The students gave a clever reply to the warden to party again in the hostel.
re+partee..partee..sounds like party..... imagine a woman at a party with her cleverness and adroitness in her talks fetches everyone's attention towards her.
Imagine that you have scheduled your GRE after a week and your friends are forcing u 2 come for a party...you have to think of a quick intelligent reply !
Wit has two forms: quip and repartee. Funnily, quip is NOT quick and repartee is quick.
RETORT + wiTTY = REPARTEE
REP(reply)+ARTEE(artfully means cleverly)........a person who reply artfully..repartee
reporters shall be really good at what???
repercussion
Definition (noun) a remote or indirect consequence of some action
Re(BACK AGAIN)+per+cussion(… CUSHIONS) ... cushions are so soft that whenever we sit on them (CUSHIONS PAR) we bounce BACK AGAIN and again i.e REBOUND
Dis'cussion' on reper'cussions' of World war II.
rhymes with "recursion",....remember in C language...recursionmeans a function which calls itself....relate it here....while the process of clling a function ...it is "rebounded" in b/w two flowerbraces.smtng "reacn" tkes plce der
repertoire
Definition (noun) the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation
Definition (noun) a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule
Repine=reply for pine(poking with pin).Express discontent.
suppose ur given pine juice over n over again (RE), u will complain and fret
Rhymes with REFINE. So we REPINE about something until it is REFINE.
re+fine if ur refined for a same misdeed again you will be sad
Repine is also like "pine" e.g., pining for a cigar, pining for a lover.
Peinlich: 1.uncomfortable
2.mortifying
3.painful
4.embarrassing
5.awkward
- (If someone uses the word peinlich in German then they are probably complaining about something.)
It sounds like opposite of apprehensible and apprehensible sounds like derived from appreciate..so reprehensible is something which is not appreciated.
raping a hen is disgraceful n blameworthy act
Reprehensible ~ Sensible ; A sensible person takes care that his actions are not reprehensible
reprehend: you apprehend (catch) someone who s blameworthy and wanted.
re+prehen(d)..means to grab....+s+ible..(sounds like able)...so think of A DACOIT who is able to GRAB ALL the property of poor people.. so he is blameworthy for this condition of people..he deserves blame for everything that these people are facing t
An un-responsible person's actions are always blame deserving.
Reprehensible <-> Re+Prehensile : If you mod an already prehensile(adapted for gripping)body with another one, you are wasting resources.. You are liable to deserve blame.
reprehensible = representing an apprehensive feeling or represent a tense feeling of condemnation or reproach
reprieve
Definition (noun) a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
Definition (noun) a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
Definition (noun) the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for reproach
divide it as re(again..)+proach(..approach).. you ask someone to APPROACH AGAIN & AGAIN since you DISAPPROVE OF HIS WORK..(eg during submissions)
If u see a cockRROACH, u express disapproval!
RE + POACH (killing animals).. Sallu (Salman Khan) is killing Chinkara again and again. You express DISAPPROVAL and DISSAPOINTMENT.
He is a total disgrace or shame to INDIA
you REPrimand someone for bringing a ROACH into the house
when you are rejected by a gal., and you approach again and again, she'll disapprove oly. gals are head weighted.
re(AGAIN..)+proach(..APPROACH).. we APPROACH our project professor AGAIN & AGAIN..to get valuable suggestions so that nobody EXPRESS DISAPPOINTMENT or BLAME our project during project’s presentation
why do u reproach to someone because dey SCOLDED u
somebody is approaching you again and again because he has to blame you
Coach reproach the cricket team for bad performance.
reproach->Approach.If you have approach for a post in MNC,you are not going to be selected.Not only that they will scold you for doing such type of immoral work.
If u appROACH again and again.. He may get DISAPPOINTED.
sounds like re+poaching-poaching means smuggling ie.illegal.....so if u r poaching again and again =>u will be criticised
to repoach would gain reproach (especially if poaching a roach)
A sales REP was criticized when she brought her pet ROACH to the store with her.
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