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choleric

Short Definition : hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera

Definition
(adj) easily moved to anger
Example Sentence
  • men of the choleric type take to kicking and smashing
Definition
(adj) quickly aroused to anger
Example Sentence
  • a hotheaded commander
Definition
(adj) characterized by anger
Synonyms : irascible
Example Sentence
  • a choleric outburst
  • an irascible response
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for choleric

cholera is a disease . When you are sick you get irritated and bad-tempered, you are choleric. So choleric

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choleric=co+lyric....when cosingers are not following the lyric properly...composer gets anger(hot tempered)

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Sounds like COLORING we ridicule a person as COLORING if he talks with girls with a desire to trap them ,so if that is the case ,if we call a person who is busy in COLORING as " stop coloring",he gets IRRITATED EASILY

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Cholestrol.. people having this become short tempered thus angry!

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When you become enraged, you become the COLOR RED.

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chore

Short Definition : daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task

Definition
(noun) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Synonyms : job task
Example Sentence
  • estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
  • the job of repairing the engine took several hours
  • the endless task of classifying the samples
  • the farmer's morning chores
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chore

dont take it otherwise please....in some cheap TV serials we see that maids, servants(who do daily REGULAR household TASKS) often turn into thieves(CHOR!!).

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chore sounds like "core" means main or importatnt part of daily routine

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Chore in kannada means headache job( chore kelasa), daily domestic task is chore kelsa.

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chore sounds like bore.. that means the daily boring routine work..

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CHORE-if any man doesn't work he becomes CHORE(thief)

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chor ka kaam roj chore karna

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choreography

Short Definition : art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances

Definition
(noun) a show involving artistic dancing
Synonyms : stage dancing
Definition
(noun) the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes Definition
(noun) a notation used by choreographers
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for choreography

KO+RE+YO grapher where KO stands for country dance RE stands for retro dance and YO for the yo style of dancing as followeed in the rap

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chortle

Short Definition : chuckle with delight; N.

Definition
(noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh
Synonyms : chuckle
Definition
(verb) laugh quietly or with restraint
Synonyms : chuckle laugh softly
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chortle

CHORi TAL gayi because due to our laughter chor knew that we are in room.

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chortle - ch + turtle, when turtle won the race with hare , i chuckled with delight

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Imagine giving a chart to a cartoonist in a gathering. He would definitely draw something funny and leave audience chuckling

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chor+tell wen chor hindi word for thief confesses or tells that he is come to the owner house to steal the ppl in the house will laugh at him

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chori+tell me why what made chuckle?

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well chortle.....divide this word into c+hort+le......now focus on middle word....hort...sound simillar to word hoot.....which means..to laugh , to chuckle

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chortle=c+how+turtle is dancing..... people on seeing that laughs delightly...,

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hor...middlle part simillar to hooray an excalamation....to show..your happiness..you laugh....

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c+hortel means when u see hortel u'll chuckle with the thought of havin fun

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chotu--laughs on every bad joke :P

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It is exciting a joy to ride a car in full throttle.

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chort(short)+ (smi)le

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chorus

Short Definition : phrase repeated throughout a song or poem

Definition
(noun) any utterance produced simultaneously by a group
Example Sentence
  • a chorus of boos
Definition
(noun) a group of people assembled to sing together Definition
(noun) the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers
Synonyms : refrain
Definition
(noun) a body of dancers or singers who perform together
Synonyms : chorus line
Definition
(noun) a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play
Synonyms : greek chorus
Definition
(verb) utter in unison
Example Sentence
  • `yes,' the children chorused
Definition
(verb) sing in a choir
Synonyms : choir

chronic

Short Definition : long established as a disease

Definition
(adj) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
Example Sentence
  • chronic indigestion
  • a chronic shortage of funds
  • a chronic invalid
Definition
(adj) of long duration
Synonyms : continuing
Example Sentence
  • chronic money problems
Definition
(adj) habitual
Synonyms : inveterate
Example Sentence
  • a chronic smoker
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chronic

initial part sound as crown !! crown + ic .. A king rules the nation for long time, hence his crown last for long time..ie long lasting

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take out the word 'chrono', its something continual.. so long durational disease

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ch'roni'c=just concentrate on and frame it as 'iron' which is very strong and will be there for long time:)

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chronicle

Short Definition : report; record (in chronological order)

Definition
(noun) a record or narrative description of past events
Synonyms : account history story
Example Sentence
  • a history of France
  • he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
  • the story of exposure to lead
Definition
(verb) record in chronological order; make a historical record
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chronicle

DECCAN CHRONICLE

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Acro Chronical magzine of our clg .:)

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think of the chronicles of narnia.....a long story...

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chronic is somthing that is related to time..so cronicle mean any proof or record in chronological order

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chuckle

Short Definition : laugh quietly

Definition
(noun) a soft partly suppressed laugh
Synonyms : chortle
Definition
(verb) laugh quietly or with restraint
Synonyms : chortle laugh softly
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for chuckle

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chalk +kill wen the teeacher kills u by throwing a chalk the other students will laugh silently without making a noise or else teacher will kill them too

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chuckle sound like "chuklas" when we do chuklas we often smile at someone softly to irritate him

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churlish

Short Definition : boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo

Definition
(adj) rude and boorish Definition
(adj) having a bad disposition; surly
Example Sentence
  • churlish as a bear
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for churlish

chur(church)+lish(wish)-church wishes always not to behave rude,boorish

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churlish == boorish ,,the same rhythm !! =D

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CHURLISH rhymes wit girlish....so never be RUDE to those who are girlish

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CHURLISH- if u chk the word,,and see,u will find hurl in the middle..hurl is somthing negative,, bad..etc..

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churilsh->like CHARLIE SHEEN who is often in news for his boorish behaviour

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in CHURCH LIStening songs

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Prince Charles was very rude to Diana. So churlish means rude.

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Charles+girlish.. Charles is a name of a guy..if u call him girlish...it would be being very rude to him!

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CHUR+lish: When you churn something or stir something, It becomes rude,boorisha and intractable. LIke churning lassi out of milk

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Churlish sounds like HARSH. so rude

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remember it as somewhat opposite of childish...

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She is very churlish girl, she is so rude with boys

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C(calm)+HURLish(throw with force in air).....a person who hurls his calm...i.e loses his temper very soon is a CHURLISH person.....

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for marathi readers ::chur chur nako karu...means dont b so rude

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jo apne dehatipan ke karan dusro ko bahut charta ho..:-)

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rhymes with girlish... bullies are RUDE and BOORISH to those who are girlish..

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Doing Girlish talk at Boys' party is churlish(boorish,rude)

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rhymes with girlish >>> more girlish girls are RUDE with boys...

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churayl-ish in behaviour when chewing food on the dinnner table

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ciliated

Short Definition : having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash

Definition
(adj) having a margin or fringe of hairlike projections
Synonyms : ciliate
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ciliated

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silly ate it....all bald ppl eat their hair

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Can be compared with Cilna.(Stitch) When we stitch then we use thread which is hair like.

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ciliated - reminds of seel which has minute hairs

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CILI(silicon)+ated. There is a silicon in the word ciliated.So,silicon hair is of preferred by people having minute hair

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