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subpoena

Definition
(noun) a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court Definition
(verb) serve or summon with a subpoena
Example Sentence
  • The witness and her records were subpoenaed
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for subpoena

Its pretty simple... read it as COURT MEIN "SABOOT POST KARNA"!!!

ounds like SAB+ P + HEY NA ?? Here 'P' stands for PRESENT. So court issues a writ confirming SAB P(resent) Hey Na?? if not they have to pay fine. Smile

"Sub + poena" in Latin means "under penalty" The person who's under penalty is required to attend the court hearing. So he's issued a subpoena.

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sab ko aana hai

remember the word "sub court" ..

subpoena = I everybody drunken, i.e ur asked a a witness.

subsume

Definition
(verb) contain or include
Example Sentence
  • This new system subsumes the old one
Definition
(verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle
Synonyms : colligate
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subsume -- sub + sum + e. Sum -- summing. summing something means adding up and hence to include everything.

akin to consume i.e., to take in. sub = something inferior/smaller sume = include i.e., include something into it = encompass.

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subsume~assume; I was so confident of my debating skills that i assumed that my name will be subsumed(included) in the finalist lists !

subsume => sub(Everything) + usme......means included

SUBSUME = SUBMIT + CONSUME

asSUME ke tum SAB ke jaise ho!= subsume= encompas; include as a part of group

subsume sounds like resume .. u include all ur credentials in the resume .. hence include or encompass

SUBStitUte ME into the game and I will be included

The root word "sume" is similar to "sum" i.e. adding or including so anything that has "sume" is somewhat releated to "include" as in "consume". So here, "subsume" should mean "include".

subterfuge

Definition
(noun) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
Synonyms : blind
Example Sentence
  • he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge
  • the holding company was just a blind
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subterfuge: 'sub taraf fuse', if you see electrical fuses everywhere its certainly a misrepresentation, and not the true nature of connections

subterfuge -> sab ko fool.. i.e fooling everyone..

fuge means to emit, as in centrifuge. sub (internally) + ter (terrible) + fuge (throw out) i.e., internally terrible but externally not.

Shob tar fuse - ami je current er tar gula kinsi tar shob tai fuse -> cheat, false

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sub(in hindi 'all')+r(e)fugee....sub log(ppl.)PRETENDED as if they were refugees

it can be sab(hindi)+te+refuse ....means k sab mana karne k liye bahane banane lage...

subterfuge -> sattar (70) fools so easy to fool to blind.. mu hahaha

SUBTERFUGE = SUBMARINE. SUBMARINES are used to deceive the enemy.

In Latin subter-'beneath' and fuge- 'flee' so subterfuge is to escape secretly without alerting others and thus deceiving others.

She SUBbed TURkey (ter), which I'm allergic to, for my USual (uge) ham to deceptively get me sick.

sub-ter-fuge : under cover "Err"ant refuge - evasion or pretense

sub(inner side) can differ(misrepresenting) from the original (0uter side) of human

subtlety

Definition
(noun) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
Example Sentence
  • without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
  • don't argue about shades of meaning
Definition
(noun) the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
Synonyms : niceness
Example Sentence
  • you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew
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SUB(all) did not LET(allow) him enter.bcoz he was CUNNING,GUILE

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immediately

succinct

Definition
(adj) briefly giving the gist of something
Example Sentence
  • a short and compendious book
  • a compact style is brief and pithy
  • succinct comparisons
  • a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject
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SUCK+INK - brief/summary of story sucks less ink on the paper

when you suck juice out of a carton it becomes less, so brief terse or compact

Sounds like HINT ie short reference to somthng ir gist

it has word in between " sucess " we used to find short cut for success ek raat pehle study karna is also an example of many talented guys

I succed at Statistics, so my involvement inct was brief.

Sounds like sachin who has short height! :)

sucks int(precisely integer value only 2 bytes)

succ sounds like suck up, inct sounds like int or say point a SUCked up version and to the poINT

succor

Definition
(noun) assistance in time of difficulty
Example Sentence
  • the contributions provided some relief for the victims
Definition
(verb) help in a difficult situation
Synonyms : succour
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Succour in hindi sounds like sukkar(IYA)....SUKKARIYA.....means thanks....so to whom do we say sukkariya or thanks??...obviously to someone who HELPS or ASSISTS us in OUR DIFFICULT TIME ..OR in a time of difficulty.

..This word sounds like Shakkar/(Sugar) in Hindi.. we usually go to our Neighbors when our sugar gets over... So in a way we seek their assistance in the time of difficulty.

it sounds like SUCRE.. all prison break fans know sucre was michael's aid and always there to asssist him in need :/

SUCK KAR

succor ----> soccer...where one players assists (aids) the other in the game...

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a sucker sometimes shows sympathy and helps out. succor- aid, assistance

It will seem funny but i bet that you will surely love this one. Remember this song : " Succor(Chukar) mere dil ko kiya tune kya ishara ?? " The ishara was to ask for help,aid or assistance !!!

SUCCOR(Aid) your boss in his work and be a SUCCESSOR(Take his position) ... hahaha:)

SARKAR is one who helps in the difficulty or distress.

Succor - Sukhamundonnu anveshicho?

succumb

Definition
(verb) consent reluctantly Definition
(verb) be fatally overwhelmed
Synonyms : yield
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succumb(Suck + thumb)- Children doesnt give up sucking their thumb - Children are succumb in sucking thumb

succumb= sir+comb, when sir asked you that do you have a COMB(which is a bad thing, in school)? you gave your comb reluctantly

SUCCUMB = suck + thumb; All the money of your father has taken away by your boss there is nothing left for you other than sucking thumb.

suffragist

Definition
(noun) an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for suffragist

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Think opposite of saffron brigade term used for Hindutva activists not supporting woman's right (to vote) [No offense meant; just for mnemonic]

Sufferer + just: A suffrajist is being just or trying to do justice to suffrers (women in most cases)

Suffragist... XXXgist always means a person... so Suffra rhymes with sufferer... & all know sufferer is always women... so a person with women for her rights... or advocate of women rights (vote even)

Remember FEMINIST both are almost same.

suffragist~polygamist; a suffragist will fight for women rights like voting etc. (please forget about polygamy that was just to bring you to this mnemonic!) ...afterall just a cue shud b enough 2 recollect the word !

suffuse

Definition
(verb) cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
Synonyms : perfuse
Example Sentence
  • The sky was suffused with a warm pink color
Definition
(verb) to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light
Example Sentence
  • His whole frame suffused with a cold dew
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for suffuse

akin to other fuses: diffuse, effuse - all of which mean flow or spread.

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SUFFUSE=SUFficient+difFUSE. So, Suffuse is to Diffuse Sufficiently, that is, spread through, over or across

sullen

Definition
(adj) showing a brooding ill humor
Example Sentence
  • a dark scowl
  • the proverbially dour New England Puritan
  • a glum, hopeless shrug
  • he sat in moody silence
  • a morose and unsociable manner
  • a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius
  • a sour temper
  • a sullen crowd
Definition
(adj) darkened by clouds
Example Sentence
  • a heavy sky
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sullen

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Your face is SWOLLEN ( by some insect bite ) and so you feel SULLEN

sullen....sull..soul..sole..sole means alone...so a person who leaves alone.. doesnot hv any social contact..such a person always lives in anxiety and live a dark and lonly life....so he remains silent...and show a BROOding ILL HUMER...

sull rhymes with dull.. sullen ~ dull n gloomy

sullen..sull+en..SULLMAN.khan....who life is surrounded by dark clouds..after the recent verdict that he may have to live in JAIL FOR FEW YEARS becoz of his chinkara killing case.

something like sullied. i.e., tarnished, darkened.

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