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camaraderie

Short Definition : good-fellowship; CF. comrade

Definition
(noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for camaraderie

break it up.. Camara + de + rie.. you give or share your room with your friends with whom you have mutual trust.. good-fellowship..

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You can use the casual statement in Hindi "CAMERA DEY REY"(Give me the Camera) with someone who are having a good relationship with/good friend.

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camaraderie = you use camera and take pictures of people you have friendship and mutual trust

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While addressing any communist meetings or any strikes or raastaroko....the activists r addresses as comrades....comrades follow good fellow ship...

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camera de rahi hai ..which is a mark of good fellowship!

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camara(Kamara: Hindi)+derie(Darie: Hindi): With whom u share ur Kamara and Darie, means ur good friend.

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camaraderie: Similar to comradeship

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kamra+dari=>sharing of a room should involve camaraderie

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Camara + der . Use the camera to capture there your best friend

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break it up.. Camara + de + rie.. you give or share your room with your friends with whom you have mutual trust.. good-fellowship..

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cameo

Short Definition : shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor role in a film

Definition
(noun) engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cameo

in front of the cam(camera) u try to add a jewel to show yourself as a star for a special appearance in a movie..

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cameo sounds like romeo .. so its related to star special appearance .. and also romeo adds jewellery...so

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Apni kamiyo ko chupane ke liye pehno cameo(jewel carved in relief)

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the role of salman khan in movie "hello" was very kam(hindi) hain.

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Batsman plays very fast knock at the end of innings and Ravi Shastri says 'what a good cameo he played'

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romeo ajith came like cameo in english vinglish

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camp

Short Definition : group sharing a common cause or opinion

Definition
(noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
Example Sentence
  • wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
Definition
(noun) a group of people living together in a camp
Example Sentence
  • the whole camp laughed at his mistake
Definition
(noun) temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
Example Sentence
  • level ground is best for parking and camp areas
Definition
(noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose Definition
(noun) a penal institution (often for forced labor)
Example Sentence
  • China has many camps for political prisoners
Definition
(noun) something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
Example Sentence
  • the living room was pure camp
Definition
(noun) shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
Synonyms : refugee camp
Definition
(noun) a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
Synonyms : summer camp
Example Sentence
  • city kids get to see the country at a summer camp
Definition
(verb) live in or as if in a tent
Example Sentence
  • Can we go camping again this summer?
  • The circus tented near the town
  • The houseguests had to camp in the living room
Definition
(verb) establish or set up a camp
Synonyms : camp down
Definition
(verb) give an artificially banal or sexual quality to Definition
(adj) providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
Synonyms : campy
Example Sentence
  • they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect
  • campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's
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a camp is a place where people with common ideas and interests stay.

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canard

Short Definition : unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report

Definition
(noun) a deliberately misleading fabrication
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for canard

Remember Kannad movies...their fighting is so unreal..false... so remember canard as being a false portrayal.

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canard - can hard, it can hardly happen. It is exaggerated.

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Canarad--- Remember Narad Muni who use to spread false rumours.

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Remember: I "canard" (cannot) believe that story!

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can+hard--rumours can be hardly believed

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can nerd(nard) spread rumours? No he can't!

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CanarD~Kenar...In Share market you can hear false rumor particular share KENAR jonno.

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canard - canara bank server is hacked, is a false rumor or false report.

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candor

Short Definition : frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid

Definition
(noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty Definition
(noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for candor

Candor (Can + Do + r) During an interview you reflect your "Can Do" attitude to the interviewer.

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Candor (Can + Do + or + not) tell me the truth can u do this or shud i go to sm1 else ??

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Derived from "candid" which means truthful and honest opinion etc.

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cando-r, in gujrati kando is onion, if we make some criminal,smell kando he becomes frank and openly honest and tells us everything

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Imagine my life lies behind a door. Then if I CAN open the DOoR to my life...I am open and honest...So I "CAN" open the "DOR"

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CAN u come straight from DOoR?? dont come thru window...

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CAN (Can't) DOR(Dar.In hindi Dar is to fear. so those who dont fear are open, frank and honest.

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candidate should be candid, or have candor meaning to be honest or frank to people

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Can+ dar; dar in hindi is fear...so don't be darpok, be frank..

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candour UK , US candor noun [ U ] the quality of being honest and telling the truth, especially about a difficult or embarrassing subject "We really don't know what to do about it, " she said with surprising candour

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candor is the door of honesty

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children become stright forward and honest onlywhen you give them a candy

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Imagine a can is talking to a door. The can is telling the door that he is fired, because the door is not an all-rounder. He is honestly telling the door. That is candor.

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candor--> can+door if u "can" speak "truth" then all "doors" of heaven are open for u

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canine

Short Definition : related to dogs; doglike

Definition
(noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars Definition
(noun) any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
Synonyms : canid
Definition
(adj) of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
Synonyms : laniary
Definition
(adj) of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for canine

canine is a big sharp tooth used for biting and dogs have sharp tooth so canine = dog like

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before i end in counting up NINE numbers if you CAN't do this work you are a doglike animal

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canine=cat+nine, If there are these many cats then surely dog will appear from some where...

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the dominicans is latin for "the lords watch dogs", for they were preachers for all sinners throughout history. domini=lord, cani=dogs

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canker

Short Definition : any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer

Definition
(noun) a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark Definition
(noun) an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
Synonyms : canker sore
Definition
(noun) a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
Synonyms : pestilence
Example Sentence
  • racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
  • according to him, I was the canker in their midst
Definition
(verb) become infected with a canker Definition
(verb) infect with a canker
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for canker

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canker relates to CANCER which is also a kind of ulcer.

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CANKER has a TANKER and kills every1 who cmes in his way....so CANKER z EVIL

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canker -- 'daal mein canker...'

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something like kankar

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Smoking is a CANKER that causes CANCER.

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canker sounds like CANCER (mouth cancer) which is also a kind of ulcer.

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canny

Short Definition : shrewd in money matters; thrifty

Definition
(adj) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
Synonyms : cagey cagy clever
Example Sentence
  • a cagey lawyer
  • too clever to be sound
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for canny

Canny sounds like Granny. Granny is shrewd in money or business matters.

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Canny sounds like Penny. A person who doenot like to give away his penny is canny.

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a can is used to store stuff and hence canny refers to storing money and not easliy spending it

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Canny id dervived from can : (in the sense: to know how)

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canny ~ cunny == cunning means dhoort in hindi

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canny-can any penny..not to spend much and to store more

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Canny - cunny (Kunjus )

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canny can be remembered as "KEN"whcih means perceptive and haveing good judgements.

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Canny business of making money using Pepsi cans

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canny = can + any; I can do any work i.e. showing self interest.

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cant

Short Definition : insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people

Definition
(noun) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Synonyms : buzzword
Definition
(noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
Synonyms : bank camber
Definition
(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Example Sentence
  • they don't speak our lingo
Definition
(noun) insincere talk about religion or morals
Synonyms : pious platitude
Definition
(noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
Synonyms : bevel chamfer
Definition
(verb) heel over
Synonyms : cant over pitch slant tilt
Example Sentence
  • The tower is tilting
  • The ceiling is slanting
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monks will be ChANT ing mantras . its known only for saints and monks

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i cant understand their(a particular group lik thieves] CANT eg in movies, RajniKANT's language&the hypocrisy he shows 2wrds Gods(i.e. insincere expressions of piety)> As i knw only hindi or english.....i cant understand his CANT

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cant= short cut of "can not". when someone ignored to do any work i.e. he cannot do that . that expressing an insincerity type of talk..

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chant ~ nice and pious words.. cant is opposite

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can't trust someone who cants

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u cant understand a cant language

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evry group has its SLANG, which they use while having a break in CANTeen

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if you forget the password u CANT access ur account. secret word known by only those who are using it.

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CAnT—sounds like a cat—which is considered to be bad religiously.. so a BAD talk abt religious matters

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Use like this.. You CAN'T wish to be a thief to share their language.. also Your good spirit CAN'T be insinciere in religious or moral matters..

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cant is used by a small group of people it should be cannot.

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I can't believe this religious cant.

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cantankerous

Short Definition : ill-humored; irritable

Definition
(adj) stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Synonyms : bloody-minded
Example Sentence
  • unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders
Definition
(adj) having a difficult and contrary disposition
Synonyms : crotchety ornery
Example Sentence
  • a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cantankerous

split it into can+tanker+ous : read this as 'kaan' (ear in hindi)+ taker + us, one who is irritable will always have a one below ear (slap) from us.

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cantankerous (can+tanker) imagine that instead of going by a car, if you have to go by a can tanker, it can make you angry or ill-tempered.

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cantankerous sounds like "cann't take it anymore" and when do we say this when we get irritated

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cantankerous (cane+tanker+on+us).Though we save oursalves from cane falling on us we become ill-tempered.

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Can tanker irritate us (ous)

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cantankerous==CANT+ANGER+ous someone whom u dare not anger for he is old and ill tempered

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hulk cannot tackle tankers - irritable. ill humoured

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hey you morons you are coming here to learn what cantankerous mean, i tell you now it means people who are cantankerous like you when you read this mnemonic.

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cat angry us

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one sitting in a TANK is BAD TEMPERED to kill the enemy and is UN-COOPERATIVE towards enemy

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can+tanker+us pahle itna pareshan kiya ki can bhar gaya, fir tanker aur ab hum(us)

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Can and tank is to be used against cantankerous person

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oil can of the tank is slip on our body so we become angry

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CANTAkerous, here CANTA is comparable to hindi word Kanta(throne) which is irritating when it stings. so cantakerous means irritating

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