Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Learning vocabulary with the help of mnemonics

1)      HORTATORY : giving strong encouragement

While ploughing farms with bulls, farmers say "HUR HUR HORT HORT" to encourage bulls to move ahead. This is HORTATORY.


GRUESOME : something extremely unpleasant, ghastly, grim, sick...........

memory key : sounds like cruelsome , which is self-explainable
THOUGH / ALTHOUGH -YET
with though or although either 'YET' or simply a 'COMMA' is used before the next sentence, not 'BUT'
e.g-though the match startd late BUT all the playrs were present(use YET or COMMA after late insted of but)



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  1. POSTHUMOUS - born after the death of the father, published after the death of the author,Latin word Postumus "post after + humus earth, that is, after the buria"........key - " Post(postmortem) + Human : done after death"

    VEXED-- troubled,disturbed,annoyed..
    eg: he got VEXED ,when he was axed frm the project/company.

    SLAKE: to satisfy a craving..OR thirst

    "S" goes to "LAKE" to quench(satisfy) his thirst!!

    SOME vs ANY
    Both hav similar meaning but 'ANY' is used when sentence is negative, or 'IF' is used to show dout.
    e.g.- i don't knw if i will have any sucess ever.
    in intrrogative sentnce both(some/any) can be used,but when the sentence shows the invitation or request only SOME is used.
    e.g.-could u plz make a persnal visit on some day?


    Vapid :- Without strength ,sharpness or interest
    Memory Key :- Its hard for a VAPID
    to think and act RAPID :)

    An engg's plea to a lecturer at the time of post-paper checking:
    ma'am pls ma'am ....ma'am pls ma'am....do no. de aur de do...bus SUPPLI aane se bacha lo...naukri ka sawaal hai:)...
    here , engg is SUPPLICATING to his/her lecturer


    WHEN vs WHILE
    WHEN is used with a sentence that denotes completion of work.
    e.g.-when she had spoken peopd went home.
    WHILE is used wid a sentence that denotes the continuation of work.
    e.g-while the race was going on,one racer got hurt.

    MONIKER- nick name/ slang
    key- MONU is MONIKER for MONIKA.. :)


    SKYSCRAPER : A very tall multistory building

    Key : Aise buildings jinke terrace pe khade hoke hum" SKY" pe "SCRAPE" likh Sake is called SKYSCRAPER


    CLAQUE : A group of people hired to applaud at a performance
    Claque(Clap) is pronounced as 'klak'


    If you're in MTV Roadies, u're bound to see many SNAKES IN THE GRASS
    snake in the grass ( jo banda dosti pretend kare, par trustworthy na ho)


    Don't say- acrossed / Do say: across
    Comment- It is easy to confuse "across" with "crossed" but better to keep them separate.!!!!


    fortitude : means courage
    people living in "Fort" have atti"tude" (courage)


    CAPRICIOUS: unpredictable/whimsical/freakish
    CAPTIOUS: fault finding
    a CAPTIOUS mother in law can make ur life CAPRICIOUS.


    A very common error in spoken & written English :-

    Do not use ‘THAT' with words like What, Where, When, Whom, Whose, whether, how , which etc.

    He could not explain that why he was late.
    He could not explain why he was late. (Correct)



    Doubt that Vs Doubt whether

    Doubt that is used in negative sentences and doubt whether is used in positive sentences.

    I do not doubt that he will succeed.(negative sentence)
    I doubt whether the news is true.(positive sentence)



    PROMISCUOUS-jo apne promise ko kas ke nahe rakhta wo promiscuous bole to casanova philanderer ,,flert,,,wo hamesha ye gana gata hai 12 mahine mai 12 tareke se 12 ladkeyo se pyaar jataunga ....


    SCHEMING MEANS DECEPTIVE...
    kapil sibbal the most scheming man..made many schemes to end baba ram dev satyagrah


    VOCIFEROUS:-loud ,noisy ,voluble
    key: VOICE full of FORCE is VOCIFEROUS

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