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canard

Short Definition : unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report

Definition
(noun) a deliberately misleading fabrication
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for canard

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Remember Kannad movies...their fighting is so unreal..false... so remember canard as being a false portrayal.

canard - can hard, it can hardly happen. It is exaggerated.

Canarad--- Remember Narad Muni who use to spread false rumours.

Remember: I "canard" (cannot) believe that story!

can+hard--rumours can be hardly believed

can nerd(nard) spread rumours? No he can't!

CanarD~Kenar...In Share market you can hear false rumor particular share KENAR jonno.

canard - canara bank server is hacked, is a false rumor or false report.

candor

Short Definition : frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid

Definition
(noun) ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty Definition
(noun) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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Candor (Can + Do + r) During an interview you reflect your "Can Do" attitude to the interviewer.

Candor (Can + Do + or + not) tell me the truth can u do this or shud i go to sm1 else ??

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Derived from "candid" which means truthful and honest opinion etc.

cando-r, in gujrati kando is onion, if we make some criminal,smell kando he becomes frank and openly honest and tells us everything

Imagine my life lies behind a door. Then if I CAN open the DOoR to my life...I am open and honest...So I "CAN" open the "DOR"

CAN u come straight from DOoR?? dont come thru window...

CAN (Can't) DOR(Dar.In hindi Dar is to fear. so those who dont fear are open, frank and honest.

candidate should be candid, or have candor meaning to be honest or frank to people

Can+ dar; dar in hindi is fear...so don't be darpok, be frank..

candour UK , US candor noun [ U ] the quality of being honest and telling the truth, especially about a difficult or embarrassing subject "We really don't know what to do about it, " she said with surprising candour

candor is the door of honesty

children become stright forward and honest onlywhen you give them a candy

Imagine a can is talking to a door. The can is telling the door that he is fired, because the door is not an all-rounder. He is honestly telling the door. That is candor.

candor--> can+door if u "can" speak "truth" then all "doors" of heaven are open for u

canine

Short Definition : related to dogs; doglike

Definition
(noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars Definition
(noun) any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
Synonyms : canid
Definition
(adj) of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
Synonyms : laniary
Definition
(adj) of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for canine

canine is a big sharp tooth used for biting and dogs have sharp tooth so canine = dog like

before i end in counting up NINE numbers if you CAN't do this work you are a doglike animal

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canine=cat+nine, If there are these many cats then surely dog will appear from some where...

the dominicans is latin for "the lords watch dogs", for they were preachers for all sinners throughout history. domini=lord, cani=dogs

canker

Short Definition : any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer

Definition
(noun) a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark Definition
(noun) an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
Synonyms : canker sore
Definition
(noun) a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
Synonyms : pestilence
Example Sentence
  • racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
  • according to him, I was the canker in their midst
Definition
(verb) become infected with a canker Definition
(verb) infect with a canker
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for canker

canker relates to CANCER which is also a kind of ulcer.

CANKER has a TANKER and kills every1 who cmes in his way....so CANKER z EVIL

canker -- 'daal mein canker...'

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something like kankar

Smoking is a CANKER that causes CANCER.

canker sounds like CANCER (mouth cancer) which is also a kind of ulcer.

canny

Short Definition : shrewd in money matters; thrifty

Definition
(adj) showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
Synonyms : cagey cagy clever
Example Sentence
  • a cagey lawyer
  • too clever to be sound
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for canny

Canny sounds like Granny. Granny is shrewd in money or business matters.

Canny sounds like Penny. A person who doenot like to give away his penny is canny.

a can is used to store stuff and hence canny refers to storing money and not easliy spending it

Canny id dervived from can : (in the sense: to know how)

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canny ~ cunny == cunning means dhoort in hindi

canny-can any penny..not to spend much and to store more

Canny - cunny (Kunjus )

canny can be remembered as "KEN"whcih means perceptive and haveing good judgements.

Canny business of making money using Pepsi cans

canny = can + any; I can do any work i.e. showing self interest.

cant

Short Definition : insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people

Definition
(noun) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Synonyms : buzzword
Definition
(noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
Synonyms : bank camber
Definition
(noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Example Sentence
  • they don't speak our lingo
Definition
(noun) insincere talk about religion or morals
Synonyms : pious platitude
Definition
(noun) two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
Synonyms : bevel chamfer
Definition
(verb) heel over
Synonyms : cant over pitch slant tilt
Example Sentence
  • The tower is tilting
  • The ceiling is slanting
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cant

monks will be ChANT ing mantras . its known only for saints and monks

i cant understand their(a particular group lik thieves] CANT eg in movies, RajniKANT's language&the hypocrisy he shows 2wrds Gods(i.e. insincere expressions of piety)> As i knw only hindi or english.....i cant understand his CANT

cant= short cut of "can not". when someone ignored to do any work i.e. he cannot do that . that expressing an insincerity type of talk..

chant ~ nice and pious words.. cant is opposite

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can't trust someone who cants

u cant understand a cant language

evry group has its SLANG, which they use while having a break in CANTeen

if you forget the password u CANT access ur account. secret word known by only those who are using it.

CAnT—sounds like a cat—which is considered to be bad religiously.. so a BAD talk abt religious matters

Use like this.. You CAN'T wish to be a thief to share their language.. also Your good spirit CAN'T be insinciere in religious or moral matters..

cant is used by a small group of people it should be cannot.

I can't believe this religious cant.

cantankerous

Short Definition : ill-humored; irritable

Definition
(adj) stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Synonyms : bloody-minded
Example Sentence
  • unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders
Definition
(adj) having a difficult and contrary disposition
Synonyms : crotchety ornery
Example Sentence
  • a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cantankerous

split it into can+tanker+ous : read this as 'kaan' (ear in hindi)+ taker + us, one who is irritable will always have a one below ear (slap) from us.

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cantankerous (can+tanker) imagine that instead of going by a car, if you have to go by a can tanker, it can make you angry or ill-tempered.

cantankerous sounds like "cann't take it anymore" and when do we say this when we get irritated

cantankerous (cane+tanker+on+us).Though we save oursalves from cane falling on us we become ill-tempered.

Can tanker irritate us (ous)

cantankerous==CANT+ANGER+ous someone whom u dare not anger for he is old and ill tempered

hulk cannot tackle tankers - irritable. ill humoured

hey you morons you are coming here to learn what cantankerous mean, i tell you now it means people who are cantankerous like you when you read this mnemonic.

cat angry us

one sitting in a TANK is BAD TEMPERED to kill the enemy and is UN-COOPERATIVE towards enemy

can+tanker+us pahle itna pareshan kiya ki can bhar gaya, fir tanker aur ab hum(us)

Can and tank is to be used against cantankerous person

oil can of the tank is slip on our body so we become angry

CANTAkerous, here CANTA is comparable to hindi word Kanta(throne) which is irritating when it stings. so cantakerous means irritating

cantata

Short Definition : story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio)

Definition
(noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
Synonyms : oratorio
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cantata

Can 'Tata Young'(of Dhoom) sing any songs like cantata?

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tata in telugu means grand father..he tells stories of ramayana in the form of a song

focus on 'tata' part of it and imagine some advertisment of tata salt (indian brand) running on TV....(which may eb a kind of story set to music)

cantata- reminds me of Carlos Santana if you know him,Latin musician.

Ratan Tata presented a cantata on the launch of Nano.

can tata(ratan tata) dance to this cantata??obviously no,he has become old..!!

chorus singing a story about can tata

cantata - cant can be pronounced as chant - chantings of tata ( tata - grandpa in kannada ), so its religious chants by old people

canter

Short Definition : slow gallop; V. CF. trot

Definition
(noun) a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
Synonyms : lope
Definition
(verb) ride at a canter
Example Sentence
  • The men cantered away
Definition
(verb) go at a canter, of horses Definition
(verb) ride at a cantering pace
Example Sentence
  • He cantered the horse across the meadow
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for canter

ant is the word to see..for this moment make an ant slow and also gallop it like a horse..there u go..

CAN+TERRAIN....I can run on a terrain but with a gentle gallop i.e canter

canter is similar to saunter....which means to stroll or walk about slowly

i m running towards center at a canter speed..

can +TER.....where TERR TERR is sound of frog that is frog does a slow gallop

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canter~~cantler~~antler(which is a animal of deer family n runs like a horse)

When a horse cant err.. run fast, it will canter (walk in slow gallops)

You won't CANTER when you are chased by a PANTHER..

Think about Canterbury Tales, which is about a group of pilgrims sharing stories as they slowly travel together on a journey.

gait means moment, slow gait is trot, fast gait is gallop. in betwwen trot and gallop smooth gait means CANTER

Trot < Lope/Canter < Gallop

You won't CANTER when you are chased by a PANTHER..

You won't CANTER when you are chased by a PANTHER..

slowly moving the can with the horse.(slow gallop of horse)

canto

Short Definition : division of a long poem

Definition
(noun) the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music Definition
(noun) a major division of a long poem
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sounds like KAATO(cut in hindi)..so KAATO into parts

"Kaato" cut the long poem into several sections...simple !!!

Think of Benagali sexy woman singing song "Kanta laga..hi laga..".She will sing "Kanto (=canto) lagaa ....

Canto=chant+kaato

canto sounds like cameltoe (please google it)

we CAN sing this big song by dividing to each

this brings to our mind,the name antonio,a famouse poet known for his romantic poems..

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