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cipher

Short Definition : nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.

Definition
(noun) a message written in a secret code
Synonyms : cypher
Definition
(noun) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Synonyms : 0 cypher nought zero
Definition
(noun) a quantity of no importance
Example Sentence
  • it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
  • reduced to nil all the work we had done
  • we racked up a pathetic goose egg
  • it was all for naught
  • I didn't hear zilch about it
Definition
(noun) a person of no influence
Synonyms : cypher nobody nonentity
Definition
(noun) a secret method of writing Definition
(verb) convert ordinary language into code
Example Sentence
  • We should encode the message for security reasons
Definition
(verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cipher

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its always difficult to deCIPHER a SECRET CODE

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cipher sounds like suffer and worthless persons are always suffer as they do not know the secret code to get success and due to this they do not have any entity.

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Cipher-rhymes cyber-ppl don like those who involve in cyber crime also they do this in a secret manner

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this word represents or brings us to mind ,the word psycho. someone with a nonenity,a worthless person whose mind is zero, but somthing secret hidden behind him..

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Cipher can be read as Sifar(which means zero(nothing) in Urdu/Punjabi).So a non-entity, worthless person/thing is a Cipher.

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CIPHER=C+I+PEE+Him...SEE I PEE ON HIM.....PERSON ON WHOM THIS IS IMPLEMENTED WORTHLESS,HE HAS NO VALUE,

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cipher sounds like "sirfira"-a person who talks vague and is of no value..

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sifar means 0 so ppl of zero value are ciphers

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cipher sounds like CHEAP HER...so cheap people have a special jargon[type of language...secret code] also they are WORTHLESS people

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deCIPHER the secret text as without which the meaning of it would be non existing

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circlet

Short Definition : small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration)

Definition
(noun) a small circle Definition
(noun) decorated metal band worn around the head
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for circlet

CIRCle + braceLET = CIRCLET

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circlet rhymes with circle

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circlet sounds like anklet which is a band around the leg which may also be gold

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circle + locket = circlet

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Anklet is worn on ankle and circlet is worn on Sar(Head)

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bracelet jo cir (Sir) par hain

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circuit

Short Definition : closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place

Definition
(noun) an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow Definition
(noun) a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
Synonyms : tour
Example Sentence
  • they took an extended tour of Europe
  • we took a quick circuit of the park
  • a ten-day coach circuit of the island
Definition
(noun) an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
Example Sentence
  • she's a familiar name on the club circuit
  • on the lecture circuit
  • the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district
  • the international tennis circuit
Definition
(noun) the boundary line encompassing an area or object
Synonyms : circumference
Example Sentence
  • he had walked the full circumference of his land
  • a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
Definition
(noun) (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals Definition
(noun) a racetrack for automobile races
Synonyms : racing circuit
Definition
(noun) movement once around a course
Synonyms : circle lap
Example Sentence
  • he drove an extra lap just for insurance
Definition
(verb) make a circuit
Example Sentence
  • They were circuiting about the state

circuitous

Short Definition : roundabout

Definition
(adj) marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
Synonyms : roundabout
Example Sentence
  • the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
  • a roundabout paragraph
  • hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
Definition
(adj) deviating from a straight course
Synonyms : devious roundabout
Example Sentence
  • a scenic but devious route
  • a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
  • a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for circuitous

circuit-ous -> like circuit;

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circuit + ous.. Deviating from the circuit..

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car race, there are circuit(paths), so they follow a circuitous route

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circ(circle)tous(tour) circle+tour=round about path. which isn't straight

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cir sounds like sir . sir is very cute with round face

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circumlocution

Short Definition : indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)

Definition
(noun) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
Synonyms : ambage periphrasis
Definition
(noun) an indirect way of expressing something
Synonyms : indirect expression
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for circumlocution

circumlocution -> circle + locution (loqui means to speak), speaking vaguely so as to avoid the topic.

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in short ..ghuma fira kar bolna ;)

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CIRCUM means circular..not straight..ghuma fira kar... and LOCUT .. means to talk ( as in locquacious:talkative) so... CIRCUMLOCUTION.. ghuma fira kar bolna :)

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circum (circumference of a circle) + locution (elocution or to talk) meaning...to talk indirectly... in tamil we say it as touching the nose from behind the head

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circumscribe

Short Definition : limit; confine; draw a line around

Definition
(verb) draw a line around
Example Sentence
  • He drew a circle around the points
Definition
(verb) restrict or confine,
Synonyms : confine limit
Example Sentence
  • I limit you to two visits to the pub a day
Definition
(verb) to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for circumscribe

circumscribe -> circle + scribe(a writer of manuscripts); so circumscribe means a person writing around the same lines or topic.

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remember circumference..we restrict ourself around a circle..

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Lakshman drew a circle around Sita's hut to circumscribe(LIMIT,RESTRICT) her

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scribed in a circle,or limited region

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circumscribe=circle+describe....you have to describe the things only with in circle...limited,restrained,boundary

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circum is somthing like a circle,, and if u chk the word crib here,,that means to stop or check.

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circumscribe means drawing a circle around triangle or square or any other polygon. which also means that we are limiting the region confined for scaling the polygon.

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circumspect

Short Definition : prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought

Definition
(adj) heedful of potential consequences
Synonyms : discreet
Example Sentence
  • circumspect actions
  • physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use
  • a discreet investor
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for circumspect

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circum(means circumstance)...spect(means to inspect)...so a kind of person who inspects circumstances before speaking, and such people are generally considered as prudent.

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when a circle inspector inspects u, the nu would become prudent and cautious in ur action and thought..

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Circum(circular i.e 360 degrees)+spec(spectacles)....when you watch things or circumstances from all angle, it means that you are wary and unwilling to take risks....

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circums - sounds like circumference of circle...go round...means who is cautious he ll not take shortcuts...he will go circuspect

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Circumspect also means wary or cautious...circum(circumstance)+spect(spectacles)....when you see a circumstance with your spectacles, you are cautious....

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One who is cautious will SUSPECT trouble and go around it: CIRCUM SUSPECT.

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A clever person suspects around i.e circum+suspect=circumspect

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circumvent

Short Definition : outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around

Definition
(verb) surround so as to force to give up
Example Sentence
  • The Turks besieged Vienna
Definition
(verb) beat through cleverness and wit
Example Sentence
  • I beat the traffic
  • She outfoxed her competitors
Definition
(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Example Sentence
  • He dodged the issue
  • she skirted the problem
  • They tend to evade their responsibilities
  • he evaded the questions skillfully
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for circumvent

circle + prevent => to form a CIRCLE or a boundary around the target so as to OUTSMART your opponent. lyk abhimanyu did!!!

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think all knows the story of ganesh who goes around the parents (shiva and parvati circularly) . he outsmarted muruga and got the sacred mango. circum (in a circle) vent (went around) for mango

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he WENT tru the situation by AVOIDing it

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circum (circle) + vent (went) = he went through the circle of fire!

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CIR-CUM-VENT: imagine u r given a problem to solve by your SIR(CIR), u solve it fast and then tell him to COME(CUM0, so that u show him the answer...in short u have outsmarted all ur friends, and are clever

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CIRCUM(circular)+VENT(opening)...you have made a circular vent to FIND WAY(solve a problem or a difficulty)....

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circum+went the person took an indirect path and went to kill the enenmy thus outsmarting him grrrrrrrrrrr......

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How to circumvent a stupid angry professor, the student says Sir Come but the student is gone Went very cleverly and duped the stupid professor aghast (while the student was very clever and outsmarted the professor)

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cistern

Short Definition : reservoir or water tank

Definition
(noun) a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
Synonyms : cisterna
Definition
(noun) a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet
Synonyms : water tank
Definition
(noun) an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cistern

cistern- the initial part of the word,resembles cister(sister)..yeah,,..wen u hit ur sister, then genrally a reservoir of water will flow as tears..[ general phenomenon of gals]...lol...!!

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remember quant part of gre. calculate the length of the CISTERN if it filled with 1/6 th of water and blah blah blah

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remember pipes and cistern chapter

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circum (circumstances) + vent (preventing)....so it is like someone who can prevent bad circumstances to happen, because he is a step ahead and outwitting conditions

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citadel

Short Definition : fortress

Definition
(noun) a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
Synonyms : bastion
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for citadel

cita(Seeta) was captured by Ravana and was confined to his fortress with all his sena del(dal) protecting her...

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cita-del is similar to city -Delhi in India which has many old fortress.

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Seetha+ dwell= seetha matha’s dwellind place is fortess.

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citadel ,,,remind us with CASTLE which has the same meaning =D

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sit+idle..or tadel(TIDEl)..so to avoid destruction from tides , go for shelter in bastions. :)

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if any of u have played the game called thief were garrot always tries to loot the money from the citadel.....i am sory this mnemonic might not be useful to many

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