhymes as goggle Rithik Roshan was wearing a RayBan goggle and looking at Katrina in an offensive way, usually showing sexual interest during shooting of Zindagi Naa Milegi Dubara.

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OLFACTORY:relating to the sense of smell Relate olfactory with oil factory Dabur Kesh Tels oil factory is situated in Pune, your sense of smell gets sharp when you pass through that oil factory. OMINOUS:giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen Relate it with Omen (Suggesting that something bad is going to happen) OMNIPOTENT:(especially of a deity) having unlimited or very great power First understand the meaning of Omniit means all or of all things and potent is potential or power. So omnipotent means person having all power or most powerful like God is most powerful having all the powers of the world. OMNIPRESENT:present everywhere Hope omnipresent in now easy to understandSomething present everywhere OMNISCIENT:knowing everything Omni+scie+ntrelate scie with Science Einstein known to be a person who knows everything about Science OMNIVOROUS:eating all things means plants and animals ObviousCompare it with Herbivorous and Carnivorous. ONEROUS:involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty Onerous rhymes as Somras (in Hindi)(a holy drink) In Indian Mythology, Gods know that Somras can be obtained only after someone overcomes a great deal of effort, trouble or difficulty. ONSLAUGHT:a fierce or destructive attack On+slaughtRelate slaught with slaughter which means killing of large number of people Gabbar singh was famous for a fierce or destructive attack and slaughter in the village Ram Garh. ONUS:responsibility or duty On+uson and us are the key words We should understand that responsibility of our old parents is with us. OPAQUE:not transparent Obvious OPIATE:a drug derived from or related to opium Opi+aterelate opi with opium and ate is the key word After dinner Amitabh ate a drug derived from opium, it helped him to sleep properly. OPPORTUNE:Appropriately timed Relate it with opportunity Aamir Khan never missed any opportunity; he does everything at appropriate time. OPPORTUNIST:a person who takes advantage of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle ObviousRelate it with opportunitya person who ta kes advantages of opportunities. OPTIMIST: hopeful and confident about the future or the success of something Obvious

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OPTIMUM: producing maximum or best possible results Optimum rhymes as maximumproducing maximum or best possible results. OPTIONAL: not compulsory Obvious OPULENCE: ostentatiously rich and luxurious. Opu+lencelence sounds as lense Bill Gates uses contact lense, they are very costly, only an extremely wealthy and rich man can afford those lenses. OPUS: a separate composition or set of compositions Op+usus is the keyword Anu Mallik said to his team, we got a new project of Ra-one. It`s a great opportunity for all of us, we need to prepare a separate composition or set of compositions for it. ORACLE: the advice or information that the gods gave, which often had a hidden meaning Relate Oracle with Oracle Software Company Do you know that the success of Oracle is because of the advice or information that the God gave to CEO of Oracle software Pvt. Ltd which had a hidden meaning. ORATOR:a proficient public speaker O+ratorrelate rator with writer Barrack Obama is a great writer and proficient public speaker. ORDAIN: to make sb a priest or minister of a church Ord+ainRelate ord with order It was an order or command from higher authority that Pope John Paul would be the next priest or minister of the church ORDEAL: a difficult or unpleasant experience Or+dealdeal is the keyword Sanjay Dutt started dealing with weapons, drugs, etc finally he got caught, spent two years in jail. It was really a difficult or unpleasant experience for him. ORDINANCE: an authoritative order Relate Ordinance with Ordinance factory (an Arms factory in Kanpur) There is a ordinance factory in Kanpur in which arms are made. Authoritative order of making such arms is given by Government.

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ORDINATION: the act or ceremony of making somebody a priest or minister of a Church Relate it with ordain..We already discussed ordain ORIENT: to find yours position relative to your surroundings Relate orient with orient fan If you have an Orient fan please keep its position relative to your surroundings unless you will not get complete air. ORIENTATION: action of orienting Relate it with Orient ORNATE: elaborately or highly decorated Relate ornate with ornaments (decorative items) Aishwarya in film fare awards wearing ornament which is elaborately or highly decorated with diamonds. ORTHODOX: traditional, conventional, following generally accepted beliefs Orthodox rhymes as WordFox WordFox doesnt follow traditional, conventional or generally accepted methods of learning of vocabulary. ORTHOGRAPHY:the conventional spelling system of a language Ortho+graph+ygraph is the keyword A google graph shows that Orthodox people follow the conventional spelling system of a language. OSCILLATE: move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm ObviousIn physics we study oscillation (move or swing back and forth in a regular rhythm). OSSIFY: to become or make sth fixed and unable to change Os+sifyRelate sify with Sify Broad Band Connection Sify Broad Band made a system in which Internet speed is fixed and unable to change. OSTENSIBLE:apparently true, but not necessarily so Os+tens+ibletens sounds as tense Scientists are tensed about doomsday (or 2012). End of earth is apparently true but not necessarily so. OSTENTATION:the pretentious display of wealth, skill, or knowledge, designed to impress Ostentation rhymes as presentation During presentation, students try to display an exaggerated form of their work to impress others. OSTRACIZE:exclude from a society or group Relate ostracize with ostrich Society of ostrich (a type of animal) decided to remove a male ostrich from their society; it has an affair with another female ostrich. OUST:drive out or expel from a position or place Relate oust with Out In world cup of cricket-2011, if umpire gives a player out it doesn`t mean that he is out, he could review his decision, if the third umpire says it is not out, he will not be forced or expel from his position to go out of the field.

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OUTLANDISH:strange or extremely unusual; bizarre or unfamiliar Out+land+ishout of land Something which looks out of this land or place is strange or extremely unusual for example Jaadu from the movie Koi Mil gaya. OUTMODED:old-fashioned Out+modechange of mode or out of mode.out dated. OUTSKIRTS:the outer parts of a town or city Out+skirt+sskirt is the keyword In a survey it is found that school girls of outer parts of a city dont prefer skirts. They prefer to wear jeans. OUTSPOKEN:saying exactly what you think, even if this shocks or offend people Out+spoke+nspoke is the keyword Rakhi Sawant spoke exactly what she thinks, even if this shocks or offend people. OUTSTRIP:to be faster, better or more successful Out+stripstrip is the keyword Mallikas strip scene in the Movie Murder helped her to move faster, better or more successful than other actresses. OUTWIT:to defeat sb/sth or gain an advantage over them by doing sth clever Out+wit(intelligence)wit(intelligence) is the key word James Bond use his wit(intelligence) to defeat his enemy or gain an advantage over them by doing sth clever. OVATION:a sustained show of appreciation, especially applause, from an audience Ovation rhymes as innovation Innovation of sixth sense technology brings a lot of applause or showing appreciation to an Indian researcher. OVERBEARING:trying to control other people in an unpleasant way Over+bear+ingover is the keyword Sometimes Dhoni dont give over to Ashish Nehra or SreeSant , it shows that he is trying to control his team members in an unpleasant way. OVERT:done or shown openly Over+tover is the keyword During a match against Srilanka, Yuvraj said to Dhoni very openly that he wanted to bowl for at least five overs because he believed that he could be economical in bowling and take few wickets. OVERWEENING:showing excessive confidence or pride Over+weeningweening sounds as winning When India won the world cup, Sri Lankans were very sad because they had excessive confidence or pride on their team. OVERWROUGHT:state of nervous, excitement or anxiety. Over +wrought..wrought sounds as wrote Salman wrote a letter to Aish after the break up, after reading it Aishwarya went into state of nervous, excitement or anxiety. PACIFIST:people who believe in peace and war and violence are unjustifiable Relate pacifist with peace Mahatma Gandhi believed in peace and thought that war or violence are unjustifiable.

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PACIFY:Make situation calm or peaceful Relate pacify with pacifist A pacifist help make situation calm or peaceful PAEN:A song of praise or triumph Paen sounds as pain There was lot of pain in the voice of A.R. Rahman when he sang the song in praise or triumph of Indian army in Kargil war. PAINSTAKING:a lot of care, effort and attention Pain+s+ takingpain is the keyword Parents take a lot of pain to nourish their children because children need a lot of care, effort and attention PALATABLE:very pleasant or acceptable taste Palatable sounds as combination of plate and table Priyanka Chopra is planning to eat a plate full of Chicken Biryani kept on the table, its smell is very pleasant or having an acceptable taste. PALATIAL:spacious or grand Relate palatial with palace Birmingham Palace is spacious and grand. PALL:to get bore Relate Pall with Sunil pal (Laughter Challenge hero) When you get bored by studying words just call Sunil pal or Raju Srivastava. PALLIATE:without removing the cause. Pal + liate.relate pal with Chandra Pal (a West Indies Cricket Player) During World Cup season, Chandra Pal was not feeling well, doctor advised him few medicines, it reduces the pain but without removing the cause of the problem. PALLID:to get pale because of illness Pal+lidPal is the key wordrelate pal with Sunil Pal Sunil pal was supposed to come in laughter challenges special episode but he did not came because Sunil pals face get pale because of illness PALPABLE:that can be touched or felt. Palp + able.Palp sounds as pulp Smell of orange pulp can be easily felt by Preeti Zinta. She loves juice of orange pulp in her breakfast. PALPITATE:Beating rapidly strongly or irregularly Pal+pitatepal (in Hindi)(moment)is the key word Through the song Pal Pal Dil ke paas tum rehti ho Kishore Da trying to say that his heart beats rapidly when his wife is not around him. PALTRY:very small or meager amount of wage or money Paltry rhymes as poetry When Rabindra Nath Tagore started poetry in his career he get very small or meager amount of wage or money

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PAN:criticize harshly Pan sounds as paan(in Hindi) (betel leaves prepared and used as a stimulant) In Allahabad, Amitabh got crazy and criticizes harshly a paan (in Hindi) shopkeeper because he did not make a good paan(in Hindi). PANACEA:a remedy for all P+ anacea.Relate anacea with Anacin (a tablet) Anacin tablet is for cold, headache, cough etc its a remedy for all diseases. PANACHE:confident and elegant way Paan + ache relate Paan with Paan(in Hindi)Betel)..relate ache with ache(in Hindi) (good) Sanjay dutt now a days doing a business, he started selling Paan, he really made ache (in Hindi) (good) Paan, he really has quality of being able to make good Paan in a confident and elegant way. PANDEMIC:widespread over a whole country or large part of world Pan+demic.Pan sounds as Pen Use of Reynolds Pen is wide spread over countries like Nepal, Pakistan, India etc PANDEMONIUM:lot of noise and confusion Pandemonium sounds as combination of pendulum + millennium On the night of millennium, a large pendulum fell down near New York City at exactly 120 clock; it causes a lot of noise and confusion because people got scared. PANDER:do what other wants; try to please them especially when this is not acceptable or reasonable Relate pander with panda (an animal) Panda is a very calm and quite animal, it always does what other animals want; Panda tries to please them especially when this is not acceptable or reasonable. PANEGYRIC:a speech or text in praise of someone or something. Panegyric sounds as combination of pain + lyric Gulzaar wrote a new lyric expressing pain of solders. It was highly praised by Indian Soldiers. PANORAMA:a description, study or set of pictures that presents all the different aspects or stages of a particular subject, event, etc. Panorama rhymes as Manorama(a magazine) Manorama is a year book it has description, study or set of pictures that presents all the different aspects or stages of a particular events happened in the whole year. PANTOMIME:the use of movements and the expression of your face to communicate something or to tell a story. Pant+omime.Pant is the keyword On Independence Day, Raju Srivastava took entry into the Laughter Challenge, He was wearing a white colored pant and shirt, He had planned to make this episode special, he started using movements and expression of face to communicate with people and successfully made people laugh.

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PAPYRUS:stem of papyrus plant Papyr+us.Relate papyr with paper Ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant, used in Egypt for writing and drawing on. PARABLE:story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson Par+ableable is the keyword Stories told by Jesus as recorded in Bible are able to teach us a moral or spiritual lesson. PARADOX:a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and therefore seems strange Para+doxdox sounds as dogs Abhishek has a dog which has two opposite features (he doesnt bark at strangers and bark whom he knows very well) and therefore seems strange. PARAGON:perfect model of excellence Relate paragon with Paragon sleepers In footwear industry Paragon sleepers are perfect model of excellence. PARALLELISM:state of being parallel or similar Parallel+ismstate of being parallel or similar PARAMETER:independent Values Obvious length and breadth are two parameters two calculate Area (independent Values) Lx B= Area. PARAMOUNT:at highest positions Para +mount.mount is the keyword Mount abbu is one of the mountains which are at very highest positions. PARAMOUR:lover Paramour sounds as Pyaar main Marne wala(in Hindi) or simply a lover. PARAPHERNALIA:a personal possessions especially the equipment that you need for a particular activity Relate Paraphernalia with Paragliding Akshay Kumar was planning to go for Paragliding, he need a large number of objects; a personal possessions especially the equipment that he need for a particular activity. PARAPHRASE:restate Para + phrasephrase is the keyword When you dont understand any phrase, teacher restates that phrase in his own words PARASITE:a person who always relies on benefits from other people and gives nothing back . Para + site.relate site with website There is a website known as www.parasite.com, its owner always relies on a benefits from other people and gives nothing back. PARCHED:dry especially because the weather is hot Par+ched.par is the keyword Summer of 1996 was very dry more than par (expected amount) especially because weather was very hot. PARIAH:socially outcast Pariah sounds as Pariyaa (in Hindi)(angels) In ancient times Pariyaan(angels) were socially outcasts thats why they do not belong to Earth.

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PARITY:equal status or pay Parity sounds as party Akbar organized a party in which he invited people from equal status or pay. PARLANCE:a particular way of using words especially one common to particular subject Par + lance.lance sounds as lens An American Scientist has invented a contact lens using which you will be able to express yourself in a particular way or you will be able to use words, especially one common to particular subject for example medical parlance PARLEY:a conference between opposing sides in a dispute, especially regarding an armistice. Relate Parley with Parle G Conference between Ind-Pak to discuss terms for peace is held in Delhi, to make this conference more interesting Sonia Gandhi distributed Parley G biscuits to both side members. PAROCHIAL:always concerned with small issues that happen in your local area and not interested in more important things. Paro+chial.Paro is the keyword In the movie Devdas, Paro(Madhuri Dixit) was always concerned with small issues that happen in her local area especially connected with Devdas and not interested in more important things. PARODY:an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. ObviousIn the movie Mr India there was a parody song. PAROXYSM:strong feeling or expression of an emotion that cannot be controlled Paroxysm sounds like a chemical compound Hydrogen Peroxide In Chemistry Lab, exposure of Paroxysm causes sudden strong feeling or expression of an emotion that cannot be controlled. PARRY:to defend yourself against sb who is attacking you by pushing their hand, arm etc to one side Relate Parry with Parry ware (a sanitary ware company) Parrywares manager defends himself against Hindwares manger that is attacking him, by pushing their hand, arm, weapon etc. PARSIMONY:extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources. Parsi + moneyParsi sounds as Parsee (a member of a religion group in India whose ancestors came from Persia and whose religion is Zoroastrianism A Parsee shows extreme unwillingness to spend more money or use resources PARTIAL:Incomplete Obvious PARTIALITY:biased Obvious PARTISAN:a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person. Parti +san.Parti sounds as Party Sushma Swaraj is a strong supporter of her political party. PARTITION:the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts; a structure dividing a space into two parts Obvious

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PASS:no longer fashionable Pass+pass is the keyword Social Network website Orkut was the best networking website once upon a time but it is no longer fashionable. PASSIVE:not active; accepting or allowing what happens or what others do without active response or resistance. Compare it with active.not active PASTICHE:copying artistic words, music, stories Past+ichepast is the key word In past people believe in copying artistic words, music, stories of a movies the way Anu Mallik does now a days. PASTORAL:country life Past + oralPast is the keyword..relate Oral with Oral B In past oral B was very famous in rural area of India or country life. PATENT:an official right to be the only person to make use or sell a product or an invention Obvious PATHETIC:feeling sad Path+eticPath is the key word The path of crime makes criminals feel sad at the time when they lose everything in life. PATOIS:the dialect of a particular region, especially one with low status in relation to thestandard language of the country. Relate patois with patana (in Hindi)(convince) In the movie Dil chahta Hai Saif Ali Khan ek french ladki ko patana chahata tha but he need to understand dialect of her region especially one with low status in relation to the standard language of the country. PATRIARCH:the male head of a family or tribe Patri+archrelate patri with pati(in Hindi)(husband) When pati(in Hindi)(husband) controls the family then he is known as Patriarch PATRICIAN:the highest social status Patri+cianrelate patri with Janm-patri(in Hindi) After looking Saifs Janm patri Pandit said he belonged to the highest social status. PATRONIZE:act as a patron Patron +ize..Patron is keyword Patron means a person who gives money and support to person organization etc PAUCITY:the presence of something in only small or insufficient amounts Pau+citycity is the keyword In City, like Pune small number of restaurants is available as compared to the number of people. PAUPER:poor people Pauper sounds as papad(in Hindi) Lizzat paddad are very famous among poor people because it is very cheap. PECUNIARY:pertaining to or connected with money Pecu+niary.pecu sounds as pikuOne of my friend piku, he always had problem pertaining to money.

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PEDAGOGUE:Someone who like to teach, a teacher. Peda+gogueRelate gogue with goggle Do you know that, Thomas Edison likes to teach the topic on 3D goggles. PEDANT:a person who is too concerned with small details or rules especially when learning or teaching Relate pedant with Pandit(in Hindi) In Hinduism, a Pandit (in Hindi) is a person who is concerned with small details or rules especially when learning or teaching PEDANTIC:too worried about small details or rules Like a pedant PEDESTRIAN:an ordinary person or very unimaginative; a person walking on the street and not travelling in a vehicle Relate Pedestrian with Paidal chalne waala(in Hindi), is always a common man or an ordinary person PEERLESS:better than all others of its kind Peer+less.relate peer with Peer Mohammad Peer Mohammad was superior or better than all others of its kind. PEJORATIVE:to criticize or disapprove anything Pejor + ative.Pejor sounds as Pager Shabana Azami always criticizes its Nokia pager because it doesnt work when it is needed. PELL-MELL: disorder or confusion; very quickly & in a way that cannot be controlled Pell-mell..Mell sounds as Mall During festival seasons like Diwali, Dushera etc situation of disorder or confusion is very common. PELLUCID:extremely clear or transparent Pel + lucid.lucid is the key word Do you know the meaning of lucid it means clear or extremely clear or transparent similarly Pellucid means extremely clear. PENANCE:a punishment that you give yourself to do or that a priest gives you to do in order to show that you are sorry for sth Pen+ance.Pen is the keyword Shakti Kapoor assaulted a girl just because she took his Parker Pen, but later he was feeling sorry for it so he decided that he will punish himself to show that he is sorry for it. PENCHANT:a special liking for sth Pen + chantPen is the keyword Do you know that Karishma Kapoor had a special liking for Parker Pen; she had large collection of it. PENDULOUS:hanging down loosely and swinging from side to side Relate pendulous with pendulum Pendulum hangs down loosely and swings from side to side.

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PENITENT:feeling sorry or regret for doing a wrong thing Peni+tentpeni sounds as pennytent is the keyword During Shooting of Taare Zameen Per, Darsheel found a penny, he kept that penny in his pocket but later he was feeling sorry or regretful for doing the wrong thing. PENSIVE:thinking deeply about sth especially because you are worries or sad Pen+sive.Pen is the keyword In school days Abdul Kalams pen got broke in the examination hall and he started thinking deeply because he was worried and sad that he would not be able to write the exam. PENURY:Extreme poverty Pen+ury.Pen is the key word Once Abdul Kalam said in his speech that only Power of pen (or education) can only help to remove extreme poverty from India PEON:a person who does unskilled work Obvious PERCEPTION:the way you notice things with the senses Obvious PERDITION:punishment that lasts forever after death Watch movie Road to Perdition..Tom Hanks gets punishment that lasts forever after his death. PEREGRINATION: a journey especially a long & slow one Peregri +nationNation is the key word Sushmita Sen decided to go on a journey especially a long and slow one of rural India in order to understand the nation more closely. PEREMPTORY:immediately obey an order without question or refusal Per+emptoryRelate emptory with empty Sachin said to his son, clean your lunch box but Arjun (his son) said Dad am very tired!! Sachin replied back No!!! Immediately obey whatever I said without question or refusal. PERENNIAL:remain or continuing for a long time Perenni+alRelate perenni with purani(in Hindi)(old) Salman is not able to forget Purani baatein which he did with Aish, it is really difficult to forget it because they remain or continuing for a long time in your mind. PERFIDY:a disloyal or deceitful person Relate Perfidy with Afridi(Pakistani Cricket Player) Pakistans Cricket player Afridi used to say he is disloyal or deceitful person but no one agrees to him. PERFUNCTORY:do something as duty or routine without any interest Per+fun+ctory.fun is the key word If job or work is interesting it seems fun but if its boring then we do it as duty or routine without any interest. PERIMETER:the outermost parts or boundary of an area or object Obvious

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PERIPATETIC:to go from place to place in order to work Peripatetic rhymes as very pathetic Dharmendra tells that before coming into movies, he had to go from place to place in order to work (deliver couriers) that was very pathetic job. PERIPHERAL:connected with the outer edge of a particular area Relate Peripheral with Pheri waala(in Hindi)(vendor) Pheri waala of Bombay usually lives in outer edge of Bombay (or any other area) PERJURY:the crime of telling a lie in the court of law Per+juryjury is the key word In court Sanjay dutt gave false testimony (tell lie) while under oath in front of jury. PERMEABLE:penetrable allowing a gas or liquid to pass through Obvious PERNICIOUS: having a very harmful effect on sb/sth especially in a way that is gradual Perni+ciousRelate perni with penny Penny or money is a very destructive thing people can do anything for penny or money. PERORATION:final part of oration Per + orationoration is the keyword Oration means a formal speech especially one given on a ceremonial occasion and Peroration means final part of oration. PERPETRATE:to commit a crime or do sth wrong or evil Perpetrate sounds as penetrate Few criminals penetrated Divya Bharati home and murdered her, after committing this crime they left her dying. PERQUISITE: something to which a person has a special right because of their social position Per + quis+ite.quis sounds as quiz There was a National Quiz started by Infosys, IT students had special right because of their education thats why they were sent directly into the finals. PERSONABLE:very attractive or having a pleasant appearance Person+able..Person is the key word Everyone knows Lata Mangeshkar is a great singer. Her singing style is very attractive. As a person also, she is very attractive has a pleasant appearance. PERSPICACIOUS:able to understand somebody/something quickly & accurately Pers+pic+aciouspers sounds as purse.pic also known as picture In the movie Ghajini, Aamir khan always keep his pic(picture) and other information in his purse it helps him to understand somebody or something quickly and accurately. PERSPICUITY:clearly expressed and easily understood Pers+pi+cuity. cuity sounds as cutie Sonam Kapoor is the new cutie pie of the Bollywood. She performed well in Delhi 6 especially her expression in the movie are clearly expressed and easily understood PERSPICUOUS:expressing things clearly Meaning is same as perspicuity

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PERT:showing a lack of respect especially in a cheerful or amusing way Relate pert with Perth Girls from Perth, Australia show a lack of respect to their boyfriends especially in a cheerful or amusing way. PERTINACIOUS:determined to achieve a particular aim in spite of difficulty or opposition Pert+inacious.relate Pert with Perth People from Perth, Australia are determined to achieve a particular aim in spite of difficulty or opposition. PERTURB:disturb greatly Perturb rhymes as disturbPerturb means disturb greatly PERUSE:to read something in a careful way Per+use.use is the keyword In the Movie Swadesh, A Old teacher said to his students that the way you are reading is of no use, read it carefully then only it will be helpful. PERVASIVE:existing in all parts of a place or thing Perv+asive..relate Perv with Perv(in hindi) (festival) Diwali ka Perv is celebrated in all over the world. Diwali Perv is now celebrated or existing in all parts of the World. PERVERSE:deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong, unacceptable or unreasonable Per+verse.verse sounds as worse No one like Sreesanths attitude on the ground, he make situation worse when he show deliberate determination to behave in a way that most team members think is wrong, unacceptable or unreasonable. PERVERSION:the act of changing something that is good or right to something bad or wrong. Per + versionversion is the keyword Microsoft launched a new version Windows Vista which is not as good as Windows XP. Actually it is really bad. Users didnt understand this act of changing something good or right to something bad or wrong. PESSIMISM:a feeling that bad things will happen Pessimism is opposite of optimism. PESTILENTIAL:extremely annoying Pesti + lential.Pesti sounds as pastry Haldiram brings a pastry in the market but its pastry is of very bad taste people found it extremely annoying. PETRIFY:to make somebody feel extremely terrified or frightened Petrify sounds as combination of Pet + terrify Manisha Koiralas pet (a cat) got terrified or frightened when it saw Shakti kapoor. PETTY:very careful about small and unimportant issues Petty sounds as Pretty Pretty Zinta is very careful about small and unimportant issues in her personal life. PETULANT:bad tempered and unreasonable Petu+lant.relate Petu with Petu( in hindi)(one who eats a lot) In Mahabharat, Bheem was petu(eat a lot), One day he didnt get food he get bad tempered and unreasonable.

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PHARISAICAL:pertaining to the Pharisees; who paid scrupulous (attentive) attention to tradition Pharisai+cal.Pharisai sounds as Pharisee Pharisees paid scrupulous (attentive) attention to tradition PHENOMENA:a fact or an event in nature Obvious PHILANDERER:a man who has sexual relationship with many different women Philand+erer.Philand sounds as Finland Do you know that, In Finland, each man has sexual relationship with many different women. PHILATELIST:a person who collects or studies stamps Relate Philatelist with Palestine Do you know that people of Palestine love to do collection or study of postage stamps. PHILISTINE:a person who doesnt like or understand art, literature, music etc Relate Philistine with Palestine Palestine is an undeveloped country where people are hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts. PHLEGMATIC:unemotional and calm Phlegm+atic.Phlegm is the key wordphlegm means the thick viscous substance secreted by the mucous membranes of the respiratory passages especially when produced in excessive quantities during a cold. Doctor suggested Imraan Haashmi that if you are suffering from cold and having problem of phlegm try to be unemotional and calm, it will help to reduce the problem. PHOBIA:an extreme or irrational fear of something Obvious PIECEMEAL:done or happening at different times and often in a different ways Piece+ mealmeal is the key word Preety Zinta usually takes her meal in pieces she used to eat meal at different times and often in a different ways. PIETY:being pious (devoutly religious) Pie+ty..relate Pie with pious Being pious (devoutly religious) PIGMENT:naturally coloring in animal or plant tissue Pig + mentPig is the keyword Pig has natural coloring matter. PILLAGE:steal things from a village using violence Pillage rhymes as village Gabbar Singh steals things from the village Ramgarh using violence. Finally he stopped by Jai and Veeru. PINE:to become very sad because sb has died or gone away Relate Pine with Pine tree Ritesh Deshmukh had a beautiful pine tree in front of his home, but his father cut it down. Now Ritesh became sad because Pine tree is gone away.

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PINION:tie somebody especially by their arms so that they cannot move Pinion rhymes as opinion Public has an opinion that every politician should be tied especially by their arms so that they cannot move until they accept their sins especially those who are already caught in scam. PINNACLE:highest point of success Pinn + acleacle sounds as akal (in Hindi)(intellect) Film stars ki akal( in Hindi)(intellect) goes away when they reach highest point of success. PIOUS:having or showing a deep respect for God and religion Pi+ousPi () is the keyword The Mathematician who derived the value of mathematical term pi() had a deep respect for God and religion PIQUANT:exciting and interesting Pi + quantRelate Quant with quantitative analysis In CAT, you will find Quant section very exciting and interesting, more than Data interpretation or Verbal Reasoning. PIQUE:annoyed or bitter feelings because your pride has been hurt Pique sound as peak In mobile industry, Nokia mobiles are at peak but Nokia CEO feel annoyed or bitter feelings because Micromax is slowly and slowly capturing its market. PITFALL:danger or difficulty especially one that is hidden or not obvious Pit + fallfall is the key word Brad Pit fall in danger or difficulty especially one that is hidden or not obvious when Angelina Jolie decided to divorced him. PITH:the most important part of something. Relate pith with pitch Pitch is the most important part of the cricket ground. PITHY:concise and full of meaning Pithy rhymes as tithy( a date) (in Hindi) 26th January is a tithy with full of meaning because it is related to our independence. PITTANCE:receive very small or insufficient amount of money Pitt +ance.Relate pitt with Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt(Hollywood Film star) receive very small or insufficient amount of money for the movie Fight Club. PIVOTAL:of great importance Pi+ votalRelate votal with vital (important). Vital means something important similarly pivotal means something of great importance. PLACEBO:substance that has no physical effects which is given to those patient who do not need medicine but they think that they do Place + bo.Place is the keyword There is a place in New York, where a doctor is very famous because he give medicine that has no physical effects, He give it to those patient who do not need medicine but they think that they do.

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PLACID: calm and peaceful Pl+ acid.acid is the key word. When base is mixed with acid, acid becomes neutral or calm and peaceful. PLAGIARIZE: to copy another persons ideas Plag+iarizePlag sounds as pledge (promise). Anu Malik took pledge that he would never copy (the work or an idea of someone else) another persons ideas. PLAINTIVE:sad or mournful Plain + tiveplain sound as plane Remember the movie, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Kajol had to go India on plane to meet his boyfriend, it was a very sad or mournful experience for her. PLASTICITY:the quality of being easily shaped or molded Plastic+ityPlastic is the key word. Plastic can be easily shaped or molded into different forms. PLATITUDE:comment or statement that has been made very often not interesting Pl+attitude.attitude is the keyword. There is problem in Shah Rukhs attitude that he made comment or statement that has been made very often or not interesting like is the King of Bollywood. PLATONIC:friendly but not involving sex Pla+tonic.tonic is the keyword. A doctor gave Emraan Hashmi a tonic after having that tonic Emraan became friendly with every girl but this did not involve sex. PLAUDIT:praise; round of applause Pl+ auditaudit is the key word. A Chartered Accountant audits so many private companies like Satyam computers, Bajaj etc and collects lot of taxes; people praise his act and gave him a round of applause. PLAUSIBLE:reasonable and likely to be true Plausible sounds as possible. Before the cricket world cup India was a strong contender of world cup, it seems reasonable and likely to be true because the team was in great form. In the final match Dhonis performance made it possible. PLEBEIAN:connected with common people Plebeian rhymes as alien. Alien belongs to a different planet but plebeian belongs to planet earth, the common people of earth. PLENARY:to be attended by all Ple+naryPle means all. Conference or Assembly attended by all participants of Congress to take decision on Jan LokPal Bill. PLENITUDE:plenty of full of something Pleni+tude...Relate pleni with plenty Plenty of or full of something PLETHORA:plenty or abundance Ple+thora..thora means less (in Hindi) rather bahut jyada or plenty or abundance.

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PLIABLE:to control Pli + able.Relate pli with pliers (used for bending wines) Pliers are used to control screws and wires. PLIANT:very flexible Pliant sounds as plants. Plants are very flexible and can be easily bend. PLIGHT:a difficult situation P+light.light is the keyword. Aamir Khan was travelling in a flight suddenly light got off in the plane it was really a difficult situation for travelers. PLUCK:to remove somebody from a place or situation especially one that is dangerous P+luckluck is the keyword. Someone said that a lot of courage and luck is needed to remove somebody from a place or situation especially one that is dangerous. PLUMB:to understand something mysterious. Relate plumb with plumber. A plumber was trying to understand the problem and finally he succeeded in understanding mysterious problem of water at Raju Srivastavas flat. PLUMMET:fall suddenly and quickly from a high level Plum + metmet is the keyword. During the shooting of Jab We Met whole team was in a plane, the plane fell suddenly and quickly from a high level and met earth, good news was that no one was hurt in that accident. POIGNANCY:having a strong effect on your feelings especially in a way that makes you feel sad Relate poignancy with pregnancy. Do you know that Riya Sen was pregnant few months back? This had a strong effect on her feelings especially in a way that makes her feel sad. POLARIZE:separate in to two groups Pol+arize...pol sounds as pole. The North Pole and South Pole are separated in two groups on the globe. POLEMIC:great in argument in support or against the topic Polemi+c..Polemi sounds as Poulami Poulami Ghatal is a table tennis player from West Bengal, she is not only a good player but great in argument in support or against any topic. POLEMICAL:involving strong arguments for or against something Meaning is same as polemic. POLITIC:based on good judgment Relate politic with politics The youngsters who want to join politics, they should keep in mind that their actions should be based on good judgment then only they will known as a great leader like Lal Bahadur Shashtri, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Sardar Patel etc

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POLYGAMIST:one who has more than one spouse at a time Poly+gamistPoly means many. Emperor Mohammad Gajnawi had more than one or many spouse at a time. POLYGLOT:in many languages Pol+y+g+lotPol sounds as Paulrelate Paul with South African Cricket Player Paul Adams. Do you know that Paul Adams can talk in many languages? POMPOSITY:showing very self-important behavior Pompo+ sitysity sounds as city. There is a city in U.S called pomp city where people have very self-important behavior. POMPOUS: self-importance Its meaning is same as pomposity PONDEROUS:moving slowly & heavily Pond+erous.pond is the key word. If you compare the movement of pond with a river, river moves fast and lightly, On the other hand pond moves slowly and heavily. PONTIFICIAL:connected with a pope or bishop Ponti+ficialRelate ponti with Ricky Ponting(farmer Australia Cricket captain) Ricky Ponting (Australian Cricket Player) after retirement is planning to be a bishop or pope. PORTEND:a sign or warning that something calamitous is likely to happen Relate portend with pretend. Scientists pretend that earthquake in Japan is a sign or warning that something calamitous is likely to happen by 2012. PORTENT:a sign or warning that something calamitous is likely to happen Meaning is same as portend PORTLY:fat Portly sounds as potly (in Hindi)(a type of carry bag). Do you know about Potli baba ki it was a serial showed on Sunday on Doordarshan. In that serial Baba was very fat and he always keep a potli on his back. POSEUR:a person who behaves or dresses in a way that is intended to impress other people Pose+ur.Pose is the key word.Relate it with pose (a particular position in order to be photographed, painted or drawn). In the movie Raja Babu Govinda had photograph in different poses with different professions. Raja babu behaves or dresses in a way that is intended to impress others. POSTERITY:future generations Poster+ity.Poster is the key word. Poster of cricketers like Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli is coming in the market because they are the future generation of the Indian cricket. POSTHUMOUS:happening, done, published; etc after a person has died Post + humous.relate humus with humour.relate post with post office. Government decided to open a post office after death of Johnny Walker known for his great sense of humor.

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POSTULATE: self-evident truth Post+ latePost is the key word. Before Dheeru Bhai Ambani died, he posted a letter about his property to his lawyer; this letter was used as a self-evident truth to decide the owner of his property. POSTURE:the way in which person holds their body similarly persons approach or attitude towards something Obvious POTABLE:suitable for drinking Potable sound as portable (able to be easily carried or moved) Hindustan Lever Limited launched a Portable water cooler; its water is most suitable for drinking. POTENT:someone who is having a lot of potential or power Potent is opposite of impotent (powerless). Someone who is having a lot of potential or power like Superman POTENTATE:a ruler who has a lot of power Potent + ate.Potent is the keyword. Saddam Hussain had lot of power or potent. He was the king or ruler of Iraq, having lot of power. POTENTIAL:having the capacity to develop into something in the future Obvious POTION:liquid with healing or magical properties Relate Potion with Palan potion (in Hindi)(Nourishment). In old days, Akbar had a liquid with healing or magical properties. He gave this liquid to the parents for a better palan potion (in Hindi)(Nourishment) of the child. POTPOURRI:a heterogeneous mixture of many ingredients Pot+ pourri.relate poori with paani poori(in Hindi) Paani of Paani Poori is a heterogeneous mixture of many ingredients. PRACTICABLE: feasible Obvious Practicable steps to be taken to help the person. PRACTICAL:connected with real situations Obvious A teacher should give practical examples to students to make the subject more understandable. PRAGMATIC:solving problems in a practical & reasonable way Pragma + ticPragma rhymes as Nagma Pragma is the sister of Bollywood actress Nagma. Pragma helps Nagma by solving her problems in a practical or reasonable way. PRAGMATIST:practical person Being pragmatic PRATE:talk foolishly or at tedious length Relate prate with piraterelate Pirate with the movie Pirates of the Caribbean . In the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, Johnny Dep used to talk foolishly or at tedious length with everyone.

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PRATTLE:talk about unimportant things P+rat+tle.rat is the key wordAlso rhymes as battle. Once upon a time a rat (Mickey Mouse) was sent in a battle, rat could not fight, and he was just talking at length in a foolish way about unimportant things, after listening that shit enemies escaped from there. PREAMBLE:preliminary statement or an introduction Pre+amble.Pre is the keyword. Pre independence, no one knew what would be the preliminary statement or introduction of the constitution. PRECARIOUS:a dangerous situation Pre +carious.Relate carious with care Our soldiers should take care that they could be in a dangerous situation like attack from Pakistan happens. PRECEDENT:a similar action or event that happened earlier; traditional Precedent sounds as President Process of electing President of India is an action or event that happens in the same manner. PRECEPT:a rule about how to behave or what to think Precept rhymes as accept Do you know that Emraan Hashmi want to accept Buddhism as his new religion. He started learning rule about how to behave or what to think. PRECIPITANT:something that causes a substance in a chemical solution to separate out in solid form Obvious In chemistry we study about precipitate and precipitant PRECIS: a short version of a speech or a piece of writing that gives the main points or ideas Prcis sounds as Presi.Presi aka (also known as) President. Former President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam explained a short version of a speech that gives the main points in a very simple manner. PRECLUDE: to prevent somebody from doing something or something from happening Preclude rhymes as include. Aamir Khan said to his director we cannot include Shah Rukh Khan in Dhoom 3. He will try to prevent me from doing things in my way. PRECOCIOUS:having developed certain abilities & inclination at an early age than usual Relate Precocious with precaution. Sachin Tendulkars parents took lot of precaution about his initial cricket career because they found that Sachin developed certain abilities & inclination at an early age than usual. PRECURSOR:a person or thing that comes before somebody/something similar & that leads to or influences its development Pre+cursorcursor is the key word. If you want to write anything in Word format you need to use your mouse to put cursor at that point from where you want to start writing so cursor comes before you actually going to develop article. PREDATOR:exploit; a person or an organization that uses weaker people for their own advantage Pr+edatoredator sounds as editor. The Editor of the Times of India newspaper exploits content writer under him.

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PREDECESSOR:a person who did a job before somebody else Obvious Saurav Ganguly was the predecessor of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. PREDETERMINE:determine something in advance or decide Obvious Shah Rukh Khan had predetermined that he will be going to London for vacation. PREDICAMENT:a difficult situation Predic+ament.relate predic with predict. Scientists have predicted that everything will be finished by 2012(Doomsday). It will be a difficult situation for everyone. PREDILECTION:special liking for something/somebody Pre+dil+ection.ection sounds as action. Akshay Kumar has a special liking for the action movies. PREDISPOSE: to influence somebody so they likely to behave in a particular way Pre+disposerelate dispose with Disposable syringe. Disposable syringe are safe to use, doctor give an inclination towards using disposal syringes. PREEMINENT:outstanding; one who surpasses all others Pre+eminen +teminen sounds as singer/rapper Eminem. Eminem is an outstanding singer who surpasses all the other singers. PREEMPT:to prevent something from happening by taking action to stop it. Pre+empt...relate empt with empty. Sonia Gandhi said to Manmohan Singh that you are completely empty minded, please do something to prevent Jan Lok Pal Bill from happening by taking action to stop it. PREEN:to spend a lot of time to make yourself look attractive P+reenreen sounds RinRin detergent cake. Do you know that what is secret of beauty of Kareena Kapoor , its not Lux, she actually spend a lot of time to wash her face with Rin detergent cake to make herself look attractive. PREFATORY:introduction to a book typically stating its subject scope or aims. Prefatory is derivative of preface You must have seen before every book Content or Index then Preface is given. Basically Preface is an introduction to a book, especially one that explains the authors aim. PREHENSILE:(of a part of an animals body) able to hold things Pre+hen+sile.hen is the key word. Hen has a tail which is able to hold things PRELUDE:an action or event that happens before another more important one & forms an introduction to it Pre+ludePre is the keyword. In World Cup Cricket, Every Team had to play Pre-Quarter final matches, these matches happens before another more important one (Semi-final and Final matches) and forms an introduction to it. PREMEDITATE:planned in advance Pre+meditate.relate meditate with meditation. Osama Bin Laden starts doing meditation but his purpose is not spiritual, he meditates in order to think plan (an action, especially a crime) in advance.

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PREMISE:underlying assumption Prem+ise.Prem is the key word.relate Prem with Prem Chopra If Prem Chopra is in a movie its an underlying assumption that Prem Chopra will be fat her of the actor/actress. PREMONITION:a feeling that something is going to happen Pre+moni+tionRelate Moni with Monish Behel. Before the release of Hum Aapke Hai Kaun, Monish Behel had a strong feeling that movie is going to be big hit. PREMONITORY:a feeling that something is going to happen Premonitory is the adjective form of Premonition PREPONDERANCE:larger in number than others in a group Pre+pond+erancePond is the key word.relate pond with Ponds Talc. In 2010, Customers of Ponds Talc were larger in number than any other Talcum Powder company. PREPOSTEROUS:unusual or silly in a shocking way Pre+post+er+ouspost is the key word. Youngsters posted ridiculous, unusual or silly remarks in a shocking way on Facebook wall against Congress leaders. PREROGATIVE:a right or privilege Prer+ogativePrer sounds as prayer. Everyone prayers that Anna Hazare should get the right or privilege to be the first LokPal of the Jan Lok Pal Bill PRESAGE:to be a warning or sign that something will happen Pre+sage..Sage is the keyword and it means a man recognized for his wisdom Do you know that sage Swami Vivekananda also had ability to tell what would happen in the future? PRESCIENCE:having knowledge of events before they took place Pre+science.science is the keyword. Development of Science is amazing; with the help of Science we can collect the knowledge of events before they took place. Its simplest example is weather forecast. PRESENTIMENT:a feeling that something is going to happen especially unpleasant Pre+sentiment.sentiment is the keyword. When Priyanka Chopra had a feeling that something was going to happen especially something unpleasant; she started crying. She couldnt control her sentiments. PRESTIGE:respect & admiration because of ones social position Obvious It was against Salman Khans prestige to work in a Marathi movie PRESUMPTUOUS:too confident Presum+ptuousPresum sounds as presume (to suppose that something is true). Shah Rukh Khans fans presume that he is nice person but actually he i s not, he is an arrogant or too selfconfident person. PRETENTIOUS:pretend to appear more important intelligent etc in order to impress others Pretent+iousPretent sounds as pretend. Katrina Kaif pretends to appear more important intelligent etc in order to impress big directors.

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PRETERNATURAL:that does not seem natural Preter+ naturalPreter sounds as peter.natural is the keyword In the movie Spiderman, Peter was a simple college student but accidently he got power which was beyond what is normal or natural and he became Spiderman. PRETEXT:to create false reason used to justify something Pre + texttext is the keyword. In Taare Zameen Par, the child (Darsheel) was not able to read text books so he try to create false reason used to justify why he was not able to study.

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PREVAIL:prove more powerful or superior Pre+vailvail sounds as well. In the Cricket World Cup Final, India performed very well and proved itself to be most powerful or superior to any team. PREVALENT:that exists or is very common Pre+valentRelate valent with valentine Valentines Day is wide spread or is very common day for people who love each other. PREVARICATE:to avoid giving a direct answer to hide the truth Pre+vari+cate.vari sounds as very Abhishek Bachchan can speak or lie beautifully because he is a very good actor. PREY:an animal, a bird etc that is killed or hunted for food Prey sounds as pray. Every bird prays to God that she shouldnt be killed or hunted by another animal for food. PRIM:behave in a careful and formal way and easily shocked by anything P+rimrim is the keyword Rim of a hero bicycle behave in a careful and formal way and easily shocked by anything (bumps) that is rude. PRIMOGENITURE:first child of any family Primo+geniture.Relate primo with prime (first or main or primary ka Janm or first child of any family) PRIMORDIAL:existing at or from the beginning Prim+ordialPrim sounds as Prime Prime numbers are exists at or from the beginning of invention of Numbers PRISTINE:fresh & clean Pristine rhymes as Christine. Christine Aguilera (a Hollywood Singer) loves fresh and clean flowers. PRIVATION:Poverty or hardships Relate Privation with private. Guru Dutt started living a private life which covered his poverty or hardship with anyone. PRIVY:allowed to know about something secret Priv+ypriv bole to private No one other than family members should be allowed to know about secret things like private matters PROBE:problems or question Prob +erelate prob with problem. There are many problems or question designed by police officers which help in investigation into a crime. PROBITY:honesty and decency Probity sounds as probability. There is very less probability that Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani will work together after their father Dheeru Bhai Ambanis death because there was lack of honesty and decency among them.

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PROBLEMATIC:difficult to deal with Problem+aticProblem is the key word. In the movie Fashion, Priyanka Chopra falls into a problem in which it becomes difficult for her to deal with. PROCLIVITY:a natural tendency to do something Pro+cliv+ityRelate cliv with cliff (a steep or vertical rock). Cliff is a symbol of inclination similarly proclivity is about inclination or natural inclination to do something. PROCRASTINATE:to delay doing something Pro+crast+inatecrast sounds as crust (the outermost layers of rock of which planet consists). Crust of the earth is getting damaged heavily but scientists are avoiding it and keep postponing or delaying its treatment. PROCUREMENT: obtaining something Pro+cure+mentcure is the keyword. In the movie My Brother Nikhil, Nikhil obtained AIDS from his girlfriend. He died at the end because there is no cure for AIDS. PROD:use rod or finger to push P+ rodrod is the keyword. In many schools teachers use rod or finger to push or poke their students when they dont study. PRODIGAL:too willing to spend money or waste time Prodi+galgal is the keyword. In college boys waste or spend a lot of money or gals. PRODIGIOUS:remarkably or impressively large Prod+giousProd sounds as proud. We feel proud of Taj Mahal in Agra, it is one of the seven wonders of world. It is remarkably or impressively large. PRODIGY:a young person who is unusually intelligent or skillful Prod+igy.prod sounds as proud. Sachin Tendulkar was feeling very proud when his Coach told him that he was a young person who is unusually intelligent or skillful. PROFANE:not to show respect for god Prof+aneRelate professor is also known as prof. Do you know that Prof (Professor) mostly is secular rather than religious they do not show respect for God especially the Hogwarts University professor. PROFLIGATE:using money, time in a careless way Profli+ gate.gate is the keyword. In engineering college students utilize GATE stipend in careless way. PROFOUND:very great Pro+ foundfound is the keyword. Scientists found that impact of Dec 21 2012 (Doomsday) is going to be very great or intense on everyone. PROFUSION:a very large quantity of something Pro+fusionfusion is the keyword. Fusion is a reaction in which light atomic nuclei fuse to form a heavier nucleus releasing large quantity abundance of energy.

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PROGENITOR:parents or ancestor Pro+ geni+torrelate geni with janm(in Hindi)(Birth) Janm dene waale parents or ancestor are everything for a child PROGENY:a persons children Pro+genygeny is the keyword. Geny is the mother of five children. PROGNOSIS:an opinion based on medical experience Prognosis rhymes as diagnosis. Prognosis is forecast especially of the likely course of a disease or ailment similarly diagnosis is identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms. PROGNOSTICATE:a thing that somebody says will happen in the future Prog +nost +cateNost sounds as Nast (in Hindi)(Destroyed). Nastredamas predicted that in 2012 earth is going to be nast(in Hindi)(destroyed) by some natural calamity. PROHIBITIVE:(price or cost) so high that it prevents people from buying something Pro+hibit+verelate hibit with habit. Pranav Mukherji has a habit to make a budget in which cost are so high that it prevents people from buying it. PROJECTILE:a missile fired or thrown at a target Obvious The Indian Army had planned a projectile in order to finish the Lashkar-e-Toiba base camp. PROLETARIAN:those who do not own any property Proletarian rhymes as Vegetarian. Vegetarian that eats vegetables, Eggetarian who eats eggs similarly proletarian who dont own any property or working class. PROLIFERATE:to increase rapidly in number or amount Pro+life+ratelife is the keyword. In India the rate of life (population) is multiplying spreading growing rapidly is horrible. PROLIFIC:producing many works Prolific rhymes as calorific. Calorific value of Cornflakes is very high, in morning breakfast produce or gives a lot of calorie or energy to work. PROLIX:speak or write at tediously lengthy Prolix rhymes as Horlix. Horlicks gives energy to President Obama to speak or write at tediously lengthy. PROLIXITY:using too many words therefore boring Meaning is same as prolix. PROLOGUE:a speech, etc at the beginning of a play, book, or film Compare prologue with epilogue Prologue is introduction whereas epilogue a section or speech at the end of a book or play. PROLONG:to make something last longer Pro+longlong is the key word M.F Hussain decided to go for a long journey to Paris before he could last longer.

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PROMINENT:important or well known Pro+minentpro is the keyword Sachin Tendulkar turned a cricket pro in a very small age and he became important or well known person of the Indian Cricket Team. PROMISCUOUS:having many sexual partners Promis+cuousPromis is the keyword. Shah Rukh Khan promised his wife Gauri that in the future he will never have any sexual relationship. PROMPT:immediate; done without delay Pro+mptpro is the keyword. Mike Tyson is a boxing pro and when Hollyfield challenged him to fight, Mike Tyson gave an immediate acceptance of his challenge. PROMULGATE:to spread an idea or belief Meaning of Promulgate is same as propagate (spread an idea belief etc among many people) PRONE:likely to suffer from something or to do something bad Pr+oneone is the keyword. One of the children of Shah Rukh Khan is inclined or likely to suffer from Polio because he was not given polio drops. PROPAGATE:to spread an idea or belief Prop+gategate is the keyword. Government promoted (idea knowledge) widely that GATE scholarship is going to be 15000 per month. PROPENSITY:natural inclination towards something Pro+pen+sity.sity sounds as cityHave you heard of Pen city in U.S. Pen city people have natural inclination towards using pen they dont use pencil. PROPHETIC:correctly stating what will happen in the future Prophet+ic.Prophet is the keyword. A person who predicts the future like Prophet Muhammad PROPHYLACTIC:done or used in order to prevent diseases Prophy+lacticlactic is the keyword. Do you know that Lactic acid is used to prevent diseases? PROPITIOUS:likely to produce a successful result Propitious rhymes as ambitious Ambitious people like Dheeru Bhai Ambani are likely to produce successful results. PROPONENT:a person who supports an idea or course of action Pr+oponentOpponent sounds as opponent. There are many opponents of Jan Lok Pal Bill in Congress but there are some leaders in Congress who also support Anna Hazares idea or course of action. PROPOUND:to suggest an idea or explanation Pro+poundPound is the keyword. Do you know that Pound as currency was put forward or suggested for consideration before Dollar, Rupees etc

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PROPRIETY:social or moral behavior that is considered to be correct and acceptable Relate propriety with property. Bill gates own a lot of property but he is very down to earth person he has a social or moral behavior that is considered to be correct and acceptable. PROPULSIVE:action of driving pushing forward Relate propulsive with propel. NASA launched a rocket which has a powerful propel and it also has action of driving it and pushing forward towards the space. PROSAIC:having the style of prose. Pros+aicpros sounds as prose (ordinary written or spoken language without poetic structure) so prosaic means having the style of prose. PROSCRIBE:state officially that something is dangerous or forbidden or outlaw Relate proscribe with prescribe (advise and authorize the use of a medicine or treatment). A doctor prescribes medicines to Dilip Kumar but later he found that they are expired so the doctor stated officially that those medicines are dangerous. PROSPERITY:Good fortune successful or flourishing especially financially Obvious We use to say Happy and Prosperous New Year. PROTEAN:able to convert quickly and easily Protean sounds as protein. With the help of Protein Salman Khan is able to convert his slim body quickly and easily into bulky body. PROTOTYPE:first design of something. Proto+ type.type is the keyword. Reliance launched first design of the modern bike. This type of bike will run on petrol as well as diesel. PROTRACT:lasting longer than expected Protract sounds as protect. Government needs to protect our natural resources like Petrol, diesel, etc. because they are not going to last longer. PROTRUDE:to stick out from a place or surface Pro+t+ruderude is the key word. Shakti Kapoor has a very rude behavior, his eyes stick out when he is very angry. PROVIDENT:careful in planning for the future Relate provident with provident fund. You must have heard of ICICI provident funds. These are funds which people save money for their future or emergencies. PROVINCIAL:connected with some of the large areas that a country is divided into Provincial comes from province (a principal administrative division of a country or empire).Now relate province with prince. Prince Charles of England is responsible for principal administration division of the empire.

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PROVISIONAL:temporary or arranged for that time only Obvious You must have heard of provisional degree or tentative degree or temporary degree PROVOCATIVE:intention to make people angry Provocative comes from provoke (make angry or annoyed)Now relate provoke with Provogue. During shooting of Zindagi Naa Milegi Dubara, Hrithik Roshan wore a Provogue shirt with an intention to make Abhay Deol angry. PROWESS:great skill at doing something Prowess sounds as power Superheroes like Spiderman, Superman and Shaktimaan have extraordinary ability or power to fly in the sky. PROXIMITY:authorized to act in persons behalf Proxi-mity.Proxi sounds as Proxy. In the movie 3 Idiots, Aamir Khan tries to give proxy and to be authorized to act in his batch mates behalf; one day Professor catches him and throws him out. PRUDE:a person who is easily shocked by things connected with sex or nudity P+ rude.rude is the keyword. Do you know that Prem Chopra has rude and strange behavior; he is easily shocked by things connected with sex or nudity. PRUDENT:sensitive and careful while making judgments and decisions Prudent rhymes as Student. When Sushmita Sen was a student she used Pepsodent toothpaste and brush because she was sensitive and careful while making judgments and decisions avoiding unnecessary risks in buying other companies toothpaste and brush. PRUNE:trimming; to cut off some of the branches from a tree, bush, etc so that it will grow better P+rune.rune sounds as ruin. Billu Barber ruined (destroyed) Shah Rukh Khans hair when Billu was trimming his hair. PRURIENT:having or showing too much interest in things connected with sex Relate Prurient with orient. Orient fan used by Mallika Sherawat which shows that she has too much interest in things connected with sex. PSEUDONYM:a name used by somebody instead of their real name Pseudo+nym pseudo name not real.pet name Every person is known by a pseudonym a pet name. PSYCHE:the mind Obvious Everyone was psyched out when the Mumbai blasts occurred. PSYCHIATRIST:a doctor who treats mental disease. Obvious Amisha Patel had to visit a Psychiatrist after she saw the movie Bhoot.

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PSYCHOPATHIC:person who is suffering from a serious mental illness that causes him to behave in a violent way towards other people Psycho+path.psycho is the keyword. Psycho person is someone who suffers from a serious mental illness that causes him to behave in a violent way towards other people. PSYCHOSIS:a serious mental illness Psycho+sispsycho is the keyword. In the movie Deewangi, Ajay Devgan behaved as a psycho because he was suffering from a serious mental illness. PUERILE: silly, suitable for a child Puer+ile..Puer is sounds as pure. Children are the gift of God. Children are pure by heart that is why when they do childish, silly and trivial mistakes and no one minds it. PUGILIST: a boxer Pugil+ist. Relate Pugil with pagal boxer. Professional boxer Mike Tyson was such a pagal boxer who ate Holyfields ear. PUGNACITY: having a strong desire to argue Pug+cityPug is a Hindi word which means steps. The great Khali is a WWE fighter eager to fight Undertaker (WWE fighter). He was taking very heavy Pug when he was coming towards Undertaker in the final fight. PUISSANT: powerful, strong and potent Relate Puissant with pussy. In the movie Shrek, Pussy cat is very powerful, strong and potent. PULCHRITUDE: beauty Pul+chrituderelate pul with pal (in Hindi) (a moment) In pal pal dil ke paas tum rehti ho (a Hindi song).Kishore Kumar tries to appreciate the beauty of the actress in the movie through this song. PULSATE: to make strong regular movements Puls+ate.relate puls with pulse. When Usain Bolt was running fast he made strong regular movements which made his heart pulses fast. PULVERIZE: to crush something in powder Pulv + rize.rize sounds as rise. Adolf Hitler never let his enemies rise against him, he crushed them into powder. PUNCTILIOUS: very careful to behave correctly Relate punctilious with punctual. Akshay Kumar is very punctual in his daily exercise he behaves correctly and carries out his duties exactly as his gym instructor told. PUNDIT: someone who has authority on a subject Relate pundit with pandit (in Hindi). A pandit is someone who has great knowledge in subjects similarly pundit is someone who has authority on a subject.

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PUNGENT: having a strong taste or smell Obvious There was a pungent smell in the house after Sanjay Dutt celebrated his birthday at his residence. PUNITIVE: intended as punishment Puni+tive.First understand the meaning of puny (small and weak). Osama Bin Laden didnt appreciate puny effort rather such efforts are intended as punishment in his army. PUNY: small & weak; not very impressive Relate puny with Pony tail. Pony tail of Murali Karthik (Indian Cricket Team member) was very small and not impressive. PURCHASE: firm hold on something with the hands or feet John Abraham purchased good quality Reebok Shoes for rock climbing to get firm hold on rocks. PURGE:to remove people from an organization P+ urge (request)urge is the keyword. Amitabh Bachchan urged Karan Johar to remove Rakhi Sawant from the movie because he doesnt like her personally. PURPORT: to claim to be something or to have done something, when this might not be the case Relate purport with passport. Osama bin Laden had a false Indian passport and claimed to be a citizen of India when this was not the case. PURPORTED: that has been stated to have happened or to be true, when this might not be the case Purported is same as purport. PURSE: to form a your lips into a small tight round shape for example to show disapproval When Abhishek asked Aishwarya whether she brought her purse(a small bag made of leather) she made her lips into small tight round shape to show disapproval. PURVEY:to supply food, services or information to people Add a before purveyapurveyit sounds as Apoorv Apoorv Agnihotri took retirement from Bollywood. Now he supplies foods and drinks to other people as his new business. PUSILLANIMOUS: frightened to take risks Pusi+llanimous. Pusi sounds as Pussy Pussy is slang for being scared Bruce Willis (a Hollywood actor) is an action hero but in real life he is actually a pussy and frightened to take risks. PUTATIVE: believed to be the person or thing mentioned Put+ativeput is the keyword. Dheeru Bhai Ambani put Anil and Mukesh as his successors, now people believe them as the person or thing mentioned. PUTRID: decaying & therefore smelling very bad Put+ridrid is the keyword. The Indian Government needs to make sure that the cities are rid of garbage. This will prevent decaying and therefore bad smell.

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PYROMANIAC:a person who has the obsessive desire to set fire to things Pyro+maniacPyro sounds as paro(A name of a girl in India). In the movie Devdas, Paro had obsessive desire to set fire to things. QUACK: a person who dishonestly claims to have medical knowledge or skills Quack, quack (a sound made by duck). In the movie Munna bhai MBBS, Sanjay Dutt was a quack as he dishonestly tried to have medical knowledge or skills. QUADRUPLED: to become four times bigger Single, Double, Triple and Quadrupled

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QUAFF: to drink a large amount of something very quickly Quaff sounds as Kaif. Did you know that Katrina Kaif can drink a large amount of beer by taking large sips. QUAIL: to feel frightened or to show that you are frightened Quail rhymes as rail. Whenever Rabri Devi travels by rail she feels frightened or shows fear. QUAINT: attractive in an unusual or old-fashioned way Quaint sounds as Quant. In CAT 2010 Quant questions were very unusual and old fashioned. QUALIFIED: having passed the exams or completed training Obvious All the employees in Facebook Inc. are well qualified and graduated. QUASH: to take action to stop something from continuing Quash rhymes as squash (crush or squeeze). Police were forced to squash meeting of Baba Ramdev and his supporters due to riots. QUERULOUS: showing that you are annoyed Relate querulous with quarrel. In the movie Chillar Party, school kids quarrel with each other and then complain in whining crying manner to class their teacher. The teacher makes big eyes to show that she is annoyed. QUERY: a question Query means inquiry (question especially one expressing doubt) about something. QUEUE: lane or sequence of people Obvious The queue is too long in morning at most of the Mumbai suburb railways stations. QUIESCENT: quiet, not active Quies+ centrelate quies with quiet. In the movie, 3 Idiots there is a scene when everyone gets quiet when Aamir Khan electrocuted his senior. QUIETUDE: the state of being still & quiet Quiet+ tudequiet is the keyword. In the Kargil war Indian soldiers kept still and quiet before capturing Tiger Hill. QUINTESSENCE:the perfect example of something Quint + essenceEssence is the keyword. When Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the 2011 World Cup he was shown as a perfect example of leadership essence to the world. QUIP: a quick & clever remark Quip rhymes as equip (someone prepare mentally for a situation on task). In the movie Tere Naam, Salman Khans friends are generally equipped with quick and clever remark on girls dresses, behavior, attitude etc.

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QUISLING: a person who helps an enemy that has taken control of his or her country Quis +lingquis sounds as quiz. During the Second World War, when resistance officers were quizzed, Adolf Hitler came to know that they were helping enemies who had taken control of his country. QUIVER: Shaking Qui+ver.qui sounds as kyon and relate ver with var-vadhu (in Hindi)(bride and bridegroom). In the movie Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Shah Rukh Khan started shaking when he was chosen as the var-vadhu of Anushka Sharma. QUIXOTIC: involving a lot of imaginary ideas that are not practical Qui+xoticxotic sounds as exotic (exciting and unusual). Angelina Jolie wanted to get rid of her exotic life with Brad Pitt because she knows that it involves a lot of imaginary ideas that are not practical. QUIZZICAL: showing that you are slightly surprised or amused Quiz+ zicalquiz is the keyword. In the Spelling Bee Quiz competition, Aishwarya was asked a number of questions that left her slightly surprised or amused. QUORUM: the minimum number of members necessary to conduct a meeting Quorum sounds as carom. If you want to play carom the minimum number of members necessary two conduct a meeting before the game is two or four. RABID:violent or fanatical Rabid sounds as rabbit. We know that rabbits are very calm and cute animals but sometimes the rabbit gets violent or fanatical. RACONTEUR:a skillful teller of interesting and amusing stories Racon+teurrelate racon with reconrelate recon with recognize. In the movie Dark Knight, Joker is recognized as a skillful teller of interesting and amusing stories of his scar. RAGAMUFFIN:a person in ragged, dirty clothes Raga +muffinmuffin is the keyword. Eminem (rapper) likes to be in ragged, dirty clothes, likes eating muffin (a thick flattened spongy break roll). RAIL:to scold or always complain about something When Dhoni was in Railway department he used to scold or a lways complain about students who dont buy ticket. RAIMENT:clothing Raiment sounds as Raymond. Raymond is the best brand in clothing. RAKISH:dashing or sporty or fashionable appearance Rakish sounds as Rakesh. Rakesh Roshans son Hrithik Roshan has dashing or sporty or fashionable appearance. RALLY:a large public meeting especially one help to support a particular idea Obvious Political parties like BJP, Congress organize rally before the elections.

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RAMBLE:to walk for pleasure in countryside Ramble sounds as combination of Ram+gamble Ram won lot of money in gamble. Ram decided to walk for pleasure in countryside with his wife. RAMIFICATION:one of the large numbers of complicated and unexpected results that follow an action or decision Ram+ificationRam is the keyword. When Lord Ram decided to leave Ayodhydya with Sita and Laxman, his decision gives large number of complicated and unexpected results. RAMIFY:branch out Ram + ifyRam is the keyword. In Ramayan, you must have seen whenever Ram attacked Ravan with his arrow it branched out in many arrows that was amazing stuff. RAMP:a slope that joins two parts of a road, path, building, etc Obvious Models walk on ramp. RAMPANT:existing or spreading everywhere that cant be controlled Ram+pantRam is the key word. Lord Ram sent Lord Hanuman to Lanka to save Sita, Lord Hanuman burnt the Lanka with fire; fire was spreading everywhere which couldnt be controlled. RANCID:smelling or tasting very unpleasant Rancid sounds as combination of Rain and Acid. When rain mixed with acid it smells or taste very unpleasant. RANCOR:feelings of hatred or bitterness Rancor sounds as ranker. Good students in IITJEE known as high ranker are students who dont get qualified, feel hatred or bitterness towards top rankers. RANDOM:without definite purpose plan or aim Obvious Random numbers are important in simulation of numbers. RANKLE:causing continuous annoyance or resentment R+ankle.ankle is the keyword. Ashish Nehras injury in his ankle caused him continuing annoyance or resentment because he was unable to play in final match of world cup. RANT:speak or shout at length in a wild impassioned way Rant sounds as rent. In struggling days Shah Rukh Khan lived as a paying guest, his landlord spoke or shouted a t length in a wild impassioned way when Shah Rukh Khandint give rent on time. RAPACIOUS:wanting more money or goods than you need or have Rap+aciousRap is the keyword. Rap singer Eminem is very greedy. After a show Eminem always demanded more money than he needed.

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RAPPORT:sympathetic and harmonious relationship in which people understand each other very well Rapport sounds as report. In Colleges, Students keep sympathetic and harmonious relationship with professor so that during project report submission professor show some mercy on them. RAPT:so interested in a thing that you not aware of anything else Rap+tRap is the keyword. When rap singer Akon came to Delhi for his show, people were so interested in his show that they were not aware of anything else. RAREFIED:understood by only a very small group of people Rare+fied.rare is the keyword. Dhobi Ghat is a rare piece of work it is understood by only a very small group of people. RASPY:having a rough sound Raspy sounds as recipe. Twinkle Khanna tried a new recipe but it made Akshay Kumars throat completely harsh and caused a rough sound coming from his throat. RATIFY:to make an agreement officially validated by voting for or signing it Rat+ifyRat is the keyword. Everyone knows that Rat and Cat are enemies of each other, but few days back they made an agreement officially validated by signing it that they will be friends forever. RATIOCINATION:a subject of thinking or arguing about it in a logical way Ratio+cinationratio is the keyword. Ratio and proportion is a subject of thinking or arguing about it in a logical way. RATIONALE:based on or in accordance with reason or logic Rationale comes from rational (based on or in accordance with reason or logic) RATIONALIZE:attempt to justify with logical reasoning Obvious The student rationalized the answer when Professor asked him a tricky question. RAUCOUS:harsh and loud Rauc+ousRauc sounds as rock. Rock music of Rammestein is very Karkash(hindi) or harsh and loud. RAVAGE:to cause extensive damage Rava+ge..Relate rava with Ravan. Ravan is known to cause extensive damage. RAVE:shouting in loud and angry way Relate Rave with rave shopping mall. In Rave (shopping mall) employee were shouting in loud and angry way because they did not get their salaries on time. RAVEL:confuse or complicate path its difficult to travel Rave+lAgain rave is the keyword. Rave (a shopping mall) is the biggest shopping mall in Delhi has very confusing or complicate route, its difficult to travel in there.

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RAVENOUS:extremely hungry Raven+our.Raven sounds as Ravan (a character in Ramayan). Do you know that Ravan gets extremely hungry in every hour. RAZE:to completely destroy a town or building, etc Raze sounds as raise.. In the comic Raaka ka Hamla(in Hindi), Raaka(a diamond comics character) raised his sword and destroyed a big building of the city in a minute,finally ChachaChaudhary and Saabu came and controlled him. REACTIONARY:a person who is opposed to political or social change Reaction+ary.reaction is the keyword. Reaction of Congress on Jan Lok Pal Bill is very obvious, Leaders are opposed to this political or social change REALM:Kingdom Real+mreal is the keyword. Akbar had a real estate business because his kingdom was very large. REBATE:discounts; an amount of money that is taken away from the cost of something, before you pay for it Rebate rhymes as debate. There is a debate among Washing Machines manufacturers Whirlpool, Videocon etc when they need to give discount in festivals like Diwali and Christmas. REBUFF:an unkind refusal of a friendly offer Re+buffbuff rhymes as puff Shah Rukh Khan rejects in unkindly manner when John Abraham offers him a puff of cigarette. REBUKE:to speak severely to somebody because they have done something wrong Relate rebuke with Reebok. Nana Patekar scolded or spoke severely to a shopkeeper when he gave NanaPatekara local company shoe instead of Reebok. REBUS:combinations of word and letters Re-busbus is the keyword. School going kids used to play a puzzle in bus in which words are representing by combinations of word and letters. REBUT:to say or prove that a statement or criticism is false Re+but.but sound as butt.Relate but with Salman Butt. Salman Butt was criticized by Pakistanis when he found to be involved in Drugs case, but finally court proved that statement or criticism on Salman Butt is false. RECALCITRANT:unwilling to obey or follow rules Re+calci+trantCalci is the keywordRelate Calci with Calculator. In school days, Newton made a rule, if someone took his calci (calculator) he has to return it on very next day but his classmate unwilling to obey or follow his rule it causes a fight between them. RECANT:to say often publicly that you no longer have the same belief or opinion that you had before Re+cantcant is the keyword. Akshay Kumar blamed that Twinkle Khanna is not faithful and got apart but Akshay cannot live without Twinkle Khanna so he said publicly that he has no longer same belief or opinion that he had before about his wife (Twinkle Khanna).

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RECAPITULATE:to repeat or give a summary Recap+itulateRecap is the keyword. TV serials show recap or summarize and state again the main points of last episode which help to understand the new episode. RECAST:to change something by organizing it or presenting it in a different way Re+cast.cast is the keyword. Aamir Khan decided to change the star cast of 3 Idiots. He allocated the role of John Abraham to R. Madhavan. RECEPTIVE:always willing to listen or to accept new ideas or suggestion Relate Receptive with receptionist. Receptionists in 5 star hotels are always willing to listen or to accept new ideas or suggestion from guests.

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RECESSION:a period or session of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced Obvious Due to recession in India, many people are losing their jobs. RECIDIVISM:a person who continues to commit crime and seems unable to stop even after punished Relate recidivism with racism. Racism in U.S. continues to commit crime and seems unable to stop even after punished. RECIPROCAL: two people or group who agree to help each other or behave in the same way to each other Obvious In mathematics we study if x is reciprocal of y it means x=1/y or xy=1 similarly two people or group who agree in the same way to each other. RECIPROCATE:to behave or feel towards somebody in the same way as they behave or feel towards you Reciprocate comes from reciprocal return (Love, Affection etc) to someone who gives it. RECLUSE:a person who lives alone & avoids other people Re+clu+se.clu sounds as clue. Police force is trying to find clue (a fact or pieces of evidence) about Subhash Chandra Boses hideout. Last words he said that he wanted to live alone and avoid other people. RECONCILE:to make people become friends again after an arguments or a disagreement Obvious Salman Khan reconciled with Shah Rukh Khan after they had an argument at Katrina Kaifs birthday party. RECONDITE: not known about or understood by many people Recon + diteDite sounds as diet The diet that Salman Khan takes to keep his body fit is not known or understood by many people. RECONNAISSANCE: the activity of getting the information about an area for military purposes using soldiers, planes etc. Reconnaissance sounds as combination of recognize +sense. During the Kargil war Indian Government considered the activity of getting the information about an area for military purposes using soldiers, planes etc. RECOUNT: count again or give an account of something Re +count.count is the keyword. In Bank of India branches, the cashier counts the money again to give an account of something. RECOURSE: the fact of having to or being able to use something that can provide help in a difficult situation Re+ coursecourse is the keyword. Short term course started by FIIT JEE Classes for IIT JEE is really a source of help in difficult situation for students. RECTIFY: put something right that is wrong Obvious Anna Hazare rectified his statement about the Jan Lok Pal Bill.

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RECTITUDE: quality of thinking or behaving in a correct and honest way Relate rectitude as rectify +attitude. Anna Hazare has an attitude of having quality of thinking or behaving in a correct and honest way. RECRIMINATION: an angry statement that somebody makes accusing somebody else of something Re+ crime + nation.nation is the keyword. Government should give an angry statement accusing terrorists or the nation which is responsible for 26/11 attacks in the country. RECUMBENT: lying down Recum + bent Bent is the key word. In the movie Wanted, Salman Khan was bent and he was lying down on the chair when he gets news of his fathers death. RECUPERATE: to get back your health Re+ cuperate..Cuperate sounds as cooperate. In Munnabhai MBBS, Sanjay Dutt was trying to cooperate with patients to get back their health strength and energy after illness. RECURRENT: occurring again and again Re+ currentCurrent is the keyword. In the movie Delly Belly, Imran Khan uses bad words which keep on occurring again and again. REDOLENT: smelling strongly of the thing mentioned Re+dol+ent.dol sounds as doll. When Sushmita Sen bought food and dolls for orphans; they said that the food smelled strongly of lovely spices used. REDOUBTABLE: a strong quality that make everyone respect him Re+doubt+able.doubt is the keyword. There is no doubt that Bal Thackrey has a strong quality that makes everyone respect him. REDRESS: to compensate Re+dressdress is the keywo rd. A designer ruined the dress of Bipasha Basu, now the tailor has to compensate whatever he did. REDUNDANT: not useful Re+dun+ dantRe dun sounds as re doneDone it again Pranav Mukherji prepared annual budget but it was criticized by everyone. It was not useful so it had to be re done. REEK: smell very strongly and unpleasantly. Reek rhymes with creek. The creek next to the River Ganga smells very strongly and unpleasantly as there is a lot of garbage and dirt in the water. REFRACTION: to make a ray of light change direction when it goes through at an angle Obvious In physics everyone studies refraction and reflection.

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REFRACTORY:difficult to control or behaving badly Re+fractoryFractory sounds as factory In the movie Singham, Ajay Devgan doesnt like to work with corrupt police officers who are difficult to control or behaving badly. REFRAIN: to avoid yourself from doing something Ref+rainrain is the keyword. If you are not feeling well avoid yourself going in rain. REFULGENT: shines brightly Re+ful+gentrelate gent with gentleman.ful sounds as ful (in Hindi)(Fruit). Sushmita Sens face always shines brightly because she eats ful (fruits) daily in the breakfast. REFURBISH: to clean and decorate a room Relate refurbish with refurnish. Riya Sen suggested her husband to clean and decorate the room, in order to make it more attractive, more useful, and fully refurnished. REFUTE: to prove that something is wrong Relate refute with refuse. Riya Sen refused and denied to agree that she has any relation with Kunal Kapoor. REGAL: typical of a king or queen & therefore impressive Re+gal....gal sounds as girl. Rani Laxmibai wasnt a normal girl (gal), she belonged to a family typical of a king or queen. REGALE:to entertain with jokes, stories etc. Re+gale..gale sounds as GAIL. In PSU GAIL, there is a tradition that every management trainee has to entertain his seniors with jokes, stories etc. REGENERATION: to grow or make something grow again Re+generationre-generate something The word itself tells its meaning. REGICIDE:the crime of killing a king a king or a queen, a person who is guilty of this crime Regi+cide..Relate Regi with Raja (in Hindi)(king). In Nepal the Raja didnt commit suicide, someone murdered the king. REGIMEN: a set of rules to follow a regulated system of diet, exercise, etc. for therapy or the maintenance or for improvement of health. Relate regimen with Regiment. In Kashmir, Gorkha regiment has to follow a regulated system of diet, exercise, etc. for therapy or the maintenance or for improvement of health. REHABILITATE: to help somebody to have a normal, useful life again after they have been very sick or ill for a long time Relate Rehabilitate with rehabilitation. Drunkards need to go for rehabilitation program to help them have a normal useful life gain after they have been sick or ill for a long time.

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REIMBURSE: to pay back money to somebody who spent or lost money Reim+burse..Relate burse with bursha (in Hindi) (rain). Its like paison ki baarish when someone repays or refunds your money. REITERATE: repetition of the process to get the accurate answer Re+iterate..iterate is the keyword. In maths we do iteration process (repetition of the process to get the accurate answer). Re-iterate is same as iterate or repeat. REJOINDER: giving a reply Re+joinjoin is the keyword. Atal Bihari Vajpayee joined the discussion by giving a reply to Sonia Gandhi. REJUVENATE: make somebody young again Re+juvenateRelate juvenate with juvenilejuvenile is related to young people. Similarly Rejuvenate means make somebody young again. RELEGATE: to give an inferior position Rele+gategate is the keyword. The Supervisor of Infosys assigned the watchmen an inferior position of small gate from main gate of the building because he wasnt cautious at night. RELENT: to finally agree to something after refusing strongly Obvious Relent is opposite of relentless which means not stopping or not getting less strong. RELEVANT: closely connected with a specific subject Obvious A speaker should be relevant to the subject he is speaking on. RELINQUISH: to be forced give up something unwillingly Re+linq+ uishLinq sounds as linc. Linc Pens CEO gave up against Reynolds companies strategies of marketing. RELISH: to get pleasure from something Reli + shReli sounds as Rally. In a Political rally, party members get pleasure by the attention given to them by the senior members. REMEDIABLE: that can be cured or solved Re+ medi + ablemedi is the key word. Medicine can cure any disease. REMINISCENCE: written or spoken description of something Rem+ iniscenceRem rhymes as Ram. There are lot of written or spoken description of Ram are available that many old people remembered. REMISS: not giving enough care or attention Re+missmiss is the keyword. In college, students miss a lot of classes because they dont give enough care or attention.

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REMISSION: a period during which patients achieve the period during which a serious illness improves for a time and the patients seems to get better. Relate Remission with Ram Krishna Mission. You must have heard of Ram Krishna Mission. In RKM doctors ensure that patients achieve the period during which a serious illness improves for a time and the patients seem to get better. REMNANT: remaining part of something Relate remnant with remaining part. Remaining part of something REMONSTRATE: to protest against something Remonstrate rhymes as demonstrate. In the movie Rang De Basanti, Aamir Khan and his friends demonstrate in order to protest against a corrupt politician. REMORSE: feeling extremely sorry Re+morse..Morse sounds as Mars. When scientists found there is a possibility of life on planet, they were feeling extremely sorry because they didnt approach Mars in first place. REMUNERATIVE: paying a lot of money Re+munerativeRelate munerative with money related. It means paying a lot of money REND: tearing them by force. R+end.end is the key word. In horror movie Dracula, Dracula ended the life of innocent girls by tearing them apart by force. RENDER: to cause somebody or something to be in a particular state or condition R+end+erend is the keywor d. Dracula provides death when he ends the life of kids by sucking blood from their throat in a particular state of condition. RENDEZVOUS: an arrangement to meet somebody at a particular time & place Rende+zvousRende is the keyword. John Abraham and Rende (his new Girlfriend) decided to take a view of the meeting place where they were going to meet at a particular time and place. RENDITION: the performance of something especially a song or a piece of music R+end+itionEnd is the key word and rendition rhymes as audition. In Indian Idol audition it was decided by Anu Malik that every contestant has to end her/his audition with a performance of music, a role in a play etc. RENEGADE: a person who leaves one group to join another that has very different views Renegade rhymes as Rani Grade. Do you know Rani (Rani Mukherji) got very less grade in her 10 th class. She has to leave the school and join another school. RENEGE:to break promise Renege rhymes as Drainage. Municipality people promised Riya Sen that they will come this Monday to fix their drainage system but they break their promise.

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RENOUNCE:to state officially that you are no longer going to keep a title, position etc. Relate renounce with announce. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced in the parliament that if opponent party will keep on blaming him he will give up his position. RENOVATE:restore to good condition Relate renovate with Renew. Families renovate their house in good condition on festivals. RENOWN:achieve a lot of fame in something because of something you have done that people admire Re+nownnown sounds as known. Sachin Tendulkar is known as God of Cricket. He achieved a lot of fame in cricket. RENT:an amount of money that you pay regularly so you can use House etc. Obvious Giving flats on rent is now a good way to earn money and do business. REPARABLE:capable of being repaired Repar+ableRepar sounds as Repair. Abhishek Bachchan had an accident, his car got badly damaged, but mechanic assure that car is capable of being repaired but it will just cost higher. REPARATION:money paid by someone to compensate a mishap, accident or defeat Repar+ationRepar sounds as Repair. Siddhu Paaji had an accident with a girl. Siddhu Paaji said that he will help her to take her Scooty to the mechanic and pay the money to girl to compensate the accident. REPARTEE:clever replies & comments that are made quickly Re+Partee.Partee sounds as Party In a party, HrithikRoshan gave a clever replies and comments to media on his flop movies like Gujaarish, Kitesetc. REPAST:a tasty meal Re+pastpast is the key word. Amitabh Bachchan had dinner in Taj hotel with Jaya Bachhan, he said that in his past life he never had such a tasty meal which he had in Taj Hotel of Mumbai. REPEAL:if a government or other group or person with authority repeals (declare invalid) a law, that law is no longer valid Repeal rhymes as appeal. Anna Hazare appealed to everyone to support Jan Lok Pal Bill, but if government or other group or person with authority declare the bill invalid, that Bill will no longer be valid. REPEL:to drive, push or keep something away Obvious Two magnets repel each other or drive away or push back when the same poles of magnet are keeping near. REPENT:to feel sorrow or regret for what one has done Re+pentpent sounds as pant A designer accidently designed a very bad pant and shirt for Abhishek Bachchan for his Marriage Anniversary. The designer feels sorrow or regretted for what he has done.

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REPERCUSSION:bad consequences of an action or event that may happen sometimes afterwards Re+percussion..relate percussion with percussion drilling Coal India Limited perform percussive drilling in their mines but there are many bad consequence of such (event or action) drilling took place. REPERTOIRE:all the songs, pieces of music that a performer knows & can perform Relate Repertoire with reporter. In Indian Idol Grand finale, performers were given a list of works of music, drama etc. to perform, there were many reporters who came to catch this event. REPINE:express complains Re+pinepine is the keyword. Pine tree always complains to Apple tree that why they cant grow apple. REPLENISH:to make something full again by replacing what has been used Re+plen+ish..Plen sounds as plan John Abraham is an alcoholic, on weekend he makes plan with his friends to go in a bar. He makes his glass full again by replacing what has been used. REPLETE:filled with something Replete rhymes as Repeat. In a Beer Bar, you will find students, businessman asking the waitor to fill the glass with beer again. REPLICA:a very good or exact copy of something Obvious Repetition of something or exact copy of something REPLICATE:make a copy of something or reproduce something Replicate rhymes as duplicate. To issue a duplicate driving license one needs to always make a copy of the original license. REPREHENSIBLE:morally wrong and deserve criticism Repre+hen+siblehen is the keyword. Menika Gandhi is against killing of hen (female chicken), she believes that it is morally wrong and deserves criticism. REPRESS:to try not to have or show an emotion or feeling etc Re+press.press is the keyword. Rekha presses her feelings and emotions for Amitabh, she tries not to have or show an emotion or feeling for him. REPRIEVE:to officially cancel or delay a punishment for a prisoner who is condemned to death Reprieve rhymes as retrieve (bring back). Do you know that Saddam Hussain was retrieved (bring back) to the jail when US government cancelled or postponed his death sentence for one day but on the very next day they hanged him. REPRIMAND:to order officially that they are not approve of them or their actions Repri+man+drelate man with Spider-man. Spiderman and a women ordered officially that they are not approve of their actions (they were in a lift for a long time)

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REPRISAL:an aggressive act towards somebody because of something bad that they have done towards you Re+pris+al.Pris sounds as prize. RelianceIndustries promised that they will give prize to their every reliance mobile user but the y didnt. So everyone decided to have an aggressive act of protest towards Reliance because they broke their promise. REPRISE:a repeated part of something Re+prise..prise sounds as price If you want to see repetition of BidiJalai le song by Bipasha Basu you have to give more price for it. REPROACH:blame or criticism for something Reproach rhymes as cockroach or approach. Aishwarya Rai failed to kill a cockroach, everyone criticized or blamed her. Amitabh, Abhishek and Jaya said that her approach was wrong. REPROVE:to tell somebody that you do not approve something that they have done Re+proveprove is the keyword. In college days, Einstein proved a theorem and showed it to his professor, Professor told him that you are not approved to prove such theorems which are above your standards. REPUDIATE:to refuse to accept something Repu+diateRelate Repu with reputation. A director offered Shah Rukh Khan a B grade movie, it was below his reputation. He refuses to accept it. REPUGNANCE:strong feelings of dislike Re+pug+nancerelate pug with Pug (in Hindi)(steps). Zindagi ke har Pug main kaante biche hua hain (in Hindi), everyone has strong feelings of dislike for these kaante. REPULSION:a feeling of very strong dislike Obvious There are two Forces, Force of Attraction and Repulsion (repel or driving back) REPUTABLE:respectable Relate reputable with reputed or respectable Michael Jackson was a reputable person. REPUTED:supposed Obvious It is supposed that whatever any reputed person like Mahatma Gandhi speaks must be true. REQUIEM:a piece of music for someone who has recently died . Watch movie Requiem for a Dream. It means a piece of music that has recently died. REQUISITE:necessary requirement for a particular purpose Relate requisite with prerequisite. In college, there are subjects (example solid mechanic) which are prerequisite. It means there is a necessary requirement that student must first study mechanics to take solid mechanics. REQUITE:to give something such as love, kindness, a favor, etc in return for what somebody has given you Re+quite.quite is the keyword Mother Teresa was a very quiet women, she believed that we should give love, kindness, a favor etc. in return for what somebody has given you.

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RESCIND:to officially state that a law, contract, decision is no longer valid Resc+ind..relate resc with risk and ind with India. Indian Cricket Board officially stated that earlier decision of organizing a test series of Ind-Pak is no longer valid because a lot of risk is involved for Indian players in Pakistan. RESENTMENT:feeling of anger or unhappiness Re+ sent + mentsent is the keyword During project submission in college, students sent project reports again and again because professor found mistake every time this causes feeling of anger or unhappiness among students. RESERVE:the quality that somebody has when they do not talk easily to other people Obvious We used to say that girls are of reserve nature means a lack of openness in nature. Deepika Padukone was of reserve nature when she joined film industry.

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RESIDUE:a small amount of something that remain after the end process Obvious After the 9/11 Attacks in USA, there was residue left at the blast place. RESIGNATION:the act of giving up your job Obvious Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc. gave his resignation as he was tired working. RESILIENT:able to recover quickly from difficult conditions Re+silientrelate silient with silent Everyone got scared when Priyanka Chopra had an accident during shooting of Anjaana Anjaani but she was in silent mood when she got injured, because she knows that she will recover quickly from this difficulty. RESOLUTION:a firm decision to do or not to do something Obvious New Year resolution (a firm decision to do or not to do something) is very common among youngsters. RESOLVE:settle or find a solution to Obvious Vivek Oberoi had to resolve his fight with Salman Khan. RESONANT:sound of something deep, clear and continuing Relate resonant with Resonance. Coaching of IIT JEE in Kota makes one hear a deep, clear and continuing sound of success there. RESPIRATION:the act of breathing Obvious Excessive consumption of alcohol affects a mans respiration. RESPITE:a short break or time of rest from something Re+spite.Relate spite with Sprite (a cold drink) Cricketers esp. Gautum Gambhir and Virat Kohli prefer Sprite in short break or in time of rest. RESPLENDENT:bright and colorful in an impressive way Re+ splendentRelate splendent with splendor. Hero Honda Splendor launches a series of bright and colorful bikes in an impressive way. RESPONSIVE: responding readily and positively Respons+ive...Response is the keyword. Mahendra Singh Dhoni gave a very good response to the Sri Lankan bowlers by responding steadily and positively during the World cup Final match. RESTITUTION: restoring or returning of something lost or stolen to its proper owner Rest+ tuitiontuition is the keyword. During school days, Katrina lost her favorite novel in tuition, next day a boy returned her lost or stolen novel to its proper owner (Karina Kapoor) that boy was Shahid Kapoor RESTIVE: restless or unwilling to be controlled Rest + iveRest is the key word. Restive is someone who is restless (unwilling to be controlled).

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RESTRAINT: present from doing something or keep within limits Re + strain+tstrain is the keyword. Small children give lot of strain because its difficult to prevent them from doing something or keep them within limits. RESUMPTION: begin again continue after a pause Resumption is noun form of resume. You must have seen that your computer is resuming windows; it means it is beginning again after a pause. RESURGENT: becoming more stronger and more popular again Re+ surgentsurgent sounds as sergeant (a rank of commissioned officer in the army or air force above corporal and below staff sergeant). In a movie, Sergeant Bruce Willis after being defeated from criminals disappeared for few months and he came back becoming stronger and more popular again. RESUSCITATE: to make somebody start breathing again after they have almost died Re+susci +tate susci sounds as Sashi. After a major accident during shooting of Deewar, Shashi Kapoor got unconscious but doctors make him breathe again after he almost died. RETAIN: to keep something continued to have something Obvious Deccan Chargers did not continue to keep Adam Gilchrist in the team during the IPL auctions. RETALIATE: to make an attack in return for something harmful done to you Re+tali +ate. tali rhymes as Italy. Italy decided to make an attack in return for a similar attack from U.S. military force. RETENTIVE: able to retain facts and remember things easily Retentive rhymes as attentive. Students who are attentive in class are able to retain facts and remember things easily. RETICENT: unwilling to tell ones feelings or not revealing ones feelings readily Reti + centcent is the keyword. There are kids who do not reveal their feelings or thoughts until you promise them to give some cents or money like Darsheel in Taare Zameen Par RETINUE: a group of people who travel with an important person to provide help & support Retinue rhymes as continue. In the movie Lord of the Rings, the supporting actor said that he will continue to be along with hero of the movie to provide help and support to him till he reaches his destination. RETIRING: avoid company and became shy Relate retiring with retire. When people get retire from their job they tend to avoid company and became shy. RETORT: to comment in an angry or offended way. Retort rhymes as resort. There was a meeting between political leaders going on in a resort. Manmohan Singh said something to opponents. L.K. Advani replied quickly to his comment in an angry or offended way.

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RETRACT: to say that something you said earlier is not true or correct or that you did not mean it Re+tract...tract sounds as track. Suresh Kalmadi said that track is ready for Common Wealth Games but it wasnt. Media wanted to know the truth finally he said that whatever he said earlier about track is not true or correct. RETRENCH: spend less money Re+ trenchtrench is the keyword (a long narrow ditch). Sonia Gandhi said spend less money in constructing a trench near Delhi Metro Rail. RETRIBUTION: severe punishment for something Retribution rhymes as distribution. In Delhi Public School it was announced that there will be a prize distribution to the students who scored good marks and severe punishment to students who fail in exams. RETRIEVE: to get or bring back something Obvious Retrieve the car from the parking garage. RETROACTIVE: taking effect from a date in the past Retro + active.active is the key word. Every Indian forms an active part of the flag hoisting ceremony which is celebrated on 15 th of August taking effects from a date in the past. RETROGRADE: make the situation worse or returning to how it was in the past Retro+gradegrade is the keyword. Grading system is very bad in colleges especially P and D-grade it makes CGPA worse. RETROSPECTIVE: thinking about or connected with something that happened in the past Retro-spec + tiveagain Retro means past or backwards..specs is the keyword In a Hindi movie Tasveer 8*10 it has been shown that the Akshay makes use of Specs to look for things connected with something that happened in the past. REVEL: to spend time in lively and noisy celebration Revel sounds as rival (a person or thing competing with another for superiority). In a cricket match against our biggest rival (Pakistan) during the World Cup, Indians got engaged in lively and noisy celebration after win. REVERBERATErepeated as an echo Rever+berate.Rever sounds as river. The sound of the River Ganga is repeated as an echo between the hills and mountains that it passes through. REVERENT:showing great respect & admiration Reve + rentrent is the keyword. In China, Landlords give deep respect & admiration to paying guests if they give rent on time. REVERIE: a state of thinking about pleasant things Reverie sounds as referee. In a match, a referee was giving wrong decisions against India; Dhoni found that referee is actually in state of thinking something else about pleasant things. REVERT: return to a previous state, condition etc. Relate revert with reverse. Reverse means move backwards and revert means return to (a previous state, condition etc.)

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REVILE: criticize in angry and abusive language Re+ vile.relate vile with wild. John Cena is a wild WWE wrestler. He usually criticizes his opponents in angry and abusive language during the fight. REVULSION: a strong feeling of disgust and hatred Revulsion rhymes as repulsion. Repulsion means feeling of intense distaste or disgust where as revulsion means feeling of disgust and hatred When Sanjay Dutt passed a garbage bin on his way to a shoot he was filled with a strong feeling of disgust and hatred. RHETORIC:the skill of using language in speech or writing in a special way that influences people Rhetoric sounds as retrik and retrik rhymes as Hat-trick. When Lasith Malinga (Sri-Lankan fast bowler) took a hat trick during a cricket match he responded to Ravi Shastris questions with language of speech that influenced people. RIBALD: referring to sex in a rude but humorous way Re+baldbald is the keyword. Bald means having a scalp wholly or partly lacking hair. In most cases youngsters refer to bald people having sex in a rude but humorous way. RIDDLE: make many holes in especially with gunshot A riddle for everyoneCan you tell how many holes Rajnikant can make with a single gunshot? Answer is many holes RIDER: change or add condition to a legislative bill In old times there was no phone, email services available. If a king wanted to change or add condition to a legislative bill he needed to send a horse rider (Person who rides a horse) who take his message to lawyer. RIFE: widespread or common Rife rhymes as knife. In China, carrying knife in pocket is widespread or common, because of safety of girls. RIG: someone who arranges or influences something in a dishonest way in order to get resultthat they want Relate rig with Rigved(Hindi literature) In Rigved it is mentioned that someone who arranged or influenced something in a dishonest way in order to get result that they want is a punishable crime. RIGID: unable to bend or to force out of shape Obvious A labor has to break a rigid piece of metal. RIGOROUS: done carefully or with a lot of attention Rig+o+rousrelate rous with rus(In Hindi) If you want to taste Rigveds ka Rus you need to be careful and paying great attention during its study. RILE: to annoy somebody Relate Rile with Royal. Nawab Pataudi belongs to a royal family. When he was in Indian cricket team he annoy his team member Lala Amarnath

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RIVET: so interesting or exciting that it keeps your attention completely Ri+vetvet sounds as wet In wet clothes in the song Raveen Tandon looks so interesting or exciting that she keeps your attention completely. ROBUST: strong and healthy Obvious Java is a robust language in computer programming.

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ROCOCO: highly decorated and ornated Ro+cocorelate coco with Coco Cola Coco colas owner home is highly decorated and ornated. ROIL: the act of churning, stirring, tossing something R+oiloil is the keyword. If you add oil, water and sand, Sand will settle down and oil will float on the water but we can make this mixture turbid or muddy by the act of churning, stirring, tossing the sand. ROSEATE: pink in color Rose+aterose is the keyword. Pink colored rose is rare to find. ROSTER: a list of peoples names & the jobs they have to do at a particular time Obvious When we go to work we need to enter our attendance in the roster provided at the entrance of the building. ROTE:the process of learning something by repeating it until you remember it instead of understandingit Relate rote with rona(in Hindi) (cry). Rote rote (crying) ratta marana, repeat kar kar ke(repetition) yaad karna. ROTUNDITY: round and spherical Rotundity comes from rotunda which means round and spherical. ROUSING: full of energy & enthusiasm Rousing rhymes as arousing. Yuvrajs six sixes in a single over arouse energy and enthusiasm among Indian spectators ROUT: a situation occurs in which somebody is defeated easily and completely R+out.out is the keyword. In World Cup Final against Sri-Lanka when Sachin Tendulkar was out then a situation occurred in which India could be defeated easily and completely but Gautam Gambhir and Dhoni saved the team. RUBBLE: broken stones or bricks from a building or wall that has been damaged or destroyed Relate rubble with rubber. When WTC collapse it is found that it was made up of waste or rough fragments of stone, brick concrete, rubber etc. especially as the debris collected from the demolition of WTC. RUBRIC: set of instructions or rules Relate Rubric with Rubic cube. Before solving Rubic cube we must have to read set of instructions or rules to solve it. RUDDY: looking red and healthy Rud + dy..relate rud with red. Priety Zinta eats a lot of red tomatoes which make her look red and healthy. RUDIMENTARY:immature, undeveloped or basic form Rudimentary sounds as combination of Rude+ documentary BBC said that Documentary on rude and corrupt politicians of India is in an immature, undeveloped form also politicians will never be able to make it complete.

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RUE:expressing regret especially in a mournful way. Relate rue with ruin (destruction or collapse). Anil and Mukesh Ambani ruined their father`s reputation when they got apart after his death. Now, they are expressing regret especially in a mournful way. RUFFIAN:are violent or lawless people by nature Relate ruffian with Russian. Few countries believe that Russians youngsters are violent or lawless people by nature. RUMINATE: to think deeply about something Rumi+nate.rumi sounds as roomy. Do you know that Srinath and Kumble were roomy in college days; Srinath always found Kumble thinking deeply about cricket. RUMMAGE:to move things around carelessly in search of something Rum+ mage..Rum is the keyword. Johnny Depp is mad for rum; at home he moved things around carelessly in search of rum. RUNIC: a mysterious symbol Runi+crelate runi with Roonie. Soccer player Wayne Roonie always wore a T-shirt with the number 10, because it is a mysterious symbol and lucky for him. RUSE:to deceive people for your benefit R+useuse is the keyword. In movies, Amrish Puri use trick to deceive hero for his benefit. RUSTIC:in typical of the country or country people. Rust+ic.Rust is the keyword. Rust (a reddish or yellow brown flaking coating of iron oxide that is formed on iron or steel by oxidation, especially in the presence of moisture)is usually occurred in typical of the country or country people. RUSTICATE:to suspend or dismiss somebody Obvious One has to follow the rules and regulations of the college; otherwise he/she will be rusticated. RUTHLESS:hard & cruel Ruth + lessless is the keyword. Rajnikanth talks very less and hits very hard and cruel SABOTEUR:a person who does deliberate damage or obstruct property Sabo+teursabo sounds as Saboo (Chacha Chaudhary and Saboo) Saboo used to stop Raaka who deliberately destroyed or obstructed property in every comic. SACCHARINE:a sweet chemical substance used instead of sugar Sacchar+inerelate sacchar(in Hindi)(Sugar) with saccharine (sugar). If you will add sachhar(in Hindi)(Sugar), in tea, more than needed then tea will become excessive sweet. SACRILEGIOUS:an act of treating a holy thing or place without respect Sacrilegious sounds as combination of Sacred+ religious. Never violate or misuse of something regarded as religiously sacred or as having great value.

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SACROSANCT: that is considered to be too important to change Sacro+sanctSacro sounds as Sacro(in Hindi)(millions of) Sacro(in Hindi)(millions of) sant (sage) decided to perform a prayer in front of Wankhede stadium before the final match of India and Sri Lanka, this prayer was regarded as too important or most sacred that can`t be charged or inviolable. SCOTTISH:People who easily get excited or frightened and difficult to control them Relate Scottish with Scottish peopleperson from Scotland known as Scottish. Scottish people easily get excited or frightened and it is difficult to control them. SEQUESTER: isolated or hide away; quite & far away from people Se+quest+ erquest (a long search) is the keyword Quest for Atal Bihari Vajpayee is started because he got isolated or hidden. SERE:dry; lost all moisture Sere sounds as Sher-e-Punjab (a famous dhaba in Punjab). Sher-e-Punjab is a place to eat veg and non-veg but in summers it gets dry because there is crisis of water. SERENDIPITY: occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy way. Watch movie Serendipity, this movie is about occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy way. SERENE:calm & peaceful Relate serene with Serena (a tennis player) Serena Williams (a tennis player) keeps very calm, peaceful and untroubled temperament during match. SERPENTINE:winding and twisting like a snake Serp+entineSerp sounds as Serp (in Hindi) (snake) Serp(a snake) moves in winding and twisting path. SERVILE:wanting too much to please somebody & obey them Serv+ ileServe is the keyword Servile is someone who is excessively willing to serve or please others SERVITUDE:the state of being a slave or servile to someone more powerful Serv+itudeServe is the keyword. The state of being a slave or servile to someone more powerful SEVER:cut something forever S+everrelate ever with forever. In Ramayan, Lord Ram cut Shoopnakhas nose forever. SEVERITY:very great, intense or extremely bad or serious Severity comes from severe. You must have heard about severe diseases like Bird Flu and swine flu. SHAM:a situation feeling, feeling, system, etc. that is not as good or true as it seems to be Relate Sham with as Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam is not what he is pretend to be.

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SHAMBLES:complete disorder and confusion; chaos Sham+blesSham sounds as shame. Rahul Gandhi organized the meeting between BJP and Congress leaders for peace but it converted into complete disorder and confusion. SHARD:sharp piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass are very hard S+hard..hard is the keyword. Sharp piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass are very hard. SHERBET:a flavored sweet effervescent powder that tastes of fruit and fizzes when you put it in your mouth Sherbet sounds as sharbat(in Hindi)(a flavored drink) A flavored sweet effervescent powder made into a drink called sharbat. For example, we prepared Rasna in summers by adding Rasna powder into cold water to prepare a sweet effervescent drink SHIRK:to avoid something you should do, especially because you are too lazy Relate Shirk with Shark. Shark is a very lazy animal; shark even avoids swimming, most of the time it rests. SHODDY:made or done very badly, not with enough care Shoddy sounds as shaadi (in Hindi) (marriage). Preparation of Abhisek and Aishwayra`s shaadi were done very badly without enough care. SHREW:bad tempered or aggressively assertive Relate shrew with shrewd (sharp power of judgment). Madam Curie was a shrewd scientist but she was a bad tempered or aggressively assertive woman by nature. SHUN:to avoid somebody/something Shun sounds as son. Shah Rukh Khan avoids his son to watch movies late at night. SHUNT: to move a train car from one track to another Relate shunt with shunt resistance. In an electrical circuit shunt resistance is movable; it can be move from one place to another place. SHYSTER:a dishonest person especially a lawyer Shyster sounds as sisterShy+ ster.Shy is the keyword Do you know that Brad Pitts sister is very shy by nature but by profession she is a dishonest lawyer SIBLING:a brother or sister Obvious In America, 71% people have siblings. SIBYLLINE:foretelling the future or prophecy Siby+line.line is the keyword. Profession or line or career of prophecy is loved by women because women have strong sixth sense, they are picking career or line of foretelling the future or prophecy. SIMIAN:like a monkey, especially an ape, connected with monkeys or apes Sim+ianSim is the keyword Now-a-days even monkeys are buying Idea sim, and talking on phone, what an Idea sirjee.

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SIMILE:a word or phrase that compares something to something else Relate simile with similar A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. Example - He was as brave as a lion.

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SIMPER:smile in an annoying and silly way Simper sounds as combination of Simple+per(in Hindi)(but) Deepika Padukone is a nice and simple looking actress per (in Hindi)(but) sometimes she smiles in an annoying and silly way. SIMPLISTIC:make a problem look more simple or oversimplified Simpl+isticSimpl sounds as simple. Aryabhatt was trying to prove a theorem of Geometry, in first look, he thought its a simple problem but it wasnt. SIMULATE: to pretend that you have a particular feeling Simu+latelate is the keyword. Whenever Aftab Shivdasani is late for the shooting, he just pretends that he was feeling sick. SINECURE:a job that you are paid for even though it involves little or no work Sine+curesine sounds as sign. If your job is to just sign on papers and you are paid good salary, then it must be a Government job (A job that you are paid for even though it involves little or no work). SINGULAR:that refers to one thing or person Relate Singular with single. Vishwanathan Anand is the single (only) person who performed exceptionally great or good, remarkable in Chess from India. SINISTER:seeming evil or dangerous; making you feel that something bad will happen Sinister sounds as combination of Sin + minister A minister in India can be evil or dangerous against public, making public feel that something bad will happen to them. SKEPTIC:a person inclined to questions or doubts accepted opinions Relate Skeptic with Antiseptic. Many customers question or doubt on accepted belief that Antiseptic cream Boroline is effective. SKIMP:a try to spend less money, time, etc than is really needed S+kim+pkim is the keyword. Kim Sharma didn`t get success in Bollywood so now she spends less money on her skin in an attempt to save money. SKINFLINT: a person who does not like spending money Skin+flint.Skin is the keyword. If you are planning or want to be an actor or actress you have to spend lot of money on your looks especially skin. Do you know that Rani Mukherjee doesn`t like spending money on her skin. SKIRMISH:a small fight between small groups of soldiers, especially one that is not planned Skir+mish...mish sounds as miss. Atal Bihari Vajpayee missed short arguments or fight, especially one that is not planned with Sonia Gandhi (both are political opponents). SKULLDUGGERY: dishonest behavior or activities Skull+duggery..Skull (a person`s head or brain). Jab Insaan ka skull (a person`s head or brain) ghoomta hai to he gets dangerous and starts behaving in dishonest manner.

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SKULK: to hide or move around secretly Skulk rhymes as hulk. Hulk Hogan, a WWE Wrestler was trying to hide or move around secretly especially when Undertaker had planned something bad. SLACK: not stretched, loose S+lacklack is the keyword Lack of stretch or tightness or loosen. SLAKE: to drink water so that you no longer feel thirsty S+ lake.lake is the keyword. In the TV serial Mogli forest animals go to the lake to drink water so that they no longer feel thirsty. SLANDER: a false statement spoken intended to damage the good opinion people have of somebody Slander sounds as cylinder or gas cylinder. H.P gas made a false spoken statement about L.P.G gas cylinder that is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of L.P.G gas cylinders. SLAPDASH: done or doing something too hurriedly & carelessly Slap + dash.Slap is the keyword. Ajay Devgan slaps Kajol when she does something hurriedly and carelessly. SLEAZY: very dirty, unpleasant and not socially acceptable S+ leazyleazy sound as lazy. Nana Patekar is so lazy that he doesnt keep himself clean. He is very dirty, unpleasant and not socially acceptable. SLEEPER: something of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable Relate sleeper with Sleeper Class. Amitabh Bachchan planned to go Allahabad. He didnt get any flight but he had sleeper class ticket of train that sleeper ticket had little importance especially when he wanted to go by flight. SLEIGHT: skillful movements of your hand that other people cannot see Sleight sounds as slight (a little). A magician moves his hands very slightly but he can rotate 10-12 balls with both his hands. SLEW: a large number or amount of something Slew sounds as slow. Accountant shouldnt be slow in counting because in a day, he has to count large number or quantity of money. SLIGHT: to treat somebody rudely or insult somebody S+lightlight is the keyword During shooting of Swadesh, suddenly lights went, Shahrukh treated the whole team especially director rudely or without respect, saying that they couldn`t take care of lights. SLIPSHOD: done without care Slip+shodSlip is the keyword. College students fill bank payment slip or other forms without care and create mistakes.

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SLITHER:slide or slip unsteadily on a loose or slippery surface, often close to the ground Slit+herher is the keyword During rainy season, Kajol was carrying her Childs school b ag and holding her tight so that she didnt slide on loose or slippery surface SLOTH: the bad habit of being very lazy & unwilling to work Slo+th..Slo sounds as slow. Nana Patekar has a bad habit of being lazy and unwilling to work. SLOTHFUL: lazy Sloth+fulrelate ful with fully SRK is fully lazy when he has to promote his movies but for promotion of Ra.one he is energetic SLOUGH: to lose a layer of dead skin Slough sounds as slow. During the summer season the snake shed and lost a layer of dead skin slowly. SLOVENLY: untidy and dirty or careless or excessively casual in habits S+love+nlylove is the keyword. Preeti Zinta loves to be untidy and dirty or careless or excessively casual during shooting. SLUGGARD: very lazy Slug+gardgard sounds as guard. Security guards of Manmohan Singh are very lazy. SLUGGISH: moving, working more slowly than normal & in a way that seems lazy Sluggish same as sluggard (very lazy or moving, reacting or working more slowly than normal and in a way that seems lazy) Due to arrival of Manmohan Singh in Delhi traffic gets sluggish. SLUR: to harm somebodys reputation by making harmful or unfair statements about them S+lurlurlurna(in Hindi) (fight or argue). Mallaika Arora starts lurna(argue karna) with Rakhi Sawant because she was trying to harm Malalika Aroras reputation by making harmful or unfair statements about her. SMATTERING: a small amount of something, especially knowledge of a language S+matter+ingmatter is the keyword. It doesn`t matter that you are Jack of all subjects (small or slight knowledge of subjects) the thing that matter is great or wide knowledge of at least one (subject) SMELT: to heat and melt ores S+ meltmelt is the keyword. We need to heat and melt ores (rock that contains metal) in order to obtain the metal it contains. SMIRK: to smile in a silly or unpleasant way Smi for smile and smi for smirk Smirk is different from smile, it`s a silly smile. SNICKER: laugh in a half suppressed way S+nickerrelate nicker with nicker (in Hindi) (half pant). Shakti Kapoor wore a nicker (half pant) in the movie Raja Babu, Girls watching him and laughing in a half suppressed way.

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SNIVEL: to cry complain in a way that people think is annoying Sni+velvel sounds as well Sania Mirza was not feeling well and looking upset before the match. Later everyone found that Sania was crying and complaining in an annoying way because she forgot her tennis racquet. SOBRIETY: the state of being sober Sounds as combination of Sober and celebrity Kingfisher Owner Vijay Mallya though being celebrity is always in a state of being sober. SODDEN: extremely wet Relate sodden with sudden. Abhishek Bachchan made a sudden plan that in coming holi, he will make Aishwarya Rai completely or extremely wet with colors. SOJOURN: a temporary stay in a place away from your home So+ journrelate journ with journey. In a long journey (road trip) on a bike or car with friends or family, we prefer a temporary stay at a place away from home. SOLACE: to find feeling of emotional comfort when one is sad or disappointed Watch Quantum of Solace, it`s a movie of James Bond who tried to find feeling of emotional comfort when he was sad or disappointed. SOLECISM: a mistake in the use of language in speech or writing Sole+ cismsole sounds as sholay. In the movie Sholay, Basanti does a lot of mistakes in use of English in speech and writing. SOLICIT: to ask somebody for something, such as support, money, or information Soli+citsoli sounds as saali and cit sounds as sit. Saali(Twinkle Khannas sister) welcomed her jijaji (Akshay Kumar) at her home and asked him to sit peacefully then she asked Akshay for support or money to get out of her financial problem. SOMBER: very sad and serious Relate somber with samba (a Brazilian dance of African origin). Sonam Kapoor is learning samba dance. She is going to perform in IIFA awards but she was looking very sad and serious before the samba performance. SOMNAMBULIST: a sleepwalker Somnam+bulistsomnam is the key wordrelate it with Sonam. Do you know that Sonam Kapoor is a sleepwalker only her parents know about it. SOMNOLENT: almost asleep Relate somnolent with somnambulistbut somnolent means almost asleep (no walking). SONOROUS: having a pleasant full deep sound Sono + rousrelate sono with sonu. Sonu Nigam sings very well, Sonus voice has pleasant full deep sound. SOPHIST: someone who persuade people that something is true when it is really false Sophi + st Sophi (Bollywood singer) is very smart women, Sophi uses clever arguments to persuade her friend that something is true (that she is a great singer) when it is really false.

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SOPHISTICATED:having a lot of experience of the world and knowing Sophi+sticatedrelate Sophi with soophi (soofi singers). Soophi singers like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan has lot of experience of the world and knowing about fashion, culture and other thing that people think are socially important. SOPHISTRY:use clever arguments to persuade people that something is true when it is really false. Sophi+ stry..relate Sophi with Singer Sophi. Singer Sophi use clever arguments to persuade people that something (she is a great singer) is true when it is really false. SOPORIFIC:making you feel like going to sleep Sopori+ ficSopori sounds as Supari(in Hindi) Once Amitabh ate lot of Supari with Paan when he was in Allahabad, Supari make him feel like going to sleep.

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SORDID:dirty and unpleasant, or dishonest or immoral Sordid sounds as combination of sorry + did. Madonna made Wills Smiths house dirty and unpleasant and said sorry for what she did. SPARSE:present in small amounts or numbers and often spread over a large area Sparse sounds as spa (a commercial establishment offering health and beauty treatment). In India spa are only present in small amounts or numbers in cities but often spread over all the cities. SPARTAN:from Sparta a powerful city in ancient Greece, where the people were not interested in comfort or luxury Watch movie 300 days it is a story about Sparta, a powerful city in ancient Greece, where the people were not interested in comfort or luxury. SPASMODIC:happening suddenly for short period of time Spas+modi+ crelate modi with Modi Cement. Modi Cement Owner showed his interest in politics suddenly for short period of time then gave it up. SPAT:a small dispute converted into a big chaos Spat sounds as spaat (a train`s name) (in Hindi). In Spaat Express a small dispute among passengers became/converted a big chaos. SPATE:a large number of similar things or events coming in quick succession. Spate sounds as combination of Spain and fate. Fate of Spain farmers is very bad as they have to face a large number of problems or events coming in quick succession, after drought they are now facing flood problems. SPATIAL:relating to space Obvious To seek a job in NASA, one should have spatial knowledge. SPECIOUS:seeming right or true but actually wrong or false Specious sounds as spacious (having plenty of space). Initially it seems that Tata Nano has lot of space but actually it`s wrong or false. SPENDTHRIFT: a person who spends a lot of money or wastes money . Spend+thriftSpend is the keyword and thrift sounds as thief. A thief like Telgi (Stamp Paper Scam) spent a lot of money or wastes money because he didn`t understand the importance of money. SPLICE:to join the ends of two pieces of ropes by weaving them together Splice sounds as slice. Mango slice gave energy to Katrina Kaif to join the ends of two pieces of ropes by weaving them together. SPONTANEITY: the qualities of being spontaneous Obvious The quality of being spontaneous (spontaneous reaction are those reaction which happen naturally without being made to happen) SPORADIC:appearing or occurring at intervals S+poradic..poradic sounds as periodic. Periodic is something appearing or occurring at intervals but sporadic is something which is appearing or occurring at irregular intervals.

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SPORTIVE:playful Obvious Kapil Dev was a very sportive player in cricket. SPRUCE:to make somebody/something/yourself neat & clean Sp+rucerelate ruce with ruce (in Hindi)(Russia) People of ruce(in Hindi)(Russia) keep themselves neat and smart. SPRY:make you feel lively especially an old person Relate spry with sprite. Sprite (cold drink) makes you feel lively especially of an old person SPURIOUS:false or fake, although seeming to be genuine or pure S+puriousrelate purious with pure. Dhara refined oil is false or not pure although seems pure or genuine. SPURN:to reject/refuse someone or somebody in a very proud way S+pur+nrelate pur with pur(in Hindi) (but) is the key word Katrina rejected or refused to marry Salman Khan pur(but) she still like him. SQUABBLE:quarrel or a trivial noisy argument S+quabblequabble is the keyword In quabble Replace b with r you in will get your meaning. SQUALOR:extremely dirty and unpleasant Relate squalor with squirrel. Squirrel loves to be extremely dirty and unpleasant in rainy season. SQUANDER:waste a lot of money, time etc in stupid or careless way Squander sounds as splendor. Indian Youth wastes a lot of money, time etc. in stupid or careless way on bikes like Splendor, Passion etc. SQUAT:short and wide or fat Relate squat with squad (a small number of soldiers). Police squad caught a short and wide or fat terrorist; he was looking like Ajmal Kasab. He was trying to plant a bomb at the Pune station. STAGNANT: water which is not moving and therefore smelling unpleasant Stag+nantStag (a fully adult male deer) is the keyword A stag died after drinking water which was not moving and therefore smelling unpleasant. STAID:uninteresting, boring and old fashioned St+aid .relate aid with AIDS Someone who is suffering from AIDS, his life gets uninteresting, boring and old fashioned. STALEMATE:a situation in a dispute or competition in which neither side is able to win or make progress Stalemate rhymes as checkmate. Checkmate is a position of check from which a king cannot escape whereas stalemate is a situation in which a player cannot successfully move any of their pieces and the game ends without a winner.

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STALWART:the loyal supporter that you can rely on S+tal+warttal sounds as tall. The tall WWE fighter Khali decided to join Anna Hazare; he wants to be the loyal supporter of Anna whom he can rely on. STAMINA:ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort Obvious Sachin Tendulkar has a great stamina. STANCH/STAUNCH:stop or restrict Stanch/staunchstaunch rhymes as launch. The launch of Murder 2 starring Emraan Hashmi and Jacqueline Fernandez was stopped or restricted as there were many erotic scenes in the movie. STANZA:group of lines in a repeated pattern that from a unit in some types of poem Obvious Lyrics of a song are written in stanza. STATIC:lacking movement, action or change Obvious A paralyzed person is also called a static person. STATUTORY:fixed by law; that must be done by law. You must have seen statutory warning before Movies, TV Serials, Ads, etc. Ex. On Cigarette Packets Cigarette Smoking is Injurious to Health. STEADFAST:consistent or not changing Stead+ fastfast is the keyword. Zaheer Khan is the only fast bowler who is steady or consistent or not changing in his performance. He performed well in every match of World Cup. STEALTH:the fact of doing something in a quiet or secret way Steal+th..Steal is the keyword. Dev Anand aka Jewel Thief, steals in a quiet or secret way so that no one knows that. STEM:stop or restrict We know stem as main long thin part of a plant above the ground from which leaves or flowers grow. Once Upon a time, In Ram Garh, there was heavy flood occurred. Jai and Veeru decided to stop or restrict (the flow of flood) by using heavy piece of stem of bamboo tree. STEM FROM:to be result of something It`s a phrase stem from something means to be result of something. Most people`s insecurities is result of something that happened in their past. Remember Batman`s Story. STENTORIAN:loud and powerful by voice S+ten+torianten is the keyword. When Tendulkar scored ten thousand runs, people in Wankhede stadium made loud and powerful noise by their voice.

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STEREOTYPE:a fixed idea or image that people have of a particular person or thing but which is not often true in reality Stereo+typestereo is the keyword. Sony stereo player, a good image that many people have a Sony stereo player (that its sounds are awesome) but which is often not true in reality. STICKLER:a person who sticks with certain type of behavior or type of quality Stick+lerstick is the keyword. Himesh Reshamiya is stuck with particular type of singing thats why people are getting bored of his singing. STIFLE:to prevent something from happening Sti+fle...Relate sti with stile or style. In the movie Dabbang, Salman Khan tries to show his style of removing his shirt but the director prevents it from happening. STIGMA:a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person . Stig+maRelate ma with maa (in Hindi) (mother). Maa can never be a mark of disgrace (loss of reputation) in any circumstances. STILTED:not natural or relaxed, too formal Stil+ted..Stil sounds as still. The relationship of Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha is still not natural or relaxed, its too formal. STINT:a period of time that you spend working somewhere or doing a particular activity Relate Stint with stunt. Ranvijay (MTV-VJ) spends a lot of time in doing stunts whenever he is free. STINT:be thrifty or use only a small amount of something Relate Stint with stunt. Ranvijay (MTV-VJ) shows small amount of skills which he learned in his free time. STIPEND:a fixed regular sum paid as a salary or as expense to a student, teacher or public official. Obvious A student doing his internship in a company is paid a fixed amount of money called stipend. STIPULATE:state clearly and firmly that, something must be done Stipu+latelate is the keyword. Karan Johar state clearly and firmly that, everyone (especially Shah Rukh Khan) will come on time for shooting on time and no one will be late. STOCK:supply of goods or materials Obvious A shop-keeper has to keep records of the stock in his shop. STODGY:heavy and making you feel full Relate Stodgy with Sardarji. Mr. Siddhu had food (makke ki roti and sarso ka saag) that was heavy and made him feel full after that Sardarji started his dull and boring cricket commentary.

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STOIC:a person who is able to suffer pain or trouble without complaining or showing what they are feeling Origin From the stories, a group of ancient Greek philosophers, who believed that wise people should not allow themselves to be affected by painful or pleasant experiences STOKE:to add fuel to a fire, etc. Stoke sounds as stroke. When Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a stroke and made runs it seems like he is adding coal to a fire, furnace, etc. STOLID:not showing much emotion or interest, very calm Stolid sounds as solid. Kamal Hassan is very solid from heart which means he is not showing much emotion or interest, very calm. STRATAGEM:a trick or plan that you use to gain advantage or deceive an enemy Relate Stratagem with strategy. In the end of the movie Nayak, Anil Kapoor made a strategy that he used to gain an advantage or to deceive his opponent (Amrish Puri). STREW:to cover a surface with things S+trewtrew sounds as true. It is true that, in the movie Mohabbatein, whenever Shah Rukh Khan sings there are leaves falling to cover or spread or lying over the path behind him. STRICTURE:severe criticism especially on someones behavior Stricture sounds as structure. The Common Wealth Games planning and finance structure collapsed or finished during preparation. Suresh Kalmadi was severely criticized by newspaper and public. STRIDENT:having a loud, harsh, & unpleasant sound Relate strident with student. In the movie Faltu, college students like to hear loud harsh rock music of Rammestein (a Hollywood singer) STRINGENT:very strict Stringent rhymes as detergent. We shouldnt use cheap detergents or local washing powder, they could be very strict for your hands. STRUT:to walk proudly with your head up & chest out Strut sounds as studstud is the keyword. Stud Indian cricket players walk proudly with their heads up and chest out after winning the World Cup Finals. STUDIED:deliberate and carefully planned Obvious The terrorist had carefully studied the movements of Taj Hotel before they carried out the attack. STULTIFY:making you feel very bored and unable to think of new ideas Stul+tifyStul sounds as stool In the movie A Wednesday, Naseeruddin Shah, sits on the stool which make s him feel very bored and unable to think of new ideas.

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STUPEFY:surprise or shock somebody, etc Relate stupefy with stupid. Bipasha Basu makes John Abraham stupid by surprise or shock, or to make him unable to think clearly. STUPOR:state where one is unable to think clearly Relate stupor with stupid. Stupid people like Devdas take alcohol and go into a state where they are unable to think clearly.

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STURDY:to be strong and solid Relate sturdy with study. Salman Khan studies a lot of books and magazines on health and fitness to be strong and solid. STYGIAN:the river in the underworld which the souls of the dead have to cross Greek myth Origin of Stygian is from the Styx, the river in the underworld which the souls of the dead have to cross Greek myth STYMIE:to prevent somebody from doing something that they have planned or want to do Stymie ounds as combination of Style + me Every youngster thinks style me rehne ka (in Hindi) but their parents prevent them from doing what they planned or want to do (to be stylish). SUAVE:confident, elegant and polite Suave sounds as Shoaib. Shoaib Akhtar is a confident, elegant and polite cricketer of Pakistan. SUBDUE:to bring somebody/something under control by force Sub+dueSub sounds as SAB (a TV channel) SAB TV channel is going to be banned and closed by using force because lot of money of customers was due. SUBJECTIVE:based on your own ideas & opinions Obvious Opposite of objective SUBJUGATE:to defeat somebody/something Subju+gategate is the keyword. In GATE exam or any other exam, male aspirants defeat female in most cases. SUBLIMATE:to direct your energy especially sexual energy to socially acceptable activities such as work, exercise, art, etc. Sub+lim+atelim sounds as lime. Salman ate lot of lime and other fruits to direct his energy especially sexual energy to socially acceptable activities such as work, exercise, art, etc. SUBLIME:of very high quality, causing admiration Sub+limelime is the keyword. HUL (Hindustan Unilever Limited) launched high quality lime water. Lime water has very high quality and causes great admiration by the users. SUBLIMINAL:affecting your mind even though you are not aware of it Sub+liminalSub is the short form of subject. In engineering colleges, many subjects are worthless, they only affect student`s mind even though they are not aware of it. SUBMISSIVE:willing to obey somebody whatever they want to do Sub+missmiss is the keyword. In school days, Einstein missed his Mathematics subject exam, he was willing to obey his teacher whatever she want him to do in exchange of taking his exam again.

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SUBORDINATE:lower in rank or position Obvious Vice President is the subordinate of President. SUBORN:to pay or persuade someone to do something illegal Sub+bornborn is the keyword. Newton was born intelligent, his friends tried to pay or persuade him to do something illegal but he never obeyed them. SUBPOENA:a written order to attend a court of law as a witness to give evidence Sub+poenaPoena sounds as peena(in Hindi)(Drinking) Sanjay Dutt again started peena (in Hindi)(alcohol) on the road side in the middle of night. One day a murder took place on the road and he was the eye witness of that murder. After few days he received a written order to attend a court of law as a witness to give evidence. SUBSEQUENT:happening after something else Obvious Apple Inc. made subsequent decisions after Steve Jobs passed away. SUBSERVIENT:behaving like a servant; likely to obey other people Sub+servientservient sounds as servant. In the movie Hera Pheri, Sunil Shetty and Akshay has to act like servant and obey Paresh Raval. SUBSIDE: to become less intense or violent; calmer or quieter Sub+side..side is the keyword. In the movie Rang De Basanti, during protest, police was trying to control the crowd and bringing everyone aside so that crowd becomes less violent and calmer or quieter. SUBSIDIARY:less important that but related or supplementary to something Obvious Many companies are subsidiaries of larger companies. SUBSISTENCE:the state of having just enough food or money to stay alive Relate subsistence with substance. The Hindu Newspaper announced that 80% people are in state of having just food or money to stay alive in the country, but they said this claim has no solid substance (solid basis in reality or fact) SUBSTANTIAL:in large amount or value Relate substantial with substance. Lawyers had no solid substance in large amount or value against Jessica murder case thats why initial trials failed. SUBSTANTIATE:provide evidence to support or prove the truth of Relate Substantiate with substance. Congress suspects 'foreign hand' behind Anna Hazaare fast but this claim has no solid substance to prove, so Congress need to provide evidence to support and prove it. SUBSTANTIVE:pertaining to substance Relate substantive with substance Substantive means something related to substance.

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SUBSUME:to include something in a particular group and not consider it separately Subsume rhymes as resume. Many companies wants that subjects studied in college should be included in resume or CV and dont consider it separate. SUBTERFUGE:a trick used in order to achieve ones goal Subter+fugefuge sounds as fuse. In school days Shah Rukh Khan used to show to his mother that bulb is fused and he cant study. Actually its a trick used in order to achieve his goal of not studying. SUBTLE:making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something. Subtle sounds as shuttle. Sania Nehwal plays in a clever way during badminton match. She uses clever and indirect methods to drop shuttle cock to achieve points against opponent. SUBVERSIVE:trying or likely to destroy a government or political system by attacking it secretly or indirectly Sub+vers+ivevers sounds as worse. Congress party made its situation worse when people came to know that it trying to convert or destroy the education system by attacking it directly or indirectly. SUCCINCT:expressed clearly and in a few words Suc+cinctsuc sounds as suck (very bad) Benajeer Bhutto (Farmer Pakistani Prime minister) suck (very bad) in speech, instead of giving clear and briefly expressed speech, she gave very lengthy speeches. SUCCOR:help that you give to somebody who is suffering or having problems Succor sounds as shakkar(sugar)(in Hindi). Shakkar(succor) is provided to flood victims in Korea, help that India gives to Koreans who are suffering or having lot of problems. SUCCULENT:containing a lot of juice & good to taste Suc + culentSuc sounds as suck. In Maaza cold drink advertisement, Katrina sucked all the mangoes because they contained lot of juice and good taste. SUCCUMB:to fail to resist an attack or illness Suc+cum+brelate cum with cum (in Hindi)(less). If a child sucks milk very cum(less) from mother`s breast, he will fail to resist an attack or illness, etc. SUFFUSE:to spread all over through somebody/something Suf+fusefuse is the keyword. When Bajaj bulb gets fuse, darkness spread all over the house. SULLY:to spoil or lower the value of something Sullysounds as Sali(in Hindi)(Sister of wife) Twinkle Khanna`s sister or Sali of Akshay Kumar, damage the purity or integrity of relation of jija and saali. SULTRY:very hot & humid Sul+trytry sounds as tree. Only a banyan tree can protect us from hot and humid weather.

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SUMMATION:sum or total Sum+mation..Sum is the keyword. The cashier needs to find the sum or total of all the cash that has been deposited in the bank on each day. SUMPTUOUS:splendid and expensive looking Sump+tuousSump (cave in which water collects) is the keyword Akbar built a splendid and expensive looking sump to solve the water problem of local people. SUNDER:to split or break somebody/something apart, especially by force Sun+derRelate Sun with Sunday. Last Sunday, John Abraham split apart his jockey`s under wear. SUNDRY:various, not important enough to be named separately Relate Sundry with Sunday. On Sundays, Amitabh and Jaya decided to remove various items not important enough to be mentioned separately, from their house. SUPERANNUATED:too old for work or to be used Super+annuatedSuper is the keyword. Superman is getting old annually or every year. Superman is too old for work now. SUPERCILIOUS:behave towards other people as if you think you are better than they are Super+cili+ouscili sounds as silly. Superman thinks that he is better than other people or superior to others but don`t you think that this is very silly thought because there are other superheroes such as Batman, Nagraj, Shaktimaan etc. SUPEREROGATORY:more than needed or superfluous; performance of more work than duties Superero+gatoryRelate seperero with superior hero. Superior heroes especially like superman do work which is more than needed or superfluous. SUPERFICIAL:only affecting the surface & therefore not serious Super+ficialficial sounds as facial There is a new facial cream launched by ITC known as super facial, its effect on the skin is not very deep or thorough, just effective on surface of your skin therefore no body is serious to buy. SUPERFLUOUS:more than you need or want Super+flu+ousflu is the keyword. In India, people taking precautions more than wanted against bird flu. SUPERIMPOSE:place or lay (one thing) over another Obvious We studied it in physics. In order to trace a picture we need to place a blank page over the drawing.

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SUPERNUMERARY:more than you normally need; extra Super+numeraryrelate numerary with number Rich people like Mukesh Ambanis have money in large number or quantities that exceed normal requirements. SUPERSEDE:to take the place of somebody/something that is considered to be old fashioned or no longer the best available Super+ sederelate sede with seat. After the movie Batman Begins Batman replaced or took the place or seat of Superman SUPPLANT:to take the place of somebody/something Sup+plantplant is the keyword. Do you know that scientist found a new plant known as supplant, in the near future supplant will supersede and replace the plants. SUPPLE: able to move or bend parts of your body easily into different positions Supple rhymes as apple Those who eat apple can move or bend parts of their body easily into different positions example Shilpa shetty SUPPLICANT:person who supplicates (the act of asking for something with a very humble way) Supplicant is the adjective of Supplication SUPPLICATION:the act of asking for something with a very humble way Supplication rhymes as application. Supplication is same as application just a lot of humbleness is involved. SUPPOSITION:suppose or assume something or hypothesis Suppos+itionSuppos sounds as suppose Suppose or assume something or hypothesis. SUPPOSITITIOUS:supposed or assumed Suppos+ititioussupposed or assumed. SUPPRESS:forcibly press or put an end to Sup+presspress is the key word. Forcibly press or put an end to. SURFEIT:an amount that is too large Sur+feitfeit sounds as feet and sur sounds as sir. Sir Don Bradman runs very fast it causes an excess pain in his feet that`s why he took early retirement from cricket. SURLY:bad tempered and unfriendly Sur+lysur sounds as sir. Sunny Deol never attended any class, he always made his sir bad tempered and unfriendly. SURMISE: a guess based on facts that you know already Relate Surmise with sarmana (in Hindi) (shy) Someone stole money from Karinas house, Police said to Kareena Kapoor Sarmao mat, at least make a guess based on facts that you know already like at what time he entered in your room, what type of clothes he was wearing etc.

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SURMOUNT:to deal successfully with a difficulty Sur+mountmount is the keyword. Bachendri Pal and her team deal successfully with the difficulty of reaching Mount Everest. SURPASS:be greater or better than Sur+passpass is the keyword. Amitabhs son Abhishek Bachchan passed the school board exam with better or greater marks than him. SURREPTITIOUS:done secretly or quickly, in the hope that other people will not notice Surrep+titiousRelate surrep with surp(snake) (in Hindi). Surp remove their skin secretly or stealthily in the hope that other will not notice. SURROGATE:describe a person or thing that takes the place of or used instead of somebody/something Sur+ gategate is the keyword. At India Gate you can find so many surrogate mothers for orphans. SURVEILLANCE:the act of carefully watching a person suspected of a crime or a place where a crime may be committed Surveillance sounds as combination of survey + lens. New York Police Department does survey using lens so that they could do close observations, especially of a suspected spy or criminal. SUSCEPTIBLE:easily influenced, harmed or affected by somebody/something Suscept+iblerelate Suscept with suspect. In the movie Singham, Ajay Devgan doesnt easily influence or affected by suspects stories. SUSTAIN:support physically/mentally Obvious Poor people cannot sustain their families without working hard. SUSTENANCE:The food & drink that people, animals & plants need to live & stay healthy Obvious The sustenance of life for the young animals is needed. SWARTHY: having dark skin Swarthy sounds as Sarthy (in Hindi). Lord Krishna (known to have a dark skin) was the Sarthy of Arjun in Mahabharata. SWELTER:to be hot in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable Relate swelter with shelter. In month of May and June, poor people in villages need shelter to avoid hot weather that makes them feel uncomfortable. SWERVE:to change direction suddenly Swerve sounds as serve. Rafael Nadal (Tennis Player) learned a new serve in which he changes its direction suddenly and it`s difficult for opponents to take such serves. SWILL:to drink something quickly and/in large quantities S+willwill is the keyword. Salman has a strong will-power that only he can drink Pepsi quickly and in large quantities.

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SWINDLER:cheat others in order to get money from them Relate swindler with schindler. Watch movie Schindlers List, it`s about people who cheat others in order to get money from them. SYBARITE:person who is very fond of luxury and comfort Syba+riterite sounds as right. In the movie Mann, Aamir Khan played a role of person who is very fond of luxury and comfort which is not right. SYCOPHANT: person who praises important people too much in a way that is not sincere Syco+phantsyco sounds as psycho and phan sounds as fan. There are people who are fan of important people like Sachin, Aamir Khan, Mahatma Gandhi etc but psycho fan are those who praise important people too much in a way that is not sincere. SYMBIOSIS:the relationship between two different living creatures thatlive together and depend on each other in particular ways, each getting particular benefits from the other Relate symbiosis with Symbiosis Business School. In Symbiosis Business School the relationship between students and professors is such that each getting particular benefits from the other. SYMMETRY:the quality of being very similar or equal Obvious The father is a church treats everyone similarly and equally. SYNCHRONOUS:happening or existing at the same time Obvious SYNOPTIC:a summary of project Obvious We submit synopsis of our project in college. It is a summary of project. SYNTHESIS:the act of combining separate ideas, beliefs, style, etc. Obvious The synthesis of chemicals was so explosive that Michael Jackson lost a few fingers and his eyebrows. SYNTHETIC:artificial or resulting from synthesis or made by combining chemical substancesratherthan being produced, naturally by plants or animals. Ex, synthetic fabrics Obvious Synthetic clothes are cheaper in Bangladesh. TACIT:that is suggested indirectly or understood Ta+citcit sounds as sit. If Kunal Khemu goes to Emraan Hashmis house, he doesnt need permission to sit it`s suggested indirectly or understood because they are very good friends TACITURN:tending not to say very much; reserved; uncommunicative Taci+turnturn is the keyword. In the movie Zanjeer, Amitabh played a role of angry young man, which tends to say very much or very reserved or uncommunicative in speech or saying very little, but Jaya Bhaduri turned him to speak.

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TACTILE:connected with the sense of touch Tactile rhymes as reptiles (snakes, lizards, turtles, etc.). You have to use your sense of touch to feel snakes, turtles, etc. skin. TAINT:to damage or spoil the quality of somebody/something or the opinion that people have of somebody/something Taint sounds as tent (a shelter). In Common Wealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi arranged a tent for athlete to stay, that was really humiliating for administration. He actually damaged or spoiled the reputation of congress government. TANGENTIAL:having a a slight or indirect connection with something Obvious In Mathematics we study circles and tangents. TANGIBLE:that can be clearly seen to exist Tan+gibletan is the keyword. After returning from Goa, Nikhil Chinapa (MTV-VJ) was so tan that his tan could be seen clearly to exist. TANNER:a person whose job is to tan animals skin to make leather It comes from tannery (a place where animal skins are tanned and made into leather). It means a person whose job is to tan (to make animal skin into leather by treating it with chemicals) animal skin to make leather. TANTALIZE:to make a person or animal want something that they cannot have or do Tan+talize..relate Tan with Tendulkar When Sachin Tendulkar is in form, he makes Shane Warne want what he cant do. TANTAMOUNT:equivalent; virtually the same as Tant+amountamount is the keyword. Danny Boyle signed Shah Rukh Khan for his new movie, and gave amount in dollars which is equivalent in value to ten crore rupees. TANTRUM:uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration Relate tantrum with tantra-mantra (in Hindi). Shah Rukh Khan tried tantra-mantra on his son, which causes uncontrolled outburst of anger and frustration in his son. TARRY:stay in a place, especially when you ought to leave, delay leaving Tarry rhymes as Harry. Harry (Harry Potter) whenever went to Emma Watson`s home, he stayed longer than intended and delayed in leaving. Emma doesn`t like this kind of behavior TAUT:stretched tightly Taut sounds as taught Whenever Sachin Tendulkar taught his son, he starts stretching tightly his muscles. TAUTOLOGICAL:a statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words, whenthis is unnecessary Taut + ologicaltaut sounds as taught. In school, teachers taught us about statement in which you say the same thing twice in different words, when this unnecessary forexample, they spoke in turn, one after another.

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TAWDRY:intended to be bright & attractive but cheap & of low quality Taw+ drydry is the keyword. Now a days dry fruits in the market are looking bright and attractive but cheap and are of poor quality. Dont buy them.

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TAXONOMIST: a person who studies or is skilled in taxonomy The branch of science concerned with classification. For ex. Classification of tax or how many type of taxes are there. TEDIUM:the quality of being boring Relate Tedium with tedious (too long, slow and boring) Javed Jaffrey had a tedious time on the sets of the movie Double Dhamaal which made him bored. TEETOTALISM:Never drinking alcohol Tee+totalism .Tee sounds as tea. John Abraham started drinking Red label tea to quit alcohol completely. TEMERITY:extremely confident behavior, that people are likely to consider rude Te+merit+ymerit is the keyword. There is a student who has extremely confident behavior that their name will come in merit list, that people is likely to consider rude. TEMPER:If somebody has a temper, they become angry very easily Obvious Harry has a very short temper. TEMPERAMENT:a persons nature as shown in the way they behave or react to situations or people Obvious Amitabh works with great temperament. TEMPERATE:having a mild temperature without extremes of heat & cold Temp+raterelate temp with temperature. Rate of temperature is very mild or mild temperature without extremes of heat or cold. TEMPESTUOUS:full of extreme emotions & excitement Temp+estuousrelate temp with temple. In temple, everyone gets sentimental or full of extreme emotional and excitement especially Amitabh in a scene of the movie Deewar gets very emotional. TEMPO:the speed or rhythm of a piece of music Obvious The tempo of A.R.Rahmans music is very great. TEMPORAL:connected with the real physical world, not spiritual matters Relate temporal with temporary (not lasting forever). Temporary things are connected with real physical world, not spiritual matters. TEMPORIZE:delay in giving an answer, in order to gain time Tempo+rizerize sounds as rise. People are raising questions why prices of petrol rise? Government is not in a position to give any correct answer; they are actually delaying in giving an answer. TENACIOUS:someone who doesn`t give up easily Tena+ciousrelate Tena with Teena Munim (Bollywood actress) Teena Munim is a very determined lady, doesn`t give up easily.

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TENACITY:someone who doesn`t give up easily Tenacity is noun form of tenacious. TENDENTIOUS:to express a very strong opinion that people are likely to disagree with Relate tendentious with tendency. Sushma Swaraj always has tendency (likely to behave or act in a particular way)to express a very strong opinion that people are likely to disagree with. TENDER:a formal offer to supply goods or carry out work at a stated price Obvious Governments publish different tender notice like petrol pump tender notice, road development, etc. in the newspaper regularly. TENET:one of the principles or beliefs that are a theory or larger set of beliefs is based on Te+netrelate net with internet. Internet is based on the principle of free access to the information. TENSILE:capable of being stretched out Obvious Must have heard of tensile strength of rubber TENTATIVE:indefinite; not definite or certain because you may want to change it later Ten+tative..Ten is the keyword. Team members of Movie 10th (ten) December made indefinite (not definite) arrangement to launch it on 10 th December in theatres because they may want to change it later. TENUOUS:weak or uncertain that it hardly exists Tenuous sounds as tennis. Do you know that tennis player Rafael Nadal, was very thin and weak when he started playing tennis. TENURE:the period of time when somebody holds an important job, especially a political one Ten+ureure sounds as your Sonia Gandhi sent congratulations to Manmohan Singh that he completed successfully five years as the Prime Minister of India. TEPID:slightly warm Tep+idTep sounds as tap. Did you ever notice that tap water is slightly warm in the afternoon? TERMINATION:the act of ending something Relate Termination with terminator. Terminator, a movie of Arnold, his role was to end the crime in the city. TERMINOLOGY:the set of technical words or expressions used in a particular subject or terms which we use in particular subject Obvious In some engineering text books, the terminology is complicated but the concepts are simple. TERRESTRIAL:living on the land or ground Obvious you must have heard about terrestrial bodies living on the land or ground. Lions are terrestrial animals they live on land or ground.

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TERSE:using few words & often not seeming polite In the movie Main Hoon Na, Shah Rukh Khan dedicated a song to Sushmita Sen with a few words which were not polite and were misinterpreted. TERTIARY:third in order or level Obvious Primary, Secondary and Tertiary TESTATOR:a person who has made a will or given a legacy Test+ator..Test is the keyword After looking at his medical test results, Jagjit Singh called a testator to make his will or legacy because he wasnt sure for how many days he will live more TESTY:easily annoyed or irritated Testy sounds as tasty Emraan Hashmi gets annoyed and irritated if his food is not tasty. THEMATIC:connected with theme Them+ aticthem sounds as theme...theme is the keyword. Lagaan is a movie, connected with theme of cricket THEORETICAL:connected with theory, not practical Obvious Most of the subjects in Commerce are theoretical. THERAPEUTIC:designed to help treat an illness Therape+uticTherape sounds as therapy (the treatment of a physical problem or an illness). Rajnikant had to go to Singapore in order to undergo the therapy designed to help treat an illness. THERMAL:connected with heat Obvious NTPC has biggest thermal power plant or thermal energy resource is Singrauli THESPIAN:someone who act in the theatre or drama Relate thespian with theatre. There are many Marathi actors who act in theatre or drama. THRALL:slave; servant or captive; controlled or strongly influenced by somebody/something Thrall sounds as combination of throw + all Saddam Hussain throw, all those people who opposed him, in prisons and made them slave, servant or captive. THREADBARE:old & thin because it has been used a lot Thread+bareThread is the keyword The thread used in a sweater made by Jaya Bhaduro gets old and thin as it has been used a lot by Amitabh Bachhan THRIFTY:careful about money and not wasting thing Thrifty sounds as combination of three+ fifty (350) After getting profit of 350 crore, Ambani was careful about money and did not waste a single rupee.

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THRIVE:to become and continue to successful, strong, healthy, etc. Obvious I will thrive when I am older and I hope I am successful. THROES:very intense or violent pain Throes sound as throws. During World Cup Yuvrajs throw injured Dhoni. Dhoni had a very intense or violent pain in his finger. THRONG:a crowd of people Th+rongrong sounds as wrong. In Rang De Basanti, police uses wrong method to disperse the crowd of people, who were protesting against a politician. THROTTLE:to attack or kill somebody by squeezing their throat in order to stop them from breathing Throt+tleThrot sounds as throat In the movie 1920, the ghost tried to kill the priest by squeezing his throat in order to stop h im from breathing. THWART:prevent somebody from what they want to do Thwart sounds as thought In India, it is many girls thoughts that they want to become model or actress but their parents prevent them from what they want to do. TIGHTWAD:very miserly person Tight + wadTight is the key word. Anupam Kher had a tight hold on money; he hates to spend money and is a very miserly person. TIMBRE:the quality of sound that is produced by a particular voice or musical instruments Relate timbre with timba Musician Timba land has the quality of sound that is produced by a particular voice or musical instruments. TIMID:shy & nervous and lacking in courage, not brave Ti+midmid is the keyword. As soon as mid semester exam approaches students get nervous and lacking in confidence or courage because they don`t study for the whole year. TIMOROUS:nervous & easily frightened Timorous sounds as combination of Tim and nervous.Meaning is same as timid. Saif Ali Khans friend Tim gets nervous and easily frightened when he approaches any girl. TIPPLE:an alcoholic drink Tip+ple.Tip is the keyword. John Abraham drinks an alcoholic drink regularly and never forgets to give tip to waiter. TIRADE:long speech of angry criticism or accusation Tirade rhymes as parade. On 26th January, after the parade, Prime Minister gave a long speech, full of angry criticism or accusation of corrupt politicians. TITANIC:very large, important, strong or difficult Have you seen the movie Titanic? The ship was very large and gigantic.

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TITHE:one tenth of annual produce or earnings Relate tithe with tenth. One tenth of annual produce or earnings TITILLATE:to interest or excite somebody, especially in a sexual way Relate titillate with titli(in Hindi) (a Butterfly). Titli(in Hindi) (Butterfly) excite flowers in a sexual way. TITLE:name of a book, film, etc Obvious WordFox is the name of the book which you are reading right now. TITTER:laugh quietly especially in an embarrassing way Relate titter with twitter. On Twitter there are many actors and actresses, they laugh quietly especially in an embarrassed way when they see funny and silly updates from Rakhi Sawant TITULAR:having a particular title or status but no real power or authority Titu+lartake titu as the keyword. Aamir Khans friend Titu has a particular title or status but no real power or authority in the industry. TUMULT: a loud, confused noise, as caused by large mass of people Obvious During protests there was a loud confused noise caused by a large mass of people. TURBID: not transparent because a lot of small pieces of matter are held in it Tur+bidbid is the keyword. Once a Scientist bid and questioned with other Scientist that how much the turbidity should increase if we add mud to the pure water, so that we can`t see through it. TURBULENCE: a situation in which there is lots of confusion, disagreement and sometimes violence Turbulence rhymes as ambulance. We saw a lot of ambulance at Taj Hotel after the attack on Mumbai; it means there is a situation in which there is lots of confusion, disagreement and sometimes violence involved. TURGID: very boring, complicated and difficult to understand Relate turgid with rigid. Arundhati Roy is a very rigid editor and writer. She wrote very boring, complicated and difficult to be understood novels and books. TURMOIL: uncertain or disturbed. Turm+oiloil is the keyword. Vegetable oil cause fat and other problem while turmoil cause uncertainty or disturbance. TURNCOAT: a person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one Turn+coatturn and coat are the keywords. A magician in a show gave a magical coat to Lalu Prasad Yadav which turned him into a person who leaves his political party and joins one that has very different views.

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TURPITUDE: immoral, corrupt It is a type of attitude in which people behave immorally or corruptly. Saddam Hussain had such immortal attitude which caused USA to launch war on Iraq. TUTELAGE: teaching instruction given by a tutor or in tuition Relate tutelage with tutor. Tansen was a great musician he tutored many people by giving teaching instructions. TUTELARY: instruction, tuition Meaning is same as tutelage or tuition. TYCOON: wealthy & powerful person in business or industry Obvious Bill Gates is a business tycoon or wealthy powerful person in business or industry. TYPHOON: violent tropical storm with very strong winds Ty + phoonphoon sounds as phone. In Mumbai, Karishma Kapoor was talking to Kareena on the phone suddenly a violent tropical storm with very strong winds came, Karishma got scared. TYRANNY: government by a ruler or small group of people has unlimited power over the peoplein theircountry or state & use it unfairly & cruelly Relate tyranny with trainee. Adolf Hitler`s was the ruler of a cruel and unfair government. He behaved unfairly with new trainees in his army. TYRO: having no experience or a beginner Relate tyro with tyre. A mechanic in TATA motors having no experience or a beginner, starts his career with changing tyres in cars, trucks, etc. and end up with a great mechanic. UBIQUITOUS: seeming to be in all places Ubi+quitous..quitous rhymes as lotus. If a lotus is in the room its fragrance seems to be in all places. ULTERIOR: other than what is obvious or admitted Ulterior rhymes as interior. Interior Designers of Taj Mahal had some motive other than what is obvious but no one knows about it. ULTIMATE: final Obvious Goa is the ultimate destination for tourists. ULTIMATUM: a final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations. Watch the movie Bourne Ultimatum. Its about final warning to Bourne, the rejection of which will result in breakdown in relations. UMBRAGE: offence or annoyance Umbrage rhymes as angrez (in Hindi) (Britishers). Freedom Fighters felt offended or annoyed or upset by angrez, because angrez took our freedom.

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UNACCOUNTABLE: unable to be explained. Un+account+able...account is the keyword. Its impossible to understand or explain accounts statement of Axis bank, they have made it very complex. UNANIMITY: fully in agreement. Relate unanimity with unity. In India we have seen unity or agreement of people on Jan Lok Pal Bill. UNASSAILABLE: unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated . Un+as+sail+ablesail is the keyword. Government companies especially SAIL (Steel Authority of India Ltd) is superior among other PSU; SAIL cant be conquered defeated or questioned by other PSUs. UNASSAUGED: unsatisfied Un+as+saug+edrelate saug with sauce. Until children dont get tomato sauce with maggi, they feel unsatisfied. UNASSUMING: not pretentious or arrogant. Un+assum+ing..assum sounds as assume. Its impossible to assume that Sachin Tendulkar is an arrogant person. He doesnt want to draw attention to himself or to his abilities. He is very modest. UNBRIDLED: uncontrolled; extreme or violent. Un+brid+ledRelate brid with bread. If Khali (WWE wrestler) doesnt get bread in his breakfast, he becomes uncontrolled and extremely violent. UNCANNY: strange or mysterious; cant explain or difficult to explain Un+can+n+y...can is the keyword. Kareena Kapoor had a strange or a mysterious feeling for Salman Khan but she cannot explain it. UNCONSCIONABLE: bad, immoral; not right or reasonable Unconscion+ablerelate unconscion with unconscious. During shooting of Dhoom 2,Hrithik Roshan got unconscious and started doing bad, immoral things with Aishwarya; later on it made him feel very ashamed. UNCTION: the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite Unction sounds as Anshan (in Hindi). Anna Hazare ke Anshan todne ke baad he was anointed with oil as a religious rite. UNCTUOUS: giving praise in a way that is not sincere. Unc+tuousrelate unc with uncle. Cartoon character Uncle Scrooge was known for giving praise in a way which was not sincere. UNDERLYING: existing under the surface of something. Under+lyingunder is the keyword. There are many precious metals under the surface of the earth which are yet to explore UNDERMINE: make less powerful or effective, especially in a gradual or insidious way . Relate undermine with underground mine. In Coal India, Underground mines are made weaker or less powerful at the base by using explosives.

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UNDERSCORE: to draw a line under a word, sentence, etc. Obvious We give an underscore during writing our email address. UNEARTH: to find something in the earth or ground by digging. Un+ earthearth is the keyword. Salman Khans dog, found something in the earth or ground by digging in front of his house. UNEARTHLY: not belong to earth, not natural, and therefore frightening . Unearthlynot earthlynot belong to planet earthnot natural, and therefore frightening. UNEQUIVOCAL: leaving no doubt; unambiguous Obvious Opposite of equivocal (hope you remember equivocal) UNERRINGLY: always right or accurate. Un+err+ingly.relate err with error Someone who dont make any error is always right UNEXCEPTIONABLE: cant be criticized; not open to objection Un+exception+ableexception is the keyword. The decision of the prime minister is an exception and cant be criticized and is not open to objection. UNFALTERING: not faltering; steady or resolute Un+falter+ingnot falter Hope you remember the meaning of falter (loose strength or momentum) UNFEIGNED: genuine, sincere Un+feign+edfeign is the keyword Hope you remember the meaning of feign (pretend to be affected) UNFETTERED: chain or shackle to restrict freedom. Un+fet+teredfet sounds as fat Fat terrorists like Ajmal Kasab should be chained or shackled in big chains to restrict his freedom. UNFLEDGED: not yet fledged; inexperienced Un+fledgednot yet fledged. Hope you remember the meaning of fledge (develop or grow) UNFROCK: strip a priest or ministers of church authority. Un+frockwithout frock or defrock. When Pope found that a priest is involved in crime, Pope decided to remove the frock or strip the priest of church authority for the mistake. UNGAINLY: clumsy; awkward. Un+gain+lygain is the keyword. Emraan Hashmi gains a lot of shame because he behaves awkward or clumsy way with new actresses. UNIFORMITY: same; not varying. Uniform+ity.Uniform is the keyword. In the movie Singham, Ajay Devgan says that police officers with different designation shouldnt provided with the same type of uniform.

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UNIMPEACHABLE: beyond reproach. Un+impeach+ablecan`t be impeach. Hope you remember the meaning of impeach. UNINHIBITED: behaving or expressing freely without worrying what other people will think. Un+in+hibit+edrelate hibit with habit. Deepika Padukone has habit to express her feelings freely without worrying what other people will think. UNINTIMIDATING: lacking intelligence. Unintimidatingnot intimidated. Hope you remember the meaning of intimidate. UNISON:do something at the same time Uni+sonson is the keyword. The way Amitabh, Jitendra and Mithun sang the song, Mile Sur Mera Tumhara at the same time, similarly their sons sang the same song at the same time. UNKEMPT:untidy or not neat. Unkempt is opposite of kemptSo first understand the meaning of kempt (neat and clean).kem+pt. Relate kem with kim. Kim Sharma maintains herself in a neat and clean condition.

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UNPRECEDENTED: never done or known before. Unprecedentednot precedent Hope you remember the meaning of precedent. UNPREPOSSESSING:not attractive or appealing to the eye. Un+prepossess+ingrelate possess with possessive (demanding someone`s total attention or love). John Abraham is very possessive about Bipasha Basu because she is very attractive or appealing in appearance. UNRAVEL:separated and untwisted threads. Un+ravelnot ravel. Hope you remember the meaning of ravel. UNREQUITED:(of a feeling, especially love) not returned Un+requitednot requite. Hope you remember the meaning of requite. UNRULY:difficult to control or manage, disobedient. Un+rulynot rulyrelate ruly with rule. Sharukhs son don`t obey rules made by Gauri, so it is difficult to control or manage him. UNSAVORY: unpleasant or disagreeable to taste, smell or look at, not considered morally acceptable. Un+savorynot savorynot savor. Hope you remember the meaning of savor. UNSCATHED:not hurt or not harmed. Un+scathednot scathed.scathed means injure, harm. UNSEEMLY:not polite or not proper or not appropriate. Un+seemlynot seemly. Hope you remember the meaning of seemly UNSIGHTLY:unpleasant to look at or ugly. Un+sight+lynot sightfulUnpleasant to look at or ugly. UNSULLIED:spoiled by anything still pure or in the original state. Un+sulliednot sully. Hope you remember the meaning of sully. UNTENABLE: not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. Un+ten+ablenot tenableable is the keyword Teena Munim made a defense system for Reliance, which is able to maintain or defend against attack from other big companies so untenable means not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. UNTOWARD:unexpected and inappropriate or undesirable. un+towardtoward is the keyword. A prophet told Abhishek Bachchan that he is moving towards unexpected or inappropriate path and that is why he is giving so many flop movies. UNWARRANTED:not authorized or unjustified. Un+warrantedno warrantynot authorized or unjustified.

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UNWIELDY:hard to move or manage because of size, shape, or weight. Un+wield+ywield rhymes as field. On field, Inzamam-ul Haq had lot of problems like difficulty to move or manage because of his size or shape. UNWONTED:means not usual or expected. Un+wontednot wontedwe will discuss wonted later. Unwonted means not usual or expected. UPBRAID:to criticize somebody or speak angrily to them Up+braidbraid sounds as bread. Ajay Devgan criticize or speaks angrily to Kajol because she didn`t bake the bread properly. UPROAR:a situation in which people shout and make a lot of noise because they are angry or upset about something. Up+roarUp is the keyword. When Rahul Gandhi stand up to speak about Jan Lok Pal Bill, people started shouting and made a lot of noise because they were angry and upset about his comment. UPSHOT:the final result of a particular series of events. Up+shotshot is the keyword In the Final Match, Mahendra Singh Dhonis last shot decided the final result of World Cup series. URBANE:someone who is good at knowing what to say and how to behave in social situation Ur +banebane sounds as behen(in Hindi) (sister). Karishma Kapoors behen(in Hindi)(sister) Kareena is good at knowing what to say and how to behave in social situation. URCHIN:a child who is poor and dirty, often who has no home Ur+ chinRelate chin with China. In China, there are places where you can easily find young childs who are poor and dirty, and often who has no home. USURP:take (a position of power) illegally or by force. U + surprelate surp with surp (in Hindi) (snake). In Raj Comics, SurpNagdant was adversary of Surp Nagraz. Nagdunt take (a position of power) illegally or by force from surp Nagraaz. UTOPIA:an imagined perfect place or state of things. U+ topiarelate topia with topia(in Hindi) (cap) Do you know what is the specialty of an imagined or perfect place, there you will get topia(in Hindi) (caps) free of cost. VACILLATE:fluctuate between different opinions or actions. Vacillate rhymes as oscillate. In the Final Match of World Cup, Mahendra Singh Dhonis mind was fluctuating between two emotions or actions that he should take Sreesanth in the team or not. VACUOUS:showing a lack of thought or intelligence Relate vacous with vaccum. Vacuum means empty or lack of something similarly Vacuous means showing a lack of thought or intelligence.

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VAGABOND: Someone who has no home or job and who travels from place to place. Vaga + bondbond is the keyword. Vaga Bond is the brother of James Bond, he has no home or job and he travels from place to place. VAGARY:an unexpected and inexplicable change. Va + gary gary sounds as giri (in Hindi) (fell). During Shooting of Bodyguard, Kareena giri(in Hindi) (fell) from her horse. This incident brings an unexpected and unexplainable change in her. VAGRANT:a person without a home or job especially the one who begs Vagra+nt.Relate vagra with Viagra. When Sunil Shetty tried Viagra, he had a very strange effect on him, he decided to leave his home and job, he wanted to become one of those people who are without home or job, especially the ones who beg. VAINGLORIOUS: boastful or proud. Vain + glori + ousrelate vain with Maruti van. Raju Srivastava bought a new Maruti Van. Maruti Van brings a lot of glory to him because it won a race. After that he became very boastful or proud about his Maruti Van. VALEDICTORY:farewell Valed + dictoryrelate valed with valid and dictory with dictionary. Oxford Dictionary launched its new dictionary, known as Valid Dictionary. Oxford gave a farewell to old version of Oxford Dictionary. VALID:legally or officially acceptable. Obvious A ticket checker has to check whether the ticket is valid or not. VALIDATE:to prove that something is true. Obvious After the date of the license is expired, one has to validate the license. VALOR:courage in the face of danger, especially in battle Valor rhymes as tailor. Australia batsman Mark Tailor had a brother Mr. Valor. Valor got a bravery award for showing courage in the face of danger, especially in battle. VAMPIRE:a dead person who leaves his or her grave at night to suck the blood of living people Obvious When a humanoid is bitten by a vampire they become a slave to their master and are known as a ghoul. VANGUARD:the leaders of a movement in society for example in politics, art industry etc. Van+ guardguard is the keyword. Anna Hazare is the guard of Jan Lok Pal Bill. He is the leader of the Jan LokPal Bill movement in society. VANTAGE:position giving an advantage. Vant+ageage is the keyword. With age, Amitabh Bachchan achieved a position in Bollywood which gives him an advantage to go further. VAPID:lacking interest or intelligence Vapid rhymes as rapid. In college, Newton used to teach so rapid or fast that students were lacking interest from the subject.

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VAPORIZE:to turn into gas; to make something turn into gas. Obvious In the Water Cycle, the sea water vaporizes to gas. VARIEGATED: various meanings or colors Varie+gatedrelate varie with various. India gate has various historical meanings. VASSAL: a man who promised to fight for and be loyal to king in return for being given land to live on. Vass+alRelate Vass with Chaminda Vaas(a Sri-Lankan Bowler). Chaminda Vasss father is a farmer in Sri Lanka, his father promised to fight for and be loyal to king in return for being given land to live on. VAUNTED:proudly talked or praised (something) excessively. Vaunted sounds as wanted In the movie Wanted Salman Khan, was proudly talked or praised as being very good by critics excessively. VEER:change direction suddenly. Relate Veer with movie Veer. Salman after doing many flops, changed his direction(the way he was choosing the movies) suddenly and decided that he will do a historic movie, he choose to do Veer. VEGETATE: very dull and bored. Veg+etateVeg is the keyword. In a restaurant, Sonam Kapoor found veg biryani very dull and bored. VEHEMENT: showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense. Vehe+mentment sounds as meant. In the movie Zanzeer, Amitabh Bachchan played a role of an angry young man, he has to show strong feelings especially anger. VELOCITY:speed in given direction. Obvious Velocity is equals to distance upon time. VENAL: Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery Venal sounds as we know. In our country, we know that few politicians are motivated by susceptibility to bribery. VENDETTA: violent dispute between two families, in which people are murdered in return for previous murders, revenge Watch the movie V for Vendetta. The movie is about a long and violent disp ute between two families, in which people are murdered in return for previous murders. VENDOR: a person or company who sells things. Obvious A vendor always wants to provide good services

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VENEER: an attractive appearance that covers or disguises someones or somethings true nature or feelings. Ve +neerneer sounds as near. Angelina Jolie used to live near Brad Pitts home. She had an attractive appearance that covered or disguised her true nature. Brad Pitt realized it after spending 2 years with her. VENERABLE: entitled or accorded great respect because of age, wisdom, or character etc. Ven+erable..Ven sounds as van.relate van with Maruti Van The Maruti Van was accorded great respect because it is the oldest car in the automobile industry. VENERATE: regard with great respect. Relate Venerate with venerable (regard with great respect) Hindus regard with great respect the statue of Lord Shiva.

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VENIAL: not serious and able to be forgiven, not very wrong . Ve + ni + alVe sounds as we. We know that if we do any mistake that is not serious and able to be forgiven; our parents will surely forgive us. VENOM: poison of snake. Ve + nomnom sounds as numb. The poison of a snake can cause your body to become numb. VENT:an opening that allows air, gas, and liquid to pass out or into a room or into confined space. Vent comes from ventilation VENT: release or expression of a strong emotion, energy etc Vent sounds as went. In the movie Devdas, When Aishwarya Rai got married with someone else Sharukh release or show his expression of strong emotion, feelings, energy etc by drinking alcohol. VENTRILOQUIST: master in art of speaking without moving his lips and making it look as if your voice is coming from another person. V+entri + loquistentri sounds as entry. Entry was closed for the show of a great ventriloquist when Akshay and Katrina reached in New York during shooting of the movie Humko deewana kar gaye. He was master in art of speaking without moving his lips and making it look as if your voice is coming from another person. VENTURE: a business project or activity that involves risk. Obvious VENTURESOME: someone who takes risks. Venture+somesome is the keyword Some one who take risks like founder of Flipkart VENUE: place where people meet for an organized event. Obvious The venue of the next cricket World Cup Final is not decided yet. VERACIOUS: truthful. Veracious comes from Veracity VERACITY: habit of telling truth. Vera + citycity is the keyword. Sonu Nigam belongs to the city Faridabad, his parents teach him never lie, so he has the habit of telling the truth from his childhood. VERBALIZE: to express your feelings or ideas into words. Verb+alizerelate verb with words Aamir Khan had a very tough time trying to express his feelings in words to Asin in the movie Ghajini. VERBATIM: copy word to word. Verb+atimrelate verb with words In the movie 3 Idiots, during the test R.Madhvan copies word to word from Amir Khan.

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VERBIAGE: The use of too many words; or of more difficult words than are needed. Verb+iagerelate verb with words. The use of too many words; or of more difficult words than are needed VERBOSE: using or containing more words than are needed. Verb+oserelate verb with word. The Governments Lok Pal Bill has statements that are using or containing more words that are needed. VERDANT: green and fresh. Relate verdant with Vicco Vagradanti. In the advertisement of Vicco Vagradanti, a girl used to eat fresh and green apple from her teeth VERGE: border of edge; very near to the moment when somebody does something or something happens. Obvious After being scolded by her father, the little girl was on the verge of tears. VERISIMILAR:something which is very similar or seeming to be true. Verisimilar sounds as very similar. Something which is very similar or seeming to be true VERISIMILITUDE:appearance of being true or real. Veri+similitudeMeaning is same as verisimilar. Appearance of being true or real VERITABLE:genuine, actual, real Veri+ table.table is the keyword. Round table conferences were used to be based on genuine, actual and real facts. VERITY: any principle or belief about world, life etc that is accepted as true Relate verity with variety. Any principle or belief about world, life etc. that is accepted as true can be expressed in variety of ways as the truth. VERNACULAR: the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region. Verna+cularcular sounds as cooler Cooler is spoken as cular in a small village of South Africa. This is a different language that is spoken by the ordinary people of South Africa. VERSATILE: able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities. Ver+satilerelate satile with style. Aamir Khan has a unique personality that`s why he is able to adapt to many different activities i.e. acting, producer, director. VERTEX: highest point, top. Ver+tex tex sounds as tax Tax laid down by the Indian government is reaching its highest point. It`s getting difficult for common man pay those taxes. VERTIGO: feeling dizziness and fear, and of losing balance. Verti+ go.relate verti with vertical. Preeti Zinta decided to go vertically up above Kutubminar. As soon as she reached its top she started feeling dizzy and feared of losing her balance.

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VERVE:enthusiasm or excitement. Ver+verelate Ver with ver(in Hindi)( Bridegroom). Ver (in Hindi)( Bridegroom) is full of energy, enthusiasm or excitement on the day of his marriage. VESTIGE: the smallest amount Vestige rhymes as prestige (honor). Freedom Fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad`s prestige didn`t allow him to stop. He fought till the smallest amount of courage was still left with him. VEX: annoyed or worried, irritate. Vex sounds as wax (hair removing cream). Wax cream makes Kareena annoyed or irritate because it is very sticky. VIABLE: able to be done, feasible or practical; capable of maintaining life Vi+ableable is the keyword. Able to be done, feasible or practical VIAND: an item of food Viand sounds as wine and. Combination of wine and an item of Mexican food make it delicious. VICARIOUS: felt or experienced by watching or reading about sb else doing sth, rather than by doing it yourself Vicari+ous..Vicari sounds as bhikari(beggar)(in Hindi). A vicari (beggar)(in Hindi) felt or experienced of working in a company by watching his son doing a job, rather than by doing it himself. VICISSITUDE: a type of attitude which causes change of circumstances or fortune typically for the worse. Viciss+attitude..Viciss sounds as Vishesh(in Hindi) aviciss(or vishesh) is a type of attitude which causes change of circumstances or fortune typically for the worse. Please avoid viciss(vishesh)(in Hindi) attitude. VIE: compete eagerly with others in order to do or achieve something. Vie sounds as why. Why our cricket team perform well in the World Cup? They have motivation to compete eagerly with others in order to do or achieve something. VIGILANT: very careful to notice any signs of trouble or danger Obvious Vigilance team used to come in class during Board Exams. VIGOR: good physical strength and health. Vigor rhymes as figure. After watching Shilpa Shetty`s figure, you could say that she has good physical strength and health. VILIFY: speak evil of or write unpleasant things about any one; say or write unpleasant things about someone so that people will have low opinion about him, Vil+ify..Vil sounds as will. Arundhati Roy said that she will never speak evil or write unpleasant things about any one VINDICATE:clear of blame or suspicion by evidence or argument; clear of suspicion etc. Vin+dicateVin sounds as win. Sanjay Dutt finally wins his case and he is now clear of blame or suspicion.

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VINDICTIVE: a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge; revengeful, tending to seek revenge Vin+dictiveVin sounds as win. In the movie Chak de India, in the final match, Australian Hockey team started harming or upsetting Indian hockey team members that show a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge. VINTER: seller of wine. Vinter sounds as winter A wine-seller, sells a lot of wine in winter. VIRILE: ones having strength, energy and strong sex drive. Vir+ileVir is the key wordrelate vir with movie Veer (in Hindi) In the movie Veer, Salman Khan played a role of man having strength, energy and strong sex drive. VIRTUAL: almost or very nearly the thing described. Obvious Ten years of incompetent government had brought about the virtual collapse of the country's economy. VIRTUE:behavior or attitude showing high moral standards. Vir+tue.Vir sound as Ver(in Hindi) (Bridegroom). Ver(Bridegroom) before marriage try to show high moral standards or attitude with his Vadhu(in Hindi)(Bride). VIRTUOSO:highly skilled or a person with special knowledge of art Vir+tuosovir sounds as ver(in Hindi) (Bridegroom)relate tuoso with choose. In the Rakhi ka Swanvar; Rakhi wanted to choose someone as her ver(in Hindi)(Bridegroom) who is highly skilled. VIRULENT:extremely severe or harmful in its effects. Viru+lent.Relate Viru with Viru aka Virendar Sehwag. When Viru aka Virendra Sehwag is in form he is extremely severe or harmful in its effects against opponent team. VIRUS:a living thing, too small to be seen without a microscope that causes infectious disease in people, animals and plants. Obvious Virus infection needs to be placed in perspective. VISCID:sticky or glutinous (like a glue) consistency. Relate viscid with viscous. Fevicol has sticky or glutinous (like a glue) consistency VISCOUS:thick and sticky. Obvious Fevicol is viscous liquid used to stick woods. VISIONARY:original and showing ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination and intelligence. Obvious Jawaharlal Nehru was a visionary statesman, who was instrumental for the progress of India.

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VITAL: full of energy Relate Vital with Revital (an energy tablet). Whenever Ajay Devgan got tired, he preferred revital to make him feel lively and full of energy. VITIATE: to spoil or reduce. Viti+ateate is the keyword. Khali ate lot of burgers before a fight which reduce or spoil his strength. VITRIOLIC:bitter criticism or hatred. Vitriolic rhymes as alcoholic. In the movie No one killed Jessica, an alcoholic guy asking for more alcohol, when Jessica didnt gave him he couldnt control his feelings, he filled with bitter criticism or hatred and killed her. VITUPERATIVE:bitter and abusive language. Vitu+operativeVitu is the keyword Vitu is a doctor during operation Vitu use bitter and abusive language to get things done. VIVACIOUS:attractive specially women or girl. Viva+ciousRelate Viva with Vivek. Vivek Oberoi`s girlfriend is attractively lively and cheerful. VOGUE:fashion Vogue rhymes as Provogue. Provogue garments are in fashion again. VOLATILE:to change rapidly and unpredictably. Relate volatile with volatile gases. We know that nature of volatile gas is to change rapidly and unpredictably. VOLITION:faculty or power of using ones will. Voli+tionVoli sounds as volley (volleyball). Indian Volleyball Team coach has the power to include a player or remove a player using his own will. VOLUBLE:a valuable talk. Voluble sounds as combination of volume and valuable. Barrack Obama gave a valuable talk in volume (in large amount) about U.S economy which is very valuable for the market leaders. VOLUMINOUS:large in volume or large amount of something Volum+inous.Volum sounds as Volume. Something large in volume or large amount of something VORACIOUS:wants or eats a large amount of food. Vora+ciousrelate Vora with political leader Motilal Vora. Motilal Vora (former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh) eats a large amount of food when he is hungry. VOUCHSAFE:to give, offer or tell something to somebody, especially as a privilege Vouch+safeRelate Vouch with voucher. Before Dheeru Bhai died, he gave both of his son a voucher and tell the mantras of his success as a privilege.

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VOYEUR:one who obtains sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity Voyeur sounds as wirerelate wire with wireless mobile. People use wireless mobile phones to make MMS in order to obtain sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity. VULNERABLE:easily hurt physically and emotionally. Vul+ner+ablerelate ner with ner-naari(in Hindi) (man and woman) (people). When ner-naari(man and women)(people) gets old they become weak and can be easily hurt physically and emotionally. WAFFLE:speak or write at length in an uninteresting manner. Wa+fflerelate ffle with full. Politicians before the election are full of promises but nothing useful. They always speak at length in an uninteresting manner. WAIF:a child appears very thin or poorly nourished. Relate waif with wife. In the country Somalia, a farmers wife gave birth to a child who appears very thin or poorly nourished. WAIVE:choose not to ask questions, even though they have official right to do so. Waive sounds as wave. During lecture of wave motion in an University by Newton, student choose not to ask questions, even though they have official right to do so. WALLOW:roll about in mud, sand, water to keep cool or for pleasure etc. W + allowallow is the keyword. Shah Rukh Khan allows his dog to lie and roll about in water or mud, to keep cool or for pleasure. WANDERLUST:strong desire to travel Wander + lust (strong desire)wander sounds as wonder. Relate wonder with wonderful. Amitabh has strong desire to travel and go to a wonderful place with his wife Jaya. WANE:less important Wane sounds as vanrelate van with Maruti Van. After buying Mercedes, Maruti Van gets very less important for Siddhu Paaji. WANGLE:to get something that somebody wants by persuading someone by clever plan. W + angleangle is the keyword. In the movie Ab tak Chappan, Inspector Nana Patekar changed his angle of asking question to a criminal to get something that Nana wants by persuading criminal by clever plan. WANTON:sexually immoral behavior Want+onWant is the keyword. In the movie Jab pyar kisi se hota hai, Salman played a role of young man who wanted to have many sexual partners, it was a sexually immoral behavior. WARBLE:singing in unsteady or not steady way Warble rhymes as gargle. Udit Narayan gargle his throat to avoid singing in unsteady or not very steady way.

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WARRANTED:authorized or justified Relate warranted with warranty If a shopkeeper gives you warranty of two years on your Onida TV, it means it is authorized or justified WARY:cautious Wary sounds as very. Aamir Khan is very cautious before choosing a movie. WASTREL:good for nothing Relate wastrel with waste. In the movie Masti, Vivek, Aftab wastes a lot of money and time on girls. Their wifes realizes that they are good for nothing. WAX:become larger or stronger Wax is used for hair removal. Women use wax cream when the hair becomes larger and stronger. WAYLAY:stop by people especially in order to talk or attack. Waylay rhymes as Pele (a great football player). Once Pele going home after practice, he was stopped by few people especially in order to talk or attack him. WEAN:to gradually stop feeding a baby or young animal with its mother milk and start feeding it solid food. Wean rhymes as mean. When a women stop feeding a baby with its mother milk and start feeling it solid food it means he/she is now a grown up child. WEATHER:the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time Obvious People see Weather Forecast of each city on News channel. WELT:mark Welt rhymes as belt. In a movie, Amrish Puri thrashed his daughters boy friend with a belt that he got a mark on the skin where belt was hit. WHIFF:puff of smoke, odor, air etc. Wh+iffiff sounds as if. Gauri said to Sharukh, if he took anymore puff of smoke in her room, she will go back to her mother`s home. WHIMSICAL:unusual and not serious in a way that is either amusing or annoying. Whim+sical.relate Whim with Vim New advertisement of Vim Bar is unusual and not serious in a way that is anmusing WHIT:a very small amount. W+hithit is the keyword. During World Cup, Gautam Gambhir made very small amount of runs in his starting matches but in the final match he almost hit a century against Sri-Lanka. WILLFUL:intentionally or deliberately. Will + ful.....Will and full are the keywords. In the movie Ghajini, Aamir Khan was full of anger; he decided that he will kill Ghajini because he murdered his girlfriend intentionally or deliberately.

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WILY:clever at getting what you want, and willing to trick people. Wil+y.Wil sounds as will. James Bond is a person had a strong will power. He is very clever at getting what he wants, and willing to trick people.

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WINCE:feeling pain or embarrassment; show bodily or mental pain or distress by slight start or loss of composure. Wince sounds as wins. The moment India wins the World Cup, Kumar Sangakarra suddenly had an expression on his face that shows that he is feeling pain or embarrassment. WINDFALL:fruit blown from a tree by the wind. Wind + fallWind is the keyword. Rani Mukherjee was not able to reach top of the tree to get fruit but suddenly fruit blew from that tree by the wind. WINNOW:to blow air through grain in order to remove its outer covering Winnow sounds as we know. In India, we know that farmers still blow air through grain in order to remove its outer covering. WINSOME:attractive and pleasant. Win + some..Win is the keyword. When India wins the World Cup, someone was looking very pleasant and attractive, and that someone was Sachin, his dream came true that day. WISTFUL:sad about something that someone would like to have, especially something in the past that he can no longer have. Wis+tfulWis sounds as wish. Fans of Michael Jackson wish and would like to see him performing live but now they are sad because they can no longer see him. WITHDRAWN:unusually shy or reserved Relate withdrawn with withdraw (move back). Many Parents withdraw the name of their daughters from because she was feeling unusually shy or reserved. WITHER:to become less or weaker. With + her..her is the keyword. Rekhas all hopes became less or weaker, when Amitabh chooses to go with Jaya not with her (Rekha). WITHHOLD:refuse to give something to someone, refuse to grant. With+holdhold is the keyword A mother holds her child very tightly; it means she refuses to give her son/daughter to a stranger. WITHSTAND:Strong enough to be hurt or damaged by extreme conditions. With + standwith is the keyword. In the Final match Dhoni took lead and played well with other batsmen, it shows that he is strong enough to be hurt or damaged by extreme conditions. WITLESS:stupid or silly. Wit+lessless is the key word. Very Less intelligent or we can say stupid or silly WITTICISM:quick and inventive humor. Witti+cismWitty is the keyword. Name of new girl friend of Shahid kapoor is Witti; she is famous for her quick and inventive humor.

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WIZARDRY: great skill in a particular field Wizard+ryWizard rhymes as lizard. In India, magician O.P. Sharma has great skill in magic, he can convert a man into a lizard. WIZENED:when person gets old his skin gets smaller and having many folds Wize+nedWize sounds as wise. When wise people like Albert Einstein, Newton, get old, their skin gets smaller and having many folds. WOE:trouble. Woe sounds as wo( in Hindi)(he or she). Remember the song, Wo kaun thi, nazar mila ke jaan le gayi jo, Raju Srivastava explained it that she was actually a packet of trouble. WONT:in the habit of doing something Wont sounds as want Rani Mukherji did not want to get in the habit of sleeping late in the morning. WORLDLY:concerned with material affairs rather than spiritual ones. World+lyWorld is the keyword. Things related with world (material affairs) rather than spiritual things. WRANGLE:quarrel. Wr+angleangle is the keyword. Different newspapers explained the chaos between Harbhajan and Sreesanth in a different angle. WRATH:extreme anger W+rat+hrat is the keyword. How funny it will look when a rat (Mickey Mouse) shows his extreme anger against a cat. WRY:showing that you are both amused and disappointed or annoyed. Wry rhymes as cry Cry (disappointed) and laugh (amused) are two faces of emotion, but when both the emotion or feelings are mixed it`s called wry. XENOPHOBIA:strong feeling of dislike or fear of people from other countries. Xeno+phobiaXeno is the Shahid Kapoors new girlfriend Xeno didnt want to come to India because she has a strong feeling of dislike or fear of peopl e from other countries. YEN:Strong desire Yen is also currency of Japan. Indians have strong desire to work in US, China, Japan etc and earn in currency dollars, yen etc. YEOMAN:A man who worked on his land. Yeo+man.man is the key word. Do you know that Yeoman is the brother of Superman; he earns his living by working on his land. YIELD:produce. Obvious A chicken yields an egg.

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YOKEL:someone who dont have much education or understanding of modern life. Yokel rhymes as Kam Akal (in Hindi). Poor people living in villages dont have much education or understanding of modern life, they are treated as Kam Akal(in Hindi). YORE:long ago Y + oreore is the key word. Few years back or long ago India used to be the highest producer of iron ore. ZANY:someone start behaving in a strange or unusual or amusing way Z + anyany is the key word. After watching comedy movies like Hera Pheri or Andaz Apna Apna anyone could start behaving in a strange or unusual or amusing way ZEAL: enthusiasm Zeal rhymes as meal. Meal gives us large amount of energy or enthusiasm to work. ZEALOT:person who shows excessive zeal Zeal+lotlot and zeal is the keywords In the movie Gadar, Sunny Deol shows excessive or lot of zeal ZENITH:peak or top Zen+ith Zen is the brand of a Car. Zen is at top or at peak in sales of small car. ZEPHYR:gentle breeze Ze + phyrphyr sounds as fire. Fire can be made bigger by use of gentle breeze.

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