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
Seethe Sounds like "SEAT" So after a tiring day you catch BUS and there is only one seat empty which is in Ladies reserved section. U sit there and a Young girl comes and tell you to get off !!! You will BOIL !!!
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 !!
A SENTINEL is like a CONSTABLE - a soldier posted to keep watch and guard something.
sentinel: sent+in+el(elowd/allowed): we employed a watch man/gaurd at my wedding so that only people who has applied SENT will be ALLOWED (EL) IN inside.
sentinal prime : from transformers was keeping guard on the energon
sepulcher
Definition (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave
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...
SEPULCHER and PYRE which are more or less similar in sound, connect to the dead. While a SEPULCHER refers to a tomb (a burial), PYRE refers to the funeral pile which is lit up to cremate a dead body, a tradition prevalent in India
: SEPULCHER = SHE(se)+PULL(pul)+CHAIR(cher). She pulls chair to attend ghost dinner party in a sepulcher.
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
sequester =see+twister==>when u see twister u "isolate" from ur dwelling place
1st meaning: isolated:a person who quests the sea and lives ther alone<br><br>
2nd meaning : take possesions legally : suppose you lent me money for some land. with that money i buy an island. If m unable to payback u quest my sea
SYLVESTER stallone has now 'retired from public life' he is 'isolated' from films now
SEQUESTER ~ se (sea) + quester (questions) : He sequestered himself in his science books to find answers to questions related to sea water.
SEclude+QUEST-He SEcluded himself/isolated from family in QUEST of money and power
SEQUESTER or RETIRE - to exclude or ostracize from a society or group.
The adventurous guy went on a SEA-QUEST to find the mythical sea monster .. Being a dangerous journey, he had to journey alone. He find the monster on an ISOLATED and SECLUDED region of the ocean..
He was left SECLUDED and ISOLATED when his property was CONFISCATED
He was set apart from others and was sent on sea quest.
sequester: sequence + star i.e the stars r sited in sequence , isolated from each other
the requester was sequestered and beaten up to death
sham
Definition (noun) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
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...!!!
sounds like "scam" and in a scam you pretend a lot of things.
SHAM and FRANK are antonyms. While sham means to fake something, frank is to be clear and truthful about it.
Sham <-> Scam .. You have to pretend that the HAM that you are selling is made up of processed cheese .. That means you are shamming to lure customers .. What a dirty scam! Playing with religious sentiments!
shambles
Definition (noun) a condition of great disorder
Definition (noun) a building where animals are butchered
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