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shrewd

Short Definition : clever; astute

Definition
(adj) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Synonyms : astute sharp
Example Sentence
  • a smart businessman
  • an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
  • he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
Definition
(adj) used of persons
Example Sentence
  • the most calculating and selfish men in the community
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shrewd

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just think of shrew i.e. a small mouse like animal....so thing "is chote hamesha chalak hote hain..."(Hindi)

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those people may be rude sometimes if they're too smart

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Shrewd(shre+wd~ western digital)The smart/hardheaded intelligent managers of WD western digital has decided to start a new busines in India for high profits at low making cost,and they named it as SHREwd(aded shre fr indian touch

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spelled as [shrood] sounds like a sword (a sword is sharp so a person who is shrewd has a sharp brain*clever* ,penetrating*going to the depth of matters especially practical ones* )

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shrivel

Short Definition : make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)

Definition
(verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture
Synonyms : shrink shrivel up wither
Example Sentence
  • The fruit dried and shriveled
Definition
(verb) decrease in size, range, or extent
Synonyms : shrink
Example Sentence
  • His earnings shrank
  • My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shrivel

shrivel sounds like shiver = due to cold you shiver and contract

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Whwn u see ur rivel u'll shrival

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SHRIVEL or CRUMPLE - render smaller, lessen or diminish.

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shri devi velocity(vel) in flim industry becomes wrinkle.

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shudder

Short Definition : shake uncontrollably; tremble; V.

Definition
(noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
Example Sentence
  • a frisson of surprise shot through him
Definition
(noun) an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
Synonyms : tremor
Definition
(verb) shake, as from cold
Synonyms : shiver
Example Sentence
  • The children are shivering--turn on the heat!
Definition
(verb) tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Synonyms : shiver thrill throb
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shudder

sounds like shutter ... when we pull down the shutters in a shop, it vibrates..and sounds awful...

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SHUDDER or SHIVER - to shake violently.

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v will tremble when v watch "shutter" movie, horror

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If you don't have "chudder" you will "shudder"

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Shudder sounds like shooter be afraid about shooters.

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shuffle

Short Definition : mix together; jumble; move (something) from one place to another; slide (the feet) along the ground while walking; Ex. shuffle papers from one pile to another; N.

Definition
(noun) the act of mixing cards haphazardly
Synonyms : make shuffling
Definition
(noun) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
Example Sentence
  • from his shambling I assumed he was very old
Definition
(verb) walk by dragging one's feet
Synonyms : scuffle shamble
Example Sentence
  • he shuffled out of the room
  • We heard his feet shuffling down the hall
Definition
(verb) move about, move back and forth
Example Sentence
  • He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS
Definition
(verb) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
Synonyms : mix ruffle
Example Sentence
  • shuffle the cards
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shuffle

SHUFFLE and DAWDLE which somewhat sound similar, refer to a slow walking movement. SHUFFLE is to walk without lifting one's feet whereas DAWDLE is to walk slowly, idle.

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shun

Short Definition : keep away from; avoid deliberately; Ex. She has been shunned by her neighbors.

Definition
(verb) avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
Synonyms : eschew
Definition
(verb) expel from a community or group
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shun

shun sounds like SUN so keep a distance from the sun.

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SHUN is like SHANI DEV (a Hindu God of destruction). So keep away, steer clear.

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shun...shunn...shunn.. bullets are raining.. wrong place & time to hangout, keep away

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some 'pakau aadmi' repeatedly calls you 'shun, idhaar aa' - you want to go away :P

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Shun him or he will shunt you into a space shuttle.

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shunt

Short Definition : move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N.

Definition
(noun) a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
Example Sentence
  • an arteriovenus shunt
Definition
(noun) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current Definition
(noun) implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body Definition
(verb) transfer to another track, of trains Definition
(verb) provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shunt

what happens when current is shunted, it diverts (electronics term)

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S+hunt... imagine a group of hunters while they were shooting in hunting, a group of elephants attacked and turned their jeeps aside

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SHUN(t)- to keep away..so to sidetrack,,turn aside..

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SHUNT or TRANSPLANT is to remove and establish elsewhere, to move from one track to the other.

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shyster

Short Definition : lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner

Definition
(noun) a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods
Synonyms : pettifogger
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shyster

shy + star...if you are shy and still want to become a star you have to use unethical methods because stars have a charisma in them which is lacking in shy people.Shy star +sinister

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Shiny (Ahuja) is a star (SHYSTER), and you all know what he's done was unethical.

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SHYSTER - S=SHE + HYSTER=HYSTERICAL. SHE was quite HYSTERICAL when the unscrupulous lawyer or SHYSTER began asking her the most objectionable questions in front of a sitting audience.

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shy sister, why is ure sister shy to come out? coz she is embarraced of her pettifogger husband

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A shyster have no shy

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shyster - sounds like a trickster , but only not shy

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SINister & SHYster sin & shy + ster relate these two

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precipitate ~ pre-anticipate: make sth anticipate, occur before(pre-) the time it should.

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attack+nutrition

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sibling

Short Definition : brother or sister

Definition
(noun) a person's brother or sister
Synonyms : sib
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sibling

sibling... sameLING means produced by same person must b brother or sister

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sibylline

Short Definition : prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world)

Definition
(adj) resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy
Example Sentence
  • the high priest's divinatory pronouncement
  • mantic powers
  • a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions
Definition
(adj) having a secret or hidden meaning
Example Sentence
  • cabalistic symbols engraved in stone
  • cryptic writings
  • thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sibylline

sibyline=see + by + line...see within the lines...have you heard the idiom reading between the lines...this word has exactly the meaning.

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In Harry Potter, Prof Trelawney's first name was Sibyll. She was the divination teacher!

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SIBYLLINE is a SIGN of the DIVINE.

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when duryondhan was born, god said, "yeh to trailer tha, i predict 99 more siblings"

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Pronunciation : Sib-e-lin ... By converting marks to grades, we wonder whether Mr Sibal(our education minister) is PROPHETIC/SIBYLLINE or not?

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sidereal

Short Definition : relating to stars; Ex. sidereal day

Definition
(adj) of or relating to the stars or constellations
Example Sentence
  • sidereal bodies
  • the sidereal system
Definition
(adj) (of divisions of time) determined by daily motion of the stars
Example Sentence
  • sidereal time
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sidereal

SIDEREAL is pronounced as SY-DEE-RIAL and not SIDE+REAL, therefore CELESTIAL is a more appropriate suggestion, as it not only rhymes with sidereal, it also has the same meaning-relating to the stars or the constellation.

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SIDE+REAL...the STARS by our SIDE are REAL

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break it as side+reel, reel signifies something to do with movies, and movies=movie stars (actors), so eventually relating to stars :)

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The real side of an axis is known as infinite space. The infinite space is related to stars or celestial bodies !!!

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we dont know which side of a star is real... it's a sidereal question

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Side+Real : visible beside the moon and are really illuminant

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sidereal - see-ether-real = sidereal, when you see an ethereal body,it must be the stars!

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SIDE sounds like the name 'Said' [pronounced: sigh-eed] => to keep it REAL, Said lost his Papa's watch so he learned how to tell time by looking at the stars.

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