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contrite

Short Definition : penitent; repentant; N. contrition

Definition
(adj) feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
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SPLIT AS cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT). COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT.

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for being a conTRITE i.e lacking originality ,i REGRET

can't(CONT) I did it right(RITE)... so regretful

CON ( a convict or con artist ) TRITE ( hackneyed ) ... A con starts to regret things only if he is being caught again and again !

I feel contrite because I didn't do it right...

CONT+RITE= Cant + right= I regret that I cant do anything rite.

count right otherwise contrite

one who counts right feels pain for wrong thing done by him

This is for Spanish speakers. CON is with, and TRITE sounds like the Spanish word triste, meaning sad. So "with sadness" is contrite.

Contrite = Coulnd't right or couldn't be righteous

if u do not regret ur mistake i will pull ur "kaan(con)" tight(trite)

he said i cant do it right..he is very remorseful,sad now

Contrite -- co + nitrite conversion of nitrite... He filled with a sense of guilt for not able to perform nitrite conversions

contrite sounds like CAN WRITE..I'm so Sorry(expressing pain for offenses)that i CAN even WRITE it down on a paper.

contrivance

Short Definition : something contrived; machine or apparatus; clever deceitful plan; scheme

Definition
(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job Definition
(noun) the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
Example Sentence
  • his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
Definition
(noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Synonyms : dodge stratagem
Example Sentence
  • his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
Definition
(noun) an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
Example Sentence
  • the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
Definition
(noun) any improvised arrangement for temporary use
Synonyms : lash-up
Definition
(noun) the act of devising something
Synonyms : devisal
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for contrivance

contrivance-take the first 6 letters..it's like kantri..who deceives people by devising beforehand

contri kar ke van khareed li.....

"Contri" "Van" was created only for the purpose of collecting contri.

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Contri(PAISE ki CONTRI) nahi karke kalti mar deta hai .Cunning and deceiptful

contrive

Short Definition : invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation); manage; Ex. contrive to attract his attention

Definition
(verb) make or work out a plan for; devise
Synonyms : design plan project
Example Sentence
  • They contrived to murder their boss
  • design a new sales strategy
  • plan an attack
Definition
(verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
Example Sentence
  • excogitate a way to measure the speed of light
Definition
(verb) put or send forth
Synonyms : cast project throw
Example Sentence
  • She threw the flashlight beam into the corner
  • The setting sun threw long shadows
  • cast a spell
  • cast a warm light
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for contrive

con+tri+ve...focus on try..............try to invent something when your mom asked you where were you last you you tried to fabricate a story....or....in absense of our manage try to manage your home.......so try to attract somebody's attenation.....

Take it as Cant+Drive. He cant able to drive but he manages to drive but he manages it.. he has clever ways

Contrive=Cannot(con ) do but i try(artificially forcefully).

con(gather together)+trive(sounds like tribe); people in tribe gathered together to invent something.

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contrive..it is like thrive in making a story..

he CONTRIVED a car and can't drive it...how can this happen??

Try to make it using Cambell Soup cans: CAN TRY

CON (can) TRI ( try or make a mental effort to) (I)nVEnt. (Add two "n"s to contrive)

contrived

Short Definition : unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived.

Definition
(adj) showing effects of planning or manipulation
Example Sentence
  • a novel with a contrived ending
Definition
(adj) artificially formal
Synonyms : artificial hokey stilted
Example Sentence
  • that artificial humility that her husband hated
  • contrived coyness
  • a stilted letter of acknowledgment
  • when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for contrived

Contrived=Derived

recollecting the game contra as in it was artificial

contrived = cont. (continue) + tried; After continue try the artificial format of human logis come with artificial Intelligence.

Con+trived=cant+tried i.e.one cant try to cheat

controvert

Short Definition : oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy

Definition
(verb) be resistant to
Synonyms : contradict oppose
Example Sentence
  • The board opposed his motion
Definition
(verb) prove to be false or incorrect
Synonyms : rebut refute
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for controvert

Introvert - one who does not mingle with anyone. Extrovert - one who mingles with everyone. Controvert - one who opposes everyone with arguments.

contro+vert..contro[oppose] and vert[verbose]..controvert means oppose with words[arguements]

think it as CONTROVERSY

celebrities are always Controverting (denying, refuting) scandals and controversies

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controvert

Legendary Mnemonic: Controvert=Contra+Verse=>Verse Against You=Contradict ...doesnt get simpler

a controversy is basically when some people start controverting against each other on certain issues

contumacious

Short Definition : stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court)

Definition
(adj) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
Example Sentence
  • a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for contumacious

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(In Hindi language) Break the word as CON - TU - MA - CI- OUS n tat can be read as Kaun Tu Ma Ki one who says this is disobedient

kaun(CON) hai tu (TU) , jiski mein (MA) sunu (cious),,, thus the persion is disobideint and obstinate

contumacious..taking the tum(my) part..generally police people having big tummy doesn't work

CONTUMACIOUS=CONTRARY+REBELLIOUS. (Rebelliously disobedient)

Contumacious = one hardass contaminates all fun

contu(contrary to,stubbornly disobedient) + macious (malicious)

continue to make a racous as an insubordinate rebel

with (con) tumult and viciousness they overthrew the city

con(tradiction)+ tu(to) + macious(mission)malicous, as a person (aspersion) who is rebellious, insubordinate

contumacious,can be split as KAUN TUMHARI MA,when someone fingers towards ur mother u become disobident towards then and starts resisting them.

CON + tu + MALICIOUS >>> CON yane CRIMINAL and MALACIOUS.. both break authority and are disobedient..

contumacious : cont(continous) + um(umpire) + aci (acid) + o(on) + us; i.e continously umpire giving wrong decision against us he is morally corrupt.

CONTUMACEOUS = CONDOM + USE = WHEN SHE SAID, HE IS RECALCITRANT NOT TO USE.

con+to+Mac+ious.. No windows.. only MAc!!

contusion

Short Definition : bruise

Definition
(noun) an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
Synonyms : bruise
Definition
(noun) the action of bruising
Example Sentence
  • the bruise resulted from a contusion
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for contusion

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contusion - in TUITION i got several hits(BRUISES) beccause i din do homework

Con+ tuition = going to tuitions in the childhood was hidden pain.

while i was going to conTUTION i got myself hurt i.e BRUISED

contusion = cont (cant ) + us (ooz)when your bruised

tusion sounds like tution...so in tution teacher hurt/injure a child as he doesn't complete his homework

contusion = con (who) + tusion ( tution); As your teacher felt accident yesterday who will teach for the next one month.

Contusion sounds like the sound you make when you hit the ground.

conundrum

Short Definition : riddle; difficult problem

Definition
(noun) a difficult problem
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for conundrum

drum ke andar kaun hai

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Hey this rock start got only one "drum", how he is going to do the show!! It's a difficult situation.

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Can+ any one lift is drum?? As it is a difficult problem.

CONUNDRUM: KAUN(who) UNDUR(indside); so whos inside...if sme one asks u this,ur puzzled since its difficult to guess

Whiche one came first? Unda(egg)? or murgi(chicken), we can spell it like "Kon unda?". Means this is a puzzle(problem) without a solution

co-nun-drums. two nuns to beat the drum. difficult thing

Drum under a cone is ok.....But a cone-under-drum is a puzzle.(Imagine cone and drum are solid structures closed on all surfaces.)

finding total volume of this 'conun' drum is very difficult.... i.e a maths conundrum

conundrum

co+nun+d+rum— NUN CO RUM—making a nun drink rum is difficult and confusing problem

conundrum - riddles and puzzles 'cons' from 'under' your brain

Cone and Rhombus related problem were very difficult

con(kaun) + undr(andar)>> kaun hai andar yeh ekk puzzle hi hai....

condrum...kaun(con) drum bajaayega...its a puzzle

convene

Short Definition : come together; assemble; call to meet; Ex. convene the council

Definition
(verb) meet formally
Example Sentence
  • The council convened last week
Definition
(verb) call together
Synonyms : convoke
Example Sentence
  • The students were convened in the auditorium
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for convene

sounds like "convey" we have to convey something, so please assemble for a meeting.

(in Hindi Language ) Convene...kon, win....kon-kon win hua hai...ASSEMBLE ho jao (jaise school main sports-day waale din sir bolte the,,,).

Gather in CONVENtion center

convene means _on.ven_ means _on.v(a)n_ means on maruti van many people coming togather in maruti van

come for vaccine polio drops. ppl ll assemble

convention

Short Definition : social or moral custom; established practice; formal meeting; international agreement

Definition
(noun) a large formal assembly
Example Sentence
  • political convention
Definition
(noun) something regarded as a normative example
Synonyms : formula normal pattern rule
Example Sentence
  • the convention of not naming the main character
  • violence is the rule not the exception
  • his formula for impressing visitors
Definition
(noun) (diplomacy) an international agreement Definition
(noun) orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional Definition
(noun) the act of convening
Synonyms : convening
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for convention

A group of people who agree upon the Christian practice of tranditional worship CONVENE (gather together) every Sunday in church. They are adhering to a CONVENTION.

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