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pomposity

Short Definition : self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ. pompous: self-important

Definition
(noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pomposity

"pomposity" == "pompo" rhymed with "impo" ie important == pomposity means self-importance , stuffed shirt

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sounds like bomb-a-city -great vulgar show but it was unneccessary

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pompous

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ponderous

Short Definition : having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull; Ex. ponderous body/style of writing

Definition
(adj) slow and laborious because of weight
Synonyms : heavy lumbering
Example Sentence
  • the heavy tread of tired troops
  • moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot
  • ponderous prehistoric beasts
  • a ponderous yawn
Definition
(adj) having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
Example Sentence
  • a ponderous stone
  • a ponderous burden
  • ponderous weapons
Definition
(adj) labored and dull
Example Sentence
  • a ponderous speech
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ponderous

Its simple guys, POUND is a unit of weight , we often calculate weight in pounds! 1 Pound = 480 grams

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Its simple guys, POUND is a unit of weight , we often calculate weight in pounds! 1 Pound = 480 grams

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POND-erou-S: words in CAPS form PONDS (femina PONDS beauty contest, the contestants are sleek and sexy), ERror(someone who is "heavy" auditoned for the contest)

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As big as a POND

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ponderous~pondrus(pronunciation);pond+rus= the juice-can(rus) in my hand is having a large quantity of juice as much as water in a pond, because of its over weight i walked slowly/dull.

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ponderous=full of pounds=heavy,having great effect

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pontifical

Short Definition : pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious; CF. pontiff: pope; bishop

Definition
(noun) the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop) Definition
(adj) proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
Example Sentence
  • papal dispensation
Definition
(adj) denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops
Synonyms : episcopal
Definition
(adj) puffed up with vanity
Example Sentence
  • a grandiloquent and boastful manner
  • overblown oratory
  • a pompous speech
  • pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pontifical

remember ponting who behaves like a pope of cricket and rapes the players of other teams.

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Relates to: 1.Ponting :for his pompous behaviour. 2.pontiff:the bishop of church

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pore

Short Definition : study industriously; ponder; scrutinize; Ex. pore over the book; N.

Definition
(noun) any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas) Definition
(noun) any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal Definition
(noun) a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
Synonyms : stoma stomate
Definition
(verb) direct one's attention on something
Example Sentence
  • Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pore

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school books are a bore....... because we have to pore through them

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reminds of "pores", which is nothing but the same

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sounds like PAD(study)- verb meaning of pore

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When you think, you pause (pore).

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pore means something leak over there..

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p+ore..(u need dig it until u get d metal or scrutinize it)

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porous

Short Definition : full of pores; like a sieve

Definition
(adj) able to absorb fluids
Example Sentence
  • the partly porous walls of our digestive system
  • compacting the soil to make it less porous
Definition
(adj) full of pores or vessels or holes
Synonyms : poriferous
Definition
(adj) allowing passage in and out
Synonyms : holey
Example Sentence
  • our unfenced and largely unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for porous

pour-(porous)sounds like pour, so to pour we need a hole .................................

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porridge

Short Definition : soft food made by boiling oatmeal

Definition
(noun) soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for porridge

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porr(Poor)people will have pooridge

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portend

Short Definition : foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of; N. portent: sign; omen; forewarning

Definition
(verb) indicate by signs
Example Sentence
  • These signs bode bad news
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for portend

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When we reached the port's end (sea port) we saw some dead bodies, which gave a sign that something bad was going to happen.

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port + end; how do you know its the end of the port, by the red sign board which says "Port Ends"

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port+END...FOCUS ON PORT ..it is ....a DARK RED WINE ...from PORTugal....and the dark red clour of it, SIGNIFY that it is from portugal.

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port+end.....when we connect computers VIA A CABLE THAT IS LINKED TO THE PORTS..WE get a link-A INDICATION that SIGNIFY that we can now connect it to the internet.

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in marathi म्होर काय ठेवलंय ... देव जाणे !...about future/omen....

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purPORT the END->PORTEND the end=predict the end, foretell

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sounds like part + end --- to say how the parts gonna end...at the beginning itself

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PORT+END..the weather is FORTOLD BY the authorities before a ship leaves the PORT.

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por(in advance) + tend(tendency or sign) .. portend: sign in advance

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at the end of the port u could smell the presence of fishes..its a sign that a sea is present ahead

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portly

Short Definition : stout; corpulent

Definition
(adj) euphemisms for `fat'
Synonyms : stout
Example Sentence
  • men are portly and women are stout
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for portly

PORKY the pig is PORTLY...

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sounds like "Potley" - a ethnic purse (in HINDI); imagine how its always stuffed due to which it appears "fat"

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like a pot : fat and stout

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Potly (Hindi of a fat bag kind of thing). Potli baba.

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lee telling tat people at port r stout

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Either think they are like pork (pig) or like the porter in railway station.

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like a pot : fat and stout

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potley wale baba.a storry of a fat peson often we tell to childrean.

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like apot : fat and stout

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pose

Short Definition : assume a particular posture; put forward; present; affect a particular attitude (to impress others); Ex. pose a threat; N.

Definition
(noun) affected manners intended to impress others
Synonyms : airs
Example Sentence
  • don't put on airs with me
Definition
(noun) a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes Definition
(noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display Definition
(verb) introduce
Synonyms : present
Example Sentence
  • This poses an interesting question
Definition
(verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes
Synonyms : model posture sit
Example Sentence
  • We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
Definition
(verb) pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
Synonyms : impersonate personate
Example Sentence
  • She posed as the Czar's daughter
Definition
(verb) behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others
Synonyms : posture
Example Sentence
  • Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!
  • She postured and made a total fool of herself
Definition
(verb) put into a certain place or abstract location
Synonyms : lay place position put set
Example Sentence
  • Put your things here
  • Set the tray down
  • Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
  • Place emphasis on a certain point
Definition
(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to
Example Sentence
  • This beats me!
  • Got me--I don't know the answer!
  • a vexing problem
  • This question really stuck me

poseur

Short Definition : person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others; person who poses; CF. pose

Definition
(noun) a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
Synonyms : poser
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for poseur

pose+ur -> pose ur stuff to impress others :)

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A POSEUR POSEs a lot.

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badis poseur at the pub with firang crowd is more obnoxious than her ugly face

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pose-ur: Imagine you are the "boss" in the office and your secretary whose table happens just in front of your cube always "poses" her pyge just so as to impress you (in a totaly diff way) :)

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poseur-fose kodthundu

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