divide it like out+land(ish)..so THINK OF SOMEONE WHO IS OUT of his land..means..someone who is not living in his own land..means living in a foriegn country.
Watch the movie OUTLANDER then you wont forget the word.
outlandish..IS ALSO A NAME OF musical band.(IN DENMARK)& the kind of songs that they compose are unique to people and the lyrics has their origin from many langueges this is what makeS the album OUT OF ORDINARY ALBUMS..hence..BIZZARE.
OUT+LANDISH...FOCUS ON landish..very close to lavish..so a lavish spender always exceed the limit ....hence unconventional...to many people.
OUT + LAND -> came from a different land, alien, peculiar.
outstrip
Definition (verb) be or do something to a greater degree
getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for overweening
a person who wins over and over becomes arrogant. He now arrogantly presumes that he will always win.
OVERly flailing your WEENER. Otherwise known as cock-waving.
derived from over(MEANS ABOVE, MORE)+ween..latin venus..means charm or love....so think of the lady(RELATE IT TO OUR primary school story..a lady who was more beautiful and CHARMING than moon..that moon also use to praise her because of that she BECA
if u WIN u tend to do OVERACTIONS...so overweening :P
it is the overween+ing form...and now..OVER+WEEN(MEANS to hope, think, expect, intend)..so if you get something over(means beyond) what you EXPECT ...you become arrogant...you unrestrained in your feelings.
opposite of over-weenie (which would be overly cowardly).
because of that she BECAME VERY ARROGANT...and killed her daughter..)
Ponting’s overweening ambition of winning the match in 1 over in his nation.
arrogant guy asking me to play over weenai(musical instrument)
overwrought
Definition (adj) deeply agitated especially from emotion
wrought sounds lik drought...during drought people run mad behind food...they are in a state of agitation
wrought means worked.. or donr something.. hence overwrought = overworked.. and worked up ppl tend to get irritated and agitated..
over wrote(wrought)in exam in last 5 min - excited or nervous
Amitabh was overwrought when someone wrote “Mera Baap chor hai†on his hand.
pachyderm
Definition (noun) any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pachyderm
derm means skin(dermatologist is a skin specialist) and eg for pachderm animals are elephants,hippopotomus,etc ..the word pachy sounds like pack.. so the skin is so packed that is becomes thick.. thus pachyderm is thick-skinned
PALL+I+ATE..ease pain..
PALL means become borin..
u got bored of the pain..fed up of it..so u ATE it..to ease the pain..
pal(friend) + ate(lessen) >>> a friend always LESSEN OUR PAIN when it grows a lot
now here a latin root could help fix few words.
Pallere means concealed. cloaked hence something which has become pale .
u can find this root in words:
palliate: to ease or cloak pain without curing.
pall: become pale >less intresting after much
Pain+Alleviate->Palliate
Pall when sick I ate something and i felt better ... same will happen with you.
palpable
Definition (adj) capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
palpable..divide it like..PALP(SOUNDS LIKE PULP)+ABLE.....after touching the PULP of fruit ITS OBVIOUS THAT every one would be ABLE TO PERCEIVE whether THE FRUIT is fresh or not.
PAL means a close friend....now PALPABLE...means we r able to touch or feel our pal even when he is not present
word is taken from Latin palpare means to stroke in the feeling of love ...so..if someone touch you, it will be PERCEPTIBLE OR TANGIBLE to you whether he is touching you in feeling of love or hatred.
when your girlfriend "PAL" sits on your lap you feel something..
pal pey bal...or pal pey balwaan. if some balwaan was sitting on ure pal, his pain would be tangible to you
palpitate
Definition (verb) cause to throb or beat rapidly
Example Sentence
Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart
Definition (verb) shake with fast, tremulous movements
split it into palpi ->PAAPI and tate ->australian bowler shaun TATE. as tate delivers a ball at a very high pace so the batsman aginst him starts palpitating as of fear.
palpitation..you may have often heard doctors..cardiologists using this word in case of heart attacks patients..
when my turn came to address the gathering from PULPIT, my heart BEAT IRREGULARLY because of FEAR, or ANXIETY.
PAL(friend/dost) + PIT(mar khana in hindi) gaya so watching him ur heart THROBBED.
therefore PALPITATE= THROB or FLUTTER.
kinda sounds like Pulse Per Iteration->Pulse per second->Beating of the heart in each iteration(each heart beat)
How do u create PULP(palp).. by beating wood hardly...
PALPIATE- pulp- he -ate of fruit , good for heart, heart started to THROB after he took pulp, because that gives instant energy
palpitate and sound similar to heartbeated means heart beat.when you get excited ur heart get bea erraticlly.
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