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morose

Short Definition : ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy

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 morose

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in hindi it is like MOR(peacock) RO(weep) SA raha hai-means it is in sorrow and hence brooding ill humoured

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A guy gave a crushed(MOroda hua(Hindi)) ROSE to girl as a humor she got pissed on this ill humor at the guy and canceled the plan of party(unsociable)

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MOROSE..ITS LIKE DIS..nOROSE..SO NO ROSE FOR UR GIRLFRIEND SHE LL BE SAD..

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MOROSE ( More + RoRa(crying in hindi)) Deep and long lasting Sadness

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a morone is equipped with morose

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My neighbor left her house to buy some MORe ROSES because she is so sad.

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he dont like rose NO-ROSE-,SO HE IS ILL HUMORED

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Picture a funeral director banging on a cowbell with a drumstick and calling to his assistant "MORE ROSES, MORE ROSES."

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morose rhymes with REMORSE

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mortar

Short Definition : vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle

Definition
(noun) a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
Synonyms : howitzer trench mortar
Definition
(noun) used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall Definition
(noun) a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle Definition
(verb) plaster with mortar
Example Sentence
  • mortar the wall
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mortar

adi thaaru(tar) maaru(mor) (reverse Mortar) - crushing

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mortician

Short Definition : undertaker; CF. death

Definition
(noun) one whose business is the management of funerals
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mortician

funeral home is called mortuary.. person working there is called mortician..

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morticain rhymes with politician. Politician= deals with public/people management Mortician= deals with morgue management.

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mort (maut in hindi) means death so who takes care of preceedings after death is a mortician or a undertaker

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Mortal magician, he makes your mortal body dissapear (ie. creamate)

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Mortician spraying mortein in the mortuary.

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mortify

Short Definition : humiliate by embarassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one's body) by self-denial; Ex. mortified by her blunder; Ex. mortify the flesh; CF. cause to die

Definition
(verb) practice self-denial of one's body and appetites Definition
(verb) hold within limits and control
Synonyms : crucify subdue
Example Sentence
  • subdue one's appetites
  • mortify the flesh
Definition
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Example Sentence
  • He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
Definition
(verb) undergo necrosis
Example Sentence
  • the tissue around the wound necrosed
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mortify

Mortify can be said as moti fy means calling someone moti(fat) which is embarrasing and ashamed

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where mor (peacock) compares itself with other birds and talks proudly about it wings..and its beautiful body..but when other birds remind it of its ugly legs...mor feel embarrassed and humiliated.

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mor+tify....mors..a roman god for death..... who punishes everyone and each things...so mor..punshing a flesh

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divide it like..mor+tify...NOW JUSt focus on MOR...(PEACOCK)....MOR is very beautiful bird AND VERY PROUDY..(try to recall our kindergarten stories..where mor compares it self with other birds and talk in a proud way about it wings..and its beautiful

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MORTuarY van always Feels shamed,abased and humiliated to ITselF...

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morti(moti)+fy(fly)= moti chal jor se bhag! is nothing but to humiliate her.

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Picture a corpse on a BOARD. It is thinking: "IF I hadn't eaten MORE TSETSE FLIES, the hostess would not have killed me."

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mosaic

Short Definition : picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles; ADJ.

Definition
(noun) art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored stone or glass Definition
(noun) viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves Definition
(noun) a freeware browser Definition
(noun) a pattern resembling a mosaic Definition
(noun) transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube Definition
(noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture Definition
(adj) of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed to him
Example Sentence
  • Mosaic Law
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mosaic

take in picture mosaic tiles.. they have many small cut colored stones on it..

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mote

Short Definition : small speck (esp. of dust)

Definition
(noun) (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mote

replace e with a and read from back its atom

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like a mole

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read as moth as in dal moth ( namkeen served in Indian homes) . This namkeen consists of small specks of dal

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mote is actually opposite of Hindi mote. (Mote *motaa* means fat person in Hindi)

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Moti (Pearl). Its found in small sizes.

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mole + mite = mote Both mole and mite are tiny but of different things, but mote a inclusive term for both words, it is a tiny anything! :)

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A famous quote from Jesus about hypocrisy reads, "cast out, first, the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the MOTE that is in thy brother's eye."

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A moth will chew your sweater to tiny motes

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motif

Short Definition : theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure

Definition
(noun) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
Synonyms : motive
Definition
(noun) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
Synonyms : motive
Definition
(noun) a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
Synonyms : theme
Example Sentence
  • it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for motif

relate with motive

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motility

Short Definition : ability to move spontaneously; ADJ. motile: moving spontaneously

Definition
(noun) ability to move spontaneously and independently Definition
(noun) a change of position that does not entail a change of location
Synonyms : motion move movement
Example Sentence
  • the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise
  • movement is a sign of life
  • an impatient move of his hand
  • gastrointestinal motility
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for motility

motility remember it by near synonym mobility

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Motility decreases when motapa increases.

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motley

Short Definition : multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts)

Definition
(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
Example Sentence
  • a great assortment of cars was on display
  • he had a variety of disorders
  • a veritable smorgasbord of religions
Definition
(noun) a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume) Definition
(noun) a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England Definition
(verb) make something more diverse and varied
Synonyms : variegate vary
Example Sentence
  • Vary the menu
Definition
(verb) make motley; color with different colors
Synonyms : parti-color
Definition
(adj) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
Example Sentence
  • an arrangement of assorted spring flowers
  • assorted sizes
  • miscellaneous accessories
  • a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music
  • a motley crew
  • sundry sciences commonly known as social
Definition
(adj) having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Example Sentence
  • a jester dressed in motley
  • the painted desert
  • a particolored dress
  • a piebald horse
  • pied daisies
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for motley

If you and your friend goto shopping, he would suggest you in Hindi "Yeh Dress Math (MOT-Don't) LEY (take),Joker ki thara dhikegha". It didnt suit u as it was multi-coloured!

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sounds like a medley of coulours..

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rearrange motley <> moltey (multi)colored

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sounds close to the few words of the song " more rang de(ley) basanti"

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motley>> multiLayer (of colour )

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mottled

Short Definition : blotched in coloring; spotted; Ex. mottled face; V. mottle: mark with blotches of different colors

Definition
(adj) having spots or patches of color
Synonyms : dappled
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mottled

MOTE( a speck/spot) + LED = SPOTT + ED

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sometimes BOTTLED water has "patches of color"

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mottled=bottled.....all the colours have been bottled in this bottle...u have to just make a hole in its bottle cap and spray it on the wall.....THATS SPRAY PAINTING......:D

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sounds like molded with different patches of molds

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motted sound like spotted

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Motte in kannada means Egg. Egg os sparrow has many black patches on it.

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Motte mean EGG in kannada. Egg of sparro has many black patches on it.

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mote + LED >>> when we see LED's in a lighting over a house, it looks as if the house has colored spots of the color of LED's..

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