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pliable

Short Definition : flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable

Definition
(adj) susceptible to being led or directed
Synonyms : fictile
Example Sentence
  • fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda
Definition
(adj) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Example Sentence
  • ductile copper
  • malleable metals such as gold
  • they soaked the leather to made it pliable
  • pliant molten glass
  • made of highly tensile steel alloy
Definition
(adj) able to adjust readily to different conditions
Synonyms : elastic flexible pliant
Example Sentence
  • an adaptable person
  • a flexible personality
  • an elastic clause in a contract
Definition
(adj) capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
Synonyms : bendable pliant waxy
Example Sentence
  • a flexible wire
  • a pliant young tree
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pliable

PLIER is a tool which is used for bending and twisting materials without breaking them. Therefore, PLIER operates on materials which are PLIABLE.

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pliable means liable to change

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pliable sounds like applyable which can be applied anywhere that means flexible, adaptable

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plie-Plough(for farming) hence this rhymes with plougable...

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pliable:- By application of power or force it liable or bound to change.

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Pliable - Play-able we can flexibly play with it

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pli+able... pli sounds as fly means we are able to fly only when we are not stubborn

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pliant

Short Definition : flexible; easily influenced

Definition
(adj) capable of being influenced or formed
Synonyms : plastic
Example Sentence
  • the plastic minds of children
  • a pliant nature
Definition
(adj) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Example Sentence
  • ductile copper
  • malleable metals such as gold
  • they soaked the leather to made it pliable
  • pliant molten glass
  • made of highly tensile steel alloy
Definition
(adj) able to adjust readily to different conditions
Synonyms : elastic flexible pliable
Example Sentence
  • an adaptable person
  • a flexible personality
  • an elastic clause in a contract
Definition
(adj) capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
Synonyms : bendable pliable waxy
Example Sentence
  • a flexible wire
  • a pliant young tree
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pliant

sounds like plant and Plants are more pliant[flexible] than trees.

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like comPLIANT

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it comes from PLIER ,which is used to bend wires .....so pliant --> able to be bent,foldable,flexible, .

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plight

Short Definition : difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament

Definition
(noun) a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
Synonyms : predicament quandary
Example Sentence
  • finds himself in a most awkward predicament
  • the woeful plight of homeless people
Definition
(noun) a solemn pledge of fidelity
Synonyms : troth
Definition
(verb) give to in marriage
Synonyms : affiance betroth engage
Definition
(verb) promise solemnly and formally
Synonyms : pledge
Example Sentence
  • I pledge that I will honor my wife
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for plight

sounds like flight which is a difficult condition for first time flyers.

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when ur going to pee,suddenly li8 gone.....shit its difficult condition to shit

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ur studying and u dont have LIGHT.whcih is sad and diificult situation to deal with.

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Plight is from Latin. plicare, to fold. If something folds, wrinkle appears which is a sign of bad condition

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ploy

Short Definition : strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy

Definition
(noun) an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
Synonyms : gambit
Definition
(noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation
Synonyms : gambit stratagem
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ploy

ploy sounds like employ..so you employ people in your company to gain advantage over other companies.

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looks like "play". When you play something you apply tactics to gain advantage.

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ploy is plot

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pluck

Short Definition : courage; V: pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of; ADJ. plucky: courageous; brave

Definition
(noun) the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
Synonyms : gutsiness pluckiness
Definition
(noun) the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord Definition
(verb) pull or pull out sharply
Synonyms : pick off pull off tweak
Example Sentence
  • pluck the flowers off the bush
Definition
(verb) sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
Synonyms : hustle roll
Definition
(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price Definition
(verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
Synonyms : pick plunk
Example Sentence
  • he plucked the strings of his mandolin
Definition
(verb) strip of feathers
Example Sentence
  • pull a chicken
  • pluck the capon
Definition
(verb) look for and gather
Synonyms : cull pick
Example Sentence
  • pick mushrooms
  • pick flowers
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pluck

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one should possess "Courage" to pluck flowers from our garden

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Potter had so much LUCK{P-Luck} that people mistook it for courage

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After having Palak(Spinach) Popeye had so much courage

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chuck from gossip girl is a courageous man.

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You need courage to Pluck a Duck!

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plumage

Short Definition : feathers of a bird;

Definition
(noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
Synonyms : feather plume
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for plumage

Birds wen they AGE, they become PLUM(P) and shed off their feathers :/

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think: plummet, because plumage is damaged.

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Plum can remembered as slum.So near slum feathers of young birds are spread.

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katrina is in a PLUM(ripe) AGE...hence she wears costly jackets made up of FEATHERS OF BIRDS so as to look hot and sexy.........................:D

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plumage~plu (flu) + mage (rummage); if bird's flu is detected then there is a rummage in the entire city to search the brids..perhaps by fallen feathers of birds ! make ur story !

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its a weak connection but may work imagine plum cake,below each cake there is a feather like coating..

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plumage sounds like plymage, in turn fly-image - a plumage is the feathers of a wing, which gives the image of flying.

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PLUMAGE = BLOOM-age...PLUMAGE is to a bird as a BLOOMing flower is to a plant.

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u might have seen aged ants and beetle which gets feather and become plum when they grow old(aged).

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When a plum ages, it loses its hair.

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plumb

Short Definition : exactly vertical; N: weight on the end of a line; V: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); Ex. plumb the depth of

Definition
(noun) the metal bob of a plumb line
Synonyms : plumb bob plummet
Definition
(verb) measure the depth of something Definition
(verb) weight with lead Definition
(verb) examine thoroughly and in great depth Definition
(verb) adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical Definition
(adj) exactly vertical
Example Sentence
  • the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb
Definition
(adv) completely; used as intensifiers
Synonyms : clean plum
Example Sentence
  • clean forgot the appointment
  • I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out
Definition
(adv) conforming to the direction of a plumb line Definition
(adv) exactly
Synonyms : plum
Example Sentence
  • fell plumb in the middle of the puddle
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for plumb

plumb--plumber who tests the pipe to see whether it is exactly vertical or not.

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On the lines of Mann007: a PLUMBER EXAMINES a pipe CRITICALLY to see if it is VERTICAL and so MEASURES DEPTH of the tank.

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When the leg is exactly in the vetical line(plumb) ,then the umpire examines closely to give lbw.

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plumb - lumb - lumbar - lumbar bone of the spine keep us straight/vertical

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plumb sounds like sanskrit "lamb" which means perpendicular to the line...imagine horizontal line on which u draw lamb(perpendicular)--->vertical line

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plumber

Short Definition : one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing(pipes)

Definition
(noun) a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances
Synonyms : pipe fitter

plume

Short Definition : feather, esp. large or showy one; something that rises into the air (like the shape of a feather); Ex. plume of smoke: ?? ??

Definition
(noun) anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness
Example Sentence
  • a plume of smoke
  • grass with large plumes
Definition
(noun) a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament Definition
(noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds
Synonyms : feather plumage
Definition
(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price Definition
(verb) be proud of
Synonyms : congratulate pride
Example Sentence
  • He prides himself on making it into law school
Definition
(verb) deck with a plume
Example Sentence
  • a plumed helmet
Definition
(verb) clean with one's bill
Synonyms : preen
Example Sentence
  • The birds preened
Definition
(verb) form a plume
Example Sentence
  • The chimneys were pluming the sky
  • The engine was pluming black smoke
Definition
(verb) dress or groom with elaborate care
Synonyms : dress preen primp
Example Sentence
  • She likes to dress when going to the opera

plummet

Short Definition : fall sharply; fall straight down; Ex. Stock prices plummeted.

Definition
(noun) the metal bob of a plumb line
Synonyms : plumb plumb bob
Definition
(verb) drop sharply
Synonyms : plump
Example Sentence
  • The stock market plummeted
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for plummet

plummet rhymes with "comet" which falls so sharply.

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Plummet sounds like Planet (something very very heavy) .. a heavy thing will fall or drop sharply.

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it can be plum+met. as we seen earlier plum(b)=vertical. plummet can be MET the VERTICLE extreme limit(lower).i.e. it fell.

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You went on a Blind date and girl was PLUM who u MET..so you fell sharply

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plummet : plunge from a summit(as simple as that)

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plum(fruit)......so wen ripe it could fall sharply...

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plum--palms. so spider man palms met with ground when he falls straight down from the building.

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plum--palms. so spider man palms met with ground when he falls straight down from the top of building.

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As plumb(lbw) in cricket means wicket FELL => drop of something

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plumment sounds like commet , commet falling straight

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