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plump

Short Definition : pleasantly fat; nicely rounded

Definition
(noun) the sound of a sudden heavy fall Definition
(verb) drop sharply
Synonyms : plummet
Example Sentence
  • The stock market plummeted
Definition
(verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise
Example Sentence
  • He planked the money on the table
  • He planked himself into the sofa
Definition
(verb) make fat or plump
Example Sentence
  • We will plump out that poor starving child
Definition
(verb) give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
Synonyms : go
Example Sentence
  • I plumped for the losing candidates
Definition
(adj) sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure
Synonyms : chubby embonpoint
Example Sentence
  • a chubby child
  • pleasingly plump
Definition
(adv) straight down especially heavily or abruptly
Example Sentence
  • the anchor fell plump into the sea
  • we dropped the rock plump into the water
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for plump

plump: imagine a PUMP and you are pumping air continuously to someone's mouth and he is getting filled by air and looking extremely 'FAT'.

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When something get lumped it becomes FAT

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plump means to JUMP in a plumb line

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plutocracy

Short Definition : society ruled by the wealthy

Definition
(noun) a political system governed by the wealthy people
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for plutocracy

pLUTOcracy...society jo LOOT leti hai or sounds like AUTOCRACY

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"Do you want our society to achieve plutocracy or democracy." imagining ruled by people from Pluto, or demons from Hell! (distorted to enhance memory)

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podiatrist

Short Definition : doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; N. podiatrics

Definition
(noun) a specialist in care for the feet
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for podiatrist

pod + atrist = pod means feet...artist of feet is doctor of feet

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remember ameoba's psuedoPODs? or triPOD? so POD means feet.

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podium

Short Definition : pedestal; raised platform

Definition
(noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for podium

The Chemistry teacher demonstrate the nature of sodium standing at the podium in the class.

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pod means "feet".

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podium----sodium was put on pedestal by manoj kumar of punjabi university.

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poignancy

Short Definition : quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow, grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick

Definition
(noun) a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
Synonyms : poignance
Example Sentence
  • a moment of extraordinary poignancy
Definition
(noun) a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
Synonyms : pathos
Example Sentence
  • the film captured all the pathos of their situation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for poignancy

POIGNANCY sounds like pregnancy, and an unwanted pregnancy is sometimes a cause of sadness

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poignancy is derived from poise... poised means tended towards... poignancy means tended towards emotions

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poignant refers to be pointful to any topic like KEENLY.

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poise is composure no poise leads to sadness

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poise

Short Definition : good judgment with composure; balance; V: place in a carefully balanced position

Definition
(noun) a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second Definition
(noun) a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium Definition
(noun) great coolness and composure under strain
Example Sentence
  • keep your cool
Definition
(verb) be motionless, in suspension
Example Sentence
  • The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked
Definition
(verb) prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
Synonyms : brace
Definition
(verb) cause to be balanced or suspended Definition
(verb) hold or carry in equilibrium
Synonyms : balance
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for poise

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poise - position. Good position is always a balanced one.

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one who consumes poison is not 'cool and composed under strain'

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A good position always give great coolness & composure under stain.

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polar

Short Definition : of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; Ex. polar opposites

Definition
(adj) having a pair of equal and opposite charges Definition
(adj) characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
Example Sentence
  • in diametric contradiction to his claims
  • diametrical (or opposite) points of view
  • opposite meanings
  • extreme and indefensible polar positions
Definition
(adj) located at or near or coming from the earth's poles
Example Sentence
  • polar diameter
  • polar zone
  • a polar air mass
  • Antarctica is the only polar continent
Definition
(adj) of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
Example Sentence
  • polar regions
Definition
(adj) extremely cold
Example Sentence
  • an arctic climate
  • a frigid day
  • gelid waters of the North Atlantic
  • glacial winds
  • icy hands
  • polar weather
Definition
(adj) being of crucial importance
Synonyms : pivotal
Example Sentence
  • a pivotal event
  • Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions
  • the polar events of this study
  • a polar principal
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for polar

POLAR CAPS are very important... if they melt a lot of islands will submerge

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polarity

Short Definition : state of having two opposite qualities

Definition
(noun) a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies
Synonyms : mutual opposition
Example Sentence
  • he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil
Definition
(noun) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
Synonyms : sign
Example Sentence
  • he got the polarity of the battery reversed
  • charges of opposite sign

polarize

Short Definition : split into opposite extremes or camps

Definition
(verb) cause to vibrate in a definite pattern
Synonyms : polarise
Example Sentence
  • polarize light waves
Definition
(verb) cause to concentrate about two conflicting or contrasting positions
Synonyms : polarise
Definition
(verb) become polarized in a conflict or contrasting situation
Synonyms : polarise
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for polarize

reminds of the two poles "N-Pole", "S-Pole" which is nothing but division of two extreme poles.

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when light gets polarized , it gets SEPARATED from the light which is in different direction,

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polemic

Short Definition : attack or defense of an opinion; controversy or refutation; argument in support of point of view; N. polemics: art of debate or controversy

Definition
(noun) a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
Synonyms : polemicist polemist
Definition
(noun) a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma) Definition
(adj) of or involving dispute or controversy
Synonyms : polemical
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for polemic

pole(poll)+mic..so during polls politicians often attack others opinions.

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(Language used Hindi) pole+mic- (In hindi) ek dusre ki pole kholna.jab ek dusre ki pole khol te hai to argumentation,debare and defence hota hai.

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Sounds like POLOUMI of roadies..lets think of her as a very "controversial" person

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POLEMIC Looks like PROMETRIC which gives a verbal attck 2 us in gre exam

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Pole-mic = danda karna (pange lena)

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in roadies season 6 ..paulmi always did argument , ..she was violent

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politics is full of polemicc

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The knights of old settled their arguments by charging one another on horseback and jamming long POLES into LEMONS. They called these battles POLE-LEMONS.

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polemic: reminds of 2 words (pole, mice) => The doctrine says "Santa" comes from North Pole, imagine someone on the "mic" saying a controvertial statement that "Santa" comes from the "South" pole.

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pol+emic pol-polar means opp and they always contradict each other

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(pol+mike)imagine poiticians(pol) controverting each other in mikes(mic)

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polemic - always poles apart in views and talking on the mike

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During election exit pole are going to burst on the mic on tv which often creates controversy between politicians.

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