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succumb

Short Definition : yield (to something overwhelming); give in; die; Ex. succumb to the illness

Definition
(verb) consent reluctantly Definition
(verb) be fatally overwhelmed
Synonyms : yield
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for succumb

succumb(Suck + thumb)- Children doesnt give up sucking their thumb - Children are succumb in sucking thumb

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succumb= sir+comb, when sir asked you that do you have a COMB(which is a bad thing, in school)? you gave your comb reluctantly

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SUCCUMB = suck + thumb; All the money of your father has taken away by your boss there is nothing left for you other than sucking thumb.

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suckle

Short Definition : give or take milk at the breast or udder

Definition
(verb) suck milk from the mother's breasts
Example Sentence
  • the infant was suckling happily
Definition
(verb) give suck to
Example Sentence
  • The wetnurse suckled the infant
  • You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for suckle

It's a euphemism for sucking milk since the latter is divine.

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suffocate

Short Definition : die or kill from lack of air; suppress

Definition
(verb) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Synonyms : asphyxiate smother
Example Sentence
  • Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
  • The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
Definition
(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Synonyms : asphyxiate choke stifle
Example Sentence
  • The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
Definition
(verb) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
Synonyms : choke
Example Sentence
  • He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
Definition
(verb) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
Synonyms : choke
Example Sentence
  • His job suffocated him
Definition
(verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
Synonyms : asphyxiate stifle
Example Sentence
  • The child suffocated under the pillow
Definition
(verb) feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
Example Sentence
  • The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating
Definition
(verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
Synonyms : choke gag strangle
Example Sentence
  • he swallowed a fishbone and gagged

suffragist

Short Definition : advocate of the extension of voting rights (for women); CF. suffrage

Definition
(noun) an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for suffragist

Think opposite of saffron brigade term used for Hindutva activists not supporting woman's right (to vote) [No offense meant; just for mnemonic]

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Sufferer + just: A suffrajist is being just or trying to do justice to suffrers (women in most cases)

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Suffragist... XXXgist always means a person... so Suffra rhymes with sufferer... & all know sufferer is always women... so a person with women for her rights... or advocate of women rights (vote even)

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Remember FEMINIST both are almost same.

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suffragist~polygamist; a suffragist will fight for women rights like voting etc. (please forget about polygamy that was just to bring you to this mnemonic!) ...afterall just a cue shud b enough 2 recollect the word !

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suffuse

Short Definition : spread through or over (with a color or liquid); charge; Ex. A blush suffused her cheeks.

Definition
(verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
Synonyms : perfuse
Example Sentence
  • The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
Definition
(verb) to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
Example Sentence
  • His whole frame suffused with a cold dew
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for suffuse

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akin to other fuses: diffuse, effuse - all of which mean flow or spread.

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SUFFUSE=SUFficient+difFUSE. So, Suffuse is to Diffuse Sufficiently, that is, spread through, over or across

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suitor

Short Definition : man who is courting a woman

Definition
(noun) a man who courts a woman
Synonyms : suer wooer
Example Sentence
  • a suer for the hand of the princess
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for suitor

More likely suits her.

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sullen

Short Definition : silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy

Definition
(adj) showing a brooding ill humor
Example Sentence
  • a dark scowl
  • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
  • a glum, hopeless shrug
  • he sat in moody silence
  • a morose and unsociable manner
  • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
  • a sour temper
  • a sullen crowd
Definition
(adj) darkened by clouds
Example Sentence
  • a heavy sky
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sullen

Your face is SWOLLEN ( by some insect bite ) and so you feel SULLEN

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sullen....sull..soul..sole..sole means alone...so a person who leaves alone.. doesnot hv any social contact..such a person always lives in anxiety and live a dark and lonly life....so he remains silent...and show a BROOding ILL HUMER...

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sull rhymes with dull.. sullen ~ dull n gloomy

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sullen..sull+en..SULLMAN.khan....who life is surrounded by dark clouds..after the recent verdict that he may have to live in JAIL FOR FEW YEARS becoz of his chinkara killing case.

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something like sullied. i.e., tarnished, darkened.

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sully

Short Definition : defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's hands in menial labor

Definition
(noun) United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)
Synonyms : thomas sully
Definition
(noun) French statesman (1560-1641) Definition
(verb) place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
Synonyms : cloud corrupt defile taint
Example Sentence
  • sully someone's reputation
Definition
(verb) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
Example Sentence
  • The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air
  • Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man
Definition
(verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
Example Sentence
  • The journalists have defamed me!
  • The article in the paper sullied my reputation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sully

Sully=soily

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sully sounds like saaley in hindi we use this term to cast doubt on some one acting wrongly

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sue(su)+ lee(lly) by doing this we disparaging lee

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Jake sully in avatar was soily and tarnished after his training in pandora

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To all tamil guys. "Chali" means "cold" and whenever you get cold you become dirty with your kerchief full of mucus. So "sully" is also dirty. But note that here "make dirty" means "tarnish"

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sully is like gully in cricket.. "By standing in gully, ganguly sullied the match" using ganguly just becos sounds lik gully..no offences !!

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sull always means dirty.

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sultry

Short Definition : (of weather) hot; sweltering; sensual; voluptuous

Definition
(adj) sexually exciting or gratifying
Synonyms : sensual
Example Sentence
  • sensual excesses
  • a sultry look
  • a sultry dance
Definition
(adj) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
Example Sentence
  • the summer was sultry and oppressive
  • the stifling atmosphere
  • the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sultry

SLUT - sluts are usually HOT

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sul+try sun+tre u rest under a tree when it is sunny

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Break SULTRY = sul + "TRY". Assume that you are TRYING to get something. For that you are working physically very hard. When you work hard you will feel hot and feel like sweating.

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if u r in a sultry place u will sweat and sweat is salty

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summation

Short Definition : act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial)

Definition
(noun) a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)
Synonyms : rundown summing up
Definition
(noun) (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce Definition
(noun) the final aggregate
Synonyms : sum sum total
Example Sentence
  • the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered
Definition
(noun) the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers
Synonyms : addition plus
Example Sentence
  • the summation of four and three gives seven
  • four plus three equals seven
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