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resurrect

Definition
(verb) cause to become alive again
Synonyms : raise upraise
Example Sentence
  • raise from the dead
  • Slavery is already dead, and cannot be resurrected
  • Upraising ghosts
Definition
(verb) restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state
Synonyms : revive
Example Sentence
  • He revived this style of opera
  • He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina
Definition
(verb) return from the dead
Synonyms : rise uprise
Example Sentence
  • Christ is risen!
  • The dead are to uprise
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for resurrect

resurrect~re+erect -> you erect a monument that had fallen - resurrect

re+erect : khada ho gaya again(has become active now)... pehle soo rha tha(inactive)!!..lol

transient...trans+ient...associate trans wid transporter movie...in da movie hero moves quickly...

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pungent...pun+gent...gent PUNch strongly strongly

RECANT=RECOUNT...when uapply for recount en pass..then already establishedfact that u failed...is put down!!

resuscitate

Definition
(verb) cause to regain consciousness
Synonyms : revive
Example Sentence
  • The doctors revived the comatose man
Definition
(verb) return to consciousness
Synonyms : come to revive
Example Sentence
  • The patient came to quickly
  • She revived after the doctor gave her an injection
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for resuscitate

RECESS+ATE---in RECESS I ATE something and due to only that I got proper consciouness.

Compare it with 'Resurrect'; meanings are also same.

it can be re+suicide+ate so after suicide he resuscitate for eating

resuscitate: 're' again, susc sounds like saans(breath), -itate to enable - again saans lene ke liye enable kiya- to revive, rally

recess + kit + ate

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in recess i ate to revive my strength

re + saans + take , revitalize come back to life.

reticent

Definition
(adj) temperamentally disinclined to talk
Synonyms : untalkative
Definition
(adj) cool and formal in manner
Synonyms : restrained unemotional
Definition
(adj) reluctant to draw attention to yourself
Synonyms : retiring self-effacing
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for reticent

Cent (Saint) is stereotypically reluctant to speak or draw attention to themselves.

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50Cent -> talks too much.. on the contrary.. reticent-> talk less

REHTA+SHANT....shant rehne waal i.e a person who doesn't talk or who is reserved in speech....

RET+ICENT=RET(RAT)+ICENT(INOCENT)=RAT IS INNOCENT SO HE SPAKS LESS,i.e REMAINS SILENT

REserved and silENT

reticent~reti(return) + cent (imagine cent,currency, to be a big amount)...so if you aren't able to return a cent to whom you owe you remain reserved,without communication

retICENT sounds like dECENT,he is decent,he doesn't blabber,he stays calm and reserved.

reticent ~ retire. An old man who is retired speak reticently

If you notice a shy person, they turn RED-AS-A-CENT

retina(reti) + scent(cent) ... one gets "reluctant" to spray scent on his eyes.

if one is RETICENT by nature one would never RETurn a CENT found on the street.

Think of someone you know who has low self-esteem AND quiet, then imagine: S/he often thinks, "I better [RET]ract my thoughts before [I] voice it, because it can't be worth a [CENT] to others."

He RETIred in silENT because he is a QUIET type of person.

+i+ cent; if you ask someone to RETurn the CENT(money) , he doesn’t speak freely

Once 50 cent was reluctant to draw attention towards RAJNIKANT now he is called reticent

When we are Reti-cent we are not-ready-yet to get ourselves in-volved

cent(100)% => he is not giving cent % information i.e., he is hiding something.....

retinue

Definition
(noun) the group following and attending to some important person
Synonyms : cortege entourage suite
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for retinue

sounds like routine what you FOLLOW (daily) is routine(oops retinue) i.e follow-->routine following-->retinue

tum sab meri RETINA (of the eye ) ke aagey rehne chahiye 24*7 - u r my attnedants

Just follow this order: retinue-->continue-->follow-->following

Derived from "retain". <br> Retained => Servant <br> Retinue => Body of attendants <br>

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Derived from "RETAIN". For any politician, its his FOLLOWERS that help to retain his post

Retinue rhymes with continue - like a following

It sounds like 'retinue-rating u',people rate u good if they like you,if they like you they follow you

Retain+new i.e retain new servants for company

relate it to retina which follows our eye movement whichever direction we see and sends those signals to the brain

this word is very close to word RETAIN....SO THE GROUP FOLLOWING AND ATTENDING TO SOME IMPORTANT PERSON JUST BECAUSE HE IS ABLE TO HOLD THEM BACK WITH HIM, OR he is able to RETAIN THE CROWD WITH HIM.....

for protecting karunanidhi's retina he has followers and attendants around him

# नौकर-चाकर (m) # परिजन (m) # राजा या धनी व्यक्ति के नौकर-चाकर और साथी संगी

Reunite with your retinue to continue your trip

retort

Definition
(noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
Example Sentence
  • it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
Definition
(noun) a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat Definition
(verb) answer back
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for retort

re...

U give quick sharp reply when asked to come to a RE(S)ORT

Tort is to twist...like tortuous ...so retort is to twist a reply and hurl back!

retribution

Definition
(noun) a justly deserved penalty
Synonyms : requital
Definition
(noun) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing Definition
(noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
Synonyms : payback vengeance
Example Sentence
  • Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord
  • For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge
  • he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
  • the swiftness of divine retribution
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for retribution

RATRI(night)+ABUSE--he abused me at night and got beating from me in the morning, he got RETRIBUTION.

Opposite of tribute. "Re" can mean two things: repeating/reinforcing OR opposite/reverse.<br> Reassured = assure strongly<br> Recurring = repeatedly occurring<br> Reprobation X Approbation<br> Retort X reply sharply <br>

re-distribution means to correct previous distribution...correct wrong doing

if you retry on girl's butt,if you will be punished badly

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retribution,concentrate on 'tribute'.he did not pay a tribute to the dying soldiers,he would be PUNISHED FOR HIS OFFENCE,HE DESERVES A JUST PENALTY

Retribution and Retaliation are similar...

retribution sounds like distribution....x distributed my sweets to every one so i gave him retribution...ie punishment for sth wrong that sb has done......

tribute means a payback, or a gift. So when you retribute, you pay back either by punishing for an offense, or compensation or a paying back by vengeance

retribution rhymes like contribution mahatma gandhi did a lot of contribution so i want to avenge his murderer which is a necessary form of retribution

reverent

Definition
(adj) feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
Example Sentence
  • maintained a reverent silence
Definition
(adj) showing great reverence for god
Synonyms : godly worshipful
Example Sentence
  • a godly man
  • leading a godly life
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for reverent

reverent-divide as river end i.e we bath in the rivr end as a part of worship

Reverent sounds like Reverend(Priest) now think of the feeling most people have for them.

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RE-> Real + VE-> Veneration ie. Real Veneration or "great respect"

it’s a rare event to find a reverent reverend

reverie

Definition
(noun) absentminded dreaming while awake Definition
(noun) an abstracted state of absorption
Synonyms : revery
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for reverie

(rever)ie, rever sounds like river. if you think of sitting with a girl on a river bank you are daydreaming.

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read it as "river eye" jheel si aankhe... think about the song "sharbati teri aankho ki jheel si gehrai me mai doob jata hoon" so doob jana means mused in thoughts.. daydreaming..

Re(ver)ie Consider the word in bracket only. ver can be sounded as var (husband in hindi if i am right). So just make a sentence with some gal DAY DREAMING about having a good looking VAR some day !!

Rever(Rever)ie(I), Rever +I.. Imagine yourself into the contact of Cold River and your absentminded thoughts are gone.

had the likes of frank RIBERY not been caught daydreaming , france would have probably made it thru the group stages at this world cup

REVERIE -> REVERE. When you REVERE or obsess about someone, s/he becomes part of your daily REVERIES.

revile

Definition
(verb) spread negative information about
Synonyms : rail vilify vituperate
Example Sentence
  • The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for revile

concentrate on evil- doing evil like slandering

vile- disgusting, unpleasent; re+ vile - to attack back(re) with unpleasent language(vile)

SERVILE....most of the people REVILE SERVILE people which is bad because we should treat all people equally....

REVILE means REport VILEs about someone

rhapsodize

Definition
(verb) recite a rhapsody
Synonyms : rhapsodise
Definition
(verb) say (something) with great enthusiasm
Synonyms : rhapsodise
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for rhapsodize

when a lecture asks to explain about a rape scene he can explain or write in exaggeration and with enthusiasm.

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WRAP+SODA+ICE.........I wrapped soda in ice which is a miracle.......I was telling this to my friends enthusiastically

relate it to RAP song.. like eminem

concentrate on sodhi when someone writes and speaks in exaggerated manner you feel it as sodhi

RAPE of draupadi when the numbers on DICE were wrong

speak as if revealing a rhapsody (an epic peom or story)

the bohemian rhapsody by queen is a song worth rhapsodizing about

raphsodize -> filled with RAPture , SO, she DAZEd the audience with her poems and enthusiastic talk

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