50Cent -> talks too much..
on the contrary..
reticent-> talk less
REHTA+SHANT....shant rehne waal i.e a person who doesn't talk or who is reserved in speech....
RET+ICENT=RET(RAT)+ICENT(INOCENT)=RAT IS INNOCENT SO HE SPAKS LESS,i.e REMAINS SILENT
REserved and silENT
reticent~reti(return) + cent (imagine cent,currency, to be a big amount)...so if you aren't able to return a cent to whom you owe you remain reserved,without communication
retICENT sounds like dECENT,he is decent,he doesn't blabber,he stays calm and reserved.
reticent ~ retire. An old man who is retired speak reticently
If you notice a shy person, they turn RED-AS-A-CENT
retina(reti) + scent(cent) ... one gets "reluctant" to spray scent on his eyes.
if one is RETICENT by nature one would never RETurn a CENT found on the street.
Think of someone you know who has low self-esteem AND quiet, then imagine: S/he often thinks, "I better [RET]ract my thoughts before [I] voice it, because it can't be worth a [CENT] to others."
He RETIred in silENT because he is a QUIET type of person.
+i+ cent; if you ask someone to RETurn the CENT(money) , he doesn’t speak freely
Once 50 cent was reluctant to draw attention towards RAJNIKANT now he is called reticent
When we are Reti-cent we are not-ready-yet to get ourselves in-volved
cent(100)% => he is not giving cent % information i.e., he is hiding something.....
retinue
Definition (noun) the group following and attending to some important person
Derived from "retain". <br>
Retained => Servant <br>
Retinue => Body of attendants <br>
Derived from "RETAIN". For any politician, its his FOLLOWERS that help to retain his post
Retinue rhymes with continue - like a following
It sounds like 'retinue-rating u',people rate u good if they like you,if they like you they follow you
Retain+new i.e retain new servants for company
relate it to retina which follows our eye movement whichever direction we see and sends those signals to the brain
this word is very close to word RETAIN....SO THE GROUP FOLLOWING AND ATTENDING TO SOME IMPORTANT PERSON JUST BECAUSE HE IS ABLE TO HOLD THEM BACK WITH HIM, OR he is able to RETAIN THE CROWD WITH HIM.....
for protecting karunanidhi's retina he has followers and attendants around him
Definition (noun) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing
Definition (noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge
he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him
the swiftness of divine retribution
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for retribution
RATRI(night)+ABUSE--he abused me at night and got beating from me in the morning, he got RETRIBUTION.
Opposite of tribute.
"Re" can mean two things: repeating/reinforcing OR opposite/reverse.<br>
Reassured = assure strongly<br>
Recurring = repeatedly occurring<br>
Reprobation X Approbation<br>
Retort X reply sharply <br>
re-distribution means to correct previous distribution...correct wrong doing
if you retry on girl's butt,if you will be punished badly
retribution,concentrate on 'tribute'.he did not pay a tribute to the dying soldiers,he would be PUNISHED FOR HIS OFFENCE,HE DESERVES A JUST PENALTY
Retribution and Retaliation are similar...
retribution sounds like distribution....x distributed my sweets to every one so i gave him retribution...ie punishment for sth wrong that sb has done......
tribute means a payback, or a gift. So when you retribute, you pay back either by punishing for an offense, or compensation or a paying back by vengeance
retribution rhymes like contribution mahatma gandhi did a lot of contribution so i want to avenge his murderer which is a necessary form of retribution
reverent
Definition (adj) feeling or showing profound respect or veneration
(rever)ie, rever sounds like river. if you think of sitting with a girl on a river bank you are daydreaming.
read it as "river eye" jheel si aankhe... think about the song "sharbati teri aankho ki jheel si gehrai me mai doob jata hoon" so doob jana means mused in thoughts.. daydreaming..
Re(ver)ie
Consider the word in bracket only.
ver can be sounded as var (husband in hindi if i am right). So just make a sentence with some gal DAY DREAMING about having a good looking VAR some day !!
Rever(Rever)ie(I), Rever +I.. Imagine yourself into the contact of Cold River and your absentminded thoughts are gone.
had the likes of frank RIBERY not been caught daydreaming , france would have probably made it thru the group stages at this world cup
REVERIE -> REVERE. When you REVERE or obsess about someone, s/he becomes part of your daily REVERIES.
revile
Definition (verb) spread negative information about
Definition (noun) study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for rhetoric
<br> rhetoric = "right oral" skills.
If you have the right oral skills, you can communicate well.
RHETORIC is right oral skills with little real sound knowledge
rhetorical questn is a questn which does not expects any ans frm t listener, bt provokes him to think on it just like putting him in words and entangling him.. its an art of communication (in hindi like shabdo ke jaal mein fasana)
rhe(re) tori c(communication)effective hai yar..
ribald
Definition (noun) a ribald person; someone who uses vulgar and offensive language
Definition (adj) humorously vulgar
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