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culprit

Short Definition : one guilty of a crime

Definition
(noun) someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
Synonyms : perpetrator
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for culprit

kill-preet(lover)..someone who kills preet is culprit..

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culvert

Short Definition : artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road

Definition
(noun) a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or railway
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for culvert

for CULtivation, farmers diVERT water into their farms using a CULVERT

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a culprit alwayz hides under a road or bridge...hence u can compare it with culvert

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cul-vert: sounds like divert, to diver water you need a channel.

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culvert sounds like covert......enclosed...

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cumbersome

Short Definition : heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform

Definition
(adj) difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
Synonyms : cumbrous
Example Sentence
  • a cumbersome piece of machinery
  • cumbrous protective clothing
Definition
(adj) not elegant or graceful in expression
Example Sentence
  • an awkward prose style
  • a clumsy apology
  • his cumbersome writing style
  • if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cumbersome

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(Come-bear-some) come bear some heavy things that are hard to manage

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cumber;relate it to cumer[waist] nythn thats heavy makes our cumer pain..

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Shoving a cucumber to a virgin's pussy is difficult.

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cumulative

Short Definition : growing by addition; accumulative

Definition
(adj) increasing by successive addition
Synonyms : accumulative
Example Sentence
  • the benefits are cumulative
  • the eventual accumulative effect of these substances
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cumulative

remember cumulative frequency in statistics...in dat we add all frequencies..hence cumulative is increasing by adding up

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come u native ones i will help you to (grow)be better in addition

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cunning

Short Definition : clever in deceiving; sly; N: cleverness in deceiving; deceit

Definition
(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception Definition
(noun) crafty artfulness (especially in deception) Definition
(adj) attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
Synonyms : cute
Example Sentence
  • a cute kid with pigtails
  • a cute little apartment
  • cunning kittens
  • a cunning baby
Definition
(adj) marked by skill in deception
Example Sentence
  • cunning men often pass for wise
  • deep political machinations
  • a foxy scheme
  • a slick evasive answer
  • sly as a fox
  • tricky Dick
  • a wily old attorney
Definition
(adj) showing inventiveness and skill
Synonyms : clever ingenious
Example Sentence
  • a clever gadget
  • the cunning maneuvers leading to his success
  • an ingenious solution to the problem
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cunning

cunning

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cunning = cu(copper) + n(and) + ni (nickel) + n(and) + gas has trickery property for building up several agents.

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cunning = cu(copper) + n(and) + ni (nickel) + n(and) + gas has trickery property for building up several agents.

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cloven:-In cooker left(cl means cooker left) in oven the eggs are broken.

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cupidity

Short Definition : greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid

Definition
(noun) extreme greed for material wealth
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cupidity

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cupidity:look for CUPID HERE..cupid is the god of love. so cupidity means having an desire or greed for wealth. cupid-wealth-cupidity...greed for wealth.

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CUP+IDLI+TEA....a person who wants cup full of wine,IDLI to eat and TEA is too GREEDY.............................

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imagine a Cupid who makes up the matches earning a lot of money by doing so...

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Cupidity is stupidity...

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cupidity = cup + hidi hidi means catch.. so greed

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Salman Khan Movie Partner or Will Smith starrer Hitch They both, were "Cupid" earning money of it..

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CUP(Prize) KA GREEDY

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My cup runneth over with desire for wealth.

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cupidity = cup + i + dity; have to give him more cups of sugar i.e he is greedy for wealth.

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so what we thought about cupid as god or angel of Love, it turns out he was just a hoax fraud, he is really just greedy about money and wealth, his eyes are on money and no love

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curator

Short Definition : superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)

Definition
(noun) the custodian of a collection (as a museum or library)
Synonyms : conservator
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for curator

Curator ==> Rhymes like Care Taker. Some one who takes care of a collection.

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cura(cure..here it means handling and solving several issues and problems of a organization , which the managers and suprintendent can do.like a doctor cure or solve the problem of a patient.

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In cricket, we often hear about Pitch Curator, i.e. a person who manages or looks for cricket pitches.

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cuRATER, Mangers is a person who rates the subordinates,so cuRATER is the Manager

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curator,cure for art,someone who cure for art and collection is a curator.

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the middle three letters can be slightly modified to spell "art" and the rest of the whole word rhymes with "care taker". So care taker of art

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curb

Short Definition : chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain

Definition
(noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
Synonyms : curbing kerb
Definition
(noun) a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
Synonyms : curb bit
Definition
(noun) a stock exchange in New York Definition
(noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
Synonyms : bridle check
Example Sentence
  • his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper
Definition
(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
Example Sentence
  • moderate your alcohol intake
  • hold your tongue
  • hold your temper
  • control your anger
Definition
(verb) to put down by force or authority
Example Sentence
  • suppress a nascent uprising
  • stamp down on littering
  • conquer one's desires
Definition
(verb) keep to the curb
Example Sentence
  • curb your dogs
Definition
(verb) place restrictions on
Example Sentence
  • curtail drinking in school
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for curb

It was very difficult to CURB(control/restrain) myself after seeing those luscious CURVEs in her body. ;)

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curfew

Short Definition : regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew

Definition
(noun) the time that the curfew signal is sounded Definition
(noun) a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions Definition
(noun) an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for curfew

CUR cover few fuel = cover fire fuel at night to prevent the disaster of out of control burning

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curmudgeon

Short Definition : churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person

Definition
(noun) a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for curmudgeon

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Cur-mud-geon Car mud main gone... to driver went bad tempered... i.e. curmudgeon..

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(sir+mut+jiyo) means sir u have already become OLD so now ab mat jiyo.....

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like karamjali(old cantankerous lady)

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think of a thick layer of mud on car... nothing affect it..stubborn

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like Harbhajan, a bad tempered person

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In telugu this guy is chadastapu musalodu. His wife will always say na kharma em jeevitham ra nayna

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cur + mud + geon = kar + mud + g-one. recall g one from movie ra-one. he is a bad guy and we are asking him to kar mud (gandagi failao)

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