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recline

Short Definition : lie down

Definition
(verb) move the upper body backwards and down
Synonyms : lean back
Definition
(verb) cause to recline
Example Sentence
  • She reclined her head on the pillow
Definition
(verb) lean in a comfortable resting position
Synonyms : recumb repose
Example Sentence
  • He was reposing on the couch
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recline

recline means to lie down. Supine is the opposite which means lie down "on back". "cline" is related to slope as can be seen in acclivity, declivity, incline etc.,

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Recline sounds like decline means lie down

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recluse

Short Definition : hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive

Definition
(noun) one who lives in solitude Definition
(adj) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
Synonyms : reclusive withdrawn
Example Sentence
  • lived an unsocial reclusive life
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recluse

re+close . Closed=hermit

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recLUSE : read luse as lose ; if u lose in any game u like to live alone

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sounds like seclude

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You get in a car WRECK and LOSE your teeth. You're so embarassed you hide in your house and never come out again.

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RE(retreat)+CLUSE(close)- Retreat from being close to people.

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snds like let loose-so let loose from society

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re+CLUSE if you consider the second part which sounds as clues which are ISOLATED,LONE away from our eyes.

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sounds like reckless/....so a reckless person lives lonely

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sounds like exclude..

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sounds like reh+loose---live alone

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really+closed...shut from the outside world

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If u lose any game and say it s a record lose, then u like to live alone and avoid people.

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RE+CLUSE Concentrateing on ecluse=excluse(exclusive)....which means sth different from others

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Ree couldnt get a CLUE. true, she LOSE the game of love. now Ree live alone. hermit status, all day everyday. sad ta say.

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re(remain)+ close

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reconcile

Short Definition : make friendly again (after quarrel); make consistent (two ideas in opposition); correct inconsistencies; Ex. reconcile one's political principles with one's religious beliefs

Definition
(verb) make (one thing) compatible with (another)
Synonyms : accommodate conciliate
Example Sentence
  • The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories
Definition
(verb) bring into consonance or accord
Synonyms : harmonise harmonize
Example Sentence
  • harmonize one's goals with one's abilities
Definition
(verb) come to terms
Example Sentence
  • After some discussion we finally made up
Definition
(verb) accept as inevitable
Synonyms : resign submit
Example Sentence
  • He resigned himself to his fate
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Re(BACK)+concile(COUNSELLING)...After filing the petition in court for DIVORCE the judge ordered COUNSELLING of couple..so that relations could be to BACK to NORMAL again AFTER THE QUARREL without legal proceedings

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re+concile...sounds like counsel.......and you counsel your friend (WHO TURNED HOSTILE TO YOU )and again BRING HIM INTO CONSONANCE ..OR IN PEACE WITH YOU... TAKEN FROM re..back+conciliare..good....to make good again....

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recondite

Short Definition : abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret

Definition
(adj) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
Synonyms : abstruse deep
Example Sentence
  • the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them
  • a deep metaphysical theory
  • some recondite problem in historiography
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recondite

read recondite as "re conduct". The professor re coducted(repeated) the topic as the students could not understand properly.

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recon-dite:recon sounds like reckon which means guess...if a question is DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND u will GUESS the answer

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RECKON + TRITE (repeated) = the word was DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND even after REPEATED attempts to RECKON its meaning.

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REC + ON +DITE ==Obviously it it is very DIFFICULT to record while ur dite(eating)...

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re + condite(sounds like contact). It is DIFFICULT to contact a VIP again and again(Re).

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recondite sounds like 'wreck on diet' meaning destruction while on a diet. This sounds very absurd and very difficult to understand whats going on !!

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Recondite=raw(re)+ corn(con)+diet(dite),is difficult to eat, so is recondite teachings are difficult to understand.

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recondite.. concentrate on CON, sounds like concealed. so recondite means something hidden, concealed.

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Like "recon at night" or hard to see, hidden

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RECONDITE=RECorded On NDtv ITshow..... That IT show recorded on NDTV was out of my ability to understand

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Recon(RECKON…..means TO THINK)+dite(DIET)… It’s very DIFFICULT/ABSTRUSE to THINK(RECKON) about the DIET… KAREENA KAPPOR would have taken for Zero Figure in Tashan……

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Picture an auto accident on a dike: a WRECK ON the DIKE: How on earth did that happen? What are cars doing on the dike? It's hard to understand.

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re (resist) + con (don -> don'T) + dite (diet) -> I DON'T understand (or it is difficult for me to understand) how people go on diet and RESIST their temptations!

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sounds like 'read cannot' -so abstract and difficult to understand

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Your reckonings are so recondite.

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It's very obscure for me, why gluttonous REC is ON DIeT ?

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no one knows what to do for a klondike bar

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Words with dite - Indite(write), Erudite(scholar) and Recondite .. What a scholar RECKONS to be a good read, it is abstruse(Recondite) for a laymen/laity.

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re conduct it bcoz it is difficult to understand

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reconnaissance

Short Definition : survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information)

Definition
(noun) the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
Example Sentence
  • an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for reconnaissance

reconnaissance means recognising an enemy while surveying your. territory,Recognisation of conman-(thief) by nice sons(of the country)--soldiers.

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RECONNAISSANCE...SOUNDS LIKE RECOGNIZANCE....so recognizance of the army persons to do their act....or ...binding them to spy over enemy's....... reconnaissance of an area by the army..

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reconnaissance = (re)ye (con)kaun (nai)hai (sance)sons --> The old man asked his sons to get information about an unknown enemy and asked them "yeh kaun hai" ... weird but hope it helps you !

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Reconnaissance- You inspect the number of s and n in this word...preliminary inspection of the enemy

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recognize in essense the enemy troops position

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recount

Short Definition : narrate or tell (a story); count over again

Definition
(noun) an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election Definition
(verb) narrate or give a detailed account of
Synonyms : narrate recite tell
Example Sentence
  • Tell what happened
  • The father told a story to his child
Definition
(verb) count again
Example Sentence
  • We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recount

raconteur

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recount,recite,racounter all these mean to NaRRaTE

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recourse

Short Definition : resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to

Definition
(noun) act of turning to for assistance
Synonyms : refuge resort
Example Sentence
  • have recourse to the courts
  • an appeal to his uncle was his last resort
Definition
(noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security
Synonyms : refuge resort
Example Sentence
  • his only recourse was the police
  • took refuge in lying
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recourse

re+COURS we follow a medicine course which HELPS fight the TROUBLE, by developing disease.

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join a course when in problem

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consider that u joined a 'course'... the institute asks u to pay 10000 bucks.. you hav only 6000 bucks.. the rest 'recourse', i.e either take it from parents or friends

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Recourse=we do another degre course(ms) for job security.Recourse=Hence is resort someone for help.

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Re (BACK)+course….(COACHING) when we are IN TROUBLE for not able to revise the whole course in time even after completing the regular one…… we RESORT..BACK to crash COURSE

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recreant

Short Definition : disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person

Definition
(noun) an abject coward
Synonyms : craven poltroon
Definition
(noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. Definition
(adj) having deserted a cause or principle
Synonyms : renegade
Example Sentence
  • some provinces had proved recreant
  • renegade supporters of the usurper
Definition
(adj) lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
Synonyms : craven
Example Sentence
  • the craven fellow turned and ran
  • a craven proposal to raise the white flag
  • this recreant knight
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recreant

Re (again and again)+creant (create). So creating some excuses again and again not to go for a fight because you are a COWARD.

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miscreant means without moral ethics. This is a characteristics of a recreant

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recreate recent recreancies in the royal family.

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ant = cheenti = slang for coward

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Recreant : Repeatedly crying Aunt because of a Recreant Uncle . ( Someone is disloyal) 2nd Synonym: Miscreant ( means a criminal ) will eventually become Recreant ( someone who will beg for Mercy of the Police) later.

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miscreant, recreant. miscreant destroys and recreant says its ok to destroy, he will create again as he is scared of miscreant. recreant is coward.

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recrimination

Short Definition : countercharges; V. recriminate

Definition
(noun) mutual accusations
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recrimination

re-crimina-tion: crimina relates to a crime. recrimination means: one accusing the other for a crime. The other "re" accused him of another crime.

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re CREAM pie..yu throw a pie on someones face and they throw yu back another CREAM pie again as a countercharge...we see this lot in movies..!!..This process is called reCREAMination

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Reverse + Criminal + Accusations => Recrimination....Means saying each other criminal.

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re-again, crimination-crime, accuse one another again and again of crimes, i.e counter-charge

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rectify

Short Definition : set right; correct; CF. rect-: right

Definition
(verb) math: determine the length of
Example Sentence
  • rectify a curve
Definition
(verb) reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
Synonyms : refine
Example Sentence
  • refine sugar
Definition
(verb) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
Example Sentence
  • The Church reformed me
  • reform your conduct
Definition
(verb) set straight or right
Example Sentence
  • remedy these deficiencies
  • rectify the inequities in salaries
  • repair an oversight
Definition
(verb) make right or correct
Synonyms : correct right
Example Sentence
  • Correct the mistakes
  • rectify the calculation
Definition
(verb) convert into direct current
Example Sentence
  • rectify alternating current
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for rectify

It resembles "correct" + ify. We know that suffix -ify is a verb. Essentially means to "make correct"!

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Rectify: aRECommend you TRI(try) to FIx it.

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