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chide

Short Definition : scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)

Definition
(verb) censure severely or angrily
Example Sentence
  • The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
  • The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
  • The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chide

chide can be remembered as "hide". You hide to avoid getting scolded for what you have done.......

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if children hide parents chide

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(hindi language used) this word sound as chaddi ( under wear). If u gonna ask your mom about your chaddi she will scold you and teach you to keep your chaddi in place.

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remember chide as child(small child)...we scold them if they do nythin wrong

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sounds like child who are always scolded and rebuked.

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CHIDE...chid means annoy in marathi....when someone is annoying you persistantly, you will rebuke,scold him.....

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chide sounds like child and we will be scolding the childs when they made a mistake

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चिढ़ना we know what that mean in Hindi :D

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chimerical

Short Definition : fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature

Definition
(adj) being or relating to or like a chimera
Synonyms : chimeral chimeric
Example Sentence
  • his Utopia is not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists
Definition
(adj) produced by a wildly fanciful imagination
Example Sentence
  • his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chimerical

It has "miracle" in it-> Miracle is imaginative.

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chi(she)-meri(marry)-cal

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chimerical resembles camera...and camera is about photographs...photos are clicked with imagination

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looks like COMMERCIAL which is always imaginative and unrealistic

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CHIna + AMERICAl -> its imaginative to believe that china and america can come to a concensus

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Rleate it with Cindrella which is in fantasy

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CHIC+MARRY+KAL= i'll marry the hot chic in this movie tomorrow (Doesn't it sound IMAGINATIVE,UNREALISTIC)

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chimerical has root word chimera which is a mythical creature and also means fantasy..

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1st one is awesome mnemonic bt still for those who hate chemistry... it sounds like chemical so chemical reactions are highly unrealistic, only imaginative.. :P lol

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Think America which sounds like chimerical...to go America is dream for many people..some make it real but most of them cannot go which is unrealistic for them

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chip

Short Definition : lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp

Definition
(noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
Synonyms : bit flake fleck scrap
Example Sentence
  • a bit of rock caught him in the eye
Definition
(noun) a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line Definition
(noun) a piece of dried bovine dung Definition
(noun) a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat Definition
(noun) a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
Synonyms : check
Definition
(noun) a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
Synonyms : poker chip
Definition
(noun) electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit Definition
(noun) (golf) a low running approach shot
Synonyms : chip shot
Definition
(noun) the act of chipping something
Synonyms : chipping splintering
Definition
(verb) break off (a piece from a whole)
Example Sentence
  • Her tooth chipped
Definition
(verb) cut a nick into
Synonyms : nick
Definition
(verb) play a chip shot Definition
(verb) form by chipping
Example Sentence
  • They chipped their names in the stone
Definition
(verb) break a small piece off from
Synonyms : break off cut off knap
Example Sentence
  • chip the glass
  • chip a tooth
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chip

remember uncle "chips"

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nailpolish chips after 3-4 days=> small pieces splinter off

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When I think about "chip", I would think about chocolate chip which is a very small piece.

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chisel

Short Definition : swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting

Definition
(noun) an edge tool with a flat steel blade with a cutting edge Definition
(verb) engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud
Synonyms : cheat
Example Sentence
  • Who's chiseling on the side?
Definition
(verb) deprive somebody of something by deceit
Synonyms : cheat rip off
Example Sentence
  • The con-man beat me out of $50
  • This salesman ripped us off!
  • we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme
  • They chiseled me out of my money
Definition
(verb) carve with a chisel
Example Sentence
  • chisel the marble
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chisel

chisel sounds like diesel...we know there r lot of impure petroleum products sold so those who sell diesel chisel the customers.

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vendor told his son " CHI SELL THEM AT ANY COST". so the little boy is trying to cheat ppl and selling rotten fruits or veggies

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looks like cheese, tom uses cheese to cheat jerry

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chivalrous

Short Definition : courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry

Definition
(adj) being attentive to women like an ideal knight
Synonyms : gallant knightly
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chivalrous

chivalrous is pronounced as SHIVA+LROUS and "Shiva" the god is a symbol of bravery..........

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CHI-VAL(O)ROUS....knights are valorous or valiant....chivalrous are ideal knighters...

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the noun is CHIVALRY which can be referred with CAVALRY.

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SHE+WELL- someone who tries to make girls well around him.

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chivalrous..chi (valour)..so valour is braveness

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Sounds like CAVALRY so imagine in a CAVALRY with KNIGHTS ,these KNIGHTS are like SPARTANS who are self restrained and respect women

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if u are a scotch lover u might have heard bout chivas regal, people who drink scotch are brave, faithful and full of manners, badey logo key drink hai. chivas(chivalrous)

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sounds like chew+walrus..a brave warrior can kill the walrus and chew it without being afraid of anything

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choice

Short Definition : delicate; of very fine quality

Definition
(noun) the person or thing chosen or selected
Synonyms : pick selection
Example Sentence
  • he was my pick for mayor
Definition
(noun) the act of choosing or selecting
Synonyms : option pick selection
Example Sentence
  • your choice of colors was unfortunate
  • you can take your pick
Definition
(noun) one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
Synonyms : alternative option
Example Sentence
  • what option did I have?
  • there no other alternative
  • my only choice is to refuse
Definition
(adj) of superior grade
Synonyms : prime prize quality select
Example Sentence
  • choice wines
  • prime beef
  • prize carnations
  • quality paper
  • select peaches
Definition
(adj) appealing to refined taste
Example Sentence
  • choice wine
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for choice

if u want to make a good choice then ur decision must be of a very fine quality

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choir

Short Definition : group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services); place for choir

Definition
(noun) a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony Definition
(noun) a family of similar musical instrument playing together
Synonyms : consort
Definition
(noun) the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave Definition
(verb) sing in a choir
Synonyms : chorus
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for choir

choir sounds like "chorus" a number of people singing together.

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choir---> c(see) hoir(hear) master of group requested the audience to see and hear them peacefully.

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chorus in the AIR :choir

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choleric

Short Definition : hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera

Definition
(adj) easily moved to anger
Example Sentence
  • men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing
Definition
(adj) quickly aroused to anger
Example Sentence
  • a hotheaded commander
Definition
(adj) characterized by anger
Synonyms : irascible
Example Sentence
  • a choleric outburst
  • an irascible response
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for choleric

cholera is a disease . When you are sick you get irritated and bad-tempered, you are choleric. So choleric

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choleric=co+lyric....when cosingers are not following the lyric properly...composer gets anger(hot tempered)

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Sounds like COLORING we ridicule a person as COLORING if he talks with girls with a desire to trap them ,so if that is the case ,if we call a person who is busy in COLORING as " stop coloring",he gets IRRITATED EASILY

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Cholestrol.. people having this become short tempered thus angry!

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When you become enraged, you become the COLOR RED.

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chore

Short Definition : daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task

Definition
(noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Synonyms : job task
Example Sentence
  • estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
  • the job of repairing the engine took several hours
  • the endless task of classifying the samples
  • the farmer's morning chores
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chore

dont take it otherwise please....in some cheap TV serials we see that maids, servants(who do daily REGULAR household TASKS) often turn into thieves(CHOR!!).

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chore sounds like "core" means main or importatnt part of daily routine

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Chore in kannada means headache job( chore kelasa), daily domestic task is chore kelsa.

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chore sounds like bore.. that means the daily boring routine work..

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CHORE-if any man doesn't work he becomes CHORE(thief)

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chor ka kaam roj chore karna

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choreography

Short Definition : art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances

Definition
(noun) a show involving artistic dancing
Synonyms : stage dancing
Definition
(noun) the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes Definition
(noun) a notation used by choreographers
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for choreography

KO+RE+YO grapher where KO stands for country dance RE stands for retro dance and YO for the yo style of dancing as followeed in the rap

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