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cursive

Short Definition : (of writing) flowing; running; having the successive letters joined

Definition
(noun) rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper Definition
(adj) having successive letter joined together
Example Sentence
  • cursive script
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cursive

recursive=re running(running again and again)

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Remember Cursive writing we practised in junior school. Writing in a flow

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remember it as all words are given CURSE to be together forever to form words, so CURSIVE means joined handwriting

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cursory

Short Definition : casual; hastily done with little attention to detail

Definition
(adj) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Example Sentence
  • a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws
  • a passing glance
  • perfunctory courtesy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cursory

relate it to the cursor on your computer screen..the mouse is used to move the cursor hastily without going into minor details

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curs(CURSE)..SO you always CURSE a person who does his work hastily with little attention to details that you provide, results in failure of your plan.

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kasahi..(cursory). hastily done

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Sounds like Kar Sorry. When you do things hastily you end up in "Kar Sorry ab"

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cursory..sounds like nursey.imagine u were asked to prepare for nursery rhymes for interview...what will u do....u'll go hastily through it assuming u already know it

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You know the meaning of cursive.Now,just remember this way.When do a teacher scolds a child to write in cursive wrting? When the child is causal in his writing or when he is hastily writing with little attention to detail.

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i am so SORY i did not pay attention to the details. now I am CURSing myself.

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curtail

Short Definition : shorten; reduce

Definition
(verb) place restrictions on
Synonyms : curb cut back restrict
Example Sentence
  • curtail drinking in school
Definition
(verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
Synonyms : clip cut short
Example Sentence
  • My speech was cut short
  • Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for curtail

curTAIL. Can be read as cur + TAIL or cutting the tail of an animal, ie reducing it. So curTAIL is to shorten or to reduce.

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if you put CURTains to yur door or windows it will REDUCE the width of the door or window

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we use curtains to RESTRICT others seeing us (say while changing our clothes :D)...!!!

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cynical

Short Definition : skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness

Definition
(adj) believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cynical

cynical is one who is skeptic of others because he thinks they have done SINs

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Sainik(cynic) .. never BELIEVE pakistani sainiks. they ll hit u from back.

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SOUNDS VERY CLOSE TO PSYCHIC...AND a psychic person is always skeptical in nature.

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souns like clinical. i dont know but out of some arcne reason every dentist in his clinic is skeptical(cynical) about the patient and that is why he shows no mercy in removing the patient's tooth

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Misanthrope means one who hates man kind

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cynical ryhmes with SIGN ..we sign documents because of distrust of human motives

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cynosure

Short Definition : object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor

Definition
(noun) something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)
Example Sentence
  • let faith be your cynosure to walk by
Definition
(noun) something that strongly attracts attention and admiration
Example Sentence
  • if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cynosure

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relate it with dinosaur......which is always a center of attraction.

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relate it with Exposure...Malika Sherawat became the object of attraction with exposure of her body [:)].

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CYNOSURE -> SIGN + ASSURE. The road SIGN was a cynosure that ASSURED me I was going the right direction.

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a typical wife saying to her husband: suno zaraa...chintu to nilha do...means husband is the center of attention for all work

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cynosure = look that it is placed infront of your nose.

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replace c by e , y by x , n by p, and you get exposure. so its like "sign of exposure" . An exposed person is a centre of attention so much as a sign of guidance

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