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homely

Short Definition : not good-looking; unattractive

Definition
(adj) lacking in physical beauty or proportion
Synonyms : plain
Example Sentence
  • a homely child
  • several of the buildings were downright homely
  • a plain girl with a freckled face
Definition
(adj) having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable
Synonyms : homelike homey homy
Example Sentence
  • the homely everyday atmosphere
  • a homey little inn
Definition
(adj) plain and unpretentious
Example Sentence
  • homely truths
  • letters to his son full of homely advice
  • homely fare
Definition
(adj) without artificial refinement or elegance
Example Sentence
  • plain homely furniture
  • homely manners
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for homely

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"ghar ki murgi daal baraabar" means homely girls always seem unattractive to us

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Comely : attractive Homely : unattractive

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comely is attractive...while homely is unattractive

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homeostasis

Short Definition : tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium; CF. homeo-: constant; Ex. homeotherm

Definition
(noun) (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for homeostasis

split it as homeo+status...i.e if you take homeo medicine then your status will be stable or the body system will maintain relative stability.

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homeo sounds like homo = equal, stasis sounds like status, equal + status = stability

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homespun

Short Definition : domestic; made at home; spun or woven at home; simple and ordinary; Ex. homespun philosophy

Definition
(noun) a rough loosely woven fabric originally made with yarn that was spun at home Definition
(adj) of textiles; having a rough surface
Synonyms : nubbly nubby slubbed tweedy
Example Sentence
  • a sweater knitted of nubbly homespun yarns
Definition
(adj) characteristic of country life
Synonyms : cracker-barrel folksy
Example Sentence
  • cracker-barrel philosophy
  • folksy humor
  • the air of homespun country boys
Definition
(adj) made of cloth spun or woven in the home
Example Sentence
  • homespun linen
  • homespun garments
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for homespun

home + spun: spun at home, or made at home.

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homily

Short Definition : sermon; tedious moralizing lecture; serious warning; ADJ. homiletic

Definition
(noun) a sermon on a moral or religious topic
Synonyms : preachment
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for homily

HOME+SILLY....when we do SILLY things at HOME ,our parents get angry and give preaches

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homily = home becomes silly....when you get a warning from your parents you take it as an unwanted homily (sermon).

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You can relate it like "homely gal talking homily"

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take it as home + late (-ly)..when u get home late at night u get serious warning from parents

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homily= home + lie if u tell lies at home you will be warned and and moral teachings would be given

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homely(narrowminded here) mothers give homilies to their wayward teenage sons. Mine does all the time haha.

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homily - anomaly (its a common word used for a behaviour that is deviating from the rule) ; so if you do some thing that is anomalus , then have to face the homily (sermon , severe lecture !)

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Hone in on morality by listening to sermons.

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at home parents speeches are HOMILIES!!

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Think of King HOMI Jahangir Who was a religious king

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usually the homicides r "religious homicides" so v can link religion from there

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Boys who get daily homilies from their families grow up as sissy and sharmilees(shy).

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homogeneous

Short Definition : of the same kind; uniform in composition throughout

Definition
(adj) all of the same or similar kind or nature
Synonyms : homogenous
Example Sentence
  • a close-knit homogeneous group

hone

Short Definition : sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool

Definition
(noun) a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors Definition
(verb) sharpen with a hone
Example Sentence
  • hone a knife
Definition
(verb) make perfect or complete
Synonyms : perfect
Example Sentence
  • perfect your French in Paris!
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hone

Hone sounds like cone, and both horn and cone are sharp..

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to sharpen a knife we rub it against a STONE...

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Dogs always hone (sharp) the bone by biting.

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shone -- as in making ur knife shine,you sharpen it

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H1 ka ilaaj sharp sui wale injection se

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hoodwink

Short Definition : deceive; delude

Definition
(verb) influence by slyness
Synonyms : beguile juggle
Definition
(verb) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
Example Sentence
  • He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hoodwink

you WINK under the HOOD of your jacket. To deceive what you are doing

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remember the way the wolf hoodwinked red riding hood

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hoodwink->a person drops INK on the precious WOOD.so he tells you a story and DECEIVES you..

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food mein wine ... mila kar deceive kar diya

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Someone comes to you in winter and ask you for a k(c)oat, and you do had..hood to him..deceive him, delude him, So HoodWinK

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Hood~criminal: a criminal deceives oder ppl..

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horde

Short Definition : crowd; swarm

Definition
(noun) a vast multitude
Synonyms : host legion
Definition
(noun) a nomadic community Definition
(noun) a moving crowd
Synonyms : drove swarm
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for horde

well it sounds like herd......which we know is a term used for a group , so for a crowd of people , its horde

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generally there is crowd around a btfl whore...

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horoscope

Short Definition : diagram of the positions of stars at a given moment (eg. of a person's birth) used by astrologers

Definition
(noun) a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets Definition
(noun) a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place

hortatory

Short Definition : encouraging; exhortive; marked by exhortation; CF. exhort

Definition
(adj) giving strong encouragement
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hortatory

While ploughing farms with bullocks, farmers say "HUR HUR ;HORT HORT" to encourage bullocks to move ahead. This is HORTATORY.

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HORTatory and exHORTive both mean encouraging...

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A hot(HORT) gal looking for a hot guy( means encouraging him to accompany her)

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heart+atory =encouraging

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hortatory sounds somewhat like arbitrary ; sentence - No body encourages you to take arbitrary decisions..but asks to think twice before taking a decision !

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sounds like rotatory as is go on rotating the wheel of enthusiasm to produce result

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hortatory- sounds like "whore", so if u see a whore u r obviously URGED and ENCOURAGED!! ;)

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hortatory

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Hurt at every sec !!! so need encouragement

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Help Or Run Teach A Teacher Or Recognize yourself.

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