divide it like sumptu+ous;just focus on the SUMPT+U,SOUNDS LIKE SAMPAT(I)(IN HINDI..DHAN SAMPATI)SO SAMPATI MEANS MONEY,well if you have a lot of sumpati or money, you will spend it LAVISHLY,you will be able to buy all luxury.
just focus on SUM(means whole amount)+ptuous.....well you have decided to spend whole amount of yours ( around a crore )on your wedding..so you are trying to be sumptuous.
akin to consumption, presumption, assumption.
<br>consumption = take in
<br>presumption = taken, before hand
<br>assumption = taken as
sumptuous = something that takes a lot.
A rich, SUMPTUOUS meal is also SCRUMPTIOUS(delicious).
basically it taken from sumptus...means expense..so someone suggesting grand expense on things...
sundry
Definition (adj) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
SUNDARI (beautiful girl) ke peeche SEVERAL boys pade hai :P
when you SUNDRY .. you expose yourself to MISCELLANEOUS radiations
Imagine yourself lying on seashore enjoying the SUN. Now imagine a picture of SUN (obviously a round circle with lots of lines coming out of it).. Every line represent VARIOUS rays emerging out of the SUN (could be ULTRAVIOLET or INFRARED). In short
makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supercilious
split it like SUPER+CILI(sounds like SILLY)+o+US......now think of our SUPER SENIORs in our college . ..who were very ARROGANT IN NATURE..and were very keen to exhibit their superiority over us hence treated us in a very silly way..
but basically this word is taken from latin supercilium...which when splited means super + cilium means eyelid.....so moving your eyelid in a way which exhibit your pride......and arrogance...
SUPER+FEELious....whenyou feel that you are superior, you become showy,pompous ......
Supercilious = Super + chilly(ous) i.e. when we eat food with a Super amount (a lot of) of chilly we express contempt towards the person who cooked it.
Arrogant people think rest of the world is "super silly".
split the word
super+cilia+ ous: Cilia means hair.so supercilia can assumed to mean someone with lots of hair,long haired,john abraham wannabe's.These guy usually come of as arrogant.
super-chilli-ous
chilli means hot and can also be related to arrogant
super(above)+ cilia (hair): Think of a person's condescending, patronizing expression where he/she lifts one eyebrow up.
super+cilia. Cilia are TINY hairlike function of a cell, so if there is a SUPER CILIA in the group, he (cilia) will be haughty and mighty among others.
Supercilious : just a "Super- Silly-Ass " person...
iam SUPER...u are SILLY :P
supercilious
= super + cili (silly) + ous; i.e making unnecessary things.
You Wanna remember, use this-- "super silly ass " and you'll remember the basic sense of supercilious.
supererogatory
Definition (adj) more than is needed, desired, or required
Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supplant
Sounds like: sub + plant....i.e substitute + plant... <br>...so it is taking the place of the other plant
or superseding it.
Root out one plant and grow another.
SUPer PLANT---Due to advances in agriculture, govt. is replacing all plants with SUPer PLANTs.
supplant sounds like implants.. and implant takes the place of originality!!
The restaurant SoUPPLANTATION is constantly SUPPLANTING its patrons with new ones throughout the day.
o this one is easy- SUPPLY ANT as a substitute for parents in case they are not available. {The ANT brainwashes the kids into thinking she is the real parent} meaning of supplant: take the place of in a <b>scheming</b> manner
supplant == SUPpress + PlANTation and start construction there mean u have replace smthing unfairly
sabbatical
SUPPLE-ANT.. the Old, senile ruler of the ANT colony was replaced by a younger, SUPPLE bodied ANT.
sounds Supplement >>> In gym's we take supplements in order to make over t deficient nutrients in t body... hence daily food is REPLACED with an option of supplement food..
supple = chappal.. now the rexona ki chappal or any other slippers should be flexible and easy to bend in order to be a good chappal.. so a chappal shoul be supple or flexible, pliable ! :)
Playing cards can be SHUFFLED because they are SUPPLE
in Engineering supple(backlogs) are common thing, thet are FLEXIBLE
comes from French - 'souple' which means yielding. <br>
supply + apple = By using trays which are flexible ,pliant ,bending or folding easily without breaking or cracking
so supplying apple would be easy
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