this mnemonic is in hindi....as this word sound like..mala+ad(aaj)+roi+t........mala aaj roi thi because her boss scolded her for not working skillfully and carefully
mala +droit( its a french word for right hand ...)and right hand people are considered as skillful and clever........so mala is droit girl.
ADROIT means skilful but if a person is not skilled he is a MALADROIT.
mal(means bad at doing something)+adroit(means skilled) = Not skilled.
malaise
Definition (noun) physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)
male+(edict..sounds simillar to addict)....and imagine a situation where there is only one male in family who earns and if he becomes addicted to all bad habits like gambling,robbery,and alcoholism......he is curse on the family and society
Slang :: To see sheMALE(Chakka's) DICK(penis) is a CURSE for many of us.
living in a male dominated country is like a curse
male+dictionary has curses is in it.
similarly,
1) malefactor=male has criminal factor in him
2) malevolent=male is voilent(evil)
sry!It was just to remember
mal(bad)+ediction(addiction)...hence any bad addiction is a CURSE by god..or some1
MAL means evil & DICTION means to speak, thus evil speak = MALEDICTION
Opposite of BENEDICTION (i.e blessing) .....so this MALEDICTION is curse.
malediction
malfeasance
Definition (noun) wrongful conduct by a public official
Sounds like MAL FEES ANCE
What do we mean by it if we say MAL FEES?? Certainly its a bribe. So Malfeasance means officials indulged in taking bribes, a misconduct.
feasance=performance of an act (or feasibility=possible)
mal = bad
so, overall meaning is "wrong doing" or "possibly wrong"
malfeasance = male+ feast. i.e in the FEAST OF MAN ONLY,they will surely do SOMETHING WRONG.
malingerer
Definition (noun) someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity
Ma linger= child lingering around her mom to avoid going to school.
Malinga feigned illness to avoid bowling to Tendulkar
mali+inger(sounds like injure)(p.s MY MALI IS INDER :)))))),.......my mali got injured yesterday while working... so today he is feigning illness and refused to come
basicaly it is taken from Latin manumittere,manumit when divide it forms... manus (means..hand (any work is generally done by hand)+ mittere means..to let go, send ..so send somebody without working for u..leting somebody to go without working anythi
manumit=man u mit
ie man and u are now mit [(mitra),friends]
Imagine you are cindrella ... and "The man you meet" (The man ~ prince, ur future boy friend) is going to free you from da clutches of your evil aunt
manumit...sounds like (in hindi..MANMIT..WIFE GENERALLY)..and imagine a HUSBAND WHO TREATED HIS WIFE like a slave...SO TODAY HE IS letting her to go, and do what she wants to do...
man+u+mit......man u quit i.e. free from bondage
MANU +MIT = the fottball player playing for MANU got a chance to get admitted at MIT.SO for that MIT ADMINISTRATOR FREED THE PLAYER FROM ALL BONDS OF MANU.
manumit = man + u + might; man you might go.
Man + emit
martinet
Definition (noun) someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
spelling is very similar to martial - so a martinet is martial belligerent
martinet == mar(hit)+ tin (3)+ et (hat), so mar tin hat if you talk again.
martinet could rhyme with matron.. whose job is also to keep discipline..
Ever since Martin joined the army, he's bcome a strict disciplinarian, a Martinet.
martin was a naughty boy one got stuck in net and became disciplined. Now all villagers call that net of discipline as martinet
sounds like marionette, as in puppets - martinets expect their followers to be disciplined and follow as easy as puppets
You catch a tiny green man with your MARTIAN-NET he then points his mind-control ray-gun at you and commands, in explicit detail, that you to take him to your leader . . which of course you do but your boss is a micro-manager too.
suppose your sport teacher who is very strict said u "if you will not be strict and net me tumhe marunga(means punish)."
in a MART all the things are placed in strict discipline.....so that things can be easily picked up
Martinat is smeone who always insists to go/follow according to the rules.. other wise MARTHI(beat in hindi) NAITHO (orelse)..
martinet:(martin luther king) martin luther king was such a strict person, who demands the people of his kingdom to follow the rules strictly in a discipline manner.
martinee drink is used for slimming up the figure... so one who is very disciplined about her figure, dringks lots of martinee drink, though it may be harmful to health...
mom wraning her child that "marti agar thu net use karetho"
masochist
Definition (noun) someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for masochist
mars+own+chest....
one who mars(beats or disfigures) his own chest is a masochist :)
the word was coined after a person named John MASOCH who used to derive pleasure by inflicting pain to himself.....so people like MASOCH were called masochists....and hence masochist means person who enjoys his own pain
Hit my own chest.
masochist sounds like massagist.....during massage u feel little pain...but also enjoy the pleasure in it....so masochist is a person who enjoys his own pain...
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