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prune

Short Definition : cut away; trim

Definition
(noun) dried plum Definition
(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Example Sentence
  • dress the plants in the garden
Definition
(verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
Example Sentence
  • We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for prune

Rhymes with SALOON, where barber CUT(TRIM) our hair...

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prone to a cut

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prune >> pony Girls have a pony because they cant cut their hair

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prurient

Short Definition : having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire

Definition
(adj) characterized by lust
Example Sentence
  • eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
  • her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
  • prurient literature
  • prurient thoughts
  • a salacious rooster of a little man
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for prurient

pure i aint

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Prurient--Pure??I am not (ent). pure-eh??-nt

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opposite of being prude

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Puri the ENT doc is more interested in his female patient's boobs .. His eyes always show his lust ..

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poori ant = i will have sex with poori ant. just to learn the word....

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bayezid is a prurient

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having not PURE thoughts...lustful thoughts

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pry

Short Definition : inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying

Definition
(noun) a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge Definition
(verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
Synonyms : jimmy lever prise prize
Example Sentence
  • The burglar jimmied the lock
  • Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
Definition
(verb) be nosey
Example Sentence
  • Don't pry into my personal matters!
Definition
(verb) search or inquire in a meddlesome way
Synonyms : horn in intrude nose poke
Example Sentence
  • This guy is always nosing around the office
Definition
(verb) make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry
Synonyms : prise
Example Sentence
  • They pried the information out of him
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pry

sounds like spy who interferes in others' private affairs and also OPENS up some secrets

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pry rhymes like why...why..why..so to inquire or question impertinently

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PRY- paraayi ( in hindi)..paraayi cheezon mein dhakhal dena [2 interfere in others issues] thus Poke , Intrude, Nose

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PRY(study)(PADAI) karne wale bachche bahut query karte hain -verb meaning

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pseudonym

Short Definition : pen name; fictitious name assumed by an author; ADJ. pseudonymous

Definition
(noun) a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role
Synonyms : anonym nom de guerre
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pseudonym

sounds like pseudo name . pseudo mean not real . pseudonym means not real name , that is pen name

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SUIT of the NAME: The suit you wear with this other name.

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psyche

Short Definition : soul; mind

Definition
(noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason
Synonyms : brain head mind nous
Example Sentence
  • his mind wandered
  • I couldn't get his words out of my head
Definition
(noun) the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
Synonyms : soul
Definition
(noun) (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul

psychiatrist

Short Definition : doctor who treats mental diseases

Definition
(noun) a physician who specializes in psychiatry
Synonyms : head-shrinker shrink

psychic

Short Definition : of psyche; mental; of or possessing extraordinary mental powers

Definition
(noun) a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception Definition
(adj) affecting or influenced by the human mind
Synonyms : psychical
Example Sentence
  • psychic energy
  • psychic trauma
Definition
(adj) outside the sphere of physical science
Synonyms : psychical
Example Sentence
  • psychic phenomena

psychopathic

Short Definition : pertaining to mental dearrangement; N. psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder

Definition
(adj) suffering from an undiagnosed mental disorder

psychosis

Short Definition : mental disorder; ADJ. N. psychotic

Definition
(noun) any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

psychosomatic

Short Definition : of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)

Definition
(adj) used of illness or symptoms resulting from neurosis
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for psychosomatic

psycho + somatic (related to body) -> influence of mind on the body

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