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trite

Short Definition : hackneyed; commonplace; repeated too often;

Definition
(adj) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Synonyms : banal commonplace hackneyed old-hat shopworn stock threadbare timeworn tired well-worn

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 = 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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trivia

Short Definition : trifles; unimportant matters

Definition
(noun) something of small importance

Synonyms : small beer trifle triviality

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

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

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

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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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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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A truculent person will tell you to "TRUCK" off

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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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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

TRUNK+ATE-shorten

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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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TRUNK+ATE-shorten

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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

Synonyms : automobile trunk luggage compartment

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

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

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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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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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(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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tumid

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

Definition
(adj) ostentatiously lofty in style

Synonyms : bombastic declamatory large orotund turgid

Example Sentence

a man given to large talk
tumid political prose

Definition
(adj) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

Synonyms : intumescent puffy tumescent turgid

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

tummy....is swollen.

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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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tummy....is swollen.

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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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tummy....is swollen.

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