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impuissance

Short Definition : powerlessness; feebleness

Definition
(noun) powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
Synonyms : helplessness weakness
Example Sentence
  • in spite of their weakness the group remains active
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for impuissance

Puissant means powerful

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Read Impuissance as Im + pussy , and pussies are generally weak and feeble. So impuissance means feebleness or powerlessness

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im(not) puissance(poisonous) so its powerless.. :)

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Women are powerful & dominative over men, they have pussy, they are puissant. Men are powerless before a pussy so impuissance(no pussy but tendors make us vulnerable and weak).

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impunity

Short Definition : freedom from punishment or harm; CF. punish

Definition
(noun) exemption from punishment or loss
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for impunity

impunity sounds like immunity. Punitive means punishment while impunity is freedom from punishment

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impunity--im + punity-- so the schools in pune city generally don't punish the students, they give them freedom to do anything..

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impunity : immunity from penalty.

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importance of unity....one can hardly harm you...so freedom from harm

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im(not)+punity(punish)=not punishing and freedom to do anyhting....simple!

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immunity from punishment = impunity

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impunity - imp-unity..if someone is important and united then no one will punish him

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impute

Short Definition : attribute; ascribe; charge; N. imputation

Definition
(verb) attribute or credit to
Synonyms : ascribe assign attribute
Example Sentence
  • We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
  • People impute great cleverness to cats
Definition
(verb) attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
Example Sentence
  • The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for impute

im(put)e... put the blame to somebody

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Impute and attribute has the same rhyming ending.

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impute sounds like input....we usually impute/attribute input to output

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"put" the blame on...

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If I am a girl and I am puking most of the people will consider as an outcome of pregnancy...

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IMPlicate + attribUTE = impute

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I'M PUTting it on u->impute

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important use or implication or attribute

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inadvertently

Short Definition : unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly

Definition
(adv) without knowledge or intention
Example Sentence
  • he unwittingly deleted the references
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for inadvertently

in + advertisements...without getting an idea from the advertisement we end up buying wrong product i.e. inadvertently

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Inadvertently is d opposite of deliberately(intentionally)

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inalienable

Short Definition : not to be taken away; nontransferable; Ex. inalienable rights

Definition
(adj) incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
Synonyms : unalienable
Example Sentence
  • endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights
Definition
(adj) not subject to forfeiture
Synonyms : unforfeitable
Example Sentence
  • an unforfeitable right
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for inalienable

"alien" == like "koi mil gaya" Hrittik Roshan was given power by the alien which was not 'taken away' or not 'transferred',,, it was with him

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focus on alien ::alien cant take away!its non transferable..

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inamorata

Short Definition : woman whom a man loves

Definition
(noun) a woman with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for inamorata

inamorata--remember word enamour(a passionate lover) so enamorata..

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can be remembered from "senorita"...like..."samarita" whom SRK loved in DDLJ

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could be remembered from the word "amorous"

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inane

Short Definition : silly; senseless; Ex. inane remarks; N. inanity

Definition
(adj) devoid of intelligence
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for inane

Remember the word insane. Insane person doesnt have a mind to think and understand and hence he is void.

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INANE = AsINiNE

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in + an + end; finishing a story using in and an, having no idea or intelligence.

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i nane

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inanimate

Short Definition : lifeless; not animate

Definition
(adj) belonging to the class of nouns denoting nonliving things
Example Sentence
  • the word `car' is inanimate
Definition
(adj) not endowed with life
Synonyms : non-living nonliving
Example Sentence
  • the inorganic world is inanimate
  • inanimate objects
Definition
(adj) appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
Synonyms : breathless pulseless
Example Sentence
  • an inanimate body
  • pulseless and dead
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for inanimate

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in + animate."Animation" means something moving,having life. "Inanimate" means without life, lifeless.

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inarticulate

Short Definition : speechless; producing indistinct speech; not articulate; not expressing oneself clearly

Definition
(adj) without or deprived of the use of speech or words
Synonyms : unarticulate
Example Sentence
  • inarticulate beasts
  • remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal
  • inarticulate with rage
  • an inarticulate cry
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for inarticulate

jis ki baton ma artificialness nazar aye...uski speach achi nai hoti

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"articulate" rhymed with particular == ie his speech was not going in a particular direction so , he remained speechless , or started producing indistinct speech

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jisko bolne ke liye articles (words) nahin mil rahe

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jo bolne ke art mai late ho

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inarticulate-in speech competition i was speechless and at that instant i uttered only the articles like "the","is"

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inaugurate

Short Definition : begin formally; install in office; induct into office by a formal ceremony; N. inauguration; ADJ. inaugural

Definition
(verb) commence officially
Synonyms : kick off
Definition
(verb) open ceremoniously or dedicate formally Definition
(verb) be a precursor of
Synonyms : introduce usher in
Example Sentence
  • The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in the post-Cold War period
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for inaugurate

i formally say in august(inaugurate) we will install new computer in office

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