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sumptuous

Definition
(adj) rich and superior in quality
Example Sentence
  • a princely sum
  • gilded dining rooms
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sumptuous

divide it like sumptu+ous;just focus on the SUMPT+U,SOUNDS LIKE SAMPAT(I)(IN HINDI..DHAN SAMPATI)SO SAMPATI MEANS MONEY,well if you have a lot of sumpati or money, you will spend it LAVISHLY,you will be able to buy all luxury.

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just focus on SUM(means whole amount)+ptuous.....well you have decided to spend whole amount of yours ( around a crore )on your wedding..so you are trying to be sumptuous.

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akin to consumption, presumption, assumption. <br>consumption = take in <br>presumption = taken, before hand <br>assumption = taken as sumptuous = something that takes a lot.

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A rich, SUMPTUOUS meal is also SCRUMPTIOUS(delicious).

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basically it taken from sumptus...means expense..so someone suggesting grand expense on things...

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sundry

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
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sundry

SUNDARI (beautiful girl) ke peeche SEVERAL boys pade hai :P

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when you SUNDRY .. you expose yourself to MISCELLANEOUS radiations

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Imagine yourself lying on seashore enjoying the SUN. Now imagine a picture of SUN (obviously a round circle with lots of lines coming out of it).. Every line represent VARIOUS rays emerging out of the SUN (could be ULTRAVIOLET or INFRARED). In short

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it is sunday you can do various things !!

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SEVERAL fruits are SUN-DRIED to turn them into dry fruits...

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Mothers SUN DRY their family's SUNDRY clothing items and then sort them out after they DRY.

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SUNDRY(beautiful girl).....there are VARIOUS KINDS of beautiful girls....SEVERAL.....

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SUN can DRY different kinds of wet stuff :)

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my launDRY consists of a sunDRY of clothes

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usually we make a SEVERAL VARIETY of clothes to dry in sun

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wheN we asunder something we get sundry of that thing

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'several'wet clothes were put out for sun-dry ing

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Many things can be SUNDRIED. So, Sundry means various;several.

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sunlit

Definition
(adj) lighted by sunlight
Synonyms : sunstruck
Example Sentence
  • the sunlit slopes of the canyon
  • violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sunlit

sun+lit(past & past participle of light)--something that is lit by sun or lightened by sun is sunlit.

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supercilious

Definition
(adj) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Example Sentence
  • some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
  • haughty aristocrats
  • his lordly manners were offensive
  • walked with a prideful swagger
  • very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
  • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
  • a more swaggering mood than usual
Definition
(adj) expressive of contempt
Synonyms : sneering snide
Example Sentence
  • curled his lip in a supercilious smile
  • spoke in a sneering jeering manner
  • makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one
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split it like SUPER+CILI(sounds like SILLY)+o+US......now think of our SUPER SENIORs in our college . ..who were very ARROGANT IN NATURE..and were very keen to exhibit their superiority over us hence treated us in a very silly way..

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but basically this word is taken from latin supercilium...which when splited means super + cilium means eyelid.....so moving your eyelid in a way which exhibit your pride......and arrogance...

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SUPER+FEELious....whenyou feel that you are superior, you become showy,pompous ......

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Supercilious = Super + chilly(ous) i.e. when we eat food with a Super amount (a lot of) of chilly we express contempt towards the person who cooked it.

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Arrogant people think rest of the world is "super silly".

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split the word super+cilia+ ous: Cilia means hair.so supercilia can assumed to mean someone with lots of hair,long haired,john abraham wannabe's.These guy usually come of as arrogant.

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super-chilli-ous chilli means hot and can also be related to arrogant

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super(above)+ cilia (hair): Think of a person's condescending, patronizing expression where he/she lifts one eyebrow up.

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super+cilia. Cilia are TINY hairlike function of a cell, so if there is a SUPER CILIA in the group, he (cilia) will be haughty and mighty among others.

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Supercilious : just a "Super- Silly-Ass " person...

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iam SUPER...u are SILLY :P

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supercilious = super + cili (silly) + ous; i.e making unnecessary things.

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You Wanna remember, use this-- "super silly ass " and you'll remember the basic sense of supercilious.

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supererogatory

Definition
(adj) more than is needed, desired, or required
Example Sentence
  • trying to lose excess weight
  • found some extra change lying on the dresser
  • yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
  • skills made redundant by technological advance
  • sleeping in the spare room
  • supernumerary ornamentation
  • it was supererogatory of her to gloat
  • delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
  • extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
  • surplus cheese distributed to the needy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supererogatory

sounds like super+repository. A repository is a storage of information. super repository will have 'EXCESSIVE' information.

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super+interrogate...when you super interrogate a person,he will give excess info

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super(er-this is not required)ogatory--

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superfluous

Definition
(adj) serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
Example Sentence
  • otiose lines in a play
  • advice is wasted words
  • a pointless remark
  • a life essentially purposeless
  • senseless violence
Definition
(adj) more than is needed, desired, or required
Example Sentence
  • trying to lose excess weight
  • found some extra change lying on the dresser
  • yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
  • skills made redundant by technological advance
  • sleeping in the spare room
  • supernumerary ornamentation
  • it was supererogatory of her to gloat
  • delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
  • extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
  • surplus cheese distributed to the needy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for superfluous

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divide it as super+flow.. when there is large(super) flow of water, it becomes EXCESSIVE / OVERABUNDANCE of water..

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sounds like surplus - you have more than you need when there is a surplus of it

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super flow of water in the jar;why?because it is excess n more than required in the jar

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supernumerary

Definition
(noun) a person serving no apparent function
Example Sentence
  • reducing staff is difficult because our employees include no supernumeraries
Definition
(noun) a minor actor in crowd scenes
Synonyms : extra spear carrier
Definition
(adj) more than is needed, desired, or required
Example Sentence
  • trying to lose excess weight
  • found some extra change lying on the dresser
  • yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
  • skills made redundant by technological advance
  • sleeping in the spare room
  • supernumerary ornamentation
  • it was supererogatory of her to gloat
  • delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
  • extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
  • surplus cheese distributed to the needy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supernumerary

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<br>super = greater numerary = pertaining to numbers something that is more than the required number.

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super +numerous means in hindi kuch jyada hi

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supine

Definition
(adj) lying face upward
Synonyms : resupine
Definition
(adj) offering no resistance
Synonyms : resistless unresisting
Example Sentence
  • resistless hostages
  • No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supine

remove 'u' => spine... lying on BACK facing upward.. as good as no resistance.......OR THINK OF SPINAL CORD(SPINE) YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY REMEMBER

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In the long run, a 'Supine' persons 'Repine' for wasting so much time.

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SUPHINE. "SO FINE"... your feeling so fine that you dont resist

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Recline on your spine = SUPINE.

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Supine: S+UPine= Fac(S)e UP

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someone offers you soup, you will show no resistance!!

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Supine contains the word "UP," therefore, you are lying on your back facing UP.

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Pine is to miss. You miss someone when lying on ur back.

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support+spine

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supplant

Definition
(verb) take the place or move into the position of
Example Sentence
  • Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
  • the computer has supplanted the slide rule
  • Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supplant

Sounds like: sub + plant....i.e substitute + plant... <br>...so it is taking the place of the other plant or superseding it. Root out one plant and grow another.

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SUPer PLANT---Due to advances in agriculture, govt. is replacing all plants with SUPer PLANTs.

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supplant sounds like implants.. and implant takes the place of originality!!

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The restaurant SoUPPLANTATION is constantly SUPPLANTING its patrons with new ones throughout the day.

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o this one is easy- SUPPLY ANT as a substitute for parents in case they are not available. {The ANT brainwashes the kids into thinking she is the real parent} meaning of supplant: take the place of in a <b>scheming</b> manner

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supplant == SUPpress + PlANTation and start construction there mean u have replace smthing unfairly

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sabbatical

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SUPPLE-ANT.. the Old, senile ruler of the ANT colony was replaced by a younger, SUPPLE bodied ANT.

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sounds Supplement >>> In gym's we take supplements in order to make over t deficient nutrients in t body... hence daily food is REPLACED with an option of supplement food..

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supple

Definition
(verb) make pliant and flexible
Example Sentence
  • These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use
Definition
(adj) moving and bending with ease Definition
(adj) (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
Synonyms : limber
Example Sentence
  • a supple mind
  • a limber imagination
Definition
(adj) (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
Synonyms : limber
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supple

supple = chappal.. now the rexona ki chappal or any other slippers should be flexible and easy to bend in order to be a good chappal.. so a chappal shoul be supple or flexible, pliable ! :)

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Playing cards can be SHUFFLED because they are SUPPLE

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in Engineering supple(backlogs) are common thing, thet are FLEXIBLE

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comes from French - 'souple' which means yielding. <br>

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supply + apple = By using trays which are flexible ,pliant ,bending or folding easily without breaking or cracking so supplying apple would be easy

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