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scanty

Short Definition : meager; insufficient

Definition
(noun) short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
Synonyms : pantie panty step-in
Definition
(adj) lacking in amplitude or quantity
Synonyms : bare spare
Example Sentence
  • a bare livelihood
  • a scanty harvest
  • a spare diet
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scanty

S-CAN'T-Y = CAN'T be Sufficient

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SCANTY <> CANDY. Only one CANDY is usually SCANTY for a boy or girl.

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Scanty=Panty, guys do u need something else to remember it?

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sounds like scarcity.

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opposite of plenty hence scarcity..cheers..

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Scan + Tea: Examine thorougly that who is provided with more tea to drink. "I have been served scanty Tea as per my need"

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SCANTY and PETTY are rhyming words with the same meaning. Both words refer to something scarce or very little.

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scapegoat

Short Definition : someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat

Definition
(noun) someone who is punished for the errors of others
Synonyms : whipping boy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scapegoat

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concetrate on 'goat' from scapegoat goat is nothing but the famous word 'bakra' in hindi recall mtv bakra !! also remember ! " bali ka bakara"

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Scape+goat - Scape sounds like Escape - That is when you escape from your wrong doings and put the blame on others, thereby making them the scapegoats.

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Scape=Escape Goat=Coat(exterior lair, which is something protects us from the cold weather)

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scavenge

Short Definition : hunt through discarded materials for usable items or food; search, especially for food; N. scavenger: one who scavenges; animal that feeds on refuse and carrion

Definition
(verb) clean refuse from
Example Sentence
  • Scavenge a street
Definition
(verb) collect discarded or refused material
Synonyms : salvage
Example Sentence
  • She scavenged the garbage cans for food
Definition
(verb) feed on carrion or refuse
Example Sentence
  • hyenas scavenge
Definition
(verb) remove unwanted substances from
Synonyms : clean
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scavenge

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Remeber it with vultures, eagles which are well known scavengers..

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SCAn VE(n)G items in menu

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SCAVENGE or SALVAGE - To search for useable objects among rubbish or to search for decaying flesh as food. Animals such as the vultures and hyenas are termed as scavengers.

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scenario

Short Definition : plot outline; screenplay(script for a movie); opera libretto; outline of possible future events

Definition
(noun) an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work) Definition
(noun) a setting for a work of art or literature
Example Sentence
  • the scenario is France during the Reign of Terror
Definition
(noun) a postulated sequence of possible events
Example Sentence
  • planners developed several scenarios in case of an attack
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scenario

scenario=scene+area

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SCENARIO or a SUMMARY or plot of a play.

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schematic

Short Definition : of a schema or scheme; relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols; N. schema: diagrammatic representation; outline

Definition
(noun) diagram of an electrical or mechanical system
Synonyms : schematic drawing
Definition
(adj) represented in simplified or symbolic form
Synonyms : conventional formal
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for schematic

SCHEMATIC or SIMPLISTIC - simplified or in the form of a diagram.

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scheme

Short Definition : systematic plan; plot; clever dishonest plan; orderly arrangement of elements; Ex. health insurance scheme; Ex. a scheme to escape taxes; Ex. a color scheme; Ex. a story with no scheme; V: contrive a

Definition
(noun) an elaborate and systematic plan of action
Synonyms : strategy
Definition
(noun) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
Synonyms : dodge dodging
Definition
(noun) a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
Synonyms : system
Example Sentence
  • a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
Definition
(noun) an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
Synonyms : schema
Definition
(noun) a schematic or preliminary plan
Synonyms : outline schema
Definition
(verb) form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
Synonyms : connive intrigue
Definition
(verb) devise a system or form a scheme for
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scheme

companies keep on introducing new SCHEME(PLAN) to trick customers

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SCHEME - To CONCEIVE or devise a systematic plan of action.

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schism

Short Definition : division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split

Definition
(noun) division of a group into opposing factions
Synonyms : split
Example Sentence
  • another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy
Definition
(noun) the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for schism

Sounds like prism which splits light into colors.

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SIKHISM is faction like HINDUISM

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SCHISM is GROUPISM - A DIVISION into opposing groups through a difference in belief or opinion.

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Relate SCHISM to CHASM

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while doing skiing ur legs went in different directions n u felt.......

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Every philosophical and political group is identified with a word that ends with "-"-ism." It's the "-ism" that defines their difference.

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remember it chisel>>> chisel DIVIDES rock or SPLITS it..

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scholarly

Short Definition : full of learning; erudite; like a scholar; Ex. scholarly journal

Definition
(adj) characteristic of scholars or scholarship
Example Sentence
  • scholarly pursuits
  • a scholarly treatise
  • a scholarly attitude
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scholarly

SCHOLARLY - to be APTLY knowledgeable.

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scintilla

Short Definition : trace; minute amount; shred; least bit; Ex. There is not a scintilla of truth; CF. spark

Definition
(noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount Definition
(noun) a sparkling glittering particle
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Scintilla has 'tilla', remember is as tila [small hill], very tiny as compared to Mountain. So scintilla means 'tiny'.

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scintilla = skiny + tinka tinka in hindi means a small drop.. so both the words mean small bits..

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SCINTILLA or SCANT - meagre, small.

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scintilla-sc(supremecourt)in tilla(in hindi-measurement for land)so why u involving sc in this small tilla of land

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seen til .. "til gul gya god god bola".. til is small and tilgul are sparkling

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SCINTILLA sounds like CHANTIPILLA in telugu means born baby which looks very small TINY

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schin sounds like shan(small time in hindi).

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scintilla >> take tilla>> TIL(Mole in english) so chehare pe til is very minute ! lolz

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SCINTILLA i.e. sc ( scheduled caste) people in tilla ( means high position) i.e. if a sc man becomes rich it is become SCINTILLA a small figure in the world of buisness.

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scintillate

Short Definition : sparkle; flash; be animated; be full of life; Ex. scintillating conversation

Definition
(verb) give off
Example Sentence
  • the substance scintillated sparks and flashes
Definition
(verb) reflect brightly
Synonyms : coruscate sparkle
Example Sentence
  • Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside
Definition
(verb) emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
Synonyms : twinkle winkle
Example Sentence
  • Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
Definition
(verb) physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
Example Sentence
  • the phosphor fluoresced
Definition
(verb) be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
Synonyms : coruscate sparkle
Example Sentence
  • The musical performance sparkled
  • A scintillating conversation
  • his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for scintillate

Skin/Till>> Till sparkles on skin

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SCINTILLATE or SCINTILLATING refers to something GLITTERING, sparkling, shining, twinkling.

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schin means shan(in hindi very small time). so meaning of the above word is "the one which is alive or animated for a very small time"

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Divide it into: Skin / Til= Til creates sparkling effect on skin.

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scin: skin late: glaze (which is shiny)

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scintillating performance, great performance.

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