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withhold

Short Definition : refuse to give; hold back; Ex. withholding tax

Definition
(verb) hold back; refuse to hand over or share
Synonyms : keep back
Example Sentence
  • The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room
Definition
(verb) retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
Synonyms : deduct recoup
Example Sentence
  • My employer is withholding taxes
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for withhold

with+hold....if you hold back the library book and refuse to return it on time...you are withholding it.

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withstand

Short Definition : stand up against; resist successfully

Definition
(verb) resist or confront with resistance
Synonyms : defy hold hold up
Example Sentence
  • The politician defied public opinion
  • The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear
  • The bridge held
Definition
(verb) stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for withstand

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With + stand...you firmly stand your ground (withstand) even though there is strong opposition.

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witless

Short Definition : lacking intelligence or wit; foolish; idiotic

Definition
(adj) (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for witless

witless = WITh LESS brain, means foolish

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wit(clever perception)+less....a person lacking the ability to percieve things cleverly.

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think of WITTU oru wittum ellatha jeevidam endhu maduppanu????? really stupid one

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witticism

Short Definition : witty saying; wisecrack(clever joking remark)

Definition
(noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Synonyms : humor humour wit wittiness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for witticism

Witticism rhymes with critisism. Witticism is a clever remark and critisism is a critical remark, pointing of a fault.

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witch will make clever joking remark about her magic

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"cis" means to cut... to cut something, you must be sharp so witticisms are sharply witty.

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wizardry

Short Definition : sorcery; magic

Definition
(noun) exceptional creative ability
Synonyms : genius
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wizardry

focus the word Wizard...similar as a software PARTITION WIZARD..which is same as partition MAGIC. Hence its a MAGIC

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Wizardry is the same as sorcery... a wizard is a person who performs sorcery (magic).

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wizened

Short Definition : shriveled; withered; Ex. wizened apple/old lady

Definition
(adj) lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
Example Sentence
  • the old woman's shriveled skin
  • he looked shriveled and ill
  • a shrunken old man
  • a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws
  • he did well despite his withered arm
  • a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wizened

wizened - old people are experienced and WISE... and they are FEEBLE, WEAK, they SHRIVEL, WITHER

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wizened = wise+end wise (old) people reach their end as death & their body decays

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relate it to the word WISE... think of a lady who has gained wisdom as she has aged and grown old and shriveled up.

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widened <-- --> wizened --> <-- get it??

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YZend...when you have Y,Z written on your face as tatoo, you faace is WIZENED

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woe

Short Definition : great sorrow; deep inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; Ex. financial woes

Definition
(noun) misery resulting from affliction
Synonyms : suffering
Definition
(noun) intense mournfulness
Synonyms : woefulness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for woe

when ur mourning u sing "woh lamhe"

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woe - when our favourite batsmen gets out... we, while watching cricket shout OH!!!! sadly

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if a friend becomes a foe, its a matter of great woe

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Woe and sorrow both sound as well as mean the same...distress, misfortune.

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remember "woh" in hindi. a girl is in sorrow because she is thinking that "mera woh (lover) marr gaya".

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WOE and BOW rhyme....I don't like to bow...if the day comes when I have to BOW, I will be in WOE....i.e I will be in great sorrow or distress....

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because of our FOE we have to suffer WOE.

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woeful

Short Definition : sad; (of something bad) deplorable; deplorably bad; Ex. woeful housing conditions

Definition
(adj) affected by or full of grief or woe
Synonyms : woebegone
Example Sentence
  • his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone
Definition
(adj) of very poor quality or condition
Example Sentence
  • deplorable housing conditions in the inner city
  • woeful treatment of the accused
  • woeful errors of judgment
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for woeful

woe+ful....full of woe..that is distressed, a feeling of sadness.

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wont

Short Definition : (the stated person's) habit or custom; habitual procedure; ADJ. wonted: customary

Definition
(noun) an established custom
Synonyms : habit
Example Sentence
  • it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wont

What won't leave is habit or wont

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You won't leave this bad wont

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you won't avoid wont

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In the beginning you wont, but after you get used to it, you will

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WANTON means casual, unrestrained. WONT means established, structured.

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If you wan't something, make it your wont!

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You wont forgot your daily habit easily.

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Wont is similar to want... you want (wish) to do something and in wont you are accustomed to do something.

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worldly

Short Definition : engrossed in matters of this earth; not spiritual; of the material world

Definition
(adj) characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
Synonyms : secular temporal
Example Sentence
  • worldly goods and advancement
  • temporal possessions of the church
Definition
(adj) very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
Synonyms : blase
Example Sentence
  • the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'
  • the benefits of his worldly wisdom
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for worldly

Worldly and earthly both sound and mean the same... concerned with material gains, not a spiritual person.

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