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adroit

Short Definition : skillful (in using mind or hand)

Definition
(adj) quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
Example Sentence
  • an exceptionally adroit pianist
  • an adroit technician
  • his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers
  • an adroit negotiator
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for adroit

Remember with Detroit which is famous for its motorcycles,which are made by able, adept, artful, brainy, canny, clever, cunning, deft, dexterous, dextrous, expert, facile, finished, good, handy, ingenious people

Androids are a mix of human and machine, hence they are more dexterous than humans

adroit ~ a + draw it : sounds like draw. for drawing something you must be skillful.

adulation

Short Definition : flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved

Definition
(noun) servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for adulation

adult boy flattering with his girlfriend.

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add+u+later:she told me that she will add me later in yahoo messenger,so i need to FLATTER her to add me.

adulation ~ ad + u + late; To act in an ad (advertisement) you came late, so producer became furious...in order to cool him u need to FLATTER him.

adulterate

Short Definition : make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances

Definition
(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
Synonyms : debase dilute load stretch
Example Sentence
  • adulterate liquor
Definition
(adj) mixed with impurities
Synonyms : adulterated debased
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for adulterate

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dull+the+rate = impure, means to decrease the rate

Adults are more impure than children, so adulterate means to make impure

when a child becomes adult he loses his purity and innocence...so any thing adulterated is contaminated or has lost its purity.

Advent

Short Definition : arrival

Definition
(noun) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
Synonyms : coming
Example Sentence
  • the advent of the computer
Definition
(noun) the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas Definition
(noun) (Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for Advent

advent=ad + went "went" is the past tense of go."ad vent" is opposite of "go" which is "come".(ie) "arrival".

advent ~ d(ad) + went : assume that if you call your dad's office to know the arrival of your father the office boy says.....your dad(AD) went(vent) to home...that means he is arriving.

"ad"+"vent" ad went and cinema or soap "arrives"

adventitious

Short Definition : accidental; casual; happening by chance

Definition
(adj) associated by chance and not an integral part
Example Sentence
  • poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form
  • they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for adventitious

if your an adventurous person u take a chance .....adventurous = adventitious

sounds like adventurous.. when u go for adventure then something happens accidental..or by chance.

ADVENTITIOUS=ACCIDENTAL....adventures cause accidents...hence adventitious means accidental....

adversary

Short Definition : opponent; enemy

Definition
(noun) someone who offers opposition
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for adversary

ADam VERSus hARRY --- They are opponents , advesaries

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Split it as Ad-very-sorry.. U never say sorry to ur opponent or enemy..

concentrate on ADVERSE : one who gives us adverse effects i.e. opponents

adverse

Short Definition : going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile

Definition
(adj) contrary to your interests or welfare
Synonyms : inauspicious untoward
Example Sentence
  • adverse circumstances
  • made a place for themselves under the most untoward conditions
Definition
(adj) in an opposing direction
Synonyms : contrary
Example Sentence
  • adverse currents
  • a contrary wind
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for adverse

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adverse = ad + verse (versus) versus means compilation/fight between two Opponents so, it is something which shows OPPOSITION

adverse ~ ad-worse, (adding worse) : something which is contrary to your interests or welfare can only make your situation worse.

SAD VERSE

adversity

Short Definition : great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event

Definition
(noun) a state of misfortune or affliction
Synonyms : hard knocks hardship
Example Sentence
  • debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
  • a life of hardship
Definition
(noun) a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event
Example Sentence
  • a period marked by adversities
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for adversity

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After UNIversity when you are jobless, you are in ADversity (misfortune, great hardship).

Adverse-bad; now add ary it becomes opponent; add city it becomes..difficult time...so,ary and city

ad-worse, when the conditions are worst, its your misfortune..

advert

Short Definition : refer

Definition
(noun) a public promotion of some product or service Definition
(verb) give heed (to)
Example Sentence
  • The children in the audience attended the recital quietly
  • She hung on his every word
  • They attended to everything he said
Definition
(verb) make a more or less disguised reference to
Synonyms : allude touch
Example Sentence
  • He alluded to the problem but did not mention it
Definition
(verb) make reference to
Example Sentence
  • His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for advert

advertise is made from advert

advertisement.. it sounds like that.. so ads refer to a product

Advert sounds linke Adword and Google adword used for advertisement.

advocacy

Short Definition : support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something

Definition
(noun) active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
Synonyms : protagonism
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for advocacy

Advocate - add voice to; support.

advocacy ~ advocate; advocate always supports his client

advocate always argues for his point..

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