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fertile

Short Definition : producing many young, fruits, or seeds; (of land) producing good crops; V. fertilize

Definition
(adj) capable of reproducing Definition
(adj) intellectually productive
Synonyms : fecund prolific
Example Sentence
  • a prolific writer
  • a fecund imagination
Definition
(adj) bearing in abundance especially offspring
Synonyms : prolific
Example Sentence
  • flying foxes are extremely prolific
  • a prolific pear tree
Definition
(adj) marked by great fruitfulness
Synonyms : fat productive rich
Example Sentence
  • fertile farmland
  • a fat land
  • a productive vineyard
  • rich soil

fervent

Short Definition : ardent; zealous; hot

Definition
(adj) characterized by intense emotion
Example Sentence
  • ardent love
  • an ardent lover
  • a fervent desire to change society
  • a fervent admirer
  • fiery oratory
  • an impassioned appeal
  • a torrid love affair
Definition
(adj) extremely hot
Synonyms : fervid
Example Sentence
  • the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems
  • set out...when the fervid heat subsides
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for fervent

fervent/fervid both can be remembered by February -specifically Feb14 when youngsters are quite emotional regarding V-Day.

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ferv ..relate it with the word farvari (in hindi) means february... people born in february are very hot

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Good servents are devoted which means they are fervent

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fervent the servant was really hot

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fever .. aazadi ka bukhar(fever) is hot, zelous,

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fervent sounds like furnace which is hot

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it is seems like fever so when we get fever our body becomes too hot....

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vent is like a chimney from which hot gases come out ..so fervent means extremely hot

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fervid

Short Definition : ardent; zealous; hot

Definition
(adj) characterized by intense emotion
Example Sentence
  • ardent love
  • an ardent lover
  • a fervent desire to change society
  • a fervent admirer
  • fiery oratory
  • an impassioned appeal
  • a torrid love affair
Definition
(adj) extremely hot
Synonyms : fervent
Example Sentence
  • the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems
  • set out...when the fervid heat subsides
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for fervid

fer-fur vid-video video with girls in furs =extremely hot

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girls in video (movies) are generally shown passionate for fur

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FERgie (black eyed peas) in VIDeo ==> HOT

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fervid = favor

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you are viewing a video(ferVID) which is very emotional.. and making you cry like hell..

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Root vi means life.. So read as fer-for vid-live. When u are passionate about something, u have something to live for

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Fervid = Fer ( again) + V + Id; Again We have to show id that why we have become hot in angry.

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fervor

Short Definition : glowing ardor; intensity of feeling; quality of being fervent or fervid; zeal; intense heat

Definition
(noun) feelings of great warmth and intensity
Example Sentence
  • he spoke with great ardor
Definition
(noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
Example Sentence
  • his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled
  • he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for fervor

Fervor - relate it to exam fever. U become so much ardent and enthusiastic to study for that one night to get good marks.. U have an intense feeling to study.. Hope this helps

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RELATE FERVOR TO fever-BODY BECOMES WARM & AND YOU GET warm attention when u have fever

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fever sounds like for her... You have intensity of feeling for your girlfriend/wife..

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fervor sound like fervary (Hindi month) hot month

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close to favor

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sounds like fever. Think BIEBER FEVER

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fester

Short Definition : rankle; produce irritation or resentment; (of a cut or wound) generate pus or rot; Ex. His insult festered in my mind for days.

Definition
(noun) a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
Synonyms : suppurating sore
Definition
(verb) ripen and generate pus
Synonyms : maturate suppurate
Example Sentence
  • her wounds are festering
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for fester

rhymes with pester ... so if you pester someone they will get festered, meaning irritated.

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fest+er...fest(fist)..hit somebody with your close fist until blood comes out and if it is left untreated it wil become a sore and than a pus..........

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Some one keeps pestering you to go faster , faster , faster , faster, faster, faster... (see now ur angry ) ;)

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If you foster a sore, it will become fester.

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sore pestered becomes festered

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fester sounds like blister that oozes pus and causes irritation

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fester ->wasted feast giving rotten smell, its look like pus in wound.

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festive

Short Definition : joyous; celebratory; relating to a feast or festival

Definition
(adj) offering fun and gaiety
Synonyms : festal gay merry
Example Sentence
  • a festive (or festal) occasion
  • gay and exciting night life
  • a merry evening

fetter

Short Definition : shackle; restrict the freedom of; N. chain or shackle for the foot of a prisoner; CF. foot

Definition
(noun) a shackle for the ankles or feet
Synonyms : hobble
Definition
(verb) restrain with fetters
Synonyms : shackle
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for fetter

when divided fett+er....fett sounds like FEET....SO your feets are tied with something like a chain .....and thus you restrained to go somewhere ....but basically (this word is derived from Middle English word feter, from Old English; akin to Old Eng

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fetter soundslike(shutter) when a shutter is closed..then nothin can go out of it

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fetter = feet tier i.e. used to tie feet...

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it sounds like fatter, fatter people are restricted to eat junk food

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fetter = FEET + TETHER.

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it sounds something like the bird is trying to futter but u have fetterred

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from Old English; akin to Old English fōt hence foot ..so feet are tied with some chains.. so something that confines or restrains you doing something...)

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I have fretted for years over taking the GRE making me feel shackled and put in chains, restrained from going to Grad School!

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it's very difficult to fetter a fat man

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Fetter~Fatter : Ur growin FATTER day by day..hence restrictin ur movement by eatin more food(shackle)..

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fetter seems like something wore something in the feet >>> some shackle in the feet that restricts us...

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fetter sounds like FATtter. As one gets fatter, they are RESTRICTED in what physical activities they can accomplish.

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fett (feet) er (her)- her feet were in shackles

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feud

Short Definition : bitter prolonged quarrel (usually between two peoples or families); V. CF. Romeo and Juliet; CF. feudal, feudalism

Definition
(noun) a bitter quarrel between two parties Definition
(verb) carry out a feud
Example Sentence
  • The two professors have been feuding for years
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for feud

sounds like 'Fuel'.. so sme1 keeps adding fuel to the quarrel and it becomes a 'prolonged quarrel'.

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feud = forefathers + dispute + in the funeral of dad

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FUEL+DUEL

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fiasco

Short Definition : total failure; CF. bottle

Definition
(noun) a sudden and violent collapse
Synonyms : debacle
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for fiasco

fiasco(fia+sco)fia ,imagine as fiat car,and sco as skoda car. both these car traveling in opposite dirction collapse when met wid an accdnt

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Fiasco = Psycho. If you are psycho, more possibility that you fail.

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If FIAt tries to race with SCOda it will FAIL

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CWG 2010 were a total fiasco.

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fee+ask,,a student asks his fee back for his failure

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remember Corporate movie... Bipasha was arrested in the Cold Drink pesticide project failure scam.. she was held for failure of t project..

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fail in cisco exam

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f-IAS-co I tried for IAS and failed completely

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The show was a fiasco - the lights wouldn't work

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fee+ask.... ur principal asks u for more fee if u FAIL

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fiat

Short Definition : command; arbitrary order; Ex. presidential fiat; CF. let it be done

Definition
(noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
Synonyms : decree edict order rescript
Example Sentence
  • a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for fiat

"fiat" is such a good car that it has a "command" on the other cars :)

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you are a military "command"er and yur awarded a fiat palio

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Fiat rhymes with fill that( Fi=Fill at=that). Your teacher told you to fill that. So its a command.

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maruthi give commanding orders for fiat diesel engine to fit in swift

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Imagine a fiat in which a commander is giving command.(This i am talking about around 30-40 years nowadays they travel by cycle only). ;)

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Military order is to be always fit.

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"fiat" rhymes with fire. "This is an order.", a general said.

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