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urge

Short Definition : drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action

Definition
(noun) an instinctive motive
Synonyms : impulse
Example Sentence
  • profound religious impulses
Definition
(noun) a strong restless desire
Synonyms : itch
Example Sentence
  • why this urge to travel?
Definition
(verb) force or impel in an indicated direction
Synonyms : exhort press urge on
Example Sentence
  • I urged him to finish his studies
Definition
(verb) push for something
Synonyms : advocate recommend
Example Sentence
  • The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day
Definition
(verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
Example Sentence
  • The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for urge

u+r+ge— u+gre my teacher FORCEFULLY PERSUADED me to get good score in GRE

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Urge on or Egg on means to motivate somebody.

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"arji" or "aroj kora"

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urgent

Short Definition : compelling immediate action; pressing; persistent; importunate; Ex. urgent in his demands

Definition
(adj) compelling immediate action
Synonyms : pressing
Example Sentence
  • too pressing to permit of longer delay
  • the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'
  • bridges in urgent need of repair
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for urgent

Urgent and Instant are rhyming words and they mean, something that needs to be done hastily, needs immediate attention.

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ursine

Short Definition : bearlike; pertaining to a bear

Definition
(adj) of or relating to or similar to bears
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ursine

FELINE-CAT like : CANINE-DOG like:EQUINE-HORSE like: so URSINE : BEAR like

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urine looks like beer ~ bear

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Ursine.... The MAJOR URSULA (a star formation) or better known as THE GREAT BEAR has a bear shaped star formation.

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when i asked Inzamam Ul Haq "Sir, UR SINE please(autograph please)"...he gave me a BEAR LIKE look as if he didnot understand what i said to him............:)

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when i asked Inzamam Ul Haq "Sir, ur sine please(autograph please)"...he gave me a BEAR LIKE look as if he didnot understand what i said to him............:)

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ursus means 'bear". ursula means "she bear"

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urine look like bear

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ur sign of action is like bear-> ursine

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usage

Short Definition : act or manner of using; accepted practice; way in which words are actually used

Definition
(noun) the act of using
Example Sentence
  • he warned against the use of narcotic drugs
  • skilled in the utilization of computers
Definition
(noun) accepted or habitual practice
Synonyms : custom usance
Definition
(noun) the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
Example Sentence
  • English usage
  • a usage borrowed from French
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for usage

USAGE - USE + AGE. It is being used for ages now, a custom that has not changed at all.

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usurp

Short Definition : seize another's power or rank (without legal authority); supplant; appropriate; N. usurpation; CF. take for one's own use

Definition
(verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
Example Sentence
  • He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town
  • he usurped my rights
  • She seized control of the throne after her husband died
Definition
(verb) take the place of
Example Sentence
  • gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for usurp

us(e)+ur+p(ower)

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usurp - If I make use of your power forcefully then I am usurping.

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its "US" not "UR" "P"roperty..take by force or as one's possession

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u r surp(snake)..so u always seize another power

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may sound like HARPna (appropriate)

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Sounds like User UP.Your rights of user are SEIZED FORCEFULLY by hacker.

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U(use) + surp(Surf excel) >> by using surf (its dirt removing force), u will seize the kingdom of or kill germs and bacteria and dirt on clothes...

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Usurp and swoop. You swoop down (attack) on someone and take possesion of his powers (usurp).

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The US (united States) like to take other country by force

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Upset: He upset my plans to usurp the government.

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U-under a Sarp(snake). Taking taking power

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use ur surf powder power

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usury

Short Definition : lending money at illegal high rates of interest

Definition
(noun) an exorbitant or unlawful rate of interest
Synonyms : vigorish
Definition
(noun) the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for usury

USURY reminds me of TREASURY - Lending money from the treasury at a very high rate of interest

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us(e)+ur+(mone)y by lending for extra interest rates

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USURY ~ USURP: You're basically trying to USURP money by lending them at exorbitant rates.

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(Yun)usury! Some people criticize Dr. Yunus on the ground that his institution Grameen Bank lend money at extremely high rate of interest. Hence YunUSURY means usury.

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usury - think U r SURety (collateral), will you pay the exorbitant rate of interest... for your friend (who wanted you to be his collateral)

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sounds like udhari and vasuli ; its an undercover business of black money

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the US (united states) lends money to other nations, but at exorbitant rates

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US(we)URY(urgent)so we take money ungently at HIGH INTERESTS..

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use ur money for illegal interest rates

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Usury - It is profitable to the moneylender but a liability for the one who takes the loan.

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us+ur+y = y(yield) of ur(your) given to us in high interests

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Usury Check-into-cash places are users

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usury-->wasuli(Hindi)->hafta wasuli or extortion.

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Usury - They make you sorry for borrowing money from them.

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usury - demanding 'surity' at a high price or US like 'surity'

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because of usury the borrower cant pay back money in time which leads the lender to do USULY

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utopia

Short Definition : ideal place, state, or society; ADJ. utopian

Definition
(noun) a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island Definition
(noun) ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects Definition
(noun) a work of fiction describing a utopia Definition
(noun) an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
Synonyms : sion zion
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for utopia

remember etheopia which is a country. consider it as an ideal place on earth for everyone.

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u(you)-top-ia~aaye. ie aap class me top aaye, this is what u imagine.

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utopia = u-top-i-a = u-top(ideal/perfect)- i(iota in maths ie imaginary number)-a

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Utopia - If there is a utopia on earth, it lies within one's imagination.

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u top ia(yeah)... at top there is heaven and its an ideal place

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uTOPia...the city which is ideal will be on TOP in any ratings

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uxorious

Short Definition : excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife

Definition
(adj) foolishly fond of or submissive to your wife
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for uxorious

Anyone will be uxorious to a LUXURIOUS woman with BUXOM breasts.

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Latin 'uxor' means wife and 'ous' means full of 2.uxoricide=killing of wife.uxor=wife , because of the pun, u (you) xor(in math=complement)=someone who complements

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uxorious :U(you)+XORIsounds like JORU (wife) in hindi+OUS. so you are joru ka gulaam i.e excessively submissive or devoted to your wife

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Uxorious and precious - The young man was so smitten (charmed) with his wife that he considered her as most precious to him. You could say he was uxurious.

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u+xo+rious= U+OX+RIGOROUS ...NW imagine a wife commanding her husband," U OX(xo), complete this work rigorously ..!!"

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In UX film Bacchan was excessively devoted to Ravina Tondon

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The husband is dumb as an OX. When he is with his wife, he SOARS with pleasure. The OX SOARS with his wife.

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according to newton's 3rd law, anyone who is uxorious will live his life luxurious...

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vacillate

Short Definition : waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillation

Definition
(verb) be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
Synonyms : hover oscillate vibrate
Example Sentence
  • He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
Definition
(verb) move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
Synonyms : fluctuate waver
Example Sentence
  • the line on the monitor vacillated
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vacillate

sounds like OScillate..so something which moves from one position to another position.

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vacillate=VACI bhi bahut LATE ho gaya hai.....now u dont VACILLATE between what you gonna wear for the party..........;)

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things refers to oscillation where as feelings refers to VACILLATion

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Vacillate sounds like agitate... vacillate means to be undecided and agitate is to worry... in both, you are in a sense of confusion.

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vacillate: vaccine+late The later you get ur shot, the higher chance the fever, or disease will happen. (fluctuate)

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like OScillate but in place of 'OS' v(we)cillate i.e., we waver.

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vacillate sounds like a ventilate which means cause air to circulate freely

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vacuous

Short Definition : empty; lacking in ideas; inane; stupid; Ex. vacuous expression; N. vacuity

Definition
(adj) devoid of intelligence Definition
(adj) devoid of significance or point
Synonyms : empty hollow
Example Sentence
  • empty promises
  • a hollow victory
  • vacuous comments
Definition
(adj) devoid of matter
Example Sentence
  • a vacuous space
Definition
(adj) void of expression
Synonyms : blank
Example Sentence
  • a blank stare
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for vacuous

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vacuous can be seen as vacuum which means, a region empty of matter.

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Latin "vacuous" means empty; similar to vacuum

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vACUOUS--is seems like(in Hindi) bACUOUS (bacvaas-->Lacking in ideas) lol

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The space within a VACUUM tube is devoid of all matter.

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vacuous sounds like vacant means emty

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