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veritable

Short Definition : being truly so; real or genuine; actual; not false or imaginary

Definition
(adj) often used as intensifiers
Synonyms : regular
Example Sentence
  • a regular morass of details
  • a regular nincompoop
  • he's a veritable swine
Definition
(adj) not counterfeit or copied
Example Sentence
  • an authentic signature
  • a bona fide manuscript
  • an unquestionable antique
  • photographs taken in a veritable bull ring
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for veritable

veritable--veri(verify)+table--something that is true can be verified.

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it is derived from the root word "ver" which means TRUTH.. hence veritable refers to BEING TRUE / GENUINE

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veritable = verifiable... something verifiable shud be genuine and true..

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veritable ... very true

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This is the veri Table i showed you yesterday .. Not a counterfeit!

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Veritable and literal sound the same and they both mean, exact..not an exaggerated form of something.

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verified + table >> the tables sold in furniture malls is verified and certified teak wood tables, and not fake or duplicate...

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Veritable : Vegetable -- Can you copy or make a counterfeit of Vegetable ?? no it is veritable...

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verifying a math table is not required its genuine.

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verity

Short Definition : quality of being true; lasting truth or principle; Ex. the verity of his testimony; Ex. one of the eternal verities

Definition
(noun) conformity to reality or actuality
Synonyms : the true trueness truth
Example Sentence
  • they debated the truth of the proposition
  • the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
  • he was famous for the truth of his portraits
  • he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities
Definition
(noun) an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for verity

Pronounce it as "Very T" i.e; very true.

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Verity and reality have similar sounds. They both mean, the actual (true) fact not some kind of fantasy.

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Same as verify.. truth can be verified...

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vernacular

Short Definition : living language (as compared to the official language); language spoken in a country or region; natural style; Ex. lapse into the vernacular

Definition
(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Example Sentence
  • they don't speak our lingo
Definition
(noun) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) Definition
(adj) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
Synonyms : common vulgar
Example Sentence
  • common parlance
  • a vernacular term
  • vernacular speakers
  • the vulgar tongue of the masses
  • the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vernacular

Vernacular- verna+cular---अपनी मातृभाषा में बात करो वरना(verna) तुम्हारे ऊपर कूलर(cular) पटक दिया जायेगा...:-)

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Vernacular and particular have the same sounds....each region has its particular vernacular.

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vernacular - verna--> verma--> verma ji ki language (abstruse punjabi) verma ji hi jaanein!

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rhymes with Binocular,with Binocular you can see but can't hear the native language of a place

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Sounds like "ernaculam"..so local language of enraculam

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vernacular:- Verna(letter) + cular(air conditioner):- The letter when you speaks give air conditioner like comfort that cools your body is only the everyone mother tongue.

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vernal

Short Definition : pertaining to spring

Definition
(adj) suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
Synonyms : young youthful
Example Sentence
  • he is young for his age
Definition
(adj) of or characteristic of or occurring in spring
Example Sentence
  • the vernal equinox
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vernal

Ver (above) nal (tap of water) (in Marathi, Hindi) -- water falling from the tap which is above us like rain.

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VERNA(l)...Hyundai VERNA has a very powerful engine and an excellent pick up. It SPRINGS when accelerated.

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Vernal is the opposite of primal. Vernal means something fresh,new, young, whereas primal means, the primitive (old).

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This is for bio students, vernalisation is to do with flowering, so vernal can be connected to flowers and thus 'spring'

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relate to Virginal mean fresh and pure reminds spring

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vernal circle:spring summer autumn winter spring summer....

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VERNAL also means pertaining to spring VER(up in marathi)...a thing that is pressed down and comes up is a SPRING

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the new VERNA looks great... it has new features,fresh like "spring"

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hundai verna launch new in spring season

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Ver (fall, in punjabi) nal (tap of water) (in Hindi) -- water falling from the tap which is above us --so like a rain thus spring

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Ver (true) nal (tap of water) -- water falling from the tap in reality(truly) like rain.

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versatile

Short Definition : having many talents; capable of working in many fields; having many uses or functions; N. versatility

Definition
(adj) having great diversity or variety
Synonyms : various
Example Sentence
  • his various achievements are impressive
  • his vast and versatile erudition
Definition
(adj) changeable or inconstant
Example Sentence
  • versatile moods
Definition
(adj) competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another
Example Sentence
  • a versatile writer
Definition
(adj) able to move freely in all directions
Example Sentence
  • an owl's versatile toe can move backward and forward
  • an insect's versatile antennae can move up and down or laterally
  • a versatile anther of a flower moves freely in the wind
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for versatile

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"Various Attires" or "Various Styles" ...means many forms

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Versatile and mobile sound the same and they both mean, mobility (to be able to move).

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Many talented working at NASA in various + satellite

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vertebrate

Short Definition : having a backbone or spinal column; N: group of animals having a segmented spinal column

Definition
(noun) animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Synonyms : craniate
Definition
(adj) having a backbone or spinal column
Example Sentence
  • fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals are verbetrate animals
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vertebrate

Vertebrate (having a backbone) is the opposite of invertebrate (without a backbone).

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vertex

Short Definition : summit; highest point; PL. vertices

Definition
(noun) the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure Definition
(noun) the highest point (of something)
Synonyms : acme apex peak
Example Sentence
  • at the peak of the pyramid
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vertex

vertex ..v er t X(cross) X = intersection of two lines.

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VER+TEX- VADte(increasing) hue TAX have gone to highest point this year.

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The upper vertex(corner) of the pyramid is its highest point.

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vertigo

Short Definition : severe dizziness; giddiness

Definition
(noun) a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vertigo

sounds like WHERE-2-GO.. so when you dont know where to go, u feel a SEVERE DIZZINESS out of confusion

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Vert represents height. When you look down from a great height, you tend to get dizzy.

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VERT(vertical)GO(to go) u get dizziness

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Vertigo and tornado have something in common... they both, twirl. Vertigo twirls in your head, making you feel dizzy while a tornado comes like a twirling storm.

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When u VERTIcally GO up to some height...u feel, head spinning round and unable to balance i.e DIZZINESS

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travelling in vErtigo car in height will make you feel giddiness

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vertigo: vert = vertcal , go = fall , so it is fear from falling vertically.

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vertex+go.. that u are falling from a vertex .. means u r dizz..

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verve

Short Definition : enthusiasm (as in artistic performance or composition); liveliness; vigor

Definition
(noun) an energetic style
Synonyms : vitality
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for verve

Opposite is nerve (nervous)

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verve ... sounds life river which flow with enthusiasm

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there is a magazine called "verve"...we often use the term vervy..

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serve is an enthusiast art learn from literature

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some1 who has a nerve to do lively and rich things

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verve origin is from vigor... so vigor to serve is verve

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vestige

Short Definition : trace; remains; Ex. vestiges of some ancient religion

Definition
(noun) an indication that something has been present
Synonyms : shadow tincture trace
Example Sentence
  • there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
  • a tincture of condescension
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vestige

think of in + vestigate, where we look for traces or remains of something.

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sounds like wastage which is the remains of something.

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think of prestige... the historical monuments that are still there are a vestige

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Think if Investigation. While investigating, one traces truth

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sound like wastage....appendix in human beings is a wastage coz its of no use....hence VESTIGE

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like vestigial organs are trace elements of evolution

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Vestige ... make it vestigial and compare it to journal. They both refer to a record or trace of something.

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