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flagrant

Definition
(adj) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Example Sentence
  • a crying shame
  • an egregious lie
  • flagrant violation of human rights
  • a glaring error
  • gross ineptitude
  • gross injustice
  • rank treachery
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for flagrant

flag + rent --renting the national flag!(No offense meant) It is shocking & scandalous.

"flagrant"-split into 'flag'+'rant'. Flag(v) means slow down & rant meant irritated. Therefore when one start weakening they rant and become offensive.

lag + rant --running over the national flag!(No offense meant) It is bad or offensive.

flak

Definition
(noun) a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer Definition
(noun) intense adverse criticism
Synonyms : attack blast fire flack
Example Sentence
  • Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
  • the government has come under attack
  • don't give me any flak
Definition
(noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

flamboyant

Definition
(noun) showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana Definition
(adj) marked by ostentation but often tasteless
Synonyms : showy splashy
Example Sentence
  • a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet
  • a splashy half-page ad
Definition
(adj) elaborately or excessively ornamented
Synonyms : aureate florid
Example Sentence
  • flamboyant handwriting
  • the senator's florid speech
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for flamboyant

flamboyant ~ flame + boy; imagine a boy wearing a T-shirt with pictures of flame on it. will it not be flamboyant?

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flamboyant="flame" + "boy",, the boy's body is "ornated" with the tatto of flame :)

flamboyant ~ flame + boy; we have seen FLAMES coming from the BOY’S mouth in CIRCUS they are generally ORNATED and wore RICH COLOURED costumes….

flaunt

Definition
(noun) the act of displaying something ostentatiously
Example Sentence
  • his behavior was an outrageous flaunt
Definition
(verb) display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
Example Sentence
  • he showed off his new sports car
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for flaunt

flaunt ->Friend's aunt; my Friend's aunt always flaunts.

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flamboyant(showy) aunt

flaunt="flatter"+"aunt" ,, aunty flattered uncle by displaying herself ostentatiously

flaunt = fla (flash)+ aunt (aunty)= aunty flaunts her bounty

Aunt is trying to flat everyone by show off and her looks,display

Flaunt and flirt are somewhat similar. People tend to flirt with people who flaunt.

Shambles sounds like scrambles, DISORDER.

flay

Definition
(verb) strip the skin off
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for flay

to eat LAY's(chips) we need to strip off its cover

F**K+LAY....if you find your girlfriend F**King and LAYING with someone, you will criticize her severely.......

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flay sounds very similar to play. His skin flayed when he fell down while playing cricket.

for making LAYS chips,have to flay potatoes,strip potato skin

when we removed skin (E) of LEAFY vegetable it becomes LAFY which when solved becomes FLAY

when you FILLET(pronounced FIL-AY) a fish, you strip off the skin.

if u call any one a lay man he will definately end up beating u...

FLAY RHYMES LIKE PLAY..THE KING ORDERED THE SOLDIERS TO FLAY THE SKIN OF THE OPPONENTS

flay sounds like fla i.e to remove something;

fleck

Definition
(noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
Synonyms : bit chip flake scrap
Example Sentence
  • a bit of rock caught him in the eye
Definition
(noun) a small contrasting part of something
Example Sentence
  • a bald spot
  • a leopard's spots
  • a patch of clouds
  • patches of thin ice
  • a fleck of red
Definition
(verb) make a spot or mark onto
Synonyms : blob blot spot
Example Sentence
  • The wine spotted the tablecloth
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for fleck

rhymes with speck meaning a dot or small spot

If in a FLOCK of sth like say goats,a man comes in between, he will be visible distinctly ,, like a spot... Syn:dapple, dot, flake, freckle, jot, mark, particle, speck, speckle, spot, streak..

flinch

Definition
(noun) a reflex response to sudden pain
Synonyms : wince
Definition
(verb) draw back, as with fear or pain
Example Sentence
  • she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for flinch

sounds like pinch , when you pinch, the skin flinches.

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U FLINCH to pinch someone

in FLINstones, the guy used to MOVE BACK COZ OF FEAR coz of his pet DINO

F - LINCH = Fear of Pinch

flippant

Definition
(adj) showing inappropriate levity
Synonyms : light-minded
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for flippant

flippant - person who flips a coin and decides is not serious...

focus on flip; during exam time if you flip through the pages of the book rather than reading them with concentration, then you LACK PROPER SERIOUSNESS.

SLIP+PANT..if u put slips in pants while goin to exam den ur not serious abt ur exam...levity

flip+plant - the person who use to flip his pant always is not "serious" at all

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when you r flipping the pages of a book u r not SERIOUS ABOUT reading the book.

a person havin a flip phone who keeps on playing with it laking in seriousness instead of using it flippant...

A person flips tasks if he thinks the1st one was not that serious task..

flippant = lip + aunty; lip of aunty is going to tell anything.

flit

Definition
(noun) a sudden quick movement
Synonyms : dart
Definition
(noun) a secret move (to avoid paying debts)
Example Sentence
  • they did a moonlight flit
Definition
(verb) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
Synonyms : dart fleet flutter
Example Sentence
  • The hummingbird flitted among the branches
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for flit

flit sounds like flight which flies very rapidly.

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flit=fly like it(can be anything) which is lite..n something thats lite fly's swiftly..

Fleet taxis are a flit service as they secretly (depends)take you wherever you wanna go.

u spray FLIT to kill the flies but the dont die because they FLIT, (fly off suddenly)

flounder

Definition
(noun) flesh of any of various American and European flatfish Definition
(noun) any of various European and non-European marine flatfish Definition
(verb) walk with great difficulty
Synonyms : stagger
Example Sentence
  • He staggered along in the heavy snow
Definition
(verb) behave awkwardly; have difficulties
Example Sentence
  • She is floundering in college
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for flounder

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Fly+under water is accompanied with lots of struggle and confusion

Sounds similar to founder.. a startup founder has to face lots of difficulties in the beginning.

When you catch a flounder (fish), he struggles and thrashes around to try to escape.

f(lounde)r... lounde has to struggle hard to get hitched to a girl

He struggled to reach ashore in the fast river FLOw UNDER the moonlight when the boat sunk.

lafandero ki tarah ghoom na

Flounder sounds like flow under...under water flow its very hard to walk.....so flounder is struggle to walk

flo+under— we STRUGGLE when we get FLOw UNDER water

flounder sounds like found+err.when u found error u would be in a state of DIFFICULTY.

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