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trite

Short Definition : hackneyed; commonplace; repeated too often;

Definition
(adj) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Example Sentence
  • bromidic sermons
  • his remarks were trite and commonplace
  • hackneyed phrases
  • a stock answer
  • repeating threadbare jokes
  • parroting some timeworn axiom
  • the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for trite

trite = tri +it ( so sounds like try + it) She made the same dish all the time and give it to her friends saying, 'try it' ... as it is repeated so many times, it becomes over familiar.

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trite sounds like tried...when smthng is tried again n again it bcomes hackneyed

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TRITE = TRI + TE(SEE) = TRI + SEE = see 3 times = common

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TRITE is to give something no RESPITE (without any rest whatsoever) - to keep it continuously in use over and over again.

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TRITE=TRI(3)+TEA...so all of em taste the SAME en COMMON!!!..hope u like it

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trivia

Short Definition : trifles; unimportant matters

Definition
(noun) something of small importance
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for trivia

TRIVIA which refers to trivial (small) matters is the opposite of INSIGNIA which describes something important, a symbol of authority.

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troth

Short Definition : pledge of good faith especially in betrothal; betrothal; Ex. by my troth

Definition
(noun) a mutual promise to marry
Synonyms : betrothal engagement
Definition
(noun) a solemn pledge of fidelity
Synonyms : plight
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for troth

TROTH is related to BETROTHAL which can be split as BE+TROTH, to BE TRUTHFUL. Therefore TROTH means a PLEDGE OF TRUTH.

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troth sounds like truth..that is what it means..verity or truth..

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TROTH and OATH are rhyming words which mean, faithfulness to a promise. You abide by what you promise to do.

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Troth -> True + Oath

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TRUE+OATH (To Marry)

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trough

Short Definition : long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.); long narrow depression as between waves

Definition
(noun) a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) Definition
(noun) a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
Synonyms : gutter
Definition
(noun) a concave shape with an open top
Synonyms : bowl
Definition
(noun) a treasury for government funds
Synonyms : public treasury till
Definition
(noun) a long narrow shallow receptacle Definition
(noun) a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
Synonyms : manger
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for trough

We are fimiliar with/studied the crest and troughs of waves !

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TROUGH is near to TOUGH. It is TOUGH to reach peak from TROUGH(lowest point/nadir)

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A TROUGH is something HOLLOW, say a hollow receptacle for feeding animals. It also refers to a ditch or crater.

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Imagine the spelling as 'through'. Rain water passes through 'Trough'.

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it sounds throw...if we throw any thing it will reach the LOWEST POINT at the end

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t+rough: feed The ROUGH,

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sounds like plough. when a field is ploughed, it forms narrow channels of soil over field

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remember crests and troughs in waves...crest is upper wave and trugh is lower wave

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truculence

Short Definition : aggressiveness; ferocity; ADJ. truculent: aggressive; pugnacious; fierce

Definition
(noun) obstreperous and defiant aggressiveness
Synonyms : truculency
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for truculence

truc(sound like truck) + cull(means to kill animals) + ance(hence).. the truck driver culled some of the animal while driving, hence the villagers are angry with him and are agressively barring him from entering the village.

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sounds like turbulent means property of being wild i.e. showing aggressiveness.

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A truculent person will tell you to "TRUCK" off

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sounds very similar to DRACULA which is damn aggressive

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TRUCULENCE = desTRUCtive defiANCE.

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TRUCULENCE -> TRUCK. A TRUCK is difficult to move like a TRUCULENT person is difficult to change.

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focus on first part.....relate it to trout.......an old lady who fights.....and hence she is very aggresive.

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divide into...t+ruc(sounds like ruck....means group of people fighting....only when used as noun)+lence...(sounds like lens)now

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TRUCULENCE and DEFIANCE are rhyming words with a similar meaning. Both the words mean - to be defiant (someone who does not listen to others and does what pleases him) and aggressive.

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Truculence ==> Truck + Fence . imagine a truck hitting a fence of a farm and the farm owner getting very aggressive on truck driver. :P

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truculence - True - Cool - lency = nowadays teenagers things it is truly cool to just be defiant and aggressive

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if u play SSBBrawl, you will know that Ike is a "truck" and that his attacks are quite aggressive

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because of the driver's truculence, a crash between a TRUCK & an AMBULANCE happened.

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truism

Short Definition : self-evident truth

Definition
(noun) an obvious truth
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for truism

TRUISM = TRUI(TRUE) + SM(SELF MADE) => self evident truth

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TRUISM and AXIOM have a similar sound and meaning. The words describe a statement or a principle that is generally taken to be true.

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truncate

Short Definition : cut the top off; shorten

Definition
(verb) replace a corner by a plane Definition
(verb) approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
Example Sentence
  • truncate a series
Definition
(verb) make shorter as if by cutting off
Synonyms : cut short
Example Sentence
  • truncate a word
  • Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
Definition
(adj) terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
Synonyms : truncated
Example Sentence
  • a truncate leaf
  • truncated volcanic mountains
  • a truncated pyramid
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for truncate

trunc(TRUNK) + cate(CUT).....when you CUT the TRUNK OF THE tree, by cutting the top off, you make it SHORT.

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trunCAT(NEAR TO CUT)+E.......and when you CUT something ,YOU SHORTEN things.

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TRUNK+ATE-shorten

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TRUNCATE or ABBREVIATE which are rhyming words, mean, to cut something short, to make precise or shorten.

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Cut short to fit in a trunk(Box)= Trunk+Cut

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trunk

Short Definition : main wooden stem of a tree; human body excluding the head and limbs; torso; prehensile nose of an elephant

Definition
(noun) the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
Synonyms : bole tree trunk
Definition
(noun) luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage Definition
(noun) the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
Synonyms : body torso
Example Sentence
  • they moved their arms and legs and bodies
Definition
(noun) compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
Example Sentence
  • he put his golf bag in the trunk
Definition
(noun) a long flexible snout as of an elephant
Synonyms : proboscis
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for trunk

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TRUNK and STUMP...Only the Stump (a part of the Trunk and the roots) of the tree remained after the rest of it had been chopped down.

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trunk we know is the main part of a tree, and hence it is also the main part of our body

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tryst

Short Definition : meeting arranged by lovers; arrangement between lovers to meet

Definition
(noun) a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
Synonyms : rendezvous
Definition
(noun) a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
Synonyms : assignation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for tryst

TRY TO MEET SECRETLY the girl told her boyfriend. TRYST = try to meet secretly.

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TRYST-->TRUST. You TRUST ur lover & so u make a TRYST (secret meeting)with him or her.

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lovers need to trust each other

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try+st(something);Lovers meet in the evening to try something interesting!!!:P

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TRYST(people who try in my sense).... TRYST is a place where lovers come and they try all possible things to satisfy their carnal desires....

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tryst with destiny is are the famous word by jawaharalal nehru. "Meet with destiny" it means

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TRYST an ASSENT (to say yes, to agree) - Agree to an arrangement of meeting ( a rendezvous) between lovers.

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tumid

Short Definition : (of a part of the body) swollen; distended; bombastic; pompous

Definition
(adj) ostentatiously lofty in style
Example Sentence
  • a man given to large talk
  • tumid political prose
Definition
(adj) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Example Sentence
  • hungry children with bloated stomachs
  • he had a grossly distended stomach
  • eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
  • swollen hands
  • tumescent tissue
  • puffy tumid flesh
Definition
(adj) of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
Synonyms : erect
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for tumid

tumid has the first three letters common with TUMOUR, which is a swollen mass or ball of cells. So tumid is swollen, or distended.

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i go with tenzingocha..but u get confused with other words starting with TUM..so consider TUMID= TUMMY(stomach)+EXPANDED

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tum(y)is bulged in id(festival)

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TUMID and EXPANDED refer to something swollen or bulging out.

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tummy....is swollen.

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TUMID= Tummy + Increasing + Daily so swollen or distended

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