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seemly

Definition
(adj) according with custom or propriety
Example Sentence
  • her becoming modesty
  • comely behavior
  • it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
  • a decent burial
  • seemly behavior
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for seemly

seemly ~ see + homely (hindi: gharelu in positive sense) : see sita is so homely and hence proper or appopriate to be my daughter in law !

SEEMLY is the opposite of SEAMY

seemly= see+my+l == mummy "(see) (my) (l)adki" coz its appropriate & proper for me...

seethe

Definition
(verb) be noisy with activity
Synonyms : buzz hum
Example Sentence
  • This office is buzzing with activity
Definition
(verb) be in an agitated emotional state
Synonyms : boil
Example Sentence
  • The customer was seething with anger
Definition
(verb) foam as if boiling
Example Sentence
  • a seething liquid
Definition
(verb) boil vigorously
Synonyms : roll
Example Sentence
  • The liquid was seething
  • The water rolled
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for seethe

SOOTHE if you remember, means, calm/quiet...Seethe is its opposite, meaning, violent.

seethe(SITA)..when ravan took sita to lanka lord ram BOILED and was DISTURBED

break it in to SEE THE --- ur mom say to u to see the water which is boiling

semblance

Definition
(noun) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
Synonyms : color colour gloss
Example Sentence
  • he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
  • he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
  • the situation soon took on a different color
Definition
(noun) an erroneous mental representation
Synonyms : illusion
Definition
(noun) picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
Synonyms : likeness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for semblance

resemblance should immediately come to your mind and relate the meaning of resemblance to semblance.

sounds like ambulance that gives an outward appearance of emergency, illness and death.

SEMBLANCE is an outward APPEARANCE or form.

sententious

Definition
(adj) abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
Example Sentence
  • too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation
Definition
(adj) concise and full of meaning
Synonyms : pithy
Example Sentence
  • welcomed her pithy comments
  • the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sententious

Sentence+less - Someone who can concisely explain his views in just a few sentences (less sentences used).

Sententious: think of it as "Sentence + Conscious". Person who is sentence conscious will be terse or brief.

sentence+ious... full sentence in one word.

sentient

Definition
(adj) endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
Synonyms : animate
Example Sentence
  • the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage
Definition
(adj) consciously perceiving
Example Sentence
  • sentient of the intolerable load
  • a boy so sentient of his surroundings
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sentient

Sentimental people are sentinent.

Sentient -> SENTI + ENT(Ear Nose Throat) .. Capable of sensation, Aware, Sensitive ..

SENTIENT - conscious, susceptible or responsive to sensation, is sensitive.

sentinel

Definition
(noun) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sentinel

Sentinel=see at entry.Guard or Sentry.

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senti"nel" (SA bowler) gets senti when he bowls a beamer and watches over the batsman so as to prevent a boundry on the next ball in case the batsman gets aggressive.. so he is a sentinel !!

sepulcher

Definition
(noun) a chamber that is used as a grave
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sepulcher

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it can be broken down into see(p)+ vulture .As vulture is human flesh eating animal will b found near tombs.

Sleep+HULCHAL- place where while sleeping u cant do any hulchul.

a vulture flies near the sepulchre for food...

sequester

Definition
(verb) requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
Example Sentence
  • the estate was sequestered
Definition
(verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
Example Sentence
  • The FBI seized the drugs
  • The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment
  • The police confiscated the stolen artwork
Definition
(verb) undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion
Example Sentence
  • The cations were sequestered
Definition
(verb) keep away from others
Example Sentence
  • He sequestered himself in his study to write a book
Definition
(verb) set apart from others
Example Sentence
  • The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sequester

seek + quest - those who seek to find something as a part of a quest have to leave the society or seclude themselves from it.

If I seek rest I would prefer seclusion

Sounds like Silverter, Jab Tweaty ne Silverter ka popat kiya.. To Silverster had to retire from public life.

sham

Definition
(noun) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Synonyms : fake postiche
Definition
(noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses Definition
(verb) make a pretence of
Synonyms : assume feign simulate
Example Sentence
  • She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
  • he feigned sleep
Definition
(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive
Example Sentence
  • He feigned that he was ill
  • He shammed a headache
Definition
(adj) adopted in order to deceive
Example Sentence
  • an assumed name
  • an assumed cheerfulness
  • a fictitious address
  • fictive sympathy
  • a pretended interest
  • a put-on childish voice
  • sham modesty
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sham

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sham sounds like scam...both have almost the same negative meaning..

if u have some shame u wud not sham

my friend SHyAM always shams that he did not study...but he always tops d class...!!!

shambles

Definition
(noun) a condition of great disorder Definition
(noun) a building where animals are butchered
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for shambles

SHAMBLES and GAMBLES... The gambling den was in shambles after the police had raided it.

gamble shambles ur life (ruins ur life)

take the word "HAM" from shambles, from where does "ham" come? from where animals are butchered or shambles....

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