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abase

Short Definition : lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (oneself) lose self-respect

Definition
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Example Sentence
  • He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss

Memory aid to help you memorize this

abase-abe(a slang used to degrade acvv person)+shhh(se)usually an attempt to degrade a person's opinion..ovral goes to humiliate a person....
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Abase > to bring someone down back to A BASE level.
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a= no, negative, less & base = base, position, grade.. combinedly lessen the position/grade
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A baseball player tripped over A BASE marker thus humiliating himself.
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abase = a + base; without a base; Imagine you shifted to a new house whose base is not very strong (without base) and hence it may fall down anytime and can abase you in front of your neighbours.
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abase=BASEti karna(beizzzati)
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abase.....means without base n one will b fall down without base nd become lower hence lower in rank
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bring to the base the lowest level
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one addressing u as 'abe' 'sale' in vidharbha......which means he is degrading u.....
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Abash- bash can be drub, which is humiliating
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Abase Abash Same Stash of Embarrassing (or Humiliating) Trash
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A BASEment is always in the LOWer part of the house.
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abode, b and d are symmetric, so abode = home and adobe = my company where I work.
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Abasing someone in front of others is not a good practice.
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Teachers,sometimes ask their student to sit at base(degrade them) when they have not complete their homework.
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abash is ab bas matlab dimaag kharab ho gaya feeling embarrased
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Nubile:adj.marriageble Newly(recently)able to be married.
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No offense.... SAy someone who is very fat as a big TIRE(tyre)---- ridicule
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ABASE can be termed as (ABE-YASH)suppose that in reality show gobinda called YASHRAJ ABE YASH means he abases him.
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lower yourself to the base.
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Juniors are often abased by their seniors.
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a+bide, bide sounds like bind, a thing that makes you to bind yourself
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abash
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abash

Short Definition : embarrass

Definition
(verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
Synonyms : embarrass

Memory aid to help you memorize this

A=ALWAYS B=BRINGS a S=SHAME
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Ab for abraham (john abraham)and ash for aishwarya roy .when they come close,abhishek get abashed
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What happens when u get a bash? (bashing)....u get embarrassed.
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link it to bashful.
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if we tell a lady...u r A-BHAINS(buffalo IN HINDI) INFRONT OF EVERYONE,SHE WILL B EMBARASSED.
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sounds like ab-ash (Abhishek-Aishwarya, Bollywood Actor-Actress) married and abashed Salman(Bollywood Actor)
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AB+ASH....AB=now(in hindi)ASH=short form of ASHAMED...now combine these two we get the meaning i.e,feeling ashamed at that time or situation
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When the group was making fun of Amy, she ABASHed by covering her face with her hands and hiding herself behind A BUSH in Busch Gardens in Virginia.
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I gave badshah - A Bash in public, thus humiliating him...
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abash : a boss who always embarasses u or u are emabarresed b4 boss
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abase: A bhais{base} which means buffalo and it implies humiliation
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Abash='A'+ basha.Basha means language.so when people scold u using A language u feel embarrassed.
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ab stands for Abhishek + ash stands for Aishwarya when Abhishek married to Aish Salman gets embarrased
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abash =ab + ash = abishek+aishwarya rai.. abishek bachan is always embarrassed becos of aish rai's beauty
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Bash stuns enemy in games. A BASH makes them uncomfortable.
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Aba=Elder person, Abha Sh= Shame Abha felt shameful
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Abase Abash Same Stash of Humiliating or Embarrassing Trash
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When you are abash, it makes you dash (because you are embarrassed)
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Bash is Bamboo in Bangla. A Bash ie A bamboo makes him abashed
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abate

Short Definition : To reduce in amount;Put an end to; subside or moderate

Definition
(verb) make less active or intense
Synonyms : slack slake
Definition
(verb) become less in amount or intensity
Example Sentence
  • The storm abated
  • The rain let up after a few hours

Memory aid to help you memorize this

rebate means discount... i.e reducing the price.. abate and rebate are rhyming words
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(Tag : ) abate which is rhyming with debate.Debate means raising(actually in discussion imagine that in every thing) just opposite to debate consider abate that is reduction in nature
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ab ate mat karo abate your weight
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A BAIT is given to rats at home finally rats get reduced. So u can directly give ABATE to rat to reduce its population i.e; ABATE is reducing
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'abate' sounds like the hindi bait" means "come sit". Imagine a tired old man visiting you and you offer a chair and say 'aa bait' it will lessen relieve your tiredness.
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ABATE=AB+ATE... here "ATE" is the past tense of "eat". So when we eat, the quantity tends to reduce or lessen... the same applies here..
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Focus on ‘ate’ part of abate. (eat, ate, eaten). When you eat anything, you reduce it's quantity.
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abate= a + bate which almost sounds aa bete in hindi, imagine father sayings his son come(aa) son(bete),come join my business to subside me and reduce my load.
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bate(if some body beats u,ur self respect for him gets diminished)...hence abate counts for getng diminishd by sum means...
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a+baith: aa baith yani aaja baith ja matlab down ho ja ya reduce ho ja
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ABATE RHYMES WITH "WAIT". means waiting to get sumthng subsided
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A =always ;BATE = masturbate ;so when you always masturbate ,energy and sperm will be less in amount,degree or intensity
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Sachin's BAT has no intention of aBATing the agony of his opponent bowlers.
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ABATE=AB+ATE.. "ATE" is the past tense of "EAT".. so When we eat, the quantity tends to reduce or lessen.. SO ABATE stands for lessen or reduce or diminsh or slacken
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In Hindi sit down means (baith) + ab = ab baith i.e. abate
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ab+ate— ab( away) from ate, if you will be AWAY from ATE(food) you will REDUCE
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In an ABATTOIR, butchers ABATE or end the lives of animals.
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ABATE= AB + ATE. You got your current six-packs ABdomen because you ATE so little and reduce your fat-intake.
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abATE is the opposite of escalATE
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AB+ ATE = abishek ate Aishariya lessen her beauty.
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abbreviate

Short Definition : shorten

Definition
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Example Sentence
  • The manuscript must be shortened
Definition
(verb) shorten
Example Sentence
  • Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'

Memory aid to help you memorize this

abbreviate consists of brevity(means brief)..so the meaning would be 'to make brief'
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Abbreviate & Elaborate are pronounced similarly but meant inversely... Understood?
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Abbreviation = short form of anything so abbreviate means to shorten
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abbreviate has root brev (brief) in it; brev (brief) means in short. hence meaning of abbreviate is to shorten something
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abdicate

Short Definition : renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility)

Definition
(verb) give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Synonyms : renounce
Example Sentence
  • The King abdicated when he married a divorcee

Memory aid to help you memorize this

ab+dicate dicate sounds like dictator. Dictator is an authoritarian ruler who has lot of power. To remember better,ab normal is opposite to normal.So,abdicate is opposite to dictator (ie)losing power.
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ab(अब ) di (दी ) CAT which means in Hindi "now given up the cat", imagine you have a powerful cat and you given her to some one.
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ab (root ab means away as in abandon) + dic (dictatorship) + ate (to eat and hence reduce) : means to give away (or reduce) dictatorship and hence to give-up power.
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"Ab nai dictate" means now u hav to giv up.
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ab-di-ca-de
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Lord Ram abdicated his kingdom for Bharath
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dominique strauss khan abdicated the position of IMF head due to the rape charges
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ab means away di for two ,and cate for cats .two cats on chair one force other cat to leave position so other leaves position i.e.abdicate
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Rabdidevi in bihar wanted 2 become abdidevi by abdicating her throne to her husband Lalu.
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abdicate's 1st part abdi=kabaddi(rhyme)(in hindi).when player cant stop breathing he "GIVES UP(RENOUNCE)" and he gets out..
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abdicate contains 'decay' or reduction or give up
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ab+di+cate=giveup(In hindi:ab de di cate(winslet) jo mere kabze me thi
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Search google for an image which reads: Delegate do not Abdicate )
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"a grim-featured man" (adj.) made a feature or highlight; given prominence "a featured actor", "a featured item at the sale"
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poke
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aberrant

Short Definition : abnormal or deviant

Definition
(noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group Definition
(adj) markedly different from an accepted norm
Synonyms : deviant deviate
Example Sentence
  • aberrant behavior
  • deviant ideas

Memory aid to help you memorize this

(Tag: Global) ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT. Ants normally move together in a queue. imagine all these ants moving randomly like a group of honey bees. That would be abnormal behaviour.
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(beer+ant)...ant drank beer and walking abnormal..
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ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT, usually an ant follows a path ... so moving away from (root ab means away from) that path means, error in regular path and hence deviating from normal path...or behaviour
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aberrant behaviour of owner abb agar rent nahi diya
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ab error aa gayi..hence it is no more normal...hence abnormal
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Ab-Abishek bachan, Ran-ran at the back of,Ant- Aunty. total is "abishek inspite of having Ash he was running at the back of auntys. it means he is mentally ABNORMAL"
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UBER ANT is an abnormally large ant. (Uber comes from German for super but is used in gaming slang in English)
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a bear ant ie,a ant who is drunk will deviate from the normal path
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aberr + Ant other than normal ant THErfore abnormal ant: hence ABNORMAL
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AB means away.berrant is rhyming with diffrent so its give the meaning of abnormalor deviant
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aberrant = DEVIANT(DEVI + ANT) devi in Hindi means Goddess,so Goddess ant would be different from rest of the ants which will not follow general norms of the ants.
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break the word ABE+RRANT(i) abe rantii...!
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the speech given by P.M. was aberrant.
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The Abnormal aberrant, made a Flagrant foul
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the term ERR is inside here, how can it be normal then?
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aberration

Short Definition : deviation from the normal; mental disorder

Definition
(noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm Definition
(noun) a disorder in one's mental state Definition
(noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

Memory aid to help you memorize this

sounds like abortion which is not normal delivery
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A person who drinks beer acts differently from normal guy.. which is deviating for normal.
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ab+err+ation.. in this if we concentrate on err.. which relates to error.. which is deviation from normal..
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ab+eye+irritation=aberration if the pic is not of good quality due to lens problems its eye-irritating
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sounds like ab + operation due to the mentally disorder doctors want to do immediate operation of the patient
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abe beer kabhi ration ki dukan pe nahi mil sakti...which is a kind of deviation..
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ABERRATION=VARIATION......
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Aberration = A + Beer + Reaction, so when a person drinks beer the reaction would be not normal
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abrretion means irregularity and its similar word is 'anomalous' and anomalous behaviour of water is studied is schools which we do remember
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abet

Short Definition : assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage

Definition
(verb) assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

Memory aid to help you memorize this

"a"+"bet" Normally in teenage,college students "bet" to their friends that i will make a girl to fall in luv with me n even his fnds supports n encourages him.
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to differentiate abet from abate=subside/moderate, we can pronounce it as abeat...so, my mom beat me when I assisted my brother in stealing chocolates...this can give an idea that abbeat=abet is related to something doing wrong.
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'a bet' relate it to the betting in cricket. Betting encourages the players to invove in match fixing. Md. azharruddin was assisted by a bet-ter.
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a+bet ; a bet generally assists you to do something wrong
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ABET always encourages you to do A BAD thing.
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Lalu was asked by his teacher(PD) to pronunce 'A BAT'while teaching cricket in his KG class. Lalu in his bihari style could only say -'A BET'.
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in colleges " abettment of ragging " notices are put up, which suggest that anyone helping in ragging may be punished. so one may kepp in mind that abet means to assist, help
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He abetted him in stealing sachin's bat.
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He abetted him in stealing sachin's bat.
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He abetted him in stealing sachin's bat
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a+bet >>> a bet generally assists you to do something wrong.. and after tht u get beaten up by ur parents or police...
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abeyance

Short Definition : suspended action

Definition
(noun) temporary cessation or suspension
Synonyms : suspension

Memory aid to help you memorize this

a+beyance .. here concentrate on beyance.. it sounds like buoyancy which which suspends objects above the ground level..
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remember "abey" in hindi... abey mat karo... do it later!
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Interpret it as opposite of obey+ance -- not obeying the given orders and suspend the work (action)
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Interpret it as opposite of obey+ance -- not obeying. Not obeying the orders of his Commanding officer resulted in the captain's suspension for 13 days.
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ABHAYAS(practice) - due to lack of practice, main event got delayed.
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if you will not OBEY you will get suspended
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abey+dance.. due to delay in dance, audience are angry.. due to abeyance in the show audience are frustrated..
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Abe=Abhe, yance=yan: Abheyaan: suspend(abeyance) flow of black money to overseas banks. bharat ka kala dhan abheyan
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keep at bay
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abey+ance=>Consider abey as opp of obey(disrespectful)+ ance as the offense given for the act of not obeying(suspension)
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a+beyance concentrate on beyance,while beyance was dancing,everybody was just watching her,suspended thier work
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abeyance is somewht suspense in its pronunciation.suspence means keeping in suspended action.so, abeyance means suspended action.
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Beyonce had abeyance in her job when her child was born
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word contains buoyancy >>> its a state of suspension on water..
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abhey+dance: Abhay is dancing once his mom shouts loudly abhay.. he stop dancing for a moment. Temporary suspension.
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abeyance -> absance -> absence
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A bay vacancy - Found a free hotel at a bay-you will suspend yourself for a break
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abey-ance
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due to delay in dance..the people frustrated..Due to aeyance people frustrated in the show..
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Relate the word to the singer "Beyonce Knowles"......suspended her singing(action) becoz of her age but not retried
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abhor

Short Definition : detest; hate

Definition
(verb) find repugnant
Example Sentence
  • I loathe that man
  • She abhors cats

Memory aid to help you memorize this

abhor sounds like "a whore" and we generally hate a whore....so to hate someone is abhoring that person
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ab + hor (horror) -- that means we should always hate the horror.
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Abhor - The last part sounds like HORror ppl hate horror films, they detest them. i.e they dont test them.
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a + bhor = a (one) + bhor (sunrise in hindi) so i hate to ger up early i hate to get up at bhor
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a + bhor (bore).. a bore person is always rejected. Many people generally abhor a bore person.
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abhor = "ab" (away) + "hor" (prostitute) we want the hor to go away because we despise it.
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abhor is similar to abort,abort means an operation ended abruptly..consider wen your installing your most liked game and den suddenly if u see an error called operation aborted u hate(abhor) that,isn't it?
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aBhORING , Sounds like a BORING that many would hate . People always hate boring topic . Abhore- Bore - Hate
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ABsolutely HORrible .. we hate things which are absolutely horrible like war or murder
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Focus on "hor"(suffix) hor=horse--so ,i hate horse
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looks like adore, b is the mirror image of d so, abore must be the mirror image(opposite) of adore(to love),ie. hate
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AB means(now)+ (hor) hor meaning in punjabi is more..image the person is sayin ab hor de..means giv me more...so u hate it!!
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i hate a bore(boring) person.... so abhor means to hate !!
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abhor sounds like boring. We hate when we are bored
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Bhor in hindi means morning we regard morning with hatred'ki kyun aa gaya yaar kitna acha soye the' so abhor
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In MTV roadies there was person name Vibhor...nd i ppl hate them..it sounds like Abhor
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hate bore horrour movie
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Focus on "hor"(suffix) hor=horse--so ,i hate horse
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ab (now) gor (snoar in marathi)
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What a horrific uproar which sounds like abhor or uphoar!!!! Or Ewwwwwwwwwwww!
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'abhor' sounds similar to 'whore', a prostitute. Imagine a whore hates you more than you hate him when dirty people visit her.
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