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sanguine

Definition
(noun) a blood-red color Definition
(adj) confidently optimistic and cheerful Definition
(adj) inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
Synonyms : florid rubicund ruddy
Example Sentence
  • a ruddy complexion
  • Santa's rubicund cheeks
  • a fresh and sanguine complexion
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sanguine

SANGUINE is pronounced very much like "SANGEEN" in hindi which is usually referred with crime-"sangeen hatya" which shows serious murder with blood red colour...

break it like sang + vine, so wen u drink vine and singing song you feel cheerful, happy

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Sanguine - Penguin : Kids cheer up when they see penguins .. Penguins are very cheerful and hopeful (Ref the movie "Happy Feet")

sangui root means blood.i like a girl whose cheeks are sanguine and i find her very sanguine(cheerful)

he is SANGUINE (confident) that the jewellery he has bought is GENUINE

Sang+queen(guine). When queen sing we feel cheerful

Sang+uine---- sang unitely: means when we sing in unity we are cheerful and full of energy

sanguine = sing+win .. when do u sing and what do you do wen u win .. becom cheerful !

Break it as Sang Ui UINE = Sing we will win/... \m/

sangu(sangu bhai or sanjay dutt...indian actor) is very CHEERFUL,CONFIDENT AND OPTIMISTIC.

Looks like sangria, which makes you happy.

COn"Sanguine" in local language is "Gothram", so related to blood relations. So any word with sanguine is related to blood.

satiate

Definition
(verb) fill to satisfaction
Synonyms : fill replete sate
Example Sentence
  • I am sated
Definition
(verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Example Sentence
  • She stuffed herself at the dinner
  • The kids binged on ice cream
Definition
(adj) supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction
Synonyms : satiated
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I SAT & ATE till I was full!

remember with s-ate, so when we have completed our food,we are satisfied to full..(pet bhar kar khaana)

SATIATE - The greedy glutton SAT and ATE and ATE and OVER ATE until there was no food left at all.

: sati+ ate--- so you satisfy what you ate(food)

Kha Kha ke buddha sathia gaya.

saturnine

Definition
(adj) bitter or scornful
Example Sentence
  • the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain
Definition
(adj) showing a brooding ill humor
Example Sentence
  • a dark scowl
  • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
  • a glum, hopeless shrug
  • he sat in moody silence
  • a morose and unsociable manner
  • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
  • a sour temper
  • a sullen crowd
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for saturnine

Saturn = Shani, Shani = makes wrong things happen in one's life (astronomically) so meaning = gloomy, unhappy, morose.Just remember saturns rings-->glommy,dull,faroff planet .

If you are a party freak and At Nine of Saturday Night if you are still at home..then you will be gloomy! So from this we can get SATURday NINE!

nine rings of Saturn considered gloomy

The planet Saturn was believed to be made of LEAD. SATURNINE is the depression associated with lead poisoning.

saturnine = satur( satru means enemy) + nine ; Those ppl who have nine enemy is always bad doing wrong things remains unhappy & attack by other right ppl.

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SATURNINE or SULLEN - someone having a gloomy temperament.

saunter

Definition
(noun) a careless leisurely gait
Example Sentence
  • he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world
Definition
(noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) Definition
(verb) walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
Synonyms : stroll
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for saunter

we were sauntering in our Santro(car)..

saunter= super old+aunt, who walks very slowly

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SAUNTER or WANDER is to take a leisurely stroll.

sounds like SUNDAR(pretty)...whenever we are witha pretty girl we saunter a walk leisurely with her

sounds like SANTRA.....if we have to see orange(santra) garden, we have to saunter

Sounds like Santro...a santro can only walk slowly/leisurely if it competes with a ferrari.

When you walk to a sauna, you walk lesuirely (saunter)

sau(100) + enter , when 100 people enter at a time their movement will be slow......

i got down from the SANTRO(car) and start saunter

Saunter meaning Sun to earth light travels

savant

Definition
(noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
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rakhee SAVANT is a SCHOLAR....pun intended...hahaha...lol!!!

Abijit Savant is a learned person at singing

we call one who is SAVVY a savant

A SAVANT is a STUDENT of a very high level or most appropriately a master in his field.

Sav Janat Hai.

Lucky 7 -> Scholar Person

seems like SERVANT. servant with good knowledge of doing work

mere ghar ka servant bada savant hai

Savant ~= Sant (sant-mahatma), which means sage/scholar in english

scaffold

Definition
(noun) a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) Definition
(noun) a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers Definition
(verb) provide with a scaffold for support
Example Sentence
  • scaffold the building before painting it
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scaffold

SCAFFOLD rhymes with staff + hold...think of a TEMPORARY place or PLATFORM for the staff.

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involves "FOLD" which ever is temporary we keep it fold..

For Prison Break fans. Michael Scofield comes to avoid the execution of his brother.

scafFOLD - Something which can be FOLDED and relocated to another place is a temporary arrangement.

SCAFFOLD or GALLOWS - a guillotine where people are hanged.

scaffold: s+cafe+old= the cafe is very old and the owner is rejuvenating it, so the workers had started the work forming a temporary structure of wodden pole support around the building to cement its walls again for the strength

S+caff(caugh)+hold: to keep hold the caugh temporary masks were given

think of FOLD in scafFOLD anything foldable is TEMPORARY

scapegoat

Definition
(noun) someone who is punished for the errors of others
Synonyms : whipping boy
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concetrate on 'goat' from scapegoat goat is nothing but the famous word 'bakra' in hindi recall mtv bakra !! also remember ! " bali ka bakara"

Scape+goat - Scape sounds like Escape - That is when you escape from your wrong doings and put the blame on others, thereby making them the scapegoats.

Scape=Escape Goat=Coat(exterior lair, which is something protects us from the cold weather)

schism

Definition
(noun) division of a group into opposing factions
Synonyms : split
Example Sentence
  • another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy
Definition
(noun) the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for schism

Sounds like prism which splits light into colors.

SIKHISM is faction like HINDUISM

SCHISM is GROUPISM - A DIVISION into opposing groups through a difference in belief or opinion.

Relate SCHISM to CHASM

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while doing skiing ur legs went in different directions n u felt.......

Every philosophical and political group is identified with a word that ends with "-"-ism." It's the "-ism" that defines their difference.

remember it chisel>>> chisel DIVIDES rock or SPLITS it..

scintillate

Definition
(verb) give off
Example Sentence
  • the substance scintillated sparks and flashes
Definition
(verb) reflect brightly
Synonyms : coruscate sparkle
Example Sentence
  • Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside
Definition
(verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
Synonyms : twinkle winkle
Example Sentence
  • Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
Definition
(verb) physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
Example Sentence
  • the phosphor fluoresced
Definition
(verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
Synonyms : coruscate sparkle
Example Sentence
  • The musical performance sparkled
  • A scintillating conversation
  • his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scintillate

Skin/Till>> Till sparkles on skin

SCINTILLATE or SCINTILLATING refers to something GLITTERING, sparkling, shining, twinkling.

schin means shan(in hindi very small time). so meaning of the above word is "the one which is alive or animated for a very small time"

Divide it into: Skin / Til= Til creates sparkling effect on skin.

scin: skin late: glaze (which is shiny)

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scintillating performance, great performance.

scourge

Definition
(noun) a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
Synonyms : flagellum
Definition
(noun) something causing misery or death
Synonyms : bane curse nemesis
Example Sentence
  • the bane of my life
Definition
(noun) a person who inspires fear or dread
Synonyms : terror threat
Example Sentence
  • he was the terror of the neighborhood
Definition
(verb) punish severely; excoriate Definition
(verb) whip
Synonyms : flagellate
Example Sentence
  • The religious fanatics flagellated themselves
Definition
(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Example Sentence
  • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scourge

SCOld with COURaGE :: We first scold a person and then give him punishment(which needs courage)

uncle scrooge ne severly punish kiya ducks ko

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Scourge=SCOld+URGE= From an urge to scold we give sever punishments like beating with a whip.

sco+urge...When we were children we used to get a WHIP if we had the URGE to have a SCO(op) of icecream

curse

sound like courage... Screw the courage....if we get caught thn we have to face "severe punishment"

I hope u guys know this word 'Scoundrel'. We use this word to lash out a person when he has done something wrong and we punish him(whip).

cour(a)ge is required to handle a whip

we shout when we are whipped, shout=scourge.

SCOURGE or FLOG - to inflict pain by lashing out with a whip or a cane or something similar.

Pronunciation : Skorj .. In old times, when you do not have money to end your KARJ, you were flogged to death in front of the village to set up as an example.

Scourge=if u dont Score Good in exam u will be punished.

scourge.sometime excessive courage causes great suffering bcoz it becomes overconfidence.

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