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impunity

Definition
(noun) exemption from punishment or loss
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impunity sounds like immunity. Punitive means punishment while impunity is freedom from punishment

impunity--im + punity-- so the schools in pune city generally don't punish the students, they give them freedom to do anything..

impunity : immunity from penalty.

importance of unity....one can hardly harm you...so freedom from harm

im(not)+punity(punish)=not punishing and freedom to do anyhting....simple!

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immunity from punishment = impunity

impunity - imp-unity..if someone is important and united then no one will punish him

impute

Definition
(verb) attribute or credit to
Synonyms : ascribe assign attribute
Example Sentence
  • We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
  • People impute great cleverness to cats
Definition
(verb) attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
Example Sentence
  • The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for impute

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im(put)e... put the blame to somebody

Impute and attribute has the same rhyming ending.

impute sounds like input....we usually impute/attribute input to output

"put" the blame on...

If I am a girl and I am puking most of the people will consider as an outcome of pregnancy...

IMPlicate + attribUTE = impute

I'M PUTting it on u->impute

important use or implication or attribute

incarcerate

Definition
(verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Example Sentence
  • The suspects were imprisoned without trial
  • the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for incarcerate

(Hindi) inकारागारate, (Bengali) inকারাগারate. Amazingly, in Latin 'carcer' pronounced /karker/, means prison (Bengali কারাগার; Hindi कारागार).

incarcerate : sounds like in + car + sit + rate so think like this policemen asking a thief in[ki] car ke seat ke niche jo samana than wo tune kausi rate me becha bol de nahi to tuje 10 saal ka incarcerate kar dunga

in+car+carate(karate == unit of diamond) ie if you have stolen diamonds in your car you will be imprisoned , going to the jail ,,

IN + CAR + CIGARETTE - due to a ban on smoking, if you smoke cigarettes even in the car, you may be IMPRISONed.

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in + car + carate(unit of gold or diamond) >> when u smuggle gold or diamonds, u may get caught and may be imprisoned..

if u get cancer, u r mostly confined to ur house

Incar+Cera+te Look for cera (or cere/ ceramane) mean jail

incarcerate-the word seems like Nepali ratera to kill and so the consequences is the imprision

incendiary

Definition
(noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property
Synonyms : arsonist firebug
Definition
(noun) a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) Definition
(adj) involving deliberate burning of property
Example Sentence
  • an incendiary fire
Definition
(adj) arousing to action or rebellion Definition
(adj) capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or burning readily
Example Sentence
  • an incendiary agent
  • incendiary bombs
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for incendiary

INSane person who sets his DIARY on fire.

INCENse+DIA(hindi) INCENse sticks ko DIA se jalana..that is to light up fire..to stir up conflicts

Incendiary sounds like Insane diary... a person who sets a building on fire(or arsonist) is an insane.

Think of incensed diary => with fire,and the person doing that is rebellious and going to overthrow the government

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Remember word incentive. But this time it ignite the fire or anger.

manufacture

Insane+Firey.

incensed diary: a diary capable of producing fire,a person eating that diary will be violent and sets everything on fire

Incendiary sounds like Insane dairy... a person who sets a dairy on fire(or arsonist) is an insane.

incendiary = in + cend (sand) + diary; Diary becomes sand in fire.

inchoate

Definition
(adj) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
Synonyms : incipient
Example Sentence
  • incipient civil disorder
  • an incipient tumor
  • a vague inchoate idea
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for inchoate

choate seems like "chote"..for example "chote bachche" means not fully grown up or in the initial stage of life.

inch(o)+ate i've "just begun" to eat an inch

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inchoate ~ in + [ch]aos + st[ate]

IN the PROCESS OF MAKING CHOcklATE,meaning a process that has jus begun

inch+ ate he ate like inch so not fully developed

in choclate age, immature, incipient

Picture a caterpillar in his cocoon. Imagine the cocoon as an over coat with a large fur collar wrapped around the caterpillar, which is IN COAT.

inch+o+ate Of a large pizza i have JUST BEGUN to --eat-- an ---inch--.

IN + choate(cacuun)like butterfly metamorphism Not inital stage/ not fully formed

focus on choate which is de short form of chocklate....the preparation of home made chocklates has "jus begun" and it is "yet to be completed"

inc (increasingly) + hoate (hot) - garmi is inc pehle itni nahi thi .. means it garmi is starting now

Chotee like the Bid Naked some is about her initial stage of marriage to her drummer Chotee

[Imagine the scene in "Harry Potter" where Harry and Cho ate together in a pub.] the INcipient relationship of Harry and CHO, who ATE together in a pub, was immature.

inchoate = inch + o + ate; It is only inch in length, why you ate it, It will grow to a large size.

the beginner was not IN COAT FOR THE MEETING

incipient

Definition
(adj) only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
Synonyms : inchoate
Example Sentence
  • incipient civil disorder
  • an incipient tumor
  • a vague inchoate idea
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for incipient

inci(INITIAL)+pie(nt)(PAYment)...wen only d initial payment is given, ur house wil be partially constructed!!

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in (inside) + sipi (shankh in its former stage) - not fully developed

IN+SIP ient....a person who drinks for the first time takes alcohol in sips coz he is a beginner....incipient

last year sapient withdrew their job offer from all the freshers. If you ask a guy where he got placed and if he answers In Sapient. Then you'll think, abhi to bachaa hai, bohot seekhne ko hai

incipent:in+cip(sip)+pie+ent.some one taking in pie as by sipping is not developed person now only getting developed.

The Incip-ient will soon be a recip-ient because he is coming-in-to -being

a baby is IN his mother's womb SIPPING sustenance through the umbilical cord (IN - SIPPING)

in+ sip+ ient>>> a small kid start his feeding with sips of milk.. He is JUST COMING INTO BEING in this world but NOT FULLY DEVELOPED..

initial + patient = beginning.

IN+ci(SEA)+pi(PEE).when you go IN the SEA for the first time you PEE and thus BEGINS your journey of PEEING IN THE SEA.lol :)

In early stages, babies cannot cew so they are given nourishment in sips... in liquid form

incipient = inc (increment) + pie + ent; Whatever increment we have got from our job it is very little value what should we get.

incisive

Definition
(adj) having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
Example Sentence
  • an acute observer of politics and politicians
  • incisive comments
  • icy knifelike reasoning
  • as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
  • penetrating insight
  • frequent penetrative observations
Definition
(adj) suitable for cutting or piercing
Example Sentence
  • incisive teeth
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for incisive

incisive can be correlated with our incisor teeth. which is very sharp both in human and animal, and they use it to cut food thus incisive= incisor= cutting

Incisive-> It has come from Incision cutting, esp. by a surgeon. Also , Incision sounds similar to scissor (which are your four sharp teeth) used for cutting.

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incisive---incisor...cisor which is used to cut something is sharp :)

incisive sounds like insensitive >>> some one who is insensitive can kill someone with some sharp device or his words, etc

inclement

Definition
(adj) (of weather or climate) severe Definition
(adj) used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy
Example Sentence
  • the harsh sentence of an inclement judge
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for inclement

clemen(t)cy means kind, while inclement means unkind, rude,(for a person) stormy(for weather).

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bosses are always incleament when theres time of increament

INCLEMENT = IN(negative) + CLIMATE = Bad Climate/Weather

clemen(t)(cy) sounds like mercy and means the same. so inclement means merciless, unkind.

sounds like implement i.e. implementing Cunning ideas..

incognito

Definition
(adj) with your identity concealed Definition
(adv) without revealing one's identity
Example Sentence
  • in Holland he lived incognito as a carpenter in the shipyards of the East India company
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for incognito

consider the word reCOGNITiOn. INCOGNITO can be remembered as IN(-ve prefix)+reCOGNITiOn, i.e avoiding recognition among the public and to do that you conceal your identity or use an assumed name.

Cognition means knowledge. Incognito means without knowledge.

IN (NOT) + Cognition (Recognizable) -> Incognito - Not Recognizable.

almost every one will be using the google chrome's incognito window to watch porn, it doesn't come up in your browsers history.. i.e. your identity is safe/concealed

indelible

Definition
(adj) cannot be removed or erased
Synonyms : unerasable
Example Sentence
  • an indelible stain
  • indelible memories
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for indelible

indelible: in + delete + able- which can't be deleted

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