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memorial

Short Definition : something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event; ADJ: commemorative

Definition
(noun) a recognition of meritorious service Definition
(noun) a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority Definition
(noun) a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
Synonyms : monument

memorialize

Short Definition : commemorate

Definition
(verb) address in a memorial
Synonyms : memorialise
Example Sentence
  • The President memorialized the heroes of the battle
Definition
(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
Example Sentence
  • This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
  • We memorialized the Dead
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for memorialize

MEMORIAL - something to commemorate an event in the past....War Memorial etc.

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menace

Short Definition : threat; V: threaten

Definition
(noun) something that is a source of danger
Synonyms : threat
Example Sentence
  • earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan
Definition
(noun) a threat or the act of threatening
Example Sentence
  • he spoke with desperate menace
Definition
(verb) pose a threat to; present a danger to
Example Sentence
  • The pollution is endangering the crops
Definition
(verb) express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture
Example Sentence
  • he menaced the bank manager with a stick
Definition
(verb) act in a threatening manner
Example Sentence
  • A menacing person
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for menace

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menace = men + ace. MEN while playing cards always keep the ACE CARD till the end to put the opponent at RISK.

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dennis the menace.. is a threat

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Some MEN ACE by threatening others.

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menace sounds like manage..THreats are difficult 2 manage

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watching Dennis the menace can be threatening or dangerous as dangerous stunts are performed by dennis and watching also threats time(kills the time)

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menagerie

Short Definition : collection of wild animals on exhibition; zoo

Definition
(noun) a collection of live animals for study or display Definition
(noun) the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
Synonyms : zoo zoological garden
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to MANAGE JERRY u keep then in zoo. simple!

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Sounds like manager, Most managers are like wild animals trying to bully people. menagerie is a place where such animals are kept.

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menagerie=men+nagerie(nagar in hindi)..nagar means colony..so a colony where men lives...and men is a social animal..so a place where animal lives.

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can be pronounced as menaghur = menace + ghar(house)

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kavita jangli hai ...

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it sound similar to "manger" which means a place where farm animals are sheltered. Think of jesus - "baby in the manger"

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mina ghar = chidiya ghar= zoo

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mendacious

Short Definition : lying; habitually dishonest; N. mendacity

Definition
(adj) given to lying
Example Sentence
  • a mendacious child
Definition
(adj) intentionally untrue
Example Sentence
  • a mendacious statement
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mendacious = requiring mending (correction)

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A mendicant (beggar) is usually a mendacious person. i.e. given to lying; habitually dishonest.

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mendacious= men + audacious. men who are audacious can LIE easily.

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all men are liars

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Sanskrit where the word mindā means a kind of physical defect .........SO A MENDACIOUS PERSON ALWAYS MAKE FAULTS...he lies....beggars are mendacios..because they are dishonest ..and cheaters..

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Mendacious - Men are dying for women... so they c an do anything to get her including lying....

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mendacious....look for the word menda..means fault; similar to Latin word mendax which means lying,and word mendicus means beggar, and perhaps we can also relate to this the mother of all langueges Sanskrit where the word mindā means a kind of p

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MEN+DACIOUS(mosquito)....men are dacious(mosquito like)....this statement is false

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mendacious= men+date+suck. Dating men is suck; they are a bunch of liars.

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mendicant

Short Definition : beggar; ADJ: living as a beggar

Definition
(noun) a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
Synonyms : friar
Definition
(noun) a pauper who lives by begging
Synonyms : beggar
Definition
(adj) practicing beggary
Example Sentence
  • mendicant friars
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mendicant

Mandi me chant karta hua bhikhari

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Men+die+cant= men die because they can't work so they beg to survive

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mendicant ~ Men + d I + Can t : men who say I can't, they don't like to work and sometimes start practising beggary

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sounds like "mendi-coat" a local name for some game of cards. Can you remember some other card game "bhikari" or "beggar"

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mendicant= men + dicant(empty something)...men with no money..beggar

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mending + can't ~those who are unable to mend easil;y start begging

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MENDICANT=MAN+DECANT. When you see the MAN on the street corner, you should DECANT the money from your pocket into his cup.

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MEND+I+CANT:MEND rhymes like SPEND ,so the word becomes SPEND I CANT .the beggar says SPEND I CANT

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One who can't be mended i.e., a perfect person who doesn't indulge in material affairs to earn food.

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mend+cant: one who cant mend his clothes begs for help

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break it in punjabi as( money d katt) that is lack of money

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mendi+cant...railway cant par beggar rehte hai

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Mendicant = Mandi (A shopping place from hindi) + cant(Etymology - Is to sing).. (Singing in Mandi) Is a begger right ?

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MENDel CAN't work because he learns in kollel so his family are beggars

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menial

Short Definition : suitable for servants; lowly; mean; N: someone who does menial work (esp. servant in a house)

Definition
(noun) a domestic servant Definition
(adj) used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
Synonyms : humble lowly
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MEN In A Low level are MENIAL

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menial sounds like manual. and the electronic goods which donot hv MANUAL r of low category.

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mentor

Short Definition : counselor; teacher

Definition
(noun) a wise and trusted guide and advisor
Synonyms : wise man
Definition
(verb) serve as a teacher or trusted counselor
Example Sentence
  • The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school
  • She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mentor

link it with mentos.. DIMAG KI BATTI JALA DE.. Mentor is the one jiski batti already jali hui hai..

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mercantile

Short Definition : concerning trade or merchants

Definition
(adj) of or relating to the economic system of mercantilism
Example Sentence
  • mercantile theories
  • mercantile system
Definition
(adj) profit oriented
Synonyms : mercenary moneymaking
Example Sentence
  • a commercial book
  • preached a mercantile and militant patriotism
  • a mercenary enterprise
  • a moneymaking business
Definition
(adj) relating to or characteristic of trade or traders
Example Sentence
  • the mercantile North was forging ahead
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mercantile

MERCANTILE sounds similar to MERCHANT+ile..so a merchant is RELATED TO TRADE

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mercenary

Short Definition : motivated solely by money or gain; N.

Definition
(noun) a person hired to fight for another country than their own
Synonyms : soldier of fortune
Definition
(adj) marked by materialism Definition
(adj) serving for wages in a foreign army
Synonyms : free-lance freelance
Example Sentence
  • mercenary killers
Definition
(adj) profit oriented
Synonyms : mercantile moneymaking
Example Sentence
  • a commercial book
  • preached a mercantile and militant patriotism
  • a mercenary enterprise
  • a moneymaking business
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mercenary

merce - mercy + na - no; no mercy.He can kill anybody for money or gain

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MERCENARY -> MERCHANT is related with money making person and mercenary is the person who do only for money

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mark henry(wresler) is from kenya but fight in USA to make money

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dont show any MERCY to this NARI ,as she is a prostitute, a girl MOTIVATED SOLELY BY MONEY..................;)

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mercenary (merce - mercy + na - no; no mercy) = Judge should now show mercy to someone who killed his father just for money.

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My scenery is soo much beautiful thrfr it is profit oriented....

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MERC-enary...gotta be motivated solely by money to buy a merc!

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mera motive sirf money money

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mere(mer) + se(ce) + nary(female in hindi)............mere se naary par koi dhyan nahi hai.....mujhe to CENT(money) par dhyan rakhna hai

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mercenary = merce(mercy) + na (not) + ry(to friend); no mercy is there so america hire force from france tofight agaist Iraq.

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