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madrigal

Short Definition : pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments

Definition
(noun) an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form Definition
(verb) sing madrigals
Example Sentence
  • The group was madrigaling beautifully
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for madrigal

MADRIGAL rhymes with married girl..so a PASTORAL SONG was sung for the married girl.

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Mad girl's will sing a song in regal theater.

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all sisters singing for married girl

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Madrid + gal (Skt) Gal refers to voice/throat. Madrid has a lot of population. So, Madrigal means many people singing together

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Sounds like MARRIAGE GIRL....I wrote a short love poem to my girl and she became a marriage girl

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madrigal: ma + d + ri + ga are swaras in music. so it's related to singing. L stands for a LOT of people. so, its a lot of people singing.

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madrigal = madri (married) + gal (girl); The song sang at marriage of a girl.

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maelstrom

Short Definition : violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; CF. stream

Definition
(noun) a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
Synonyms : vortex whirlpool
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for maelstrom

mal(= bad) strom (storm) bad storm like a whirpool

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MAEL(MALE)+STROM(MEANS..stromy..violence)..so a male who brings strom into his family

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a "mail storm" shot out of Harry Potters fireplace

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think of a storm(comes along with rain) which destroys everything leaving confusion,destruction making it look violent...so it means a situation in which there is a great confusion,violence and destruction

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mael(male..poerful)trom(storm).....A powerful storm...whirlpool

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maelstorm:(mail+storm): mails coming heavily/continiously like a storm (a flood/whirl/cyclone)

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mael(male..powerful ) strom(storm)...Apowerful storm ..whirlpool

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mayala(telugu) storm

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magisterial

Short Definition : authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner

Definition
(adj) of or relating to a magistrate
Example Sentence
  • official magisterial functions
Definition
(adj) offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Example Sentence
  • an autocratic person
  • autocratic behavior
  • a bossy way of ordering others around
  • a rather aggressive and dominating character
  • managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way
  • a swaggering peremptory manner
Definition
(adj) used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person
Example Sentence
  • his distinguished bearing
  • the monarch's imposing presence
  • she reigned in magisterial beauty
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for magisterial

magistrate...!!!

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ma+is++real authority in Family

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magistrate

Short Definition : official with power to administer the law

Definition
(noun) a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for magistrate

Arang and the magistrate -- a good Korean drama

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magnanimity

Short Definition : generosity; ADJ. magnanimous: generous

Definition
(noun) liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for magnanimity

magNANIMAous, NANI MA in hindi, is always "generous" to us

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"magnanimity" = "magna"(magnet = attract)+"enemity" =those who attracts his enemy too ,,, are "generous , kind"

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MAGNA super market is so "generous" that its raining offers on the customers

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animosity means enemity , And Ma can never show animity , she is always generous

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magnate

Short Definition : person of prominence or influence; powerful or influential person (in business or industry); Ex. oil magnate

Definition
(noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman
Example Sentence
  • an oil baron
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for magnate

like a magnet.. attracts people and hence influences..

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People mistake and call this: "business magnet".

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a good business man is a MAGNET for money.

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magniloquent

Short Definition : boastful; pompous

Definition
(adj) lofty in style
Synonyms : grandiloquent tall
Example Sentence
  • he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for magniloquent

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magni(means large, big, a lot of(especially of showing)) + eloquent (some one who can speak well)....people who try to show off verbally are very pompous people.

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"loqu" refers to speaking e.g., grandiloquous, magniloquous, loqacious etc.,

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MAGNIFIED(MAGNIFIED) + LOQUACIOUS (LOQUENT).it means the person who is LOQUACIOUS,says the story in MAGNIFIED & POMPOUS/BOASTFUL way.

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magni + loquent(speaking) >>> jo badi badi baatein karna..

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magnitude

Short Definition : greatness (in size or extent); extent

Definition
(noun) the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
Example Sentence
  • they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion
  • about the magnitude of a small pea
Definition
(noun) a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
Synonyms : order of magnitude
Definition
(noun) relative importance
Example Sentence
  • a problem of the first magnitude

maim

Short Definition : mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; Ex. maimed for life

Definition
(verb) injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
Example Sentence
  • people were maimed by the explosion
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for maim

sounds like 'MAYHEM' which means violence.

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sound like" my aim"......an accident happened when i was driving my car but believe me my aim was not to maim her......i did not do it intensionally to her ...i never wanted to disable her.

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my aim is to help disable and crippled people

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in Miami they fight with guns ..

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ma(mother)+im(something bad) . so some injury that happend to ur mother.

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mayam(telugu)=become invisible..

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makeshift

Short Definition : temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter

Definition
(noun) something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
Synonyms : make-do stopgap
Definition
(adj) done or made using whatever is available
Synonyms : improvised jury-rigged
Example Sentence
  • crossed the river on improvised bridges
  • the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear
  • the rock served as a makeshift hammer
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for makeshift

make+shift....and when do u shift people in your office ,its when you need them urgently as a substitute in place of other employee

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When u dont have shift in d factory(emergency), u make it,i.e TEMPORARILY arrange it. Makeshift

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