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censor

Short Definition : (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V.

Definition
(noun) someone who censures or condemns Definition
(noun) a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable Definition
(verb) forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
Synonyms : ban
Definition
(verb) subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
Example Sentence
  • This magazine is censored by the government
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for censor

censor board which removes inappropriate matters from movies

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relate censor to parents who eliminate inapproriate things for their children,censorship...

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lets remember sensors which alerts us when there is something wrong ,,(smoke detectors ,seat belt sensor in the cars)so it works like (censor)on this meaning :)

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AMERICAN PIE FILM HAVE LOT OF CENSORS

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they have a sensor to censor movie films

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they have a sensor to censor movie films

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censorious

Short Definition : severely critical

Definition
(adj) harshly critical or expressing censure
Example Sentence
  • was censorious of petty failings
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for censorious

overly serIOUS abt CENSORing---harshly critical or disapproving

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censor-ious -> means like sensor; people like sensor always try to find fault of others and criticize them

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CENSORship is a very CRITICAL issue

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it can be read as ''CENSE(sense)+serIOUS''. Which implies that it senses like its getting serious or severely critical.

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censor board find it full of or(bad scenes) severely critical and disapproved it.

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In ancient eastern Asia, a censor was a government official whose primary duty was to scrutinize the conduct of officials and rulers.

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break it like censor+serious censor board is very srious on the director of the film

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censure

Short Definition : blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval

Definition
(noun) harsh criticism or disapproval
Synonyms : animadversion
Definition
(noun) the state of being excommunicated Definition
(verb) rebuke formally
Synonyms : criminate reprimand
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for censure

Try to link the meaning of this word with the censor board which always critisizes every inch of the film and also disapproves of some of the parts.

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the ppl who r very sure,they always criticise others..

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censure…sounds simillar to censor….and when is something censored? When people are disapprove of something,something which gets criticism from all over.

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Cent-%-SURE: I was cent percent sure, but it got disapproved

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someone is saying you have made a mess go ''C(see) and ensure'' whats the fault in this.

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ensure energy drink is not good in taste, smell and disapprove to have it.(blame; criticize; express strong disapproval)

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someone "CENt-per cent-SURE" of what he/she knows is likely to "express formal disapproval" when he/she sees something amiss

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centaur

Short Definition : mythical figure, half man and half horse

Definition
(noun) (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse Definition
(noun) a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross
Synonyms : centaurus
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for centaur

the word when pronounced, gives a pronouncation of centre..which means half..

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In the game DotA, there is a hero called Centaur Warchief whose upper body is like human and the remaining part is like animal.

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people who have watched NARNIA - The lion,witch and the wardrobe can remember centaur.. The lions troop will have lot of centaurs with human face and horse body which is a centaur

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centigrade

Short Definition : denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

Definition
(adj) of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees

centrifugal

Short Definition : radiating; departing from the center

Definition
(adj) tending to move away from a center
Example Sentence
  • centrifugal force
Definition
(adj) tending away from centralization, as of authority
Example Sentence
  • the division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress
Definition
(adj) conveying information to the muscles from the CNS
Synonyms : motor
Example Sentence
  • motor nerves
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for centrifugal

Centrifugal = Central (CBI) + fugitive -- A fugitive always runs away from the CBI

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center of the few girl

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centrifuge

Short Definition : machine that separates substances by whirling them

Definition
(noun) an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension
Synonyms : extractor separator
Definition
(verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids
Synonyms : centrifugate
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for centrifuge

sounds like refugee.....so refugees are seperated

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stop central fusion, separate from whirling

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centripetal

Short Definition : tending toward the center

Definition
(adj) tending to move toward a center
Example Sentence
  • centripetal force
Definition
(adj) tending to unify
Synonyms : unifying
Definition
(adj) of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
Synonyms : receptive sensory
Example Sentence
  • sensory neurons
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for centripetal

The petals of a flower are bound by a bud in the center, thus bending towards the center..Unifying

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pedaling towards center. ie towards center

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centurion

Short Definition : Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

Definition
(noun) (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for centurion

centurion -> century -> 100; thus it means a leader of 100 soldiers.

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Sachin(Indian Cricket's army man) scored a blistering century @ the centurion to become a centurion watched by hundreds of spectators. Put all these together to get the meaning of the word

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Centurion mattress remember one add is there... It leads all mattress...

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Centurion sounds similar to centuries. Sachin leads the table with the most number of centuries scored.

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saikia assamese surnames means having 100 soldiers under him. Same as centurion. There is one more assamese surname hazarika(bupen hazarika) who has 1000 soldiers under him.

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cerebral

Short Definition : pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum

Definition
(adj) involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
Synonyms : intellectual
Example Sentence
  • a cerebral approach to the problem
  • cerebral drama
Definition
(adj) of or relating to the cerebrum or brain
Example Sentence
  • cerebral hemisphere
  • cerebral activity
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cerebral

cereBRAINal

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CEREBRAL ASSASIN

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