very easy, look at the word INFANT....A NEW BORN
BABY...SO SOMEONE behaving like an infant...is infantile.
Be careful not to confuse with "infantry" - (ground troops, soldiers who fight on foot)
infernal
Definition (noun) an inhabitant of Hell
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his roar made the infernals quake
Definition (adj) characteristic of or resembling Hell
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infernal noise
infernal punishment
Definition (adj) extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting hell
I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
a deuced idiot
an infernal nuisance
Definition (adj) of or pertaining to or characteristic of a very uncontrolled and intense fire
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infernal heat
Definition (adj) being of the underworld
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infernal regions
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for infernal
Rhymes as IN+Funeral, someone who is always in funeral could be 'devilish'.
infernal - in + fern (fernace ~ furnace) + al (all) ; so putting all people in the furnace is a devilish or cruel activity; these things are generally conducted in hell.
suppose u went went to funeral ceremony of a DON.who was very annoying and took many inocent life.so ppl said he will definately go to HELL.this covers both the meaning
eternal means heaven, infernal means hell.
infraction
Definition (noun) a crime less serious than a felony
his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ingenuous
In+genuine- In genuine relationship people are naive and trusting to each other.
naive and young ppl are generally genuine...
IN (suffix, means NO) + (genuous) (genius) ~ one who is not a genius artist and hence is artless ~ INGENUOUS
Now i am telling the difference between ingenious and ingenuous...."I AM GENIOUS,U ARE FOOL".Please see the in ingenuous 'u' is there after 'n'.From this we can infer that ingenious--->clever... ingenuous---->fool
it comes from ingenue which means a young naive young woman
ingenue ~ genie and we know that genie is very childish
like engine; no pretention.
The INGENUE is INGENUOUS
INnocent+GENtle demeanour
its synonym is CANDID(spell as candy).. candy is eaten by NAIVE & YOUNG people..
ingenuous has sound of jejune which means child or naive
Ingenuous = Innocence makes you intuitive genius while being too smart leads you nowhere.
ingratiate
Definition (verb) gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ingratiate
ingratiate, take the word as intake of gratitude....so you do something to gain gratitude of others
INGRATIATE ~
in + grat(sounds like GREET) + ate (EAT) ... so when you greet somebody with both the hands and give something to eat......why do you do that ...you try to gain their favour .
IN+GRADUATE...In graduation state you get favor of people because you are educated and all and all that crap.....
INIMICAL ~ inimi (sounds like ENEMY) + cal; Enemies are HOSTILE and of-course UNFRIENDLY.
amicable another GRE word meaning "FRIENDLY" and ini(NOT) aMICAbLe meaning "UNFRIENDLY" or "NOT FRIENDLY" .
inimical reminds us of mimical.We sometimes mimic others in good humour.
Inimical thus means something that shouldnt/cannot be mimicked.Unfriendly,Hostile
etymologically speaking, Inimical consists of "In(Opposite)"+"Amicus(Friend)";hence, not friendly. Remember the word "Amigo" in Spanish language means Friend
In+Mica, Mica the singer is unfriendly to Rakhi Sawant.
I all him to stage but he is doing inim i.e yes or no.
Interdict= inter (enter) + dic (dictionary) + t(turn).not entered turn in another way.
Predilection = pre + dile _ election; i.e if u donot give previously the election will not held.
inimical: "Enemy Kal" harmful ho sakta hai...
iniquitous
Definition (adj) characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin
ksameer_coep you beat me to it..but still, A murder in which the killer stabbed the victim with a pen, and the Ink trail was an INKLING for the cops to catch him.
When you ink, it means you are showing something
you give a hint to someone that the pen ink is leaking...
jumble the words . inkling -> linking .. a linking is a hint or clue.
That ink was linked to killer
innate
Definition (adj) not established by conditioning or learning
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