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rectitude

Short Definition : moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment

Definition
(noun) righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
Synonyms : uprightness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for rectitude

rectitude -> rectified + attitude. If a attitude is rectified, it has to be correct.

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rectitude is modified as your mom ate the fried chicken last night RECTIFY THE ATTITUDE.

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right attitude

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sound like rect + itude...prefix sound like correct so nything that is moraaly correct is rectitude...

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rectify your attitude in right directon

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The home of a priest is called a RECTORY. Imagine that every time the high priest comes out of his RECTORY, a line of trumpeters plays TA TUDE: RECTORY TA TUDE.

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rectitude=right+attitude

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recumbent

Short Definition : reclining; lying down completely or in part

Definition
(adj) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
Synonyms : accumbent decumbent
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recum+bent => sounds similar like become+bent. you become bent while sitting means you lie down.

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recumbent -> re (phir) + cum (kamar means back) + bent. Apni kamar phir se bent karo means lie down.

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Ray only cums when he's bent over or re-cum-bent. (Apologise for the graphical nature of this mnemonic, but I'm sure you'll agree that you'll remember it now!)

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Can be derived from incumbent which means in office so one who is in office like a babu always lays back in the chair.

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Sounds like recliner...one rests back in a recliner.

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wind shinks the amount of money kept on the table

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recuperate

Short Definition : recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses

Definition
(verb) regain or make up for
Synonyms : recoup recover
Example Sentence
  • recuperate one's losses
Definition
(verb) regain a former condition after a financial loss
Synonyms : go back recover
Example Sentence
  • We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90
  • The company managed to recuperate
Definition
(verb) restore to good health or strength Definition
(verb) get over an illness or shock
Synonyms : convalesce recover
Example Sentence
  • The patient is recuperating
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recuperate

the last part sounds like operate...so after the operation, patient recovers

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Recuperate = RECover from OPERATion. => return to health again.

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recuperate sounds like cooperate. if the patient co-oparate to the doctor he can recover soon...

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re+CURE

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RE+CUP

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recuperate sounds like cooperate. if the patient co-oparate to the doctor he can recover soon...

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recOVER + last part sounds like perade. So you can do perade after recovery

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recurrent

Short Definition : occurring again and again

Definition
(adj) recurring again and again
Synonyms : perennial repeated
Example Sentence
  • perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for recurrent

recurrent = re + curr + ent

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redolent

Short Definition : odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery

Definition
(adj) serving to bring to mind
Example Sentence
  • cannot forbear to close on this redolent literary note
  • a campaign redolent of machine politics
Definition
(adj) (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous
Synonyms : smelling
Example Sentence
  • the hall was redolent of floor wax
  • air redolent with the fumes of beer and whiskey
Definition
(adj) having a strong pleasant odor
Synonyms : aromatic
Example Sentence
  • the pine woods were more redolent
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re-odo-lent: reminder of "odor".

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red+(Rose)+olent; Red rose u lent has a pleasant smell

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re - odolent--> concentrate on odolent , which sounds like ODONIL, we use odonil in bathrooms for fragrance..

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r + ED + OL --> DE + tt + OL --> fragrant

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The smell of RED-ointment = redolent

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This word is similar to rodent(rats)..how does a rodent smell!!

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Break it as re (resemble)+ dol (Odonil) something which resemble odonil which is having pleasant odour

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It also means to be strongly associated..hence a mnemonic for it would be "This red doll is redolent with my childhood"

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re-DOLE-ent. Dole: the fruit company: fruits smell fruity(nice)

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redoubtable

Short Definition : formidable; causing fear

Definition
(adj) inspiring fear
Synonyms : formidable unnerving
Example Sentence
  • the formidable prospect of major surgery
  • a tougher and more redoubtable adversary than the heel-clicking, jackbooted fanatic
  • something unnerving and prisonlike about high grey wall
Definition
(adj) worthy of respect or honor
Example Sentence
  • born of a redoubtable family
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redoubtable can be re+doubt(able)..so if you have REpeated DOUBTs in any subject just before the exam, it might CAUSE FEAR

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it can be splitted like re+doubt+able considering which can show that the thing which is able to create doubt again and again.and those things always create fear..

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Someone who is ABLE to READ your DOUBTS without you even expressing them is awe-inspiring and worthy of honor.

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Means REpeated-Doubts that one cannot answer, and it causes fear. Likewise,one who can clear all the doubts at a shot is highly worthy & respectable (sec meaning)

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we FEAR and think to RE-DOUBT on a respectABLE person

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Sounds like <B>red audible</B>. A quarterback that is confident enough to call audibles is deserving of respect/honor. Also, audibles are sometimes used as an intimidation factor, or in other words to stir a slight fear.

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REDOUBTABLE - worthy of respect and honor. It sounds like - RED OUT TABLE , only people who are worthy of respect were invited to dine in the RED TABLE THAT IS OUT.

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Re + Doubt able >> If some is in re and re doubt passing in some subject, it creates a fear in exam about that subject

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redress

Short Definition : remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for

Definition
(noun) a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury Definition
(noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
Synonyms : remediation remedy
Definition
(verb) make reparations or amends for
Synonyms : compensate correct right
Example Sentence
  • right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for redress

Redress is: "relief from distress"

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dress again(redress) is the remedy for nudity

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REDRESS=RE+dress. So 're' is a prefix which means afresh. Since all the clothes have been burnt in the fire accident, you redress, i.e. get dresses afresh for which you were paid a SUM OF MONEY AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR LOSS.

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redress = re address the situation and make remedies for what was done wrong

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We make some dressing to hide the mistake or to rectify the mistake

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to remember meaning of REDRESS we can take hint from REDCROSS, agency that provide REMEDY to victims of war & natural calamity.

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customer grievance REDRESSAL mechanisms- are common in many commrecial services

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Soldier REDRESSED its recuperated wound with the help of corrupt doctor, in order to get huge Compensation for war injury

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to put the dress of rightness to the wrong thing!

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reduce

Short Definition : diminish; bring to a weaker or more difficult condition; demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis; Ex. reduced to the ranks; Ex. reduce the house to rubble; N. reduction

Definition
(verb) cut down on; make a reduction in
Example Sentence
  • reduce your daily fat intake
  • The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Definition
(verb) make less complex
Example Sentence
  • reduce a problem to a single question
Definition
(verb) bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
Example Sentence
  • He reduced the population to slavery
Definition
(verb) simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another Definition
(verb) lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
Example Sentence
  • She reduced her niece to a servant
Definition
(verb) be the essential element
Synonyms : boil down come down
Example Sentence
  • The proposal boils down to a compromise
Definition
(verb) reduce in size; reduce physically
Synonyms : shrink
Example Sentence
  • Hot water will shrink the sweater
  • Can you shrink this image?
Definition
(verb) lessen and make more modest
Example Sentence
  • reduce one's standard of living
Definition
(verb) make smaller
Synonyms : scale down
Example Sentence
  • reduce an image
Definition
(verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
Synonyms : deoxidise deoxidize
Definition
(verb) narrow or limit
Synonyms : tighten
Example Sentence
  • reduce the influx of foreigners
Definition
(verb) put down by force or intimidation
Example Sentence
  • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
  • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
  • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
Definition
(verb) undergo meiosis
Example Sentence
  • The cells reduce
Definition
(verb) reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site Definition
(verb) destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it Definition
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Example Sentence
  • The manuscript must be shortened
Definition
(verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left
Example Sentence
  • The sauce should reduce to one cup
Definition
(verb) cook until very little liquid is left
Synonyms : boil down concentrate
Example Sentence
  • The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time
Definition
(verb) lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
Synonyms : cut dilute thin thin out
Example Sentence
  • cut bourbon
Definition
(verb) take off weight

redundant

Short Definition : superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious

Definition
(adj) more than is needed, desired, or required
Example Sentence
  • trying to lose excess weight
  • found some extra change lying on the dresser
  • yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant
  • skills made redundant by technological advance
  • sleeping in the spare room
  • supernumerary ornamentation
  • it was supererogatory of her to gloat
  • delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words
  • extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts
  • surplus cheese distributed to the needy
Definition
(adj) repetition of same sense in different words
Example Sentence
  • `a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions
  • the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological
  • at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition
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redundant rhymes Abundant and thts the meaning

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if u guys have come across the cyclic redundancy check in dealing with computer science subjects then i guess u guys mihgt just know everything .

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reek

Short Definition : emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; Ex. reeking chimney; N: unpleasant odor; stench

Definition
(noun) a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant Definition
(verb) have an element suggestive (of something)
Synonyms : smack smell
Example Sentence
  • his speeches smacked of racism
  • this passage smells of plagiarism
Definition
(verb) smell badly and offensively
Synonyms : stink
Example Sentence
  • The building reeks of smoke
Definition
(verb) be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
Synonyms : fume
Definition
(verb) give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.
Example Sentence
  • Marshes reeking in the sun
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for reek

A Drainage LEAK will emit a REEK :)

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eeeeeeeeek is an expresiion we give when a foul smell is experienced

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rhymes with Yak!...bad odour

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The body of reech (beer) gives bad reek.

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reek spells similar to leak; So Stale tobacco smoke leaked into room

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when i was travelling in a Rickshaw,that rickshaw guy suddenly reek out a foul smell 4m his backside... and iwas like..."eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkk"

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reek = re + ek; Again you have given one foul smell so stop it.

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