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touchy

Short Definition : oversensitive; easily offended; irasible; delicate; needing delicate handling; Ex. touchy situation

Definition
(adj) quick to take offense Definition
(adj) difficult to handle; requiring great tact
Synonyms : delicate ticklish
Example Sentence
  • delicate negotiations with the big powers
  • hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter
  • a touchy subject
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for touchy

Remember Touch me not plant, which is very sensitive

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TOUCHY or MOODY - someone who is oversensitive and reacts to everything.

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tout

Short Definition : promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise

Definition
(noun) someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
Synonyms : ticket tout
Definition
(noun) someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
Synonyms : touter
Definition
(noun) one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
Synonyms : tipster
Definition
(verb) advertize in strongly positive terms
Example Sentence
  • This product was touted as a revolutionary invention
Definition
(verb) show off
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for tout

tout: shout to promote (to publicly praise or promote)

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improve the previous mnemonic...imagine a stout person praising his muscles

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tout= t + out tell it out...this process is called promoting or advertising

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Imagine a person selling advise about when "Tendulkar" will be "OUT" for betting on how many runs he will score

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tout=Tendulkar OUT!!!....according to the review system tendulkar was not out but the umpire gave him out....the indian media PUBLICISED this issue too much afterwards....:D

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We have to bet on Stout persons in sumo, in order to win

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An agent who annoy customers especially with persistent requests

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if some1 pawns u wid scout. u must praise him

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imagine a stout person who touts

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A TOUT or an AGENT - someone who operates as a middleman or a negotiator.

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tout - stout it up and shout it out

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Shout and Tell it OUT.

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the snout saleslady must tout her product in order to get it sold in an unfamiliar market.

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You tout; I pout.

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producers approach advertiser to tout their product...

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toxic

Short Definition : poisonous; N. toxicity

Definition
(adj) of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
Example Sentence
  • suffering from exposure to toxic substances
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TOXIC - The ENDEMIC spread of TOXIC waste has caused many deaths in the area.

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tract

Short Definition : propaganda pamphlet (esp. by a religious or political group); expanse of land; region of indefinite size; system of related organs; Ex. digestive tract

Definition
(noun) an extended area of land Definition
(noun) a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose Definition
(noun) a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
Synonyms : pamphlet
Definition
(noun) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for tract

You would drive a TRACTOR in a TRACT(meaning an expanse of land or say a field) to get it ready for cultivation.

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imagine u drive a tractor in a tract(meaning land) to distribute tract(meaning pamphlet)

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u atTRACT customers by giving out TRACTS

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its like ...trackter....where it work? over a piece of land.

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similar in meaning of a TRACK, a book track, a land track or a nerve track, makes sense?

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tractable

Short Definition : docile; easily managed; (of something) easily changed or molded; N. tractability

Definition
(adj) easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
Synonyms : manipulable
Example Sentence
  • tractable young minds
  • the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition
Definition
(adj) readily reacting to suggestions and influences
Synonyms : amenable
Example Sentence
  • a responsive student
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for tractable

Tractable sounds like tractor ,which makes it easy to manage a field .

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It is easy to 'Trace' a 'Table' in a house. So it is easily managable.

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tractable:means someone can be put into track easily, thus easily managable

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TRACTABLE rhymes with TRAPPABLE.so someone who is trappable can EASILY INFLUENCED OR CONTROLLED

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TRACTABLE and FLEXIBLE are rhyming words with a similar meaning. Both words stand for someone who is easy to deal with or control.

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Think of the way the tread on a TRACTOR's tires MOLD the mud so easily because of the weight of the tractor.

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traction=movement so, tractable=can be moved easily i.e. easily manageable

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something you are ABLE to keep a TRACK of

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TRACTors were invented to make large equipment easier to move and control on any TRACT of land.

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with track and table,we can easily manage things or easily work or deal

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Note the similarity between tractable and tractor. Both come from the Latin word tractare, which originally meant "to drag about." You can think of a tractable person as someone who can be dragged about easily, like a plow.

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if draw a table(time table) for anything it can b easily manged & easily understandable

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traduce

Short Definition : expose to slander

Definition
(verb) speak unfavorably about
Example Sentence
  • She badmouths her husband everywhere
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TRADUCE - TO + REDUCE someone's good image, to slander or defame.

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He was crying again and again pointing towards me -TERA(ur) DOSH(fault)

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to TRY to REDUCE someone's image with words.

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t+raduce- raduce sounds like reduce ..so someone who is fond of tea traduces if t(ea) is reduced

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TRADITION+INTRODUCE = introduce some1 to the tradition of slandering(speaking unfavourably about)

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source:Mnemonicsgurji traduce can be split as tennis + duece ( i know its farfetched but.. ) So a player on the wrong side of the decision swears at teh umpire Thus traduce=slander

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traduce - TREAD + ABUSE = tread on one's good image and abuse it

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Well u must all be familiar with transducer. Never converts energy. But always reduced in form of heat which is dissipated …hence reduced

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traduce = try to reduce, i.e they are trying to reduce your position.

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trajectory

Short Definition : path taken by a projectile; Ex. trajectory of a bullet

Definition
(noun) the path followed by an object moving through space
Synonyms : flight
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for trajectory

In tragic moment of our life we follow the curved path of life

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tramp

Short Definition : walk with a heavy step; travel on foot; N: vagrant; one who travels aimlessly about; long walk; sound of heavy walking

Definition
(noun) a disreputable vagrant
Synonyms : bum hobo
Example Sentence
  • a homeless tramp
  • he tried to help the really down-and-out bums
Definition
(noun) a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
Synonyms : swinger
Definition
(noun) a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
Synonyms : hiker tramper
Definition
(noun) a heavy footfall
Example Sentence
  • the tramp of military boots
Definition
(noun) a commercial steamer for hire; one having no regular schedule
Synonyms : tramp steamer
Definition
(noun) a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
Synonyms : hike hiking
Example Sentence
  • she enjoys a hike in her spare time
Definition
(verb) travel on foot, especially on a walking expedition
Example Sentence
  • We went tramping about the state of Colorado
Definition
(verb) walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
Synonyms : footslog pad plod slog trudge
Example Sentence
  • Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
Definition
(verb) cross on foot
Example Sentence
  • We had to tramp the creeks
Definition
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
Example Sentence
  • The gypsies roamed the woods
  • roving vagabonds
  • the wandering Jew
  • The cattle roam across the prairie
  • the laborers drift from one town to the next
  • They rolled from town to town
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for tramp

tRAMP,conc. on the highlighted word...when ppl go on a ramp(fashion shows),they WALK AIMLESSLY

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TRAMP and STAMP are rhyming words which mean, to walk with heavy footsteps, to march along.

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trample

Short Definition : step heavily with the feet; crush under the feet

Definition
(noun) the sound of heavy treading or stomping
Synonyms : trampling
Example Sentence
  • he heard the trample of many feet
Definition
(verb) tread or stomp heavily or roughly
Synonyms : tread
Example Sentence
  • The soldiers trampled across the fields
Definition
(verb) injure by trampling or as if by trampling
Example Sentence
  • The passerby was trampled by an elephant
Definition
(verb) walk on and flatten
Synonyms : tramp down tread down
Example Sentence
  • tramp down the grass
  • trample the flowers
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for trample

imagine in Pakistan a Hindu temple is trampled..(trample sounds like temple)

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TRAMPLE and CRUMPLE are rhyming words having the same meaning i.e to destroy something harshly by treading on it repeatedly.

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trance

Short Definition : hypnotic state; ecstatic state; detachment from one's physical surrounding (as in contemplation or daydreaming); CF. transition

Definition
(noun) a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
Synonyms : enchantment spell
Definition
(noun) a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep Definition
(verb) attract; cause to be enamored
Example Sentence
  • She captured all the men's hearts
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for trance

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In trance u feel like u r in france

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it sounds like transfer . If u got transfer to australian branch .... imply day dreaming.

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TRANCE or ENCHANT is to be held spellbound or be in a state of hypnosis.

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