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chortle

Short Definition : chuckle with delight; N.

Definition
(noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh
Synonyms : chuckle
Definition
(verb) laugh quietly or with restraint
Synonyms : chuckle laugh softly
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chortle

CHORi TAL gayi because due to our laughter chor knew that we are in room.

chortle - ch + turtle, when turtle won the race with hare , i chuckled with delight

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Imagine giving a chart to a cartoonist in a gathering. He would definitely draw something funny and leave audience chuckling

chor+tell wen chor hindi word for thief confesses or tells that he is come to the owner house to steal the ppl in the house will laugh at him

chori+tell me why what made chuckle?

well chortle.....divide this word into c+hort+le......now focus on middle word....hort...sound simillar to word hoot.....which means..to laugh , to chuckle

chortle=c+how+turtle is dancing..... people on seeing that laughs delightly...,

hor...middlle part simillar to hooray an excalamation....to show..your happiness..you laugh....

c+hortel means when u see hortel u'll chuckle with the thought of havin fun

chotu--laughs on every bad joke :P

It is exciting a joy to ride a car in full throttle.

chort(short)+ (smi)le

chorus

Short Definition : phrase repeated throughout a song or poem

Definition
(noun) any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
Example Sentence
  • a chorus of boos
Definition
(noun) a group of people assembled to sing together Definition
(noun) the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
Synonyms : refrain
Definition
(noun) a body of dancers or singers who perform together
Synonyms : chorus line
Definition
(noun) a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
Synonyms : greek chorus
Definition
(verb) utter in unison
Example Sentence
  • `yes,' the children chorused
Definition
(verb) sing in a choir
Synonyms : choir

chronic

Short Definition : long established as a disease

Definition
(adj) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
Example Sentence
  • chronic indigestion
  • a chronic shortage of funds
  • a chronic invalid
Definition
(adj) of long duration
Synonyms : continuing
Example Sentence
  • chronic money problems
Definition
(adj) habitual
Synonyms : inveterate
Example Sentence
  • a chronic smoker
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chronic

initial part sound as crown !! crown + ic .. A king rules the nation for long time, hence his crown last for long time..ie long lasting

take out the word 'chrono', its something continual.. so long durational disease

ch'roni'c=just concentrate on and frame it as 'iron' which is very strong and will be there for long time:)

chronicle

Short Definition : report; record (in chronological order)

Definition
(noun) a record or narrative description of past events
Synonyms : account history story
Example Sentence
  • a history of France
  • he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
  • the story of exposure to lead
Definition
(verb) record in chronological order; make a historical record
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chronicle

DECCAN CHRONICLE

Acro Chronical magzine of our clg .:)

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think of the chronicles of narnia.....a long story...

chronic is somthing that is related to time..so cronicle mean any proof or record in chronological order

chuckle

Short Definition : laugh quietly

Definition
(noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh
Synonyms : chortle
Definition
(verb) laugh quietly or with restraint
Synonyms : chortle laugh softly
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chuckle

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chalk +kill wen the teeacher kills u by throwing a chalk the other students will laugh silently without making a noise or else teacher will kill them too

chuckle sound like "chuklas" when we do chuklas we often smile at someone softly to irritate him

churlish

Short Definition : boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo

Definition
(adj) rude and boorish Definition
(adj) having a bad disposition; surly
Example Sentence
  • churlish as a bear
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for churlish

chur(church)+lish(wish)-church wishes always not to behave rude,boorish

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churlish == boorish ,,the same rhythm !! =D

CHURLISH rhymes wit girlish....so never be RUDE to those who are girlish

CHURLISH- if u chk the word,,and see,u will find hurl in the middle..hurl is somthing negative,, bad..etc..

churilsh->like CHARLIE SHEEN who is often in news for his boorish behaviour

in CHURCH LIStening songs

Prince Charles was very rude to Diana. So churlish means rude.

Charles+girlish.. Charles is a name of a guy..if u call him girlish...it would be being very rude to him!

CHUR+lish: When you churn something or stir something, It becomes rude,boorisha and intractable. LIke churning lassi out of milk

Churlish sounds like HARSH. so rude

remember it as somewhat opposite of childish...

She is very churlish girl, she is so rude with boys

C(calm)+HURLish(throw with force in air).....a person who hurls his calm...i.e loses his temper very soon is a CHURLISH person.....

for marathi readers ::chur chur nako karu...means dont b so rude

jo apne dehatipan ke karan dusro ko bahut charta ho..:-)

rhymes with girlish... bullies are RUDE and BOORISH to those who are girlish..

Doing Girlish talk at Boys' party is churlish(boorish,rude)

rhymes with girlish >>> more girlish girls are RUDE with boys...

churayl-ish in behaviour when chewing food on the dinnner table

ciliated

Short Definition : having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash

Definition
(adj) having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
Synonyms : ciliate
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ciliated

silly ate it....all bald ppl eat their hair

Can be compared with Cilna.(Stitch) When we stitch then we use thread which is hair like.

ciliated - reminds of seel which has minute hairs

CILI(silicon)+ated. There is a silicon in the word ciliated.So,silicon hair is of preferred by people having minute hair

cipher

Short Definition : nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.

Definition
(noun) a message written in a secret code
Synonyms : cypher
Definition
(noun) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Synonyms : 0 cypher nought zero
Definition
(noun) a quantity of no importance
Example Sentence
  • it looked like nothing I had ever seen before
  • reduced to nil all the work we had done
  • we racked up a pathetic goose egg
  • it was all for naught
  • I didn't hear zilch about it
Definition
(noun) a person of no influence
Synonyms : cypher nobody nonentity
Definition
(noun) a secret method of writing Definition
(verb) convert ordinary language into code
Example Sentence
  • We should encode the message for security reasons
Definition
(verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cipher

its always difficult to deCIPHER a SECRET CODE

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cipher sounds like suffer and worthless persons are always suffer as they do not know the secret code to get success and due to this they do not have any entity.

Cipher-rhymes cyber-ppl don like those who involve in cyber crime also they do this in a secret manner

this word represents or brings us to mind ,the word psycho. someone with a nonenity,a worthless person whose mind is zero, but somthing secret hidden behind him..

Cipher can be read as Sifar(which means zero(nothing) in Urdu/Punjabi).So a non-entity, worthless person/thing is a Cipher.

CIPHER=C+I+PEE+Him...SEE I PEE ON HIM.....PERSON ON WHOM THIS IS IMPLEMENTED WORTHLESS,HE HAS NO VALUE,

cipher sounds like "sirfira"-a person who talks vague and is of no value..

sifar means 0 so ppl of zero value are ciphers

cipher sounds like CHEAP HER...so cheap people have a special jargon[type of language...secret code] also they are WORTHLESS people

deCIPHER the secret text as without which the meaning of it would be non existing

circlet

Short Definition : small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration)

Definition
(noun) a small circle Definition
(noun) decorated metal band worn around the head
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for circlet

CIRCle + braceLET = CIRCLET

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circlet rhymes with circle

circlet sounds like anklet which is a band around the leg which may also be gold

circle + locket = circlet

Anklet is worn on ankle and circlet is worn on Sar(Head)

bracelet jo cir (Sir) par hain

circuit

Short Definition : closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place

Definition
(noun) an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow Definition
(noun) a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
Synonyms : tour
Example Sentence
  • they took an extended tour of Europe
  • we took a quick circuit of the park
  • a ten-day coach circuit of the island
Definition
(noun) an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
Example Sentence
  • she's a familiar name on the club circuit
  • on the lecture circuit
  • the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district
  • the international tennis circuit
Definition
(noun) the boundary line encompassing an area or object
Synonyms : circumference
Example Sentence
  • he had walked the full circumference of his land
  • a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
Definition
(noun) (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals Definition
(noun) a racetrack for automobile races
Synonyms : racing circuit
Definition
(noun) movement once around a course
Synonyms : circle lap
Example Sentence
  • he drove an extra lap just for insurance
Definition
(verb) make a circuit
Example Sentence
  • They were circuiting about the state
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