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sonnet

Short Definition : 14-line poetic verse form with a fixed rhyme pattern

Definition
(noun) a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme Definition
(verb) praise in a sonnet Definition
(verb) compose a sonnet
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sonnet

my son posts his sonnet on the net

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sonorous

Short Definition : resonant; producing a full deep sound; producing sound

Definition
(adj) full and loud and deep
Synonyms : heavy
Example Sentence
  • heavy sounds
  • a herald chosen for his sonorous voice
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sonorous

sonorous voice of sonu nigam (Indian Singer)

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SONA+ROJ(evereday)....if you have proper sleep everyday, you are energetic and your voice is sonorous

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No...the noise is so..rous[ing]

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soothsayer

Short Definition : one who foretells the future

Definition
(noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for soothsayer

One who soothes you by saying that everything will be fine in the future.

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sophist

Short Definition : teacher of philosophy; quibbler; employer of fallacious reasoning; N. sophism: plausible but fallacious argument

Definition
(noun) any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects Definition
(noun) someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
Synonyms : casuist
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sophist

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SO PHI-losoph-IST

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Sophist:SO F T and deceiving manner, Remember Soft and wise ways of swindle.

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sophist sounds like sophisticated....teachers are highly sophisticated ..especially philosophy teacher

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Sophisticated people to maintain their hypocrisy often give fallacious argument.

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sophisticated

Short Definition : worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate

Definition
(adj) having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
Example Sentence
  • sophisticated young socialites
  • a sophisticated audience
  • a sophisticated lifestyle
  • a sophisticated book
Definition
(adj) ahead in development; complex or intricate
Synonyms : advanced
Example Sentence
  • advanced technology
  • a sophisticated electronic control system
Definition
(adj) intellectually appealing
Example Sentence
  • a sophisticated drama

sophistry

Short Definition : seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning; sophism

Definition
(noun) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
Synonyms : sophism sophistication
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sophistry

so physics is = chemistry.. its a false logic

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sophistry - so fishy trick

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Sophistry=sopos(philosohy)+trickery.

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remember"sophisticated".... looks eloquent and eloborate..but logically invalid...

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Sophistry = HISToRY Paper lo SOlu raasi pass avvanam.

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Grow a "sofa" on a "tree", is a sophistry

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so you have fish tree;hmm sounds clever n pleasing but it can't be true

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STOP HIS TRY because it is not possible

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so+physical+try -arguing false (phyisical argumaent not from his heart)

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SOP history = SOP is history as its always full of chicanery

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Sop + history >>> in history, many students going for MS have written cleverly some achievements which are actually false... relate this..

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History - is a suject in wich we read facts.. they ll appear plaisible but may be fallacious..

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SO a FISH TREE, he said, will solve the problems of polluted oceans, while still providing wood. But the Congress saw through his sophistry, and denied his request for a subsidy.

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soporific

Short Definition : sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness; drowsy

Definition
(noun) a drug that induces sleep
Synonyms : hypnotic
Definition
(adj) sleep inducing Definition
(adj) inducing mental lethargy
Synonyms : narcotic soporiferous
Example Sentence
  • a narcotic speech
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for soporific

(in hindi) 100(soo) puri kha kar I felt soporific.

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watching "SOaP Operas" makes u sleepy

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so poor fiction makes u sleepy

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So+Boring ..make you feel sleepy

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Watching daily soaps(serials) on TV makes u sleepy

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SO(sleep) + PORIFIC(which pores)... SO anything Which PORES sleep... SLEEP CAUSING.. SOPORIFIC

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soporific sounds like "so far risky," so this soporific is so far risky. ahh I'm too scare to take it.

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SOO(hundred)+PORI(ladkiya)fic....when you have hundred girls around you, you will be in a trance and you will feel sleepy

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so+porific= soo p(b)oring => sleep inducing

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Soporific; the first section reminds me of SOPHmore. Combine it to become SOPHmorific. Think of a sleepy teenager in class.

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Imagine SOAP for washing. It has a slippery feel (SLEEP), but also sopor means state of deep sleep. Soap-porific makes you slip, so sopo-rific makes you sleep. simple.

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"soph" khane se neend aati hai....

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daily soaps are soporific that is sleep inducing

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soporific make it as so borefic(porific)if u r bore in class u'll get sleep

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spores makes feel sleepy

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sordid

Short Definition : filthy; foul; base; vile; Ex. sordid bed/story

Definition
(adj) morally degraded
Synonyms : seamy seedy sleazy squalid
Example Sentence
  • a seedy district
  • the seamy side of life
  • sleazy characters hanging around casinos
  • sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls
  • the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils
  • the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
Definition
(adj) unethical or dishonest
Synonyms : dirty
Example Sentence
  • dirty police officers
  • a sordid political campaign
Definition
(adj) foul and run-down and repulsive
Synonyms : flyblown squalid
Example Sentence
  • a flyblown bar on the edge of town
  • a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town
  • squalid living conditions
  • sordid shantytowns
Definition
(adj) meanly avaricious and mercenary
Example Sentence
  • sordid avarice
  • sordid material interests
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sordid

(SORDID)SORry I DID this FILTHY, VILE thing.

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sour+dEEd =sordid

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I SORDID my FILTHY, VILE laundry. (sordid sounds like sorted)

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<b>sordid</b> = like 'sardi' (cold). If you catch 'sardi', your nose is sordid-dirty

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split it like SOR+DID..sor..sounds like sour..WE all have heard of AVARICIOUS and dishonest FOX....who once SAID A VERY FAMOUS LINE THAT WE ALL REMEMBER.....these grapes are SOUR..when we generally know that fox are quite greedy, mean , filthy and di

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"sorry i did this.... " a dishonest person replied

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SORDID=SORROW giving DEED.

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SO-Rud-DID = So 核突

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SORry I DID this DIRTY thing.

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sound

Short Definition : in good condition; showing good judgment or good sense; thorough; complete; Ex. sound mind/investment/training

Definition
(noun) the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
Example Sentence
  • the sound of rain on the roof
  • the beautiful sound of music
Definition
(noun) the subjective sensation of hearing something
Synonyms : auditory sensation
Example Sentence
  • he strained to hear the faint sounds
Definition
(noun) mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
Example Sentence
  • falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them
Definition
(noun) the sudden occurrence of an audible event
Example Sentence
  • the sound awakened them
Definition
(noun) the audible part of a transmitted signal
Synonyms : audio
Example Sentence
  • they always raise the audio for commercials
Definition
(noun) (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Synonyms : phone speech sound
Definition
(noun) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
Synonyms : strait
Definition
(noun) a large ocean inlet or deep bay
Example Sentence
  • the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast
Definition
(verb) appear in a certain way
Example Sentence
  • This sounds interesting
Definition
(verb) make a certain noise or sound
Synonyms : go
Example Sentence
  • She went `Mmmmm'
  • The gun went `bang'
Definition
(verb) give off a certain sound or sounds
Example Sentence
  • This record sounds scratchy
Definition
(verb) announce by means of a sound
Example Sentence
  • sound the alarm
Definition
(verb) utter with vibrating vocal chords
Synonyms : vocalise vocalize voice
Definition
(verb) cause to sound
Example Sentence
  • sound the bell
  • sound a certain note
Definition
(verb) measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Synonyms : fathom
Definition
(adj) financially secure and safe
Example Sentence
  • sound investments
  • a sound economy
Definition
(adj) exercising or showing good judgment
Example Sentence
  • healthy scepticism
  • a healthy fear of rattlesnakes
  • the healthy attitude of French laws
  • healthy relations between labor and management
  • an intelligent solution
  • a sound approach to the problem
  • sound advice
  • no sound explanation for his decision
Definition
(adj) in good condition; free from defect or damage or decay
Example Sentence
  • a sound timber
  • the wall is sound
  • a sound foundation
Definition
(adj) in excellent physical condition
Synonyms : good
Example Sentence
  • good teeth
  • I still have one good leg
  • a sound mind in a sound body
Definition
(adj) logically valid
Synonyms : reasoned well-grounded
Example Sentence
  • a sound argument
Definition
(adj) having legal efficacy or force
Synonyms : effectual legal
Example Sentence
  • a sound title to the property
Definition
(adj) free from moral defect
Example Sentence
  • a man of sound character
Definition
(adj) (of sleep) deep and complete
Synonyms : heavy profound wakeless
Example Sentence
  • a heavy sleep
  • fell into a profound sleep
  • a sound sleeper
  • deep wakeless sleep
Definition
(adj) thorough
Example Sentence
  • a sound thrashing
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sound

when some are rich(good condition) we say sound party

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sour

Short Definition : having a sharp or acid taste; acid; tart; bad-tempered; V.

Definition
(noun) a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar Definition
(noun) the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth
Synonyms : sourness tartness
Definition
(noun) the property of being acidic
Synonyms : acidity sourness
Definition
(verb) go sour or spoil
Synonyms : ferment turn work
Example Sentence
  • The milk has soured
  • The wine worked
  • The cream has turned--we have to throw it out
Definition
(verb) make sour or more sour Definition
(adj) smelling of fermentation or staleness
Synonyms : rancid
Definition
(adj) having a sharp biting taste Definition
(adj) one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons Definition
(adj) in an unpalatable state
Synonyms : off turned
Example Sentence
  • sour milk
Definition
(adj) inaccurate in pitch
Synonyms : false off-key
Example Sentence
  • a false (or sour) note
  • her singing was off key
Definition
(adj) showing a brooding ill humor
Example Sentence
  • a dark scowl
  • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
  • a glum, hopeless shrug
  • he sat in moody silence
  • a morose and unsociable manner
  • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
  • a sour temper
  • a sullen crowd
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