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licentious

Definition
(adj) lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
Example Sentence
  • coarse and licentious men
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for licentious

Licentious = "like sensuous" which relates to lustfulness ie lewd and lascivious well as amoral.

licent(license)+ous....well some bollywood celebrities have got the LICENSE OF indulging into amoral ACTIVITIES.

i hate those kind of ppl who make girlsfriend and on the first day think.. ab to LICENSE mil gaya hai jitna mar gi kiss karo &#%^ karo <--- lusty assholes

a prostitute gives LICENSE TO US to do anything with them against money.. they are morally low and unrestrained for sex..

what happens giving license to an ASS to wander in people

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licentious means giving licence to all...think of such a lady...isn't she lustful...???

cent is money in America and money attracts you so do licentious stories that are lewd or obscene

red light areas have no license

lie (শোয়া) + cent + use -> lie with any woman for cents and use as you wish

limber

Definition
(noun) a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson Definition
(verb) attach the limber
Synonyms : limber up
Example Sentence
  • limber a cannon
Definition
(verb) cause to become limber
Example Sentence
  • The violist limbered her wrists before the concert
Definition
(adj) (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
Synonyms : supple
Example Sentence
  • a supple mind
  • a limber imagination
Definition
(adj) (used of artifacts) easily bent Definition
(adj) (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
Synonyms : supple
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for limber

limber.......divide it like LIMB+ER......and a limb is an arm or leg(in human)...a wing in animal and birds..and a branch in case of plants....but what is the MOST COMMON THING IN all of these...they are all are flexible.

LIMBER- it sounds like CLIMBER.. a CLIMBER is FLEXIBLE

SHIVER(flex) ME TIMBER...arrrrggggg

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limb+ERROR=if u have error in your limb(if it is fractured )then it will be flexible

when you can move your limbs in all directions...signifying suppleness

limber= li(lithium) mber(bar) is always soft.

LIMBER...TIMBER means wood and wood is not flexible so opposite of TIMBER so it becomes LIMBER

limpid

Definition
(adj) clear and bright
Synonyms : liquid
Example Sentence
  • the liquid air of a spring morning
  • eyes shining with a liquid luster
  • limpid blue eyes
Definition
(adj) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
Example Sentence
  • the cold crystalline water of melted snow
  • crystal clear skies
  • could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool
  • lucid air
  • a pellucid brook
  • transparent crystal
Definition
(adj) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
Example Sentence
  • writes in a limpid style
  • lucid directions
  • a luculent oration
  • pellucid prose
  • a crystal clear explanation
  • a perspicuous argument
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for limpid

limpid ..liquid...transparent...

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limpid...lucid...liquid

LIMP+ID......when u LIMP(slow moving) ur ID tag is crystal clear to me

LIMPID = LAMP-ID

Lime + Pi = lime pee. lime is usually limpid

litotes

Definition
(noun) understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
Synonyms : meiosis
Example Sentence
  • saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for litotes

lie + quotes(kind of similar to euphemism too)

light out... instead of (en)lightening the situation you are taking the light(LITE) out(OTE) of it by undertating the gravity of the situation

Can be read as- light out. To call night a Light Out is a litotes.

litotes=light quotes......"HE IS NO MORE" is a litotes by the church people after buring him in the earth...instead of saying."MAR GAYA SALA!!!"...:)

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totes => toe => under => understatement

le tatti

litotes = lit (little) + quotes..

loquacious

Definition
(adj) full of trivial conversation
Example Sentence
  • kept from her housework by gabby neighbors
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for loquacious

it is derived from the root word 'loqua'... which refers to SPEECH or TALK

Remember Loqua with mokka.

loquacious : loq(speech,talk)+voracious.

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pickup 'lok' from this word which means people. Now think of Indian Lok Sabha where there are many loquacious politicians.

Loquacious --Loquat (Talk) + Cious sounds (She -always) –She is always talkative

talks like a LOCOMOTIVE

In lokshabha people speak trivial things

loq(log)+acious(anxious)..log that is people are anxiously waiting for talking about some one

ludicrous

Definition
(adj) broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
Synonyms : farcical ridiculous
Example Sentence
  • the wild farcical exuberance of a clown
  • ludicrous green hair
Definition
(adj) incongruous;inviting ridicule
Example Sentence
  • the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
  • that's a cockeyed idea
  • ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
  • a contribution so small as to be laughable
  • it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
  • a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
  • her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ludicrous

rearranging the word you get ridiculous .. which is humorous .. ie laughable; trifling

ludicrous=ludo+crush..."my younger sister ,who is just 7 yrs old says i have a CRUSH on LUDO...bcoz i love playing that game and everytime i win...!"...after hearing this all the family members started LAUGHING AND TRIFLING....:)

and absurd. (basically taken from a Latin ludicrus, from ludus which means play, sport; perhaps it is also similar to Greek loidoros which means abusive ..and root word that is involved here is lud/lus...means play.)

ludicrous......focus....on the first letter ludi..ludo..a GAME PLAYED.. with dice and counters....+CROUS...crush..(means..love..) so you PLAY ...a game of love ...so ludicrous ..is associated with a kind of play, which is quite comical, amusing and a

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ludicrous seems pretty like cruxification for di( sister ) which you think is irrational or unreasonable

in ludicrous.crous it little bit similar to circus where joker make funny and amuseing things which make ppl laugh.

lugubrious

Definition
(adj) excessively mournful
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for lugubrious

He was very mournful when he had to BURY his maimed LEG.

LOOK+RUBY ous = DEPRESSED AND MOURNFUL that you LOOK like RUBY(face red)

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Pronounced as lo-goo-bri-yas. She cried so much for the dog's death her tears formed a logoon (small body of water):P. When ppl mourn someone's death, all the tears form a logoon.

lugubrious

Lugu+bury+his "..." hence was very dismal and sad

when i saw the new PRIUS which i cant afford to buy i feel LUGUBRIOUS.

After the invasion of the Blob we were all extremely sad because the Blue_Goo_Beat_Us.

Log(people) in lugubrious mood because of cancellation of holidays to a salubrious place.

macabre

Definition
(adj) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Example Sentence
  • ghastly wounds
  • the grim aftermath of the bombing
  • the grim task of burying the victims
  • a grisly murder
  • gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
  • macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
  • macabre tortures conceived by madmen
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for macabre

sounds like hindi word makbara....and its made over the place where people are either buried or burnt.....and for me its a ghastly place..that I would never like to go to....

Sounds like massacre..which means "excessive killing of many people"..and which also represents death

makbara :to move around makbara in night is a horrified act

Sounds like Nakaab (Mask). So Imagine some one came in front of you wearing a frightening mask, then you will feel gruesome!

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ma+cabre...watching cabre is horrible,gruesome and disgusting.

Maha + Kabre = Kabbars are gruesome Another mnemonic can be mocambo who gives horrifying deaths to innocents

MACABRE = Ma went to cabre for money this is a horifying situation abt poverty.

look like ma + cabret. if you saw your mother doing cabret in old hindi move, it would be "horrifying" and would scar you for life :)

macerate

Definition
(verb) separate into constituents by soaking Definition
(verb) become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
Example Sentence
  • the tissue macerated in the water
Definition
(verb) soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
Example Sentence
  • macerate peaches
  • the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system
Definition
(verb) cause to grow thin or weak
Synonyms : emaciate waste
Example Sentence
  • The treatment emaciated him
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for macerate

macerate sounds like marinate. Marinating chicken or paneer in spices and masala to make them tender. If you over do it , you will end up spoiling it !

MACERATE is like MASTICATE - we chew food, allow the glands (liquid) to soak the food.

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(Macerate = Mess + rate)Mess food is hard to eat, so mess owners are doing a tact. They are providing the soft food by keeping it in liquid that results in increase of mess rate.

macerate means mice is soaked in liquid to soften and then sold at a very wasteful(waste away) prices

macerate badam and pista for making of kheer

when u beat with mace,u will be weakened.or cut into parts,which is done when soaked..

MICE ka RATE ghatane ke liye soft paneer lagana padta hai trap mein - sookhi roti se kuch nhi hota !!

mace(make)+rate......to increase the making rate of rajma, chole we first soft these by soaking in water

mac + rates...........mac(apple laptop) are just SOAKING my pocket....and also the liquid of my body.

MASCIRATE = MAS-CI-R-ATE = MASS REDUCED. HOW?? SOAKING OR THROUGH EMASCIATION

madrigal

Definition
(noun) an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form Definition
(verb) sing madrigals
Example Sentence
  • The group was madrigaling beautifully
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for madrigal

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MADRIGAL rhymes with married girl..so a PASTORAL SONG was sung for the married girl.

Mad girl's will sing a song in regal theater.

all sisters singing for married girl

Madrid + gal (Skt) Gal refers to voice/throat. Madrid has a lot of population. So, Madrigal means many people singing together

Sounds like MARRIAGE GIRL....I wrote a short love poem to my girl and she became a marriage girl

madrigal: ma + d + ri + ga are swaras in music. so it's related to singing. L stands for a LOT of people. so, its a lot of people singing.

madrigal = madri (married) + gal (girl); The song sang at marriage of a girl.

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