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confide

Short Definition : tell in confidence (to a person one trusts); be confident about

Definition
(verb) reveal in private; tell confidentially Definition
(verb) confer a trust upon
Example Sentence
  • The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret
  • I commit my soul to God
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for confide

Confide = Con (with) + Fide (trust). We tell the secret with trust to someone we trust.

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confide contains fide i.e fidelity which means loyalty...we trust those who r loyal...

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CONFIDENT; just remove NT bcums CONFIDE...very simple isnt it

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confide- is like confess-to tell all the sins you have done,similarly,here in confide we tell the secrets confidently

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You can confide in your confidant and be confident that nobady will hear about it

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confidence

Short Definition : self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; E

Definition
(noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
Example Sentence
  • his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
  • after that failure he lost his confidence
  • she spoke with authority
Definition
(noun) a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
Example Sentence
  • I have confidence in our team
  • confidence is always borrowed, never owned
Definition
(noun) a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
Example Sentence
  • public confidence in the economy
Definition
(noun) a trustful relationship
Synonyms : trust
Example Sentence
  • he took me into his confidence
  • he betrayed their trust
Definition
(noun) a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
Example Sentence
  • everyone trusted him with their confidences
  • the priest could not reveal her confidences

confidential

Short Definition : spoken or written in secret; trusted with private matters; Ex. confidential secretary

Definition
(adj) entrusted with private information and the confidence of another
Example Sentence
  • a confidential secretary
Definition
(adj) (of information) given in confidence or in secret
Synonyms : secret
Example Sentence
  • this arrangement must be kept confidential
  • their secret communications
Definition
(adj) denoting confidence or intimacy
Example Sentence
  • a confidential approach
  • in confidential tone of voice
Definition
(adj) the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified

confine

Short Definition : shut in an enclosed space; restrict; keep within limits; N. confinement

Definition
(verb) place limits on (extent or access)
Example Sentence
  • restrict the use of this parking lot
  • limit the time you can spend with your friends
Definition
(verb) restrict or confine,
Synonyms : circumscribe limit
Example Sentence
  • I limit you to two visits to the pub a day
Definition
(verb) prevent from leaving or from being removed Definition
(verb) close in
Synonyms : enclose hold in
Example Sentence
  • darkness enclosed him
Definition
(verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Synonyms : detain
Definition
(verb) to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
Synonyms : hold restrain
Example Sentence
  • This holds the local until the express passengers change trains
  • About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade
  • The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center
  • The terrorists held the journalists for ransom
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for confine

when a person is 'on fine'(confine),he will be in limits or else he behaves as he like

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confiscate

Short Definition : seize; take possession of (private property) by official order (usu. as a punishment); commandeer

Definition
(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Example Sentence
  • The FBI seized the drugs
  • The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
  • The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Definition
(adj) surrendered as a penalty
Synonyms : forfeit forfeited
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for confiscate

fist means hand. confiscate is grabbing, taking away, seize, taking possesion.

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con cat ate up fish,have to seize his bell as punishment.....lol

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conflagration

Short Definition : great fire

Definition
(noun) a very intense and uncontrolled fire
Synonyms : inferno
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for conflagration

if you check the word flag in the above word, watching our flag fly high fills our hearts with extra josh and ignites a fire within us when we salute it...

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flagration sounds like flare which means fire, so big fire

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Picture the Nicaraguan CONtra burning the FLAG

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during Indian National Movement ---in hindi Kaun(CON) (FLAG) leka(R) na(TION) mein independence ki maang k liye janta k dil mein AAG/FIRE lagane mein successful hua? Mahatma Gandhi

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"conflagration" is kind of like an acronym abbreviation of "conifer forest flag flamed raged fire in the night"

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"conflagration" is kind of like an acronym abbreviation of "conifer forest flag flamed fire in the night"

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corn fiel (mein ) flare gir gaya to , bahut aag lag gayi !!!

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confluence

Short Definition : flowing together; the place where two rivers flow together; crowd; gathering together

Definition
(noun) a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers)
Synonyms : meeting
Example Sentence
  • Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
Definition
(noun) a flowing together
Synonyms : conflux merging
Definition
(noun) a coming together of people
Synonyms : concourse
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for confluence

sounds like influence ..you bring people together by means of your influence.

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it means ~ the place where two rivers flow together and become one larger river !! so above mnemonics are all wrong. Confluence = Come(con) + flow (together) :)

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'Connect' by 'Influence'

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confluence sounds similar to cornflakes which gives us strength by bringing together all the vitamin and minerals together

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Confluence=Con(Together) + Fluence(Flow) =Flow Together

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remember 'conference'

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CONFLUENCE: Consider FLUENCY , which means to have fluency ,things shu flow together

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Co means together as in collective.. influence

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co(come together) + influence. . Or, Con (Come)+ n (nature = rivers) + (flow) fluence (with influence)

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conformist

Short Definition : person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group; OP. nonconformist: one who does not conform to accepted beliefs of norms

Definition
(noun) someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) Definition
(adj) marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles
Example Sentence
  • underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist
Definition
(adj) adhering to established customs or doctrines (especially in religion)
Synonyms : conforming
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for conformist

Break it up like this KAUN? ke pas hain FIRM head to listen to or adhere to customs

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conformity

Short Definition : harmony; agreement with established rules or customs; similarity; Ex. behave in conformity with; V. conform: be similar; act in agreement; comply; Ex. conform to the rule; CF. conformance

Definition
(noun) correspondence in form or appearance
Synonyms : conformance
Definition
(noun) acting according to certain accepted standards
Example Sentence
  • their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices
Definition
(noun) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief
Synonyms : conformism
Definition
(noun) concurrence of opinion
Synonyms : accord accordance
Example Sentence
  • we are in accord with your proposal
Definition
(noun) hardened conventionality
Synonyms : ossification
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for conformity

Conform it - Means agree to it

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Confirm to iT

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conformity = con (connection) + form + it; connection of forms of information technology i.e agreement between different formats.

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confound

Short Definition : confuse; puzzle

Definition
(verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
Example Sentence
  • These questions confuse even the experts
  • This question completely threw me
  • This question befuddled even the teacher
Definition
(verb) mistake one thing for another
Synonyms : confuse
Example Sentence
  • you are confusing me with the other candidate
  • I mistook her for the secretary
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for confound

CONfusion FOUND == CONFOUND

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CONFused + dumbFOUNDed

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con found: cannot be found => puzzle

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sounds like KAUN FOUND-- kaun (who) founded this company is a great puzzle.

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Chemistry is a hell subject. I always cofound with the compounds.

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CON + FOUND, CON = CANT. NOW HE IS CONFUSED and FRUSTRATED AS HE CANTFOUND

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this CONFOUND statement has many CONFOUND mnemonics,this CONFOUNDITY has become more CONFOUND,isn't this statement CONFOUND( so arent u CONFUSED)

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Confound = make a question con (who) found that the killer that is making a confuse.

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the con was found and when asked why they committed the crime their answer was confounding.

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