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seemly

Definition
(adj) according with custom or propriety
Example Sentence
  • her becoming modesty
  • comely behavior
  • it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
  • a decent burial
  • seemly behavior
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for seemly

seemly ~ see + homely (hindi: gharelu in positive sense) : see sita is so homely and hence proper or appopriate to be my daughter in law !

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SEEMLY is the opposite of SEAMY

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seemly= see+my+l == mummy "(see) (my) (l)adki" coz its appropriate & proper for me...

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hmmm...seems proper...

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SEEMLY or BEAUTY - something that is attractive and appropriate.

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See Mili -- Mili is a seemly girl .. Proper and appropriate behavior ..

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seethe

Definition
(verb) be noisy with activity
Synonyms : buzz hum
Example Sentence
  • This office is buzzing with activity
Definition
(verb) be in an agitated emotional state
Synonyms : boil
Example Sentence
  • The customer was seething with anger
Definition
(verb) foam as if boiling
Example Sentence
  • a seething liquid
Definition
(verb) boil vigorously
Synonyms : roll
Example Sentence
  • The liquid was seething
  • The water rolled
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for seethe

SOOTHE if you remember, means, calm/quiet...Seethe is its opposite, meaning, violent.

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seethe(SITA)..when ravan took sita to lanka lord ram BOILED and was DISTURBED

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break it in to SEE THE --- ur mom say to u to see the water which is boiling

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Seethe Sounds like "SEAT" So after a tiring day you catch BUS and there is only one seat empty which is in Ladies reserved section. U sit there and a Young girl comes and tell you to get off !!! You will BOIL !!!

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tEETH one showing teeth is very angry

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Earlier she was seedhi(hindi) but when she saw the consequences, now she is SEETHE

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seethe is like seejh in hindi which means 'to boil'.for eg:pani seejh rtaha hain......

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seethe is like seejh in hindi which means 'to boil'.for eg:pani seejh rtaha hain......

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semblance

Definition
(noun) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
Synonyms : color colour gloss
Example Sentence
  • he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
  • he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
  • the situation soon took on a different color
Definition
(noun) an erroneous mental representation
Synonyms : illusion
Definition
(noun) picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
Synonyms : likeness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for semblance

resemblance should immediately come to your mind and relate the meaning of resemblance to semblance.

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sounds like ambulance that gives an outward appearance of emergency, illness and death.

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SEMBLANCE is an outward APPEARANCE or form.

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sententious

Definition
(adj) abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
Example Sentence
  • too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation
Definition
(adj) concise and full of meaning
Synonyms : pithy
Example Sentence
  • welcomed her pithy comments
  • the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sententious

Sentence+less - Someone who can concisely explain his views in just a few sentences (less sentences used).

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Sententious: think of it as "Sentence + Conscious". Person who is sentence conscious will be terse or brief.

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sentence+ious... full sentence in one word.

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SENTENTIOUS-> SENTENCE+TENSION. "In a TENSION filled debate, you may only get one SENTENCE in; so, be SENTENTIOUS."

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SENTENTIOUS means filled with SENTIMENT(feeling).

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sentence+ious... full sentence in one word.

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sen ten. sen is sanity/intelligence. ten = 10/10. trying to show off u r 10/10 on intelligence

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say so much in one sentence that it is better than a whole story.

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Sentencing us to tension with your excessive moralizing - at least you're pithy!

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Everyone on the beach was shocked when the local authorities SENTENced US for mixed bathing.

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The judge read the sentence with a sententious look

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sentient

Definition
(adj) endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
Synonyms : animate
Example Sentence
  • the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage
Definition
(adj) consciously perceiving
Example Sentence
  • sentient of the intolerable load
  • a boy so sentient of his surroundings
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sentient

Sentimental people are sentinent.

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Sentient -> SENTI + ENT(Ear Nose Throat) .. Capable of sensation, Aware, Sensitive ..

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SENTIENT - conscious, susceptible or responsive to sensation, is sensitive.

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when you are senti for someone you are aware(sentient)for her/him

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-Able to see or feel things through senses. Sentient = Sen(ses) + ENT (ear,nose,taste)

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Abhor

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sentinel

Definition
(noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sentinel

Sentinel=see at entry.Guard or Sentry.

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senti"nel" (SA bowler) gets senti when he bowls a beamer and watches over the batsman so as to prevent a boundry on the next ball in case the batsman gets aggressive.. so he is a sentinel !!

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A SENTINEL is like a CONSTABLE - a soldier posted to keep watch and guard something.

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sena at tunnel

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sentinel: sent+in+el(elowd/allowed): we employed a watch man/gaurd at my wedding so that only people who has applied SENT will be ALLOWED (EL) IN inside.

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sentinal prime : from transformers was keeping guard on the energon

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sepulcher

Definition
(noun) a chamber that is used as a grave
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sepulcher

it can be broken down into see(p)+ vulture .As vulture is human flesh eating animal will b found near tombs.

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Sleep+HULCHAL- place where while sleeping u cant do any hulchul.

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a vulture flies near the sepulchre for food...

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SEPULCHER and PYRE which are more or less similar in sound, connect to the dead. While a SEPULCHER refers to a tomb (a burial), PYRE refers to the funeral pile which is lit up to cremate a dead body, a tradition prevalent in India

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: SEPULCHER = SHE(se)+PULL(pul)+CHAIR(cher). She pulls chair to attend ghost dinner party in a sepulcher.

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sequester

Definition
(verb) requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
Example Sentence
  • the estate was sequestered
Definition
(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Example Sentence
  • The FBI seized the drugs
  • The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
  • The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Definition
(verb) undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
Example Sentence
  • The cations were sequestered
Definition
(verb) keep away from others
Example Sentence
  • He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
Definition
(verb) set apart from others
Example Sentence
  • The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sequester

seek + quest - those who seek to find something as a part of a quest have to leave the society or seclude themselves from it.

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If I seek rest I would prefer seclusion

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Sounds like Silverter, Jab Tweaty ne Silverter ka popat kiya.. To Silverster had to retire from public life.

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sequester =see+twister==>when u see twister u "isolate" from ur dwelling place

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1st meaning: isolated:a person who quests the sea and lives ther alone<br><br> 2nd meaning : take possesions legally : suppose you lent me money for some land. with that money i buy an island. If m unable to payback u quest my sea

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SYLVESTER stallone has now 'retired from public life' he is 'isolated' from films now

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SEQUESTER ~ se (sea) + quester (questions) : He sequestered himself in his science books to find answers to questions related to sea water.

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SEclude+QUEST-He SEcluded himself/isolated from family in QUEST of money and power

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SEQUESTER or RETIRE - to exclude or ostracize from a society or group.

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The adventurous guy went on a SEA-QUEST to find the mythical sea monster .. Being a dangerous journey, he had to journey alone. He find the monster on an ISOLATED and SECLUDED region of the ocean..

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He was left SECLUDED and ISOLATED when his property was CONFISCATED

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He was set apart from others and was sent on sea quest.

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sequester: sequence + star i.e the stars r sited in sequence , isolated from each other

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the requester was sequestered and beaten up to death

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sham

Definition
(noun) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Synonyms : fake postiche
Definition
(noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses Definition
(verb) make a pretence of
Synonyms : assume feign simulate
Example Sentence
  • She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
  • he feigned sleep
Definition
(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive
Example Sentence
  • He feigned that he was ill
  • He shammed a headache
Definition
(adj) adopted in order to deceive
Example Sentence
  • an assumed name
  • an assumed cheerfulness
  • a fictitious address
  • fictive sympathy
  • a pretended interest
  • a put-on childish voice
  • sham modesty
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sham

sham sounds like scam...both have almost the same negative meaning..

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if u have some shame u wud not sham

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my friend SHyAM always shams that he did not study...but he always tops d class...!!!

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sounds like "scam" and in a scam you pretend a lot of things.

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SHAM and FRANK are antonyms. While sham means to fake something, frank is to be clear and truthful about it.

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Sham <-> Scam .. You have to pretend that the HAM that you are selling is made up of processed cheese .. That means you are shamming to lure customers .. What a dirty scam! Playing with religious sentiments!

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shambles

Definition
(noun) a condition of great disorder Definition
(noun) a building where animals are butchered
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shambles

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SHAMBLES and GAMBLES... The gambling den was in shambles after the police had raided it.

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gamble shambles ur life (ruins ur life)

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take the word "HAM" from shambles, from where does "ham" come? from where animals are butchered or shambles....

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shambles !! take bles >bhais (cow/ buffalo) shame 111 !bcz they r butchered 1 peTA zINdabad lolz

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SHAPELESS...!!!

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SHAMBLE AND GAMBLE ARE RHYMING WORDS ..IF U GAMBLE UR LIFE WILL BE IN SHAMBLES

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