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amenable

Definition
(adj) disposed or willing to comply
Synonyms : conformable
Example Sentence
  • someone amenable to persuasion
Definition
(adj) readily reacting to suggestions and influences
Synonyms : tractable
Example Sentence
  • a responsive student
Definition
(adj) open to being acted upon in a certain way
Example Sentence
  • an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death
  • the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment
Definition
(adj) liable to answer to a higher authority
Example Sentence
  • the president is amenable to the constitutional court
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for amenable

Amen is a word used in islam and christinity. meaning of which is i agree. So amenable means something able to be agreed.

A+MAN+ABLE....a man is able to succeed if he is open and responsive to suggestion....

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a MEN ABLE - ABLE MEN are obedient,compliant,readily managed,etc. (are amenable)

Amenable -> Ammendable -> Ammendment. Ammendment is a CHANGE to law. Amenable means willing to change.

amenable sounds like AMAN (peace)+ ABLE. So obedient people are amenable .

consider amenable as a+mend+able. which can be easily influenced or easily controlled.

"mend"able person

AMENABLE<===> जवाबदेही/आज्ञाकारी/वश्य (pr. \\javabadehi/Ajnyakari/vashy \\ )[Adjective] Example:An employee is amenable to the officer.

amicable

Definition
(adj) characterized by friendship and good will
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for amicable

amicable ~ am + I + cable; there is a cable (friendly connection) between me (I) and him

amicable= tkae mic means microphone which always makes sound and opposite of it is peaceful.

Amicable: A Mic on the tAble (an unused mic is always peaceful)

a+mic+able.mic is able to produce noises...a negates the meaning...hence peaceful

amicable = a(not)+ mic(microphone)+ able..if a mic is not able den it is peaceful...

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the word reminds of "mic"key mouse who is friendly

am i cable:Movie Cable Guy and the friendly nature of Jim Carrey i.e. amicable

ammi(mother) cable wale se politely, in a friendly manner se baat kar rahi hain because the cable wala has the power to cut the cable!!!!!

AMICABLE<===> मित्रवत् (pr. \\mitravat \\ )[Adjective] Example:The two parties do not seem to reach an amicable settlement. AMICABLE<===> मैत्रीपूर्ण (pr. \\maitripurN \\ )[Noun]

amiss

Definition
(adj) not functioning properly
Synonyms : awry haywire wrong
Example Sentence
  • something is amiss
  • has gone completely haywire
  • something is wrong with the engine
Definition
(adv) away from the correct or expected course
Synonyms : awry
Example Sentence
  • something has gone awry in our plans
  • something went badly amiss in the preparations
Definition
(adv) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner
Example Sentence
  • if you think him guilty you judge amiss
  • he spoke amiss
  • no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly
Definition
(adv) in an imperfect or faulty way
Synonyms : imperfectly
Example Sentence
  • The lobe was imperfectly developed
  • Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for amiss

amiss : i thought she was a miss, but it was amiss as she was a misses:)

a+miss.. miss.. when you miss to do something..important... that is your fault.. as you have missed something..

something is missing...so faulty, wrong..

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a+miss -- a mistress is always "wrong" to keep!

she told me that it is WRONG that I dint MISS her

A+miss : If u miss a catch your technique is wrong or faulty.

A MIS(S)take is something wrong so 'amiss' means wrong

AMISS<===> गलत (pr. \\galat \\ )[Adjective] Example:Every thing seems to be amiss -what to do?

amnesia

Definition
(noun) partial or total loss of memory
Synonyms : blackout memory loss
Example Sentence
  • he has a total blackout for events of the evening
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for amnesia

amnesia ~ am + in + asia; Imagine someone living in India saying "Am I in Asia?" He probably lost his memory.

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Amnesia.......remember AMir khan and his movie Ghajini were he has memory loss also Tare Zameen Par where he shows about DYSLEXIA same as AMNESIA

am in asia?...tell me

AMNESIA = am + ne (north east) + Asia; Forgot everything in childhood.

AMNESIA<===> याददाश्त खो जाना/विस्मरण (pr. \\yadadasht kho jana/vismaraN \\ )[Noun] Example:Due to head injury he suffered from amnesia.

amphitheater

Definition
(noun) a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)
Synonyms : amphitheatre
Definition
(noun) an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held
Synonyms : amphitheatre coliseum
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for amphitheater

Madison Square Garden is an amphitheater

am+free=amphi & theatre=stadium i am free to watch cricket in stadium(amphitheatre)

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amphi- "both sides or two" + theatron "theater; Classical theaters were semi-circles, thus two together made an amphitheater.

amputate

Definition
(verb) remove surgically
Synonyms : cut off
Example Sentence
  • amputate limbs
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for amputate

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a(r)m+put+ate : Imagine a silly situation.tiger ATE your ARM which is PUT for eating. so your arm is CUTOFF from your body

amputate ~ arm pe tape; you have to put tape on arm because its surgically cut.

Am-Put-At wheelchair cuz doctor had to cut leg to save me

amputate---> am(arm) + put + ate.......imagine a patient went to doctor after snake biting on leg,doctor told him to PUT his ARM to cut(ATE) his leg.

amputate= amplify+attentunate cut and pass

amPUTate,concentrate on the highlighted word,put which rhymes with cut,so the meaning is CUT OFF

its pronounciation is like tempo,now i will memorise it as "while going through a TEMPO I meet an accident that is y i hv put a tape in my hand bcoz it was CUT in the accident.

AMPUTATE<===> काटना (pr. \\kaTana \\ )[TransitiveVerb] Example:He has a gangrene on his leg, we must amputate it.

AMPUTATE sounds like AMBULANCE somehow, or relate it with; so when you got cut off ur legs surgically due to severe accident, you must be taken to home by AMBULANCE.

anamnesis

Definition
(noun) the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient Definition
(noun) the ability to recall past occurrences
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for anamnesis

Add J....it becomes JANAMnesis....pichale janam ke memories ka recollection....

-sis means like ability like telekinesis....amnesia is losing memory, so it means an ability to remember memories

anarchy

Definition
(noun) a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
Synonyms : lawlessness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for anarchy

Anarchy-Sounds like 'monarchy' (like tibet was ruled by monarchy)...so, absenceof government

Anarchy = A + Narchy -> Narakh (like "hell" in hindi).. and in hell there is complete disorder and lawlessness.

sounds like hierarchy take “a” as no hierarchy i.e state of disorder

anarchy(noun)….divde this word like AN(.when used as prefix before noun it means..person)+arch(y)…means…most important or head of something……now think of a country in which there is no person at the most importanat position(usually a rular,or PMor

anarchy

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sounds like 'monarchy'(king ruler).so related government.

the most importanat position(usually a rular,or PMor president...).to rule the country..to amend laws for country. so now think what will be the situation of that nation....obvieously..disorderness everywhere.

anarchy= a+archy => without+ruler

ANARCHY = The boy is out of order demanding a anar (fruit) chocolate.

ANARCHY<===> अव्यवस्था/अराजकता (pr. \\avyavastha/arajakata \\ )[Noun] Example:Bad government can give rise to anarchy.

anathema

Definition
(noun) a detested person
Synonyms : bete noire
Example Sentence
  • he is an anathema to me
Definition
(noun) a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for anathema

sounds like ashwathema who had SOLEMN CURSE of Lord Krishna

ASTHMA...anathema...I hate asthma because it affects respiratory system....anathema also means curse....to have ASTHAMA is a kind of ANATHEMA....

anathema ~ anaath + ma; Being ANAATH or having no MAA is obviously a CURSE...

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ANA-THEMA..against the concept...hence it is disliked and disapproved

ana - teri(your) -ma (mother) - ki .... d person is cursing ana... sorry for abusive language :)

Ana was cursed by them and other religious leaders.

Ana-the(di)-ma(mom) was a curse in relation between ana and me

Ana+theme .. Another theme which u don like other than yours.. So you curse it..

ANATHEMA -> an ANARACHIST detests government.

Someone who does not respect national ANTHEM should be cursed.

anthem praises something, anathema is just the opposite.

ANATHEMA<===> अभिशाप (pr. \\abhishap \\ )[Noun] Example:Caste system in Indian society has become an anathema.

anath means bastered everyone hates bastered thats y its slang

anoint

Definition
(verb) choose by or as if by divine intervention
Example Sentence
  • She was anointed the head of the Christian fundamentalist group
Definition
(verb) administer an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
Synonyms : anele embrocate inunct oil
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for anoint

an+oin+t...oin souds like oil.....and in rajasthan.....in some communities during weding they put oil on bridegroom and bride head before they get ready for wedding ceremony.as they consider it sacred

1.anoint rhymes with APPOINT..appoint as saint,holy person is to make him holy or beatify 2.anoint> AN+OIL > apply an oil to consecrate someone

an + oint ~ ointment; ointment ~ oil; some oil applied to hair.

ANOINT<===> तेलाभिषेक करना (pr. \\telabhiShek karana \\ )[Noun]

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