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covert

Short Definition : secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt

Definition
(noun) a flock of coots Definition
(noun) a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
Synonyms : concealment cover screen
Example Sentence
  • a screen of trees afforded privacy
  • under cover of darkness
  • the brush provided a covert for game
  • the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background
Definition
(adj) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
Example Sentence
  • covert actions by the CIA
  • covert funding for the rebels
Definition
(adj) (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband
Example Sentence
  • a woman covert
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for covert

Covert sounds like "covered [covert = cover + t or covered + t] and something which is covered can be considered a secret.

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covetous

Short Definition : avaricious; desirous of (someone else's possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly (someone else's possessions)

Definition
(adj) showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
Synonyms : envious jealous
Example Sentence
  • he was never covetous before he met her
  • jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions
  • envious of their art collection
Definition
(adj) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Example Sentence
  • they are avaricious and will do anything for money
  • casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields
  • a grasping old miser
  • grasping commercialism
  • greedy for money and power
  • grew richer and greedier
  • prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for covetous

covetous = split it as cove(love) + to + US ; because of excessive greed and the love for money covetous people go to USA. i remembered like that.

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karan johar is covetous about kareena kapoor

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winners are always greedy (/ covetous \)to win the COVETED titles/cups. ...................................... also ............ In media reports, sports news are always like --> a competition for The "COVETED" title/cup.

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Covetousness is one of the seven deadly sins described in bible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Greed

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cove(cover)+tous(others)-cover others property

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Split it as COVE(love) TOwards US $ (dollar).

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"covet all lose all"

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covet means desire or dream ...

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come(cov)+to+us -- you are trying to bring something to you

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bush was so greedy or jealous that he cover whole of US

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let us (ous) cover (cove) = we are greedy for it and want to occupy (cover) it.

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My friend Kavit [covet] is very much greedy.

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cope with others=covetous

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covet means to desire or long for or crave something immoderately to the point of jealousy and envy and insatiably

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cow

Short Definition : terrorize; intimidate

Definition
(noun) female of domestic cattle:
Synonyms : moo-cow
Example Sentence
  • `moo-cow' is a child's term
Definition
(noun) mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull' Definition
(noun) a large unpleasant woman Definition
(verb) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
Synonyms : overawe
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cow

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Think of cow as abbrevation of COWard. A COWard can be easily terrorized and intimidated.

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to COW someone...is to make him act like a COW.i.e->frightened and submissive !!!

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sounds like "bow". dogs barks "bow" "bow" to intimidate.

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opposite of cow is bull, so remember it as bully !!!

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cow->reverse the word it becomes 'woc' sounds similar to walk ..you walk away when you 'get frightened'..

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Those who have seen matrix cow fight,can understand how TERRORIZING and INTIMIDATING the COW was..

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When someone cows u, u become submissive like cow(female of bull)

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Remember when we say, "Holy Cow!"

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cower

Short Definition : shrink quivering as from fear; cringe

Definition
(verb) crouch or curl up
Synonyms : huddle
Example Sentence
  • They huddled outside in the rain
Definition
(verb) show submission or fear
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cower

A coward cowers from fear while the bold and the brave do not.

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Cower sounds like "cover." If you are escaping from someone, you will try to cover yourself in fear.

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a cow+er—a COWard person LACKS COURAGE

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one who faces COW(animal or above word)

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coy

Short Definition : shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer

Definition
(adj) affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way
Synonyms : demure overmodest
Definition
(adj) showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement
Example Sentence
  • a politician coy about his intentions
Definition
(adj) modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures
Example Sentence
  • like a wild young colt, very inquisitive but very coy and not to be easily cajoled
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for coy

COY --> tOY --> children are RELUCTANT to give their tOYs to others.

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sounds like TOY--some children have SHYNESS for sharing their toys with others.

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my gf says oye!! when she need me to do things(u know wat)!!coz shez a bit shy n modest to ask me directly!!:)

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coy= little calm+oye,(oye =hey in telugu),if ur asking to be calm,ur asking him to be a bit secretive

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De-coy means to make shy ppl to come and be comfortable. Hence coy means shy, modest

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Coy Demure

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cozen

Short Definition : cheat; hoodwink; swindle

Definition
(verb) be false to; be dishonest with
Synonyms : deceive delude lead on
Definition
(verb) act with artful deceit Definition
(verb) cheat or trick
Example Sentence
  • He cozened the money out of the old man
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cozen

Instead of a DOZEN, he took 13 bananas, cheating the shopkeeper.

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Opposites of sajjan- dur-jjan or ku-jan

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my cousin cozen me and stole my zen

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My Co (Company) promised to give me a Zen Car but later denied.

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C contents are responsible for ozone layer depression so cozen is cheat done by developed countries about Carbon emission.

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C(carbon is represented as C in chemistry)+OZONE....instead of maintaining OZONE layer in the atmosphere, we are giving CARBON...by doing this we are CHEATING ourselves and nature.....

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from cozen we can have doze-ppl cheat when u doze off a little

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in the periodic table after cobalt(CO) and zinc(ZN) if we MIS a few places we get LEAD.so its MISLEAD, makes sense?

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crabbed

Short Definition : sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting

Definition
(adj) annoyed and irritable
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for crabbed

CRABbed can be remembered from CRAB . CRAB is a peevish, bad tempered and is irritable in nature and it also tends to bite . So A CRAB represents properties of a crabbed person.

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when u have a crab on u bed : it is irritable and ill tempered

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Remember Disney's Little Mermaid? The crab sebstian was always swearing..( Though he was sweet).

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crab moves in different directions in the same way your writing also takes different direcitons which is not good to look at

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there is all kinds of moods like happy sad angry , and then there is this "crab" mood. if you ever interact with some one in crab mood you willl think of a crab monster person

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a crab handwriting occurs when you dip a small crab in ink and put it on a piece of paper

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craft

Short Definition : skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning

Definition
(noun) the skilled practice of a practical occupation
Synonyms : trade
Example Sentence
  • he learned his trade as an apprentice
Definition
(noun) a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space Definition
(noun) people who perform a particular kind of skilled work
Synonyms : trade
Example Sentence
  • he represented the craft of brewers
  • as they say in the trade
Definition
(noun) skill in an occupation or trade Definition
(noun) shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception Definition
(verb) make by hand and with much skill
Example Sentence
  • The artisan crafted a complicated tool

crass

Short Definition : very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior

Definition
(adj) (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for crass

Just remember grass which is unrefined and grows here and there, crass is also unrefined, not urbane.

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crass reminds grass.. so grass eating animals have unrefined behavior.

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it is CRASS.hence lacks CLASS..

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seems like GROSS

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crASS == ASS, an unrefined person as an ass.

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Crass..Grass(weed).smoking weed is dangerous just because its unrefined..

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crass...very near to hindi word ras.nahi anna (means something which you dont like)......unrefined behaviour of somepeople mujhe rass nahi aata...means i dont like thier behaviour.

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remember grass. grass is unrefined until it goes to refinery where it is refined and new products are made out of it.

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crass resembles brass..brass is an alloy and has even some other metal compositions other than copper also..so brass is unrefined..and so is crass

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crass = criminal ass is always dirty.

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imagine crass is a kind of wild grasss which grows here and there undiscriminatingly. It is also rhymes with gross and is without a sense of class. it is opposite of brass which reminds us of classy polished behaviour

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crave

Short Definition : desire; want intensely

Definition
(verb) have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
Synonyms : hunger lust starve thirst
Definition
(verb) plead or ask for earnestly
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for crave

CRAVE = C(come)+RAVE(rave party in goa).

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crave=CRYve...so if u cry for something then u want it intensely

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sounds like brave..ie brave people always crave for success

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brave ka opposite crave

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