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enliven

Short Definition : make lively or spirited; animate

Definition
(verb) heighten or intensify
Example Sentence
  • These paintings exalt the imagination
Definition
(verb) make lively
Example Sentence
  • let's liven up this room a bit
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for enliven

en(means to become or to make)+liven..(live)..so to make something lively.

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enmity

Short Definition : ill will; hatred; hostility

Definition
(noun) a state of deep-seated ill-will
Synonyms : antagonism hostility
Definition
(noun) the feeling of a hostile person
Synonyms : hostility ill will
Example Sentence
  • he could no longer contain his hostility
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for enmity

enmi+(T)+y...just focus on the letters enmiy..very close to the word enemy...and enemies always have an ILLWILL AND HATRED FOR YOU.

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enimy.... ill will towards ur enemy

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ennui

Short Definition : boredom; listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; CF. annoy

Definition
(noun) the feeling of being bored by something tedious
Synonyms : boredom tedium
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ennui

Actually the previous mnemonic is better...ennui sounds like YEH NAHEEEE!!!!

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ennui...when pronounced sounds quite similar to ANNOYed....now think of a person who is always annoyed with everything......such a person could be very BORING and irritating for you.

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ennui=en(anything)+nui(new) which can be said as 'anything new?? I am filled with "boredom" with the same old stuff'

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its sounds/written like "nini aayi" which means feeling sleeping in Hindi. You feel sleepy when u r bored.

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"Whee" is for when you are excited. Ennui (pronounced on-whee) is when you are bored.

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sounds like "on we" so, 'on we go to find something to do'

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ennui sound like a new ... .i.e i got bore by the old one

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sound like anew so when we get bore we want new

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ennui= en (enable) + nui (new); Due to fade up from past.

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e(ayee)nnui(nahi)if someone is boared then he exclaimed aee nahi an

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enormity

Short Definition : hugeness (in a bad sense); excessive wickedness; Ex. enormity of the crime; ADJ. enormous

Definition
(noun) the quality of being outrageous
Synonyms : outrageousness
Definition
(noun) vastness of size or extent
Example Sentence
  • in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size
  • universities recognized the enormity of their task
Definition
(noun) the quality of extreme wickedness Definition
(noun) an act of extreme wickedness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for enormity

ENORMITY resembles enormous, which means huge

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enormity

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eNORMity:a person who doesnt follow norms

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enrapture

Short Definition : please intensely; fill with rapture and delight

Definition
(verb) hold spellbound
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for enrapture

think of rap music which is good to hear.

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How cruel rapist was who took PLEASURE out of this heinous crime.

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kya rapachik khana hain

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rapture means joy,so imagine that someone is pleasing you to bring joy

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enraptured - N - RAPTOR (the dinausor in Jurassic Park) - If N live rapotors affront a dino-scientist.. then he will be spellbound, unlike the rest of us who would be scared

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Enrapture- In rap tour-> great delight

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ensconce

Short Definition : settle comfortably; place comfortably (in a secure place)

Definition
(verb) fix firmly
Synonyms : settle
Example Sentence
  • He ensconced himself in the chair
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ensconce

ensconce sounds something like iskon (lord krishna's temple which is a peaceful place..hence can settle comfortably ... (feel like staying their only and settle down in such peaceful place..)

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a child gets his ice cream CONe which makes him settle down comfortably.

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en- "make, put in" + sconce "small fortification, shelter,"

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Ensconce - en (IN) sconce (SECONDS) when return home, IN SECONDS you can 'settle down comfortably'.

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ENSCONCE : contains the word CONC which is a short form of CONCENTRATE..so when you concentrate you fix yourself very firmly, so it can be used as an hint

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sound like CONE...if you put the cone upside down on the floor..it remains stable and settles comfortably.

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EN(In) Science quizzes you have to settle yourself comfortably, safely, secretly....

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ENSCONCE= EStablish+wisCONSIN. I EStablish in WISCONSIN as it is COMFORTABLE AND SAFE PLACE.

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Ensconce Ens(Ans) + Once hence boy says to gf Ans me Once do you love me and l will not move from here till you say yes

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ensue

Short Definition : follow (as a result)

Definition
(verb) issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
Synonyms : result
Example Sentence
  • result in tragedy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ensue

After u sue the person in the court, the case will ensue.

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ensue..sounds like ensure.....and you ensure your friends that HARD WORK IS ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY GOOD RESULT.....

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Pursue means follow.

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end of issue;so there'll b a result

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AS A CONSEQUENCE,it RESULTED IN(EN) SU(e)ing the govt.

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when u sue a person u get the result from the court

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pani pine ke baad su su is the consquence result

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He PURSUED SUE INto the woman's bathroom.

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sue(resembles a suit filed in a court which results in altercation)

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if u want to ensue=ensure something u should follow rules

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entail

Short Definition : make necessary; require; necessitate; involve; limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs; Ex. entail A on/upon B

Definition
(noun) land received by fee tail Definition
(noun) the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple Definition
(verb) have as a logical consequence
Synonyms : imply mean
Example Sentence
  • The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
Definition
(verb) impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
Synonyms : implicate
Example Sentence
  • What does this move entail?
Definition
(verb) limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
Synonyms : fee-tail
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for entail

"tail" is a necessary thing for all animal...so necessary

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en(become) +tail...becoming a tail to someone means acting like a toady....which some ppl do coz its necessary for their promotion

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TAIL is NECESSARY for the bird to change direction in air...ENTAIL means NECESSITATE/ REQUIRE

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entail means:to involve sth that cannot be avoided...entail sounds like INTEL so one has to involve intel if he is making a computer.

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just like a tail is necessary for almost every mammal so it is needed and necessary

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Entail-> Enabling retail in selling goods is unavoidable.

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enterprise

Short Definition : willingness to take new ventures; initiative; business organization; plan (that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest enterprise to sail round the world in a small boat

Definition
(noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
Synonyms : endeavor endeavour
Example Sentence
  • he had doubts about the whole enterprise
Definition
(noun) an organization created for business ventures
Example Sentence
  • a growing enterprise must have a bold leader
Definition
(noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for enterprise

Think of Microsoft office Enterprise. It is a very important and difficult project

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enterprising

Short Definition : full of initiative; showing enterprise

Definition
(adj) marked by imagination, initiative, and readiness to undertake new projects
Example Sentence
  • an enterprising foreign policy
  • an enterprising young man likely to go far
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for enterprising

enterprise dukan kholane ke liye brave aur full of initiative hona chahiye.. risk to hoti hi hain

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