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suspend

Short Definition : cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspen

Definition
(verb) hang freely
Example Sentence
  • The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them
Definition
(verb) cause to be held in suspension in a fluid
Example Sentence
  • suspend the particles
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(verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
Synonyms : debar
Definition
(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it
Synonyms : freeze
Example Sentence
  • Suspend the aid to the war-torn country
Definition
(verb) make inoperative or stop
Synonyms : set aside
Example Sentence
  • suspend payments on the loan
Definition
(verb) render temporarily ineffective
Example Sentence
  • the prison sentence was suspended
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for suspend

suspend a ball...hanging it in mid-air..i.e.,hang(stop) something in middle

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suspense

Short Definition : state of being undecided; anxiety or apprehension resulting from uncertainty

Definition
(noun) apprehension about what is going to happen Definition
(noun) an uncertain cognitive state
Example Sentence
  • the matter remained in suspense for several years
Definition
(noun) excited anticipation of an approaching climax
Example Sentence
  • the play kept the audience in suspense

sustain

Short Definition : suffer (harm or loss); experience; support; prop; maintain; keep in existence; nourish (to maintain life); Ex. sustain the family/the trapped miners

Definition
(verb) lengthen or extend in duration or space
Synonyms : keep up prolong
Example Sentence
  • We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible
  • prolong the treatment of the patient
  • keep up the good work
Definition
(verb) undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
Synonyms : get have suffer
Example Sentence
  • She suffered a fracture in the accident
  • He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars
  • She got a bruise on her leg
  • He got his arm broken in the scuffle
Definition
(verb) provide with nourishment
Synonyms : nourish nurture
Example Sentence
  • We sustained ourselves on bread and water
  • This kind of food is not nourishing for young children
Definition
(verb) supply with necessities and support
Synonyms : keep maintain
Example Sentence
  • She alone sustained her family
  • The money will sustain our good cause
  • There's little to earn and many to keep
Definition
(verb) be the physical support of; carry the weight of
Synonyms : hold hold up support
Example Sentence
  • The beam holds up the roof
  • He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam
  • What's holding that mirror?
Definition
(verb) admit as valid
Example Sentence
  • The court sustained the motion
Definition
(verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
Example Sentence
  • his story confirmed my doubts
  • The evidence supports the defendant

sustenance

Short Definition : sustaining; means of livelihood, support, food, nourishment; something that maintains life; food

Definition
(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body Definition
(noun) the financial means whereby one lives
Example Sentence
  • each child was expected to pay for their keep
  • he applied to the state for support
  • he could no longer earn his own livelihood
Definition
(noun) the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
Example Sentence
  • they were in want of sustenance
  • fishing was their main sustainment
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sustenance

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Saste naan as sustenance to sustain in this world.

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suture

Short Definition : stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound

Definition
(noun) an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
Synonyms : fibrous joint sutura
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(noun) a seam used in surgery
Synonyms : surgical seam
Definition
(noun) thread of catgut or silk or wire used by surgeons to stitch tissues together Definition
(verb) join with a suture
Example Sentence
  • suture the wound after surgery
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for suture

sounds like hindi SOOTAR(like in mangal-sootar)...means thread in english

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Sounds close to "stretcher" i.e., related to injuries etc.,

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Stitch to secure.

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Suta

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stitch+fracture

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doctor will S-stitch U-ur rupTURE (cut) with SILK thread

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swagger

Short Definition : walk or behave with an over-confident manner

Definition
(noun) an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work
Synonyms : swaggie swagman
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(noun) a proud stiff pompous gait
Synonyms : prance strut
Definition
(verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
Example Sentence
  • He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
Definition
(verb) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
Synonyms : browbeat bully
Definition
(verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
Synonyms : bluster swash
Definition
(adj) (British informal) very chic
Synonyms : groovy
Example Sentence
  • groovy clothes
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for swagger

It's like sword + dagger. If one has both of them, he will be quite confident.

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SWAnk + brAGGER = A BRAGGing SWAnk is SWAGGER

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swagger - walk like a proud swan and also 'gurrrs' like a dog, towards the 'lowly'

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swamp

Short Definition : wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm; drench in with liquid

Definition
(noun) low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
Synonyms : swampland
Definition
(noun) a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables
Example Sentence
  • he was trapped in a medical swamp
Definition
(verb) drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged
Synonyms : drench
Example Sentence
  • The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor
Definition
(verb) fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid
Synonyms : deluge flood inundate
Example Sentence
  • the basement was inundated after the storm
  • The images flooded his mind
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for swamp

sounds like "damp" which also means the same.

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Remember the movie Shrek? Shrek wanted his swamp back. Can be also remembered as Shrek's damp.

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swarm

Short Definition : large group of insects moving in a mass; crowd of people or animals; V: move in a crowd or mass

Definition
(noun) a moving crowd
Synonyms : drove horde
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(noun) a group of many things in the air or on the ground
Synonyms : cloud
Example Sentence
  • a swarm of insects obscured the light
  • clouds of blossoms
  • it discharged a cloud of spores
Definition
(verb) be teeming, be abuzz
Synonyms : pullulate teem
Example Sentence
  • The garden was swarming with bees
  • The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen
  • her mind pullulated with worries
Definition
(verb) move in large numbers
Synonyms : pour pullulate stream teem
Example Sentence
  • people were pouring out of the theater
  • beggars pullulated in the plaza
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for swarm

It's "s + worm" i.e., multiple worms (insects).

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swarm :image like this there is small room with AC now large number of people entered into the room or swarmed into room then room became warm

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many ppl more warmth in a quilt

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swarming is like swimming in one direction....

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swarthy

Short Definition : (of a skin or complexion) dark; dusky; Ex. swarthy Italian ?

Definition
(adj) naturally having skin of a dark color
Synonyms : dark-skinned dusky swart
Example Sentence
  • a dark-skinned beauty
  • gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks
  • a smile on his swarthy face
  • `swart' is archaic
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for swarthy

Sounds like "swarth" which means selfish. i.e., dark side of a human.

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my friend SWATHI is not SWARTHY.....she is fair!

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in SOUTH India one can find many swarthy girls

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S-someone's WAR-varn(complexion) is ARTHY-earthy(dusky)

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sweth is white in sanskrit, so perhaps swarth is dark ( like a war )

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Keyword: "Var Arthy" If someone's husband( var in hindi) dies, she live in dark

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swarthy==swarthi (selfish) pplburn from inside as a result their skin turns dark,black

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The word contain war ; war is always dark & gloomy.

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swathe

Short Definition : swath; wrap around; bandage; Ex. one's head swathed in bandages

Definition
(noun) an enveloping bandage
Synonyms : wrapping
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(verb) wrap in swaddling clothes
Synonyms : swaddle
Example Sentence
  • swaddled the infant
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for swathe

also remember swathe(y),name of a gal,who's come out after a shower and has wrapped herself in a towel...she wud look horny, wudnt she :)

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SWATHE rhymes with BATHE, so after you bathe , you WRAP a towel AROUND yourself.

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SWAThe --> SWAT (Special Weapon & Tactics team) wrapped the hostages to protect them from getting hurt.

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Think of it as "swetha" i.e., white. Bandage is also white universally.

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You "sweat" because of the covering cloth around you.

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SWAThe --> SWAT (Special Weapon & Tactics team) wrapped the hostages to protect them from getting hurt.

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