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balm

Short Definition : something that relieves pain; oily liquid with a pleasant smell from trees

Definition
(noun) any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing Definition
(noun) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for balm

Just think of medicine Zandu (balm),which relieves pain

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Balmy-balm- I don't like the fragrance of Iodex balm.

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balmy

Short Definition : soft and mild (of air); fragrant

Definition
(adj) informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
Example Sentence
  • it used to drive my husband balmy
Definition
(adj) mild and pleasant
Synonyms : mild soft
Example Sentence
  • balmy days and nights
  • the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth
  • a soft breeze
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for balmy

BALMs are used to make us feel good, mild when we are having headache or tension. hence balmy means mild, pleasant

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I don't like the fragrant of Iodex balm

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Balmy sounds like Bama who is krishna’s wife and she is very pleasant.

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banal

Short Definition : hackneyed; commonplace; trite; lacking originality; clich'ed

Definition
(adj) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Example Sentence
  • bromidic sermons
  • his remarks were trite and commonplace
  • hackneyed phrases
  • a stock answer
  • repeating threadbare jokes
  • parroting some timeworn axiom
  • the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for banal

abey nal to roz hi kholte hain...

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SPLIT INTO ba-nal ba-BAR - COMMONPLACE FOR MEN TO MEET & NAL(HINDI - TAP) - COMMON PLACE FOR WOMEN TO MEET.

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'ban + al' --> 'ban all' those directors whose movies are 'banal' (the same old story lines are repeated ; (another meaning) dull and unoriginal(dubbed))

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Divide it like -- ban + al(ban all people); you ban all those people from your group, if they are repeating the same activity again and again.

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When u r in severe depression u will lock urself in ur room BANNING ALL people for a while as u need some privacy

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Banal = I would like to BAN-ALL banal words because they are dull and overused.

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banal sounds like GUNAL(a tamil movie actor).So his death has been shown on TV for many days(repeated too often).

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banal => bakwaas(hindi) not always, means being a waste as it's overrepeated.

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banal: beh nal. behta hua nal is a vey munadane affair

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ca be taken as a short from for Boring And Not originAL....

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bandy

Short Definition : discuss lightly or glibly; discuss in a frivolous manner; exchange (words) heatedly; quarrel; Ex. bandy words with

Definition
(verb) toss or strike a ball back and forth Definition
(verb) exchange blows Definition
(verb) discuss lightly
Synonyms : kick around
Example Sentence
  • We bandied around these difficult questions
Definition
(adj) have legs that curve outward at the knees
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for bandy

bandy sounds like brandy--When people drink brandy, they exchange heated words in a light and glib way.

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in hindi u call ur GF ur BANDI, so u share, discuss, have light arguments with ur bandi...

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Bandy--sounds like "Band" which means close . so close the room and talk else somebody will listen

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bandy sounds like BANDIT. In all movies with bandits, there are a lot of careless dialogues and actions by the bandits and as a result, fights and quarrels. (Imagine Sholay, featuring the world's most famous bandit, Gabbar Singh)

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we you drink BRANDY you speak in a bandy way!..

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bandi= in jail Bandi(hindi) discuss lightly for their escape plan

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bandy=band+y=BAND+I=BANDI. Men only exchange blows for a bandi and beat each other.

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He bandied words with a bandi.

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bane

Short Definition : posion; cause of ruin; ADJ. baneful: harmful; poisonous

Definition
(noun) something causing misery or death
Synonyms : curse nemesis scourge
Example Sentence
  • the bane of my life
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for bane

Modern technology is BOON OR BANE. Boon is useful and BANE is Something causing misery or death

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ban+e -- Things which are harmful or poisonous (can make your life misery) are always banned by government.

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sounds like CANE which CAUSES MISERY

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bane...in rhyme with ... pain...so it pain when u r cursed...so:curse,somethin that makes u unhappy,that troubles u.. :)

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there is a stoy of batman and bane where bane is a vilan(cause od ruin/curse)

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bane-ane. ane(u) in kannada means tick. wish i s poisonous and harmful to our head and hair.

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Bane is a Pain in the Ass

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the sage BANED the king of disloyal to his people

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Bane should be BANNED, because it is harmful and poisonous.

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Don't you know MR BANE...........ruinous person.

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remember "Bane" from Dark knight rises? who tried to cause "Bane" to the people in gotham city

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drugs r banned(bane)by law bcoz it causes suffering and death.

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Like the DARK NIGHT RISES VILLAIN "Bane" who was harmful and poisonous to batman

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bank

Short Definition : heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning

Definition
(noun) sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
Example Sentence
  • they pulled the canoe up on the bank
  • he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents
Definition
(noun) a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
Example Sentence
  • he cashed a check at the bank
  • that bank holds the mortgage on my home
Definition
(noun) a long ridge or pile
Example Sentence
  • a huge bank of earth
Definition
(noun) an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
Example Sentence
  • he operated a bank of switches
Definition
(noun) a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) Definition
(noun) the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
Example Sentence
  • he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo
Definition
(noun) a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
Synonyms : camber cant
Definition
(noun) a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
Example Sentence
  • the coin bank was empty
Definition
(noun) a building in which the business of banking transacted
Synonyms : bank building
Example Sentence
  • the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon
Definition
(noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
Example Sentence
  • the plane went into a steep bank
Definition
(verb) tip laterally
Example Sentence
  • the pilot had to bank the aircraft
Definition
(verb) enclose with a bank
Example Sentence
  • bank roads
Definition
(verb) do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
Example Sentence
  • Where do you bank in this town?
Definition
(verb) act as the banker in a game or in gambling Definition
(verb) be in the banking business Definition
(verb) put into a bank account
Synonyms : deposit
Example Sentence
  • She deposits her paycheck every month
Definition
(verb) cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
Example Sentence
  • bank a fire
Definition
(verb) have confidence or faith in
Synonyms : rely swear trust
Example Sentence
  • We can trust in God
  • Rely on your friends
  • bank on your good education
  • I swear by my grandmother's recipes

bantering

Short Definition : joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter

Definition
(adj) cleverly amusing in tone
Example Sentence
  • a bantering tone
  • facetious remarks
  • tongue-in-cheek advice
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for bantering

Bantering -- bante + ring; bante - remember Banta Singh -- we read so many silly jokes on him. we can figure out Banta Singh as a funny person or a person who always does joking talks.

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bantering=ban+tearing i.e ban tears and to ban tears we crack jokes and do joyful talks.

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you can percieve it like banta(e)-(r)sing...which is good natured ridiculing..!!

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bNATERING SOUNDS LIKE CATERING,CANTEEMN WHERE WE DO JOYFUL TALKS

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Remember this as santa-banta jokes i.e., we crack jokes on them and hence the meaning.

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remember chntu bantu talks in movie style

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bar

Short Definition : railing in a courtroom; legal profession; vertical line dividing a staff into equal measures; Ex. prisoner at the bar; V: shut in or out with bars; forbid; exclude; CF. barrister

Definition
(noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
Example Sentence
  • he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar
Definition
(noun) a counter where you can obtain food or drink
Example Sentence
  • he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar
Definition
(noun) a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
Example Sentence
  • there were bars in the windows to prevent escape
Definition
(noun) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
Synonyms : measure
Example Sentence
  • the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song
Definition
(noun) an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
Example Sentence
  • it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar
Definition
(noun) the act of preventing
Synonyms : prevention
Example Sentence
  • there was no bar against leaving
  • money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza
Definition
(noun) (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
Example Sentence
  • unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter
Definition
(noun) a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
Example Sentence
  • the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river
Definition
(noun) the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
Example Sentence
  • he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey
Definition
(noun) a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
Synonyms : streak stripe
Example Sentence
  • a green toad with small black stripes or bars
  • may the Stars and Stripes forever wave
Definition
(noun) a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
Synonyms : cake
Example Sentence
  • a bar of chocolate
Definition
(noun) a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War Definition
(noun) a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises Definition
(noun) a heating element in an electric fire
Example Sentence
  • an electric fire with three bars
Definition
(noun) (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
Example Sentence
  • spectators were not allowed past the bar
Definition
(verb) prevent from entering; keep out
Synonyms : debar exclude
Example Sentence
  • He was barred from membership in the club
Definition
(verb) render unsuitable for passage
Example Sentence
  • block the way
  • barricade the streets
  • stop the busy road
Definition
(verb) expel, as if by official decree
Synonyms : banish relegate
Example Sentence
  • he was banished from his own country
Definition
(verb) secure with, or as if with, bars
Example Sentence
  • He barred the door

barb

Short Definition : sharp projection from fishhook, arrow, or other object; openly cutting remark

Definition
(noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Synonyms : dig gibe jibe shaft shot slam
Example Sentence
  • his parting shot was `drop dead'
  • she threw shafts of sarcasm
  • she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
Definition
(noun) the pointed part of barbed wire Definition
(noun) a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove Definition
(noun) one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather Definition
(verb) provide with barbs
Example Sentence
  • barbed wire
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for barb

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Imagine a 'barb-e-que' being prepared with the help of a needle-like-stick..

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barb sounds like BARBER-so remember tat BARBER will be having SHARP scissors

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barber uses scissor to cut your hair so barb can be taken from it as a cutting remark.

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generally we call a barb(for laying fencing)wire hence it refers to sharp thick which is projected on a wire and hence it can openly cut ...

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BEst example wld be an BarbWIre Used for fencing for protection against theft...!!

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imagine a barbarian running with sharp objects in hand and shouting cutting remarks

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bard

Short Definition : poet

Definition
(noun) a lyric poet Definition
(noun) an ornamental caparison for a horse Definition
(verb) put a caparison on
Synonyms : barde caparison dress up
Example Sentence
  • caparison the horses for the festive occasion
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bard sounds like beard!! so poets will b havin beard usually!!

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Think of George Barnard(BARDnard)shaw. he is an author but imagine that he is a lyric poet. it might help

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bard-it brings to us the word bald,if bard is pronounced . poet's are generally bald..hehehe

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bard sounds like bird--imagine a poet writing a poem on bird.

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Bard writes & Bird sings.

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Remember the Village BARD (a poet) from Asterix comics who used to sing horrible songs and irritate the whole village!!!

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bard - bearded nerd

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William Shakespeare was called BARD of Avon...

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Everyone becomes a bard inside a bear bar.

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