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peddle

Short Definition : travel about selling (wares); CF. foot

Definition
(verb) sell or offer for sale from place to place
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for peddle

Peddle ~ try to thnik of cycle paddle,a person paddles his cycle to move around streets and sell the toys.

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Just remember drug peddlers

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pedestal

Short Definition : support or base as for a pillar or statue

Definition
(noun) a support or foundation
Synonyms : base stand
Example Sentence
  • the base of the lamp
Definition
(noun) a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
Example Sentence
  • they put him on a pedestal
Definition
(noun) an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
Synonyms : footstall plinth
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pedestal

ped(foot) + stall . So a place to place the foot. hence a support or base.

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pedestrian

Short Definition : ordinary; dull; unimaginative(lacking in imagination); going on foot; Ex. pedestrian prose; N.

Definition
(noun) a person who travels by foot
Synonyms : footer walker
Definition
(adj) lacking wit or imagination
Synonyms : earthbound prosaic prosy
Example Sentence
  • a pedestrian movie plot
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pedestrian

ped means foot pedestrian means one who walks on foot is obviously ordinary

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pedestrian -it seems like paidal which means walking on foot

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pede+strian=pede(poor)+strain(nervous)..poor people feel nervous becoz they walk ..talking about them feels like boring ,unintersting

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The ppl who always walks on foot in the road without car or bike is always ordinary ppl.

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tonsure heads need a Tonic for Sure

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pediatrician

Short Definition : physician specializing in children's diseases; N. pediatrics

Definition
(noun) a specialist in the care of babies
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pediatrician

remember the add pedia sure which is provided as a nourishment to children

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pedigree

Short Definition : ancestry; lineage

Definition
(noun) the descendants of one individual
Example Sentence
  • his entire lineage has been warriors
Definition
(noun) line of descent of a purebred animal Definition
(noun) ancestry of a purebred animal
Synonyms : bloodline
Definition
(adj) having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pedigree

remember pedigree(food 4 dogs) its packety has dogs pic ie its ancestors pic ;p

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sounds like PAER(feet)+GIRI(fall)--so you touch feet of ur elders or ancestors.

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Pod hoite grihito dhuli.. Amra ancestorder pododhuli nei.

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peer

Short Definition : one who has equal standing with another; nobleman; V: look intently; N. peerage; CF. peeress

Definition
(noun) a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
Synonyms : compeer equal match
Definition
(noun) a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage Definition
(verb) look searchingly
Example Sentence
  • We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for peer

rhymes beer drink a beer with an equal person

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peer rhymes with near and dear = people of equal status(peers) are usually near and dear to each other.

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peer to peer data transfer is like pc to pc which are of same kind ...!

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peerless

Short Definition : having no equal; incomparable

Definition
(adj) eminent beyond or above comparison
Example Sentence
  • matchless beauty
  • the team's nonpareil center fielder
  • she's one girl in a million
  • the one and only Muhammad Ali
  • a peerless scholar
  • infamy unmatched in the Western world
  • wrote with unmatchable clarity
  • unrivaled mastery of her art
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for peerless

peerless sounds like pair less, i.e. who or what has no pair or equal thing

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peer+less--- peer means group of equal or matched things, PEERLESS means NOT EQUAL OR UNMATCHED OR MATCHLESS

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peevish

Short Definition : bad-tempered; irritable; V. peeve: make angry

Definition
(adj) easily irritated or annoyed
Example Sentence
  • an incorrigibly fractious young man
  • not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for peevish

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pee+vish( pee means asking forcibly to drink,,, n vish is poison) so irritating easily..

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Someone who wishes(~VISHes) to go to the bathroom to PEE but cannot because they is no vacancy will be irritated

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pee means toilet vish means wish so peeing in any place where u wish is irritable

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if children PEE on bed its irritable(PEEVISH)

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If u wish(vish (really want) to pee, then u r easily being annoyed and irritated if u r not allowed to (u r in an exam for eg)

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Harry Potter fans...Remember Peeves...Very irritating ghost

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kisi pee(drunken)kar aye hue man ki vish(wish)puri na karo to to wo irritated ho jata hai.

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pejorative

Short Definition : (of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value; negative in connotation; having a belittling effect; Ex. Many women now considers ``housewife'' a pejorative expression, because it pa

Definition
(adj) expressing disapproval
Example Sentence
  • dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pejorative

Pejorative = Pig + Orative, a pig will certainly have bad connotations

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Owner of a Mitsubishi PAJERO belittles everyone on the road.

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Pejorative meaning is to disparage or belittle; of negative connotation : Relate to Pejor (means to hate in latin)

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"majority" wala group doosre group ka effect khatam kar deta hai...causing a belittling effect..

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pee + orative... u make some one feel like shit by being orative about his dick

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People call Bajarba ivanoda only when they consider him of little value

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To disapprove something jore pe jore lagao(Hindi)

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its like pejor is opposite to cajole so wen cajole is to flatter some one pejore is to hate or loathe some one

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peevish+"jorse orative",a person who is peevish doent approve a thing,a nd orative in nature is derived from a root called orator means speaker

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PE+JORative...is word pe jor dena padega coz this word has become depreciatory....

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Nobody has the prerogative ( basic right ) to use pejorative (/ criticizing ) words against anybody other...

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If you have a PIG JURY, things don't look too good for you, brother.

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if a jury declares a man guilty they are showing dissaproval towards whatever h did

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A Hero in a Pajero, when drives past you has a "belittling effect"

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word prepare

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In Punjabi..PE JOR tay kar dayy disapprove

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PJ + Orative ... one who always ortaes a PJ will have an belittling effect from others.

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pell-mell

Short Definition : in confusion; disorderly; Ex. dash pell-mell

Definition
(adj) with undue hurry and confusion
Synonyms : helter-skelter
Example Sentence
  • a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause
  • a pell-mell dash for the train
Definition
(adv) in a wild or reckless manner
Synonyms : harum-scarum
Example Sentence
  • dashing harum-scarum all over the place
  • running pell-mell up the stairs
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pell-mell

pelli-malli malli pelli cheskovala vadda ani confusion

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pell....no..no..no.. I think mell will be right.. but mmmmmm..oh..I am in a great confusion..what should I take?????

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peheli bar milne pe somtimes confusion hota hai ...if u dnt recognise the other person

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Sounds like pale-male i.e. if a guy looks pale then he must be experiencing some DISORDER (e.g can be due to disease)...so DISORDERLY or IN CONFUSION

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pell-mell sounds lik jillmill in d movie barfi...shez a mentally disordered person...always confused

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