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masquerade

Definition
(noun) a party of guests wearing costumes and masks Definition
(noun) a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party Definition
(noun) making a false outward show
Example Sentence
  • a beggar's masquerade of wealth
Definition
(verb) take part in a masquerade Definition
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not
Example Sentence
  • he is masquerading as an expert on the internet
  • This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for masquerade

focus on masq. MASK is used for disguise so can try to remember like masquerade = Pretend to be someone or something that you are not.

Since homosexuals are treated with contemp many of them wear MASKS n take part in any PARADE supporting homosexuality

The "querade" sounds like charac. Masquerade means to mask one's character.

StalaCtite has a "c" for "ceiling". StalaGmite has a "g" for "ground". Stalactite is stretched "tite" (tight) by hanging from the ceiling. Stalagmite pushes up with all its "mite" (might) from the floor. by wordinfo.info

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masquerade = sounds like mask your head i.e making disguise.

masticate

Definition
(verb) grind and knead
Example Sentence
  • masticate rubber
Definition
(verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
Synonyms : chew jaw manducate
Example Sentence
  • He jawed his bubble gum
  • Chew your food and don't swallow it!
  • The cows were masticating the grass
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for masticate

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Masticate ~ Masti + C + ATE; MASTI when I ATE, i.e. keep chewing and swallow.

masticATE.how do we ATE MASTI? by Chewing.

CAT-hindi kat- chabana.

maudlin

Definition
(adj) effusively or insincerely emotional
Example Sentence
  • a bathetic novel
  • maudlin expressions of sympathy
  • mushy effusiveness
  • a schmaltzy song
  • sentimental soap operas
  • slushy poetry
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for maudlin

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when she received a call from the MODELLING company for her appointment, she became EFFUSIVELY SENTIMENTAL and wept a lot.Her dream had come true.

maudlin = mat ro darling....dont cry,pertaining to sentimental ppl

Think of maudlin as model is in beauty pageant... All models in pageants keep crying unnecessarily, become effusively sentimental.

mauldin maula mere maula mere.. rmbr dis song...its tooo sentimental

mougli - remember jungle book invokes very emotional attachemnt for kids

Think of Aladdin , which is a highly sentimental movie !

A maid named MAUD threw out a LINen bag filled with stuffed animals from my childhood. This made me overly sentimental for months.

Maudlin model after a few drinks.

Remember about ma(mother) you & din ( the days), so you will go utter emotional when you remember about those days im you childhood with your mother.

maudlin = ma + u + dlin; The persons in the road are doing maa means mother give something is always foolish person not able to earn.

maverick

Definition
(noun) someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
Synonyms : rebel
Definition
(noun) an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it Definition
(adj) independent in behavior or thought
Synonyms : irregular unorthodox
Example Sentence
  • she led a somewhat irregular private life
  • maverick politicians
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for maverick

Mave+"RICK" sounds like Ricky Ponting who is rebellious and non-conformist as he does not believe in umpire descisions during India's Cricket match

those who play counter strike will be aware of the bot "maverick" who has cooperation as zero. which is what maverick means!!

maverick-MAIN BHI RICKshaw chaloonga even I am engineer/doctor. I want to be maverick.

Maverick (tom cruise's name) in top gun was maverick as he broke many codes of navy

MaVErick- Main Vo Rockunga jo ho raha hai-> non-conformist

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m+ brick....person who acts like a brick in the way(path) of others

BROCADE---"BROKE-AID"..after buying rich fabric i was BROKE (LACK OF MONEY) and wanted financial AID..

in counterstrike, remember the guy named maverick .. he wont obey ur commands.. he'll go whereever he wants.

maverick - Mai Very Kick the ass types

maverick is a type of gun which a maverick uses

maverick = ma + verick; ma is going to barit to barit house to house.

maverick = ma + aver + ick; means mother is coming from wandering relatives houses.

mealymouthed

Definition
(adj) hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
Synonyms : mealy-mouthed
Example Sentence
  • a mealymouthed politician
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mealymouthed

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mealy+mouthed-you have stuffed your mouth with meals ,so speech is not proper

when you have meal in your mouth you don't speak clearly.:: you are being evasive.

ur mouth is ful of meals because of which ur speech is ambiguous n u r nt able to speak properly

i remember my dcs viva, maybe u can relate. mealy moore machines are stateless/ stateful machines. something like that. so when my teacher asked me this in my viva i got confused and indirectly implied the meaning hence mealymouth

Mel = Latin for honey. Those who are mealymouthed are trying to sugar coat the truth.

meander

Definition
(noun) a bend or curve, as in a stream or river Definition
(noun) an aimless amble on a winding course
Synonyms : ramble
Definition
(verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
Synonyms : thread wander weave wind
Example Sentence
  • the river winds through the hills
  • the path meanders through the vineyards
  • sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for meander

Pronounce it like 'wander'; they are synonymous.

when pronounced GIVE THE sounds OF meAN+wANDER.....SO A MEAN PERSON always WANDER aimlessly.

meander...it sounds like Menderes a River in turkey....and a river changes its direction according to the wind direction....or turn its course along the winding path....

Road meanders when we go to vaishno Devi mandir.

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me + under + me : turn

meek

Definition
(adj) humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
Synonyms : mild modest
Example Sentence
  • meek and self-effacing
Definition
(adj) very docile
Synonyms : tame
Example Sentence
  • tame obedience
  • meek as a mouse
Definition
(adj) evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant
Synonyms : spiritless
Example Sentence
  • compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those of others
  • a fine fiery blast against meek conformity
  • she looked meek but had the heart of a lion
  • was submissive and subservient
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for meek

MEEK --> WEAK

meeku..sounds like lil boy's name..n lil boys are submissive

meek resembles to last name of Barbara Meek an American actress who was very much submissive, humble and patient.

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sounds like sound of a cat..MEOW..word meek has most of the characteristics of a cat

melancholy

Short Definition : melancholy

Definition
(noun) a feeling of thoughtful sadness Definition
(noun) a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed Definition
(noun) a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
Synonyms : black bile
Definition
(adj) characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
Synonyms : melancholic
Example Sentence
  • growing more melancholy every hour
  • her melancholic smile
  • we acquainted him with the melancholy truth
Definition
(adj) grave or even gloomy in character
Synonyms : somber sombre
Example Sentence
  • solemn and mournful music
  • a suit of somber black
  • a somber mood
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for melancholy

meli(dirty)+choly(skirt,frock)--bride got her choli dirty and so got gloomy due to that.

read in hndi mela(met)+ na +koi(no one) so when nobody met there is feeling of gloomy

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A farmer’s ‘Melon and Cauliflower ‘ has been destroyed by flood so he looks melancholy (sad and depressed)

melancholy similar to melancholic = alcoholic; So if you take too much alcohol then you will feel gloomy.

melody (chocolate)brings happiness and melancholy is sadness

melancholy = mel(MAL)+ anchor + ly(adj)...when someeone receives a bad anchor on the tv show title..he/she becomes gloomy

remember football team a c melan.when they get defeated it becomes great sadness that last long time in their players.

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mellifluous

Definition
(adj) pleasing to the ear
Example Sentence
  • the dulcet tones of the cello
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mellifluous

the music played by a 'Flute' is mellifluous.

melli = melody + fluous = smooth flowing..

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mellifluous = melli usually refers to smooth,tiny...+ flu is for flow like in fluids....

mellifluous: melli=honey,flouous:flowing. some thing flowing like a honey, sewwt,pleasant,pleasing.melliflouous~ malli flowers fragrance flowing very pleasently

Melli's voice flowed as she sang or spoke.

melloidiously flowing

menagerie

Definition
(noun) a collection of live animals for study or display Definition
(noun) the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
Synonyms : zoo zoological garden
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for menagerie

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to MANAGE JERRY u keep then in zoo. simple!

Sounds like manager, Most managers are like wild animals trying to bully people. menagerie is a place where such animals are kept.

menagerie=men+nagerie(nagar in hindi)..nagar means colony..so a colony where men lives...and men is a social animal..so a place where animal lives.

can be pronounced as menaghur = menace + ghar(house)

kavita jangli hai ...

it sound similar to "manger" which means a place where farm animals are sheltered. Think of jesus - "baby in the manger"

mina ghar = chidiya ghar= zoo

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