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wade

Short Definition : walk through a substance, such as water, that impedes movement

Definition
(noun) English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945)

Synonyms : virginia wade

Definition
(verb) walk (through relatively shallow water)

Example Sentence

Can we wade across the river to the other side?
Wade the pond

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wade

Remember "invade" - which means to enter a kingdom. It has "wade" in it.

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WADE for WAlk through impeDEs

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[Hindi] bahut bade bade WADE kiye the ki judo sikhne ke baad ye karunga, wo karunga, PAANI PE CHALKE DIKAHUNGA..but alas

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Try to link with fade. Fade means to gradually lose freshness or vigour, whereas wade means to progress laboriously. In both, there is loss of vitality.

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This would be easy if u know Dwyane wade(NBA miami heat's Defensive player )......NoBody can wade(walk through a substance ) across wade...coz he impedes ur movement

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WADE for WAlk through impeDEs

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Try to link with fade. Fade means to gradually lose freshness or vigour, whereas wade means to progress laboriously. In both, there is loss of vitality.

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This would be easy if u know Dwyane wade(NBA miami heat's Defensive player )......NoBody can wade(walk through a substance ) across wade...coz he impedes ur movement

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waffle

Short Definition : speak equivocally about an issue; N.

Definition
(noun) pancake batter baked in a waffle iron Definition
(verb) pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

Synonyms : hesitate waver

Example Sentence

Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for waffle

Rhymes with "baffle" which means confused. Waffle also means something similar.

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waf+fle..waf(wife)+ffle(eiffel tower...so ur plan of visit eiffle tower with ur wife is uncertain, as u hv lot of work to at office......so ur not decided as wat to do...and holding ur plan.....in uncertainity..

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a dog barks like : WAFF WAFF WAFF ... repeating the same.. when human repeat same words in their speech .. implies that he/she is hesitant doubtful and unclear

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waffle...are cook in waffle iron..which give this cake ahoney comb shaped structure...becoz of the two metal plates...whic are equal in size... the plates shd be of equal size otherwise u wont get a honey comb structure..like the size of the metal pl

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a dog barks like : WAFF WAFF WAFF ... repeating the same.. when human repeat same words in their speech .. implies that he/she is hesitant doubtful and unclear

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waft

Short Definition : move gently (in air or in seas) by wind or waves; Ex. leaves wafting past the window

Definition
(noun) a long flag; often tapering

Synonyms : pennant pennon streamer

Definition
(verb) be driven or carried along, as by the air

Example Sentence

Sounds wafted into the room

Definition
(verb) blow gently

Example Sentence

A breeze wafted through the door

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for waft

waft=wa+ft===> i.e. FLoating on WAter. i.e. driven slowly by waves.

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For "leave", past tense is "left". For "wave", the past tense is "waft".

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waft == raft--raft floats/moves in water and

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to row a boat we use a RAFT it rhymes vth WAFT ... remebr a rhym .. " row row row your boat gntly down the stream ....

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sounds like "raft", which is used for travelling on water. It gently sails through the sea waves...drifting in the breeze.

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to row a boat we use a RAFT it rhymes vth WAFT ... remebr a rhym .. " row row row your boat gntly down the stream ....

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sounds like "raft", which is used for travelling on water. It gently sails through the sea waves...drifting in the breeze.

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wag

Short Definition : shake repeatedly from side to side; Ex. The dog wagged its tail; N: humorous person; wit

Definition
(noun) a witty amusing person who makes jokes

Synonyms : card wit

Definition
(noun) causing to move repeatedly from side to side

Synonyms : shake waggle

Definition
(verb) move from side to side

Synonyms : waggle

Example Sentence

The happy dog wagged his tail

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wag

wag relate it to "bag" ....some people move bags while walking.....

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wag can be divide two part wag~ wavy bag ~same for any other thing

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when u rag u make ur juniors as wags

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To wag is to make jokes about old hags.

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To wag is to make jokes about old hags.

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wage

Short Definition : begin and continue (a war)

Definition
(noun) something that remunerates

Synonyms : earnings pay remuneration salary

Example Sentence

wages were paid by check
he wasted his pay on drink
they saved a quarter of all their earnings

Definition
(verb) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

Synonyms : engage

Example Sentence

Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wage

seperate wage into parts ~ wa(lk) & go ~ means start and continue to going

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Wage sounds similar to salvage. While wage, (apart from payment) means to engage in war, salvage means to rescue from loss or destruction.

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WAGE is given to person and he is told to continue with war.paise leke zagda chalu rakho.

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seperate wage into parts ~ wa(lk) & go ~ means start and continue to going

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when somebody gets wage for his word than only he/she continues his work

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Wage sounds similar to salvage. While wage, (apart from payment) means to engage in war, salvage means to rescue from loss or destruction.

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seperate wage into parts ~ wa(lk) & go ~ means start and continue to going

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Wage sounds similar to salvage. While wage, (apart from payment) means to engage in war, salvage means to rescue from loss or destruction.

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waggish

Short Definition : humorous; mischievous; tricky

Definition
(adj) witty or joking

Example Sentence

Muskrat Castle as the house has been facetiously named by some waggish officer

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for waggish

Waggish, or say we just take wag out of it and compare it with gag, what we get, is 'joke'... a witty joke.

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Waggish rhymes with GAG-GISH one who perform lots of GAGS he is MISCHIEVIOUS..remember JUST FOR LAUGH GAGS

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Remember the character "SHAGGY" in Scooby Doo? He is the comedian of the show who always passes funny and witty comments and acts like a joker. Waggish sounds similar to Shaggy.

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waggish sounds like rag+sh.... so while ragging they stopped by saying shhh!! by seeing their lectures .they r so tricky here

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Waggish, or say we just take wag out of it and compare it with gag, what we get, is 'joke'... a witty joke.

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Remember the character "SHAGGY" in Scooby Doo? He is the comedian of the show who always passes funny and witty comments and acts like a joker. Waggish sounds similar to Shaggy.

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waggish sounds like rag+sh.... so while ragging they stopped by saying shhh!! by seeing their lectures .they r so tricky here

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waif

Short Definition : homeless child or animal; Ex. waifs and strays

Definition
(noun) a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned

Synonyms : street child

Example Sentence

street children beg or steal in order to survive

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for waif

WAIF=KAIF.kaif is no more a part of indian team or ipl.hence he is homeless.no offense

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If your wife does not treat you well, you will become a "waif".

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waif..very close to the word wife... Your wife brings home a HOMELESS puppy.

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WAIF can be regarded as the acronym of Wandering Animals Insurance Fund. This fund is for homeless animals like young people.

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waif can be compared to kaif.katrina. she has to travel from one place to other cos of films.so she dosnt have home.:P.homeless.

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WAIF=KAIF.kaif is no more a part of indian team or ipl.hence he is homeless.no offense

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WAIF can be regarded as the acronym of Wandering Animals Insurance Fund. This fund is for homeless animals like young people.

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waif can be compared to kaif.katrina. she has to travel from one place to other cos of films.so she dosnt have home.:P.homeless.

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waive

Short Definition : give up temporarily; yield; N. waiver: waiving a right or claim; document that waives a right or claim

Definition
(verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to

Synonyms : dispense with forego foreswear forgo relinquish

Example Sentence

We are dispensing with formalities
relinquish the old ideas

Definition
(verb) lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime

Synonyms : forego forfeit forgo give up throw overboard

Example Sentence

you've forfeited your right to name your successor
forfeited property

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for waive

sounds like wave - when do u wave a white flag? when you Give up temporarily.

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it sounds like wave...wave in ocean .Now if the waves are high then you postpone you decision or delay your decision to go inside ocean for swimming.

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Waive ~ Waiver. Many students waive (give up) their attempts to GRE because of waiver(aid).

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waive--sounds like viva vorse,imagine there is a strict sir in ur coll conducting u a viva u r so tensed that u will give up at that time

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Waive is somewhat similar to slave, wherein waive means to lose the right to something, while a slave is a person who has lost his right to freedom

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sounds like wave - when do u wave a white flag? when you Give up temporarily.

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it sounds like wave...wave in ocean .Now if the waves are high then you postpone you decision or delay your decision to go inside ocean for swimming.

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waive--sounds like viva vorse,imagine there is a strict sir in ur coll conducting u a viva u r so tensed that u will give up at that time

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Waive is somewhat similar to slave, wherein waive means to lose the right to something, while a slave is a person who has lost his right to freedom

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wake

Short Definition : trail of ship or other object through water; path of something that has gone before; Ex. hunger followed in the wake of the war

Definition
(noun) the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

Synonyms : aftermath backwash

Example Sentence

the aftermath of war
in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured

Definition
(noun) an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii

Synonyms : wake island

Definition
(noun) the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward

Synonyms : backwash

Example Sentence

the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe

Definition
(noun) a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial

Synonyms : viewing

Example Sentence

there's no weeping at an Irish wake

Definition
(verb) be awake, be alert, be there Definition
(verb) stop sleeping

Synonyms : arouse awake awaken come alive wake up waken

Example Sentence

She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock

Definition
(verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions

Synonyms : fire up heat ignite inflame stir up

Example Sentence

The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world
Wake old feelings of hatred

Definition
(verb) make aware of

Example Sentence

His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation

Definition
(verb) cause to become awake or conscious

Synonyms : arouse awaken rouse wake up waken

Example Sentence

He was roused by the drunken men in the street
Please wake me at 6 AM.

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wake

Wake, if joined with 'up', becomes wake up....if it is compared to rake up, then...wake up would mean, to make alert and rake up would be, to revive the memory of...both dealing with alertness of mind.

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Wake--wake "UP"--when you wake up in the morning, your brain attains conscious state from sleeping state, thus making your mind alert.

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sounds like walk, an insect walks on the water surface and create wave line on water that is trail

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Wake--wake "UP"--when you wake up in the morning, your brain attains conscious state from sleeping state, thus making your mind alert.

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Wake--wake "UP"--when you wake up in the morning, your brain attains conscious state from sleeping state, thus making your mind alert.

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wallow

Short Definition : roll in mud; indulge in; (of a ship) roll in a rough sea; become helpless; Ex. wallow in the mud/luxury

Definition
(noun) a puddle where animals go to wallow Definition
(noun) an indolent or clumsy rolling about

Example Sentence

a good wallow in the water

Definition
(verb) devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure

Example Sentence

Wallow in luxury
wallow in your sorrows

Definition
(verb) roll around,

Synonyms : welter

Example Sentence

pigs were wallowing in the mud

Definition
(verb) rise up as if in waves

Synonyms : billow

Example Sentence

smoke billowed up into the sky

Definition
(verb) be ecstatic with joy

Synonyms : rejoice triumph

Definition
(verb) delight greatly in

Example Sentence

wallow in your success!

Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wallow

Wild Buffalo: A wild buffalo likes to wallow itself in mud.

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look for wall in word wallow and imagine a wall surrounding you which is not allowing you to go anywhere, which makes u helpless

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Indulge in Love - Love Failure - SWALLOW Poison - Roll in Pain - Become Helpless

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when we (s)wallow food insulges in our body ..

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wallow....pigs wallow in dirty water.wal low..if wall is low children vil jump and wallow in pond and wallow means helpless too.if wall is surronding u and u cant jump off it ul feel helpless

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If you add an 's' to wallow, it becomes swallow...one wallows in his success and sometimes, even has to swallow his pride... both words show the state of emotions.

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look for wall in word wallow and imagine a wall surrounding you which is not allowing you to go anywhere, which makes u helpless

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when we (s)wallow food insulges in our body ..

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wallow....pigs wallow in dirty water.wal low..if wall is low children vil jump and wallow in pond and wallow means helpless too.if wall is surronding u and u cant jump off it ul feel helpless

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If you add an 's' to wallow, it becomes swallow...one wallows in his success and sometimes, even has to swallow his pride... both words show the state of emotions.

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