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craft

Short Definition : skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning

Definition
(noun) the skilled practice of a practical occupation
Synonyms : trade
Example Sentence
  • he learned his trade as an apprentice
Definition
(noun) a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space Definition
(noun) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
Synonyms : trade
Example Sentence
  • he represented the craft of brewers
  • as they say in the trade
Definition
(noun) skill in an occupation or trade Definition
(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception Definition
(verb) make by hand and with much skill
Example Sentence
  • The artisan crafted a complicated tool

crass

Short Definition : very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior

Definition
(adj) (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for crass

Just remember grass which is unrefined and grows here and there, crass is also unrefined, not urbane.

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crass reminds grass.. so grass eating animals have unrefined behavior.

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it is CRASS.hence lacks CLASS..

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seems like GROSS

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crASS == ASS, an unrefined person as an ass.

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Crass..Grass(weed).smoking weed is dangerous just because its unrefined..

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crass...very near to hindi word ras.nahi anna (means something which you dont like)......unrefined behaviour of somepeople mujhe rass nahi aata...means i dont like thier behaviour.

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remember grass. grass is unrefined until it goes to refinery where it is refined and new products are made out of it.

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crass resembles brass..brass is an alloy and has even some other metal compositions other than copper also..so brass is unrefined..and so is crass

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crass = criminal ass is always dirty.

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imagine crass is a kind of wild grasss which grows here and there undiscriminatingly. It is also rhymes with gross and is without a sense of class. it is opposite of brass which reminds us of classy polished behaviour

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crave

Short Definition : desire; want intensely

Definition
(verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
Synonyms : hunger lust starve thirst
Definition
(verb) plead or ask for earnestly
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for crave

CRAVE = C(come)+RAVE(rave party in goa).

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crave=CRYve...so if u cry for something then u want it intensely

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sounds like brave..ie brave people always crave for success

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brave ka opposite crave

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craven

Short Definition : cowardly

Definition
(noun) an abject coward
Synonyms : poltroon recreant
Definition
(adj) lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
Synonyms : recreant
Example Sentence
  • the craven fellow turned and ran
  • a craven proposal to raise the white flag
  • this recreant knight
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for craven

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craven -- is the opposite of 'brave'.

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Craven sounds like Cita + RAVana => Ravana was a coward man!!! he proved it by taking away Cita/Sita in absence of Ram.

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craven - relate with cave + in. You hide in cave if your are coward (in a jungle)

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one who keeps craving but doesn't do anything

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cowards HAVE ALWAYS craven(LONGED FOR) FOR LOVE!

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craven == crave sounds like grave .. grave makes you coward

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c + raven (bird)...the craven cat was to afraid (coward) to chase the raven.

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My friend Raven acts like she is confident and brave BUT she is just the opposite!

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craven—crave+n CRAVE means to have a great desire for something, so CRAVEN means not having desire for something, so LACKING IN COURAGE, so CRAVEN, just take the N in opposite sense

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c+ravan;see ravan acted cowardly by kidnapping seeta..

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Craven with a c is opposite of brave with a b. Craven person too quickly starts thinking of grave.

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credence

Short Definition : belief

Definition
(noun) the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
Synonyms : acceptance
Example Sentence
  • he gave credence to the gossip
  • acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
Definition
(noun) a kind of sideboard or buffet
Synonyms : credenza
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for credence

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sounds like "confidence". If you have the confidence in someone, you have belief in him. People believe you after seeing your CREDENCE+tial = credential

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CREDENCE: should be or is "cred"-ible

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relate as Evidence : when u have evidence for something.then it has to be.."believable and should be accepted as true"

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CRED means to believe so, credo, credible, credence, credit, credential, credulity, incredulous, creed, incredible all are associated with believe.

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credence is from credential...eg what are your credentials...i.e "trustworthiness"

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sounds like credit...you give credit to some person when you have faith in him...or belief in him...credence means give credit by believing...

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certain CREatures from forrest or outerspace DANCE well... that is supposed to be a BELIEF. :P

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C(see)+REDance....I can see red flower even n a desert because I BELIEVE....

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CREED+DANCE .... we creed in hrithik's dances, we know that he dance well...

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C+re+dance Due to belief based on evidence Group C was asked to dance again. So they said C re dance

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Credentials provide a basis for confidence of belief in someone. Credentials can help lend credibility and credence to a person's claims.

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u give ur credentials to a person u BELIEVE in or have FAITH in.

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credential

Short Definition : evidence concerning one's authority; written proof of a person's position; Ex. The new ambassador presented his credentials to the court.

Definition
(noun) a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

credo

Short Definition : creed

Definition
(noun) any system of principles or beliefs
Synonyms : creed
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credo-- personal code of ethics...like break it c+redo= codes u redo again nd again

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credo-for this we can remember credit where we we put belief on some body

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relate it as "can + redo"..u can always redo what you follow as a belief or a principle

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every breed has it's own creed/credo

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sounds like kido..children should be tought about principles

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credulity

Short Definition : belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet'e; ADJ. credulous

Definition
(noun) tendency to believe readily
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for credulity

credibility means belief on proved evidences and credulity means believing too easily

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CRED means to believe so, credo, credible, credence, credit, credential, credulity, incredulous, creed, incredible all are associated with believe.

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If you gave your friend a fake credit card, and if he/she think's it's real then he's a credulous person.

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Cred - Believe + lit = little == Believe with little evidence.

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if money is credit in our account then we belive the bank

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creed

Short Definition : system of religious or ethical belief

Definition
(noun) any system of principles or beliefs
Synonyms : credo
Definition
(noun) the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for creed

every breed has it's own creed

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"creed" is synonym "credo" Creed == can+reed one can read bible many times if he follows it with belief

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c+reAd= chalisa(in hindi) + Read = if you have believe in god then you keep on re-reading chalisa and u becomes CREED.

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Remember it from movie ASSASSIN CREED. in which each assassin has its particular set of beliefs n ethics

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creep

Short Definition : move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N.

Definition
(noun) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
Synonyms : spook weirdie weirdo weirdy
Definition
(noun) a slow longitudinal movement or deformation Definition
(noun) a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot Definition
(noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
Synonyms : crawl crawling creeping
Example Sentence
  • a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
  • the traffic moved at a creep
Definition
(verb) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
Synonyms : crawl
Example Sentence
  • The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
Definition
(verb) to go stealthily or furtively
Synonyms : mouse pussyfoot sneak
Example Sentence
  • ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
Definition
(verb) grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
Example Sentence
  • ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings
Definition
(verb) show submission or fear
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