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sarcasm

Short Definition : cutting ironic remark; scornful remarks; stinging rebuke; ADJ. sarcastic

Definition
(noun) witty language used to convey insults or scorn
Example Sentence
  • he used sarcasm to upset his opponent
  • irony is wasted on the stupid
  • Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sarcasm

remember "SARCASTIC" same...

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Now i will give u one funny way to remember.Relate it with 'sarkar' which means the government and the people who r associated with it always make scornful remarks in witty way against the opposition!

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surcasm means surcastic... sur"cast"ic - fight among casts uses scornful wits sometimes.

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SARCASM and CYNICISM are similar sounding words which refer to an ironically scornful language.

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what we SA(T)y in IRE is what SATIRE means

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sardonic

Short Definition : scornfully mocking; disdainful; sarcastic; cynical; Ex. sardonic smile

Definition
(adj) disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
Example Sentence
  • his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists
  • a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sardonic

sorry to comment but.. remember sardarji always people mock at them making jokes. so remember as sardonic

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think of SARDONIC as SARCASTIC + IRONIC

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saridon (famous medicine for headache in India) : If everybody around you criticise you , then you will get headache ... take saridon

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sardonic is divided into sar: which means head in hindi and donic can be regarded as "down" so HEAD DOWN which means scornfully mocking on others.

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Just remember the statement."SARdarjiko DONI ne Comment kiya" ..Just remember the caps in the statement which gives the word and statement meaning!

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SARDONIC or SARCASTIC is to make curt or ironic remarks. To be cutting or rude to someone.

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sartorial

Short Definition : pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor

Definition
(adj) of or relating to the sartorius muscle Definition
(adj) of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sartorial

sounds like sari tore and you need a tailor to fix it, thus sartorial pertains to tailoring

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shirt+(making)+(tuto)rial so, pertaining to tailors or tailoring

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sarTORIAL rearrange TAILOR

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SARTORIAL refers to APPAREL (garment) making, tailoring of garments.

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sate

Short Definition : satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy

Definition
(verb) fill to satisfaction
Synonyms : fill replete satiate
Example Sentence
  • I am sated
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sate

s-ate, so when we have finished eating our food, we are satisfied to the full..(pet bhar kar khaana kha liya)

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sate is like seth in hindi which signifies typical rich businessmen. observe their posture when they sit.as if they are fully satisfied

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sate remember as s(yes) I ate...soi dont want any thing.

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SATE or SATIATE is to satisfy your hunger or more so your greed. SATE or OVER ATE.

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SATe(seven in hindi)...when we say we are on seventh heaven, it means extremely happy and satisfied...

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s + ate.... ao wen u eat u fell satisfied...

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Sate------Gate (My gate exam was satisfactory)

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satellite

Short Definition : small body revolving around a larger one

Definition
(noun) man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon Definition
(noun) a person who follows or serves another
Synonyms : planet
Definition
(noun) any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star Definition
(verb) broadcast or disseminate via satellite Definition
(adj) surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power
Example Sentence
  • a city and its satellite communities
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for satellite

A SATELLITE is a HIGHLIGHT or an ATTENDANT of a planet.

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satiate

Short Definition : satisfy fully (physical needs such as hunger); sate; N. satiety: condition of being satiated

Definition
(verb) fill to satisfaction
Synonyms : fill replete sate
Example Sentence
  • I am sated
Definition
(verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Example Sentence
  • She stuffed herself at the dinner
  • The kids binged on ice cream
Definition
(adj) supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction
Synonyms : satiated
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for satiate

I SAT & ATE till I was full!

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remember with s-ate, so when we have completed our food,we are satisfied to full..(pet bhar kar khaana)

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SATIATE - The greedy glutton SAT and ATE and ATE and OVER ATE until there was no food left at all.

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: sati+ ate--- so you satisfy what you ate(food)

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Kha Kha ke buddha sathia gaya.

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satire

Short Definition : form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack human vice and folly

Definition
(noun) witty language used to convey insults or scorn
Example Sentence
  • he used sarcasm to upset his opponent
  • irony is wasted on the stupid
  • Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for satire

Remeber like set fire..his sarcasm set fire on his opponents.

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SATIRE is a FIRE (attack) against human vices brought forward through irony or sarcasm in a novel or play.Sarcasm+Fire

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sat and redicule

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SAT + IRE -> Satisfy the IRONY...!! OR we can also say "Sarcasm+ Irony"

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satirical

Short Definition : using satire; mocking

Definition
(adj) exposing human folly to ridicule
Synonyms : satiric
Example Sentence
  • a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for satirical

SATIRICAL or IRONICAL which are rhyming words refer to criticism through irony or ridicule.

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sat to ridicule

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saturate

Short Definition : soak thoroughly; imbue; impregnate; charge; fill to capacity

Definition
(verb) cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance Definition
(verb) infuse or fill completely
Synonyms : impregnate
Example Sentence
  • Impregnate the cloth with alcohol
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for saturate

SATURATE or INTEGRATE - to fill or supply completely.

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saturate, think of it as saturated fat. Once we take saturated fat in, it will soak in our body, and become fat. (very hard to burn it off)

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saturnine

Short Definition : morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance.

Definition
(adj) bitter or scornful
Example Sentence
  • the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain
Definition
(adj) showing a brooding ill humor
Example Sentence
  • a dark scowl
  • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
  • a glum, hopeless shrug
  • he sat in moody silence
  • a morose and unsociable manner
  • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
  • a sour temper
  • a sullen crowd
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for saturnine

Saturn = Shani, Shani = makes wrong things happen in one's life (astronomically) so meaning = gloomy, unhappy, morose.Just remember saturns rings-->glommy,dull,faroff planet .

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If you are a party freak and At Nine of Saturday Night if you are still at home..then you will be gloomy! So from this we can get SATURday NINE!

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nine rings of Saturn considered gloomy

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The planet Saturn was believed to be made of LEAD. SATURNINE is the depression associated with lead poisoning.

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saturnine = satur( satru means enemy) + nine ; Those ppl who have nine enemy is always bad doing wrong things remains unhappy & attack by other right ppl.

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SATURNINE or SULLEN - someone having a gloomy temperament.

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