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bust

Short Definition : piece of sculpture showing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest; V: break up; arrest; Ex. crimebuster

Definition
(noun) a complete failure
Synonyms : fizzle flop
Example Sentence
  • the play was a dismal flop
Definition
(noun) the chest of a woman
Synonyms : female chest
Definition
(noun) a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person Definition
(noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
Synonyms : binge bout tear
Example Sentence
  • they went on a bust that lasted three days
Definition
(verb) ruin completely
Synonyms : break
Example Sentence
  • He busted my radio!
Definition
(verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
Synonyms : raid
Example Sentence
  • The police raided the crack house
Definition
(verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly
Synonyms : rupture snap tear
Example Sentence
  • The rope snapped
  • tear the paper
Definition
(verb) go to pieces
Example Sentence
  • The lawn mower finally broke
  • The gears wore out
  • The old chair finally fell apart completely
Definition
(verb) break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
Synonyms : burst
Example Sentence
  • The dam burst
Definition
(adj) lacking funds
Example Sentence
  • `skint' is a British slang term
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for bust

Bust is above breast in the chest; police busted him in haste.

bust can be remembered with boost,when ever i come across bust,i love to drink boost,because boost is the secret of my energy

buttress

Short Definition : support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. flying buttress

Definition
(noun) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building
Synonyms : buttressing
Definition
(verb) reinforce with a buttress
Example Sentence
  • Buttress the church
Definition
(verb) make stronger or defensible
Example Sentence
  • buttress your thesis
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for buttress

remember by your BUTT or BUTTOCKS ! what do they do? They provide you with a padding when ypu sit, giving support.. :)

If you have big but (hope you know what ‘but’ is), you will have extra support

buttress=butt rest...butt gives u support so u tk rest on ur butt generally while sleeping or sitting

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butts rests on support

buttress…..sounds simillar to mistress………….when i failed my exams due to my ill health ,it was my biology mistress who understood my problem and supported me in my tough time.

buttress ends with "tress" can be read as truss, truss are usually created in order to strengthen the stucture (Mech)

sometimes u need to put u need to put butter on your stories to support it

butt(container to store liquid)+ress(sounds like rest.) ..plz get only one butt ,as we need it as a support to our existing water supply,rest we have got big tankers for this purpose.

buttress sounds like butter which is used to cover the bread for taste......so its gives support to the bread ...then it taste's well

Buttress = but (put) + tress (stress); give stress for support at back by a pile.

buxom

Short Definition : full-bosomed; plump; jolly

Definition
(adj) (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
Example Sentence
  • Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes
  • a curvy young woman in a tight dress
Definition
(adj) (of a female body) healthily plump and vigorous
Synonyms : zaftig zoftig
Example Sentence
  • a generation ago...buxom actresses were popular
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for buxom

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buck"some (buy some)gals who are healthy and plumpy to play..kinds a vulgar but thts d easy way yu remember..!!

BOOB+ZOOM here Zoom is in the place of huge.

BUCKSome....generally women having lot of money are Buxom....

Buxom ->> bossoms lady with big bossoms

Buxom->Buxob:when u sea a BUXOM woman (woman with large breasts) it makes your BOXERS OBvious to others (u r aroused)...sorry for the language;)

To appear buxom, you have to use botox.

'bossom' stressed hard in the middle ,so kind of juge

cabal

Short Definition : small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

Definition
(noun) a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
Synonyms : camarilla faction junto
Definition
(noun) a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot)
Synonyms : conspiracy
Definition
(verb) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together
Example Sentence
  • They conspired to overthrow the government
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cabal

cabal (Kabul), remember this place....Bin Laden and his men secretly united in kabul(cabal) to promote their interest, i.e. 9/11 attack...

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Cabal--- kabila in Hindi u know (must have seen in bollywood movies) ....imagine them when u read cabal you will automatically recall the meaning i.e secret group of persons secretly united to promote their interests.

cabal sounds like cannibal to me. so the cannibals join unite to promote their interest i.e. kill and eat people.

STORY : Imagine a group of bald people planing to attack a barbar shop for bal(hairs)

cabal.it seems like cabar(kabristan--burrial ground)meeting secretly at this place..means some conspiracy is going on!!

cabal : cap + all means "put a cap" means to cheat in indian language and all - means group - so it means to come together to cheat

cache

Short Definition : hiding place; V.

Definition
(noun) a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) Definition
(noun) a secret store of valuables or money
Synonyms : hoard stash
Definition
(noun) (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics
Synonyms : memory cache
Definition
(verb) save up as for future use
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cache

sounds like cash.. So, hide your cash somewhere..

cache is a computer term where latest binary data are stored near the cpu, it hides it.

remember that the cashier is the one who works on the cache(as a place to hide or keep money)

i'm hiding in my cache...can u catch me huh??

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Sounds like cache and stash. You can stash your cash away for safe keeping.

cacophonous

Short Definition : discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds

Definition
(adj) having an unpleasant sound
Synonyms : cacophonic
Example Sentence
  • as cacophonous as a henyard
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cacophonous

caco sounds like cactus and phonous like phone. So kindly try to remember it like this...a phone with a cactus makes irritating sounds.

Caco + phone – phones sometimes cause irritating sound (some ringtones etc).

phonus is sound.and kako is bad or harsh..so cacophonous is bad sound or harsh sound.

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lots of COCK making noise in a PHONE... "KUKDEKU.."

symphony is pleasing music of well tuned. cacophony is opposite to it made up uneven rhythm and it should be called as noise not song

cactus + phonus ~ cactus = unpleasant phonus = sound => unpleasant sound !!

poem frog and the nightingale->frog's voice crass cacophany

ke ko sound in phone while talking irritates us

cacophony: it sounds like ' cat call phone' ---- discordant.

cacophony: cat + cock + phone --- it is obviously discordant.

"caco" stands for chaos , phonous means sound. If you read science fiction or read cosmology you know what chaos means. So caco+phonous means "chaos sound"

cadaver

Short Definition : corpse; dead human body

Definition
(noun) the dead body of a human being
Synonyms : clay corpse remains stiff
Example Sentence
  • the cadaver was intended for dissection
  • the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse
  • the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river
  • honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cadaver

Cadaver = CADET (kada = ganda) + WAR...a cadet killed at war...hence his corpse and his corpse was flowwing in a river (cada+ver)

in harry potter, the strongest spell,, abra ka daver,,,(cadever),,, kills the person, leaving the body dead

caDAVER- daver in this word,brings us to mind,devru(god).after death,people who are lucky will reach god

कद्दावर आदमी की लाश

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CAD:computer aided design,aversion:hatred.AVERsion towards CAD made him penniless hence died of hunger i.e. lying as a corpse

sounds like kadevar( kadevar in marathi)...Vikram-Vetal ka comics mein vetal hamesha vikram ke kadevar tha and vetal was a corpse

Cadet died in war and he became VEER...VEER MARAN

(Kannada) - devva means ghost, cadaver is ca-devva-er

cadaver rhymes with kalebar which means dead body skeleton.so cadaver means dead body

cadaver in marathi v can portray it as cade var lash gheun chala ahai.

aver people studying CAD will be like dead body

cadaverous

Short Definition : like a corpse; pale

Definition
(adj) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Example Sentence
  • emaciated bony hands
  • a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
  • eyes were haggard and cavernous
  • small pinched faces
  • kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
Definition
(adj) of or relating to a cadaver or corpse
Synonyms : cadaveric
Example Sentence
  • we had long anticipated his cadaverous end
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cadaverous

the presence of a carnivorous(feeding on flesh) makes you cadaverous.

you may relate the word with kadha(a hindi word) (a yuck tasting drink you are forcefully made to drink if you are ill) cadaverous = kada + rus = sick looking person

Devar is cadaverous and may turn into a cadaver

Dave studying cad, iam aver he will look like dead body pale & dull

cadence

Short Definition : rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm

Definition
(noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
Synonyms : beat measure meter metre
Definition
(noun) the close of a musical section Definition
(noun) a recurrent rhythmical series
Synonyms : cadency
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cadence

cadence -> dance- replace e with a...and it turns out to be dance. People dance to the rythmic rise and fall of the sound beats.

ca(n) dance only on the songs with BEATS.. :-)

kya dance hain.i started praising my friend coz his dance was RYTHMIC.....

CADET DANCE imagine NCC cadets dancing, obviously they will dance with rising and falling beats, the same way they march.

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Ca like Clay & Dence like Dense: a clay which is dense have shape up and down, like ripples (waves)

cadence: cat + dance --- cat dance with a rhythm.

cadence: it sounds like ' Cate (kate) dance' --- Cate dance with rhythm.

If u are a cadaver peolple will make cadences around u

car dance (cadence) -> rise and fall of rhythm.

cadet

Short Definition : student at a military school

Definition
(noun) a military trainee (as at a military academy)
Synonyms : plebe
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cadet

remember NCC = national cadet crops. students joined in NCC camp for serving nation. so they ll join military trainee they are called cadet

sounds like CADER...the comrades/active party members of a political party...meaning is similar too

It sounds like 'candidate',so by this remember it as student(candidate) at military school

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in Hindi...daant means scolding...so ca-det(replace e by a)..in military cadets get a lot of scolding for being disciplined

You konw what cadre is! If so, You can easily remeber this!

student at military is chosen as candidate.

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