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thwart

Definition
(noun) a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
Synonyms : cross thwart
Definition
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Example Sentence
  • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
  • foil your opponent
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for thwart

this word sounds like THROAT....so if someone squeezes your throat your air passages will get blocked...............thus desires will be prevented.. u also feel frustrated and baffled..

Thwart or Obstruct is to prevent someone from doing something.

TH(thousand) + WART(massa).. a person having thousand wart will get furtrated.. and this is block or hinder his beauty

thWARt concentrate on WAR[against enemy,against opponents DESIRE]

thwart= 't' for total wart sounds like wat that means to spoil

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freedom

sounds like swarth(hindi)...jisne bhi swarth kiya vo frustrate ho gaya

timorous

Definition
(adj) timid by nature or revealing timidity
Synonyms : fearful trepid
Example Sentence
  • timorous little mouse
  • in a timorous tone
  • cast fearful glances at the large dog
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for timorous

sounds like TIME + OVER: imagine you are giving your GRE exam, and your time gets over, you will get frightened.. = fear = demonstrate fear. :)

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timorous=timor+ous , think of timor ..we become fearful hearing the East timor+ USA war..

timorous means showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence...TUMOURous...if you come to know that you have a tumour, you will be TIMOROUS....

timorous = timid

Timorous and Nervous are rhyming words with the same meaning. They refer to someone who is faint-hearted or afraid.

Pronounced similar to Amorous; So Gunnu is fearful of amorous conquests

ok little weak but concentrate to understand. Amorous is illicit love. Not pure love. And we don't fear the world in pure love. So we fear the world in timorous (a form of timid amorous)

Timorous sounds like Timon.... try to relate it with Timon of cartoon Timon and Pumba where Timon was really COWARD

remember from history the great mongol ruler Timur-lung... every king ws fearful of him

timid and morose

tehi moros: when we saw a tiger in front of us then

tirade

Definition
(noun) a speech of violent denunciation
Synonyms : broadside philippic
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sounds like tired.. your mom gets tired after a TIRADE..i.e. LONG ANGRY DENUNCIATORY SPEECH..

In Trading job, if something goes wrong, they will scold you

papa made the rade of evening tea by tirade .(tea+rade)

TEE in pujabi means daughter. lets say TI = daughter for a second. now if you raid your daughter when she is changing clothes, youre a fucking pedophile and this is god-damn denouncing. SO DONT TIRADE

TIRADE is when you BOMBARD somebody with angry words.

Tyre vesetappudu (While a puntchur guy changes a tyre) he bitches non-stop about other puncture guy. so Tirade.

tire tho adithe, mom wil give long speech of scolding

TIRADE - sounds like "ti rage" means woh ladki gussa main hain (ti:woh ladki)rage:gussa), so us ladki apne boyfriend par apna pura gussa (anger/denunciation utara)nikala.

Tirade = T(Talk) + i(in) + rade(Rage)

When you are tired after a heavy work, if somebody speaks at you asking questions you get irritated shout at them and give the a TIRADE speech.

TIRADE RHYMES WITH BRATE.... both means to scold stongly..

Tirade: Tyrant + rade, rade by tyrant is accompanied by bitterness

Parade of Scoldings

TYRANT + EDE = becoz his speech was very harsh and critical. THIRADEkunna polulla tyrant nte speech.

titillate

Definition
(verb) touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
Synonyms : tickle vellicate
Definition
(verb) excite pleasurably or erotically
Example Sentence
  • A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for titillate

"Tits" + "Late" -> The more late a girls show you her tits in foreplay, more sexually excited you become.

TITILLATE and STIMULATE are rhyming words, both of which mean to excite or to provoke desire.

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Titill = titli can be considered as sexy extrovert girl, who excites you sexually(pleasantly), or tickles your mind

A 'TITI' [ticket checker] was tickling you, Jab tum train mein 'LATE' hue the. Bez he wanted to check your ticket. Hence 'TITILLATE'.

TITI(boobs) HILAATEY... its not me the word is simply made by that. perverted englishmen ;)

aaj kal comedy circus(a prog on sony tv) goes on TILL LATE nite..a 1 hour show is extended to 1.5 hrs...nevertheless it is capable of TICKLING its audience throughout the show!!!............:D

when a titli(butterfly) flutters past ur skin u feel tickled and excited pleasurably

titter

Definition
(noun) a nervous restrained laugh Definition
(verb) laugh nervously
Synonyms : giggle
Example Sentence
  • The girls giggled when the rock star came into the classroom
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titter : tit + her(ter), these days blouses are made so somooth they frequently slipped off. this situation may find you laughing nervously, or one can laugh when management is trying to undo all stuff but keeping tits in mind ;)

TITTER and SNIGGER which are rhyming words refer to a sort of giggle. Titter is a high-pitched giggle while a snigger is a sly giggle.

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say in a lecture, professor wants to say twist and pronounces it as t(w)its, there will be nervous laughter in the classroom

to tittering laugh sounds like a TwITTERing bird.

In Front of teacher u need to titter otherwise she's gonna catch u.

prodigal-pradeep sir and galfriend imagine pradeep sir has become extravagant and is seen hovering with gals

titular

Definition
(adj) of or relating to a legal title to something
Synonyms : titulary
Example Sentence
  • titulary rights
Definition
(adj) of or bearing a title signifying status or function
Example Sentence
  • of titular rank
Definition
(adj) of or pertaining to the title of a work of art
Example Sentence
  • performed well in the titular (or title) role
  • the titular theme of the book
Definition
(adj) of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility
Example Sentence
  • titular dignitaries
Definition
(adj) existing in name only
Synonyms : nominal
Example Sentence
  • the nominal (or titular) head of his party
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for titular

TITULAR - TIT + U + LAR - TITLED + YOU + ARE. Titled you are but unfortunately with no power.

tit+u+lar— TITle with LAR(lier—lie) U have a TITle with LIE—means having a title without power

titu you have title but you are titular

you have just the title and nothing else.

Total+Ruler-The legal documents totally rule

toady

Definition
(noun) a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage Definition
(verb) try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
Example Sentence
  • He is always kowtowing to his boss
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for toady

Sir, "TODAY"(toady) you look very ...... (this an act of pleasing someone in order to gain a personal advantage.)

A toady person is like a toad who makes sounds to flatter people just like a toad tries to flatter the female toad..

toady=to(too)+ady(addy)means person who add more than fact

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toady in x-men was extreemely servile

TOADY and FLATTERY are similar in sound and meaning. If you flatter a person in order to gain advantage, you will be refered to as toady.

the toad flattered the nightingale in order to gain popularity

Puffs up saying the things that influence the powerful. But whose croaks are filled with venom.

Ever wonder how Toad from the Super Mario Bros. series got his name? He's "toadally" a Toad to the Princess, today and every day! http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/images/peach/peach_080321b-l.jpg

Toady = To(To take) + ad(Advantage by) + (Flattery)y

toga

Definition
(noun) a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome
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as v know dat v know dat v r supposed to wear some special clothes to do yoga...nw lets supose dat v should wear TOGA to do YOGA...so its a kind of robe

baba ramdev teaches YOGA in the morning to all the ppl in the stadium and b4 leaving the platform wears a TOGA and leaves....bhahut shining marta hai!!!.........;)

TOGA sounds like CHOGA, a Hindi word for a garb or clothing.

torpor

Definition
(noun) a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
Synonyms : torpidity
Example Sentence
  • he fell into a deep torpor
Definition
(noun) inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for torpor

Well its quite opposite to what is a topper who is naturally diligent

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tor-por....TORRENT PAR..........TORRENT PAR most of the seeders were INACTIVE due to which downloading the movie becomes a SLUGGISH task....

RAJ THAKERY TO MNS PEOPLE.."aaj tum sab itne LATHARGIC,SLUGGISH kyu lag rahe ho? hume kal THOD PHOD karne jana hai...yaad hai na?",,,,,,,,:)

Torpedo is fast and speedy...while torpor is opposite to torpedo

sounds like tapori, who is very lazy

Suppose you are very much disturbed with something and then you go back to your room and cause destruction i.e tod phod( in hindi language).. After you are finished with your desrtruction you feel tired and lack in energy,

Torpor and Torpid means almost the same. Lazy and inactive. Tor- tortoise which means slow. But be careful about torpedo, which means the exact opposite.

tor - phor means breaking everything.. OPPOSITE .. lack of energy - lethargy

As in " tar par latka hua ho.. aalsi hai "

sounds like tod-phod.. person who does tod-phod is very active..Opposite of that is lethargy

A TOPPER is never a TORPOR ....he studies with vigor

tor-por is tod- phod, in hindi, after you are finished with tod-phod, you get lazy and sluggish...

torpor = tor por; The ppl who are always saying after that is always lazy.

tortuous

Definition
(adj) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Example Sentence
  • the Byzantine tax structure
  • Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
  • convoluted legal language
  • convoluted reasoning
  • the plot was too involved
  • a knotty problem
  • got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
  • Oh, what a tangled web we weave
  • tortuous legal procedures
  • tortuous negotiations lasting for months
Definition
(adj) marked by repeated turns and bends
Example Sentence
  • a tortuous road up the mountain
  • winding roads are full of surprises
  • had to steer the car down a twisty track
Definition
(adj) not straightforward
Example Sentence
  • his tortuous reasoning
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for tortuous

a tortoise does not move in straight line... it keeps twisting and turning making path complicated.

tortuous - torque(twisting)uous: full of twisting

TORTUre fOr US to follow

tortoise mosquito coil will not be straight it is twisted and winded . Tortoise coil is in rhyming with tortuous.

The Tortuous Spiral Maze, which had a lot of twists and turns, had everyone perplexed.

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The Tortuous Spiral Maze (which has a lot of twists and turns) had everynone perplexed.

if u remember contort it means to twist out shape. tortuous meaning is very close to that.

tortuous can be compared to circuitous.. And both means almost same

the pronunciation of this word is not simple, it twists the tongue

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