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recline

Short Definition : lie down

Definition
(verb) move the upper body backwards and down

Synonyms : lean back

Definition
(verb) cause to recline

Example Sentence

She reclined her head on the pillow

Definition
(verb) lean in a comfortable resting position

Synonyms : recumb repose

Example Sentence

He was reposing on the couch

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recline

recline means to lie down. Supine is the opposite which means lie down "on back". "cline" is related to slope as can be seen in acclivity, declivity, incline etc.,

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Recline sounds like decline means lie down

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recluse

Short Definition : hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive

Definition
(noun) one who lives in solitude

Synonyms : hermit solitary solitudinarian troglodyte

Definition
(adj) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

Synonyms : reclusive withdrawn

Example Sentence

lived an unsocial reclusive life

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recluse

re+close . Closed=hermit

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recLUSE : read luse as lose ; if u lose in any game u like to live alone

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sounds like seclude

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recLUSE : read luse as lose ; if u lose in any game u like to live alone

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reconcile

Short Definition : make friendly again (after quarrel); make consistent (two ideas in opposition); correct inconsistencies; Ex. reconcile one's political principles with one's religious beliefs

Definition
(verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another)

Synonyms : accommodate conciliate

Example Sentence

The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories

Definition
(verb) bring into consonance or accord

Synonyms : harmonise harmonize

Example Sentence

harmonize one's goals with one's abilities

Definition
(verb) come to terms

Synonyms : conciliate make up patch up settle

Example Sentence

After some discussion we finally made up

Definition
(verb) accept as inevitable

Synonyms : resign submit

Example Sentence

He resigned himself to his fate

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for reconcile

Re(BACK)+concile(COUNSELLING)...After filing the petition in court for DIVORCE the judge ordered COUNSELLING of couple..so that relations could be to BACK to NORMAL again AFTER THE QUARREL without legal proceedings

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re+concile...sounds like counsel.......and you counsel your friend (WHO TURNED HOSTILE TO YOU )and again BRING HIM INTO CONSONANCE ..OR IN PEACE WITH YOU... TAKEN FROM re..back+conciliare..good....to make good again....

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recondite

Short Definition : abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret

Definition
(adj) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

Synonyms : abstruse deep

Example Sentence

the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
a deep metaphysical theory
some recondite problem in historiography

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recondite

Words with dite - Indite(write), Erudite(scholar) and Recondite .. What a scholar RECKONS to be a good read, it is abstruse(Recondite) for a laymen/laity.

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read recondite as "re conduct". The professor re coducted(repeated) the topic as the students could not understand properly.

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recon-dite:recon sounds like reckon which means guess...if a question is DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND u will GUESS the answer

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RECKON + TRITE (repeated) = the word was DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND even after REPEATED attempts to RECKON its meaning.

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recondite sounds like 'wreck on diet' meaning destruction while on a diet. This sounds very absurd and very difficult to understand whats going on !!

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Recon(RECKONâ€¦..means TO THINK)+dite(DIET)â€¦ Itâ€™s very DIFFICULT/ABSTRUSE to THINK(RECKON) about the DIETâ€¦ KAREENA KAPPOR would have taken for Zero Figure in Tashanâ€¦â€¦

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Picture an auto accident on a dike: a WRECK ON the DIKE: How on earth did that happen? What are cars doing on the dike? It's hard to understand.

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re (resist) + con (don -> don'T) + dite (diet) -> I DON'T understand (or it is difficult for me to understand) how people go on diet and RESIST their temptations!

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Words with dite - Indite(write), Erudite(scholar) and Recondite .. What a scholar RECKONS to be a good read, it is abstruse(Recondite) for a laymen/laity.

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read recondite as "re conduct". The professor re coducted(repeated) the topic as the students could not understand properly.

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recondite sounds like 'wreck on diet' meaning destruction while on a diet. This sounds very absurd and very difficult to understand whats going on !!

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Picture an auto accident on a dike: a WRECK ON the DIKE: How on earth did that happen? What are cars doing on the dike? It's hard to understand.

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re (resist) + con (don -> don'T) + dite (diet) -> I DON'T understand (or it is difficult for me to understand) how people go on diet and RESIST their temptations!

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Words with dite - Indite(write), Erudite(scholar) and Recondite .. What a scholar RECKONS to be a good read, it is abstruse(Recondite) for a laymen/laity.

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reconnaissance

Short Definition : survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information)

Definition
(noun) the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)

Synonyms : reconnaissance mission

Example Sentence

an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for reconnaissance

reconnaissance = (re)ye (con)kaun (nai)hai (sance)sons --> The old man asked his sons to get information about an unknown enemy and asked them "yeh kaun hai" ... weird but hope it helps you !

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recognize in essense the enemy troops position

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reconnaissance means recognising an enemy while surveying your. territory,Recognisation of conman-(thief) by nice sons(of the country)--soldiers.

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RECONNAISSANCE...SOUNDS LIKE RECOGNIZANCE....so recognizance of the army persons to do their act....or ...binding them to spy over enemy's....... reconnaissance of an area by the army..

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reconnaissance = (re)ye (con)kaun (nai)hai (sance)sons --> The old man asked his sons to get information about an unknown enemy and asked them "yeh kaun hai" ... weird but hope it helps you !

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recognize in essense the enemy troops position

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reconnaissance means recognising an enemy while surveying your. territory,Recognisation of conman-(thief) by nice sons(of the country)--soldiers.

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RECONNAISSANCE...SOUNDS LIKE RECOGNIZANCE....so recognizance of the army persons to do their act....or ...binding them to spy over enemy's....... reconnaissance of an area by the army..

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reconnaissance = (re)ye (con)kaun (nai)hai (sance)sons --> The old man asked his sons to get information about an unknown enemy and asked them "yeh kaun hai" ... weird but hope it helps you !

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recognize in essense the enemy troops position

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recount

Short Definition : narrate or tell (a story); count over again

Definition
(noun) an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election Definition
(verb) narrate or give a detailed account of

Synonyms : narrate recite tell

Example Sentence

Tell what happened
The father told a story to his child

Definition
(verb) count again

Example Sentence

We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recount

raconteur

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recount,recite,racounter all these mean to NaRRaTE

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recourse

Short Definition : resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to

Definition
(noun) act of turning to for assistance

Synonyms : refuge resort

Example Sentence

have recourse to the courts
an appeal to his uncle was his last resort

Definition
(noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security

Synonyms : refuge resort

Example Sentence

his only recourse was the police
took refuge in lying

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recourse

consider that u joined a 'course'... the institute asks u to pay 10000 bucks.. you hav only 6000 bucks.. the rest 'recourse', i.e either take it from parents or friends

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Re (BACK)+courseâ€¦.(COACHING) when we are IN TROUBLE for not able to revise the whole course in time even after completing the regular oneâ€¦â€¦ we RESORT..BACK to crash COURSE

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re+COURS we follow a medicine course which HELPS fight the TROUBLE, by developing disease.

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join a course when in problem

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consider that u joined a 'course'... the institute asks u to pay 10000 bucks.. you hav only 6000 bucks.. the rest 'recourse', i.e either take it from parents or friends

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Re (BACK)+courseâ€¦.(COACHING) when we are IN TROUBLE for not able to revise the whole course in time even after completing the regular oneâ€¦â€¦ we RESORT..BACK to crash COURSE

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consider that u joined a 'course'... the institute asks u to pay 10000 bucks.. you hav only 6000 bucks.. the rest 'recourse', i.e either take it from parents or friends

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Re (BACK)+courseâ€¦.(COACHING) when we are IN TROUBLE for not able to revise the whole course in time even after completing the regular oneâ€¦â€¦ we RESORT..BACK to crash COURSE

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recreant

Short Definition : disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person

Definition
(noun) an abject coward

Synonyms : craven poltroon

Definition
(noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

Synonyms : apostate deserter ratter renegade turncoat

Definition
(adj) having deserted a cause or principle

Synonyms : renegade

Example Sentence

some provinces had proved recreant
renegade supporters of the usurper

Definition
(adj) lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful

Synonyms : craven

Example Sentence

the craven fellow turned and ran
a craven proposal to raise the white flag
this recreant knight

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recreant

Recreant : Repeatedly crying Aunt because of a Recreant Uncle . ( Someone is disloyal) 2nd Synonym: Miscreant ( means a criminal ) will eventually become Recreant ( someone who will beg for Mercy of the Police) later.

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miscreant, recreant. miscreant destroys and recreant says its ok to destroy, he will create again as he is scared of miscreant. recreant is coward.

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Re (again and again)+creant (create). So creating some excuses again and again not to go for a fight because you are a COWARD.

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miscreant means without moral ethics. This is a characteristics of a recreant

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recreate recent recreancies in the royal family.

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miscreant, recreant. miscreant destroys and recreant says its ok to destroy, he will create again as he is scared of miscreant. recreant is coward.

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Re (again and again)+creant (create). So creating some excuses again and again not to go for a fight because you are a COWARD.

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recreate recent recreancies in the royal family.

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miscreant, recreant. miscreant destroys and recreant says its ok to destroy, he will create again as he is scared of miscreant. recreant is coward.

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recrimination

Short Definition : countercharges; V. recriminate

Definition
(noun) mutual accusations

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recrimination

re CREAM pie..yu throw a pie on someones face and they throw yu back another CREAM pie again as a countercharge...we see this lot in movies..!!..This process is called reCREAMination

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re-again, crimination-crime, accuse one another again and again of crimes, i.e counter-charge

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re-crimina-tion: crimina relates to a crime. recrimination means: one accusing the other for a crime. The other "re" accused him of another crime.

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re CREAM pie..yu throw a pie on someones face and they throw yu back another CREAM pie again as a countercharge...we see this lot in movies..!!..This process is called reCREAMination

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Reverse + Criminal + Accusations => Recrimination....Means saying each other criminal.

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re-again, crimination-crime, accuse one another again and again of crimes, i.e counter-charge

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re-crimina-tion: crimina relates to a crime. recrimination means: one accusing the other for a crime. The other "re" accused him of another crime.

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re CREAM pie..yu throw a pie on someones face and they throw yu back another CREAM pie again as a countercharge...we see this lot in movies..!!..This process is called reCREAMination

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re-again, crimination-crime, accuse one another again and again of crimes, i.e counter-charge

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rectify

Short Definition : set right; correct; CF. rect-: right

Definition
(verb) math: determine the length of

Example Sentence

rectify a curve

Definition
(verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

Synonyms : refine

Example Sentence

refine sugar

Definition
(verb) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

Synonyms : reclaim reform regenerate

Example Sentence

The Church reformed me
reform your conduct

Definition
(verb) set straight or right

Synonyms : amend remediate remedy repair

Example Sentence

remedy these deficiencies
rectify the inequities in salaries
repair an oversight

Definition
(verb) make right or correct

Synonyms : correct right

Example Sentence

Correct the mistakes
rectify the calculation

Definition
(verb) convert into direct current

Example Sentence

rectify alternating current

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for rectify

It resembles "correct" + ify. We know that suffix -ify is a verb. Essentially means to "make correct"!

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Rectify: aRECommend you TRI(try) to FIx it.

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recline

recluse

reconcile

recondite

reconnaissance

recount

recourse

recreant

recrimination

rectify

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