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elope

Short Definition : run away secretly with the intention of getting married

Definition
(verb) run away secretly with one's beloved
Synonyms : run off
Example Sentence
  • The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for elope

the word 'lope' resembles 'rope' ..in films we see the hero tries to make the heroine escape from the house with the help of a rope attached to the window of her bedroom and then he takes away and marries her

'lope' resembles 'rope' .. in JAB WE MET the heroine escape from her house SECRETLY with the help of a ROPE through her window to MARRY her boyfriend

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since lope is related to running so elope is escaping lope..

eloquence

Short Definition : expressiveness; persuasive speech; ADJ. eloquent: movingly expressive; expressing ideas well so that the hearers can be influeneced

Definition
(noun) powerful and effective language
Synonyms : fluency smoothness
Example Sentence
  • his eloquence attracted a large congregation
  • fluency in spoken and written English is essential
  • his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for eloquence

e+loque..(means speech)..so someone who can Effectively deliver a speech.

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Eloquence ..think the word "quen" similar to "queen" when queen arrives she gives us a "speech"

EE lokan s matbal sab lokonko patata hu... Lalu ji ;-) Hope this helps

elucidate

Short Definition : explain; make clear; clarify; enlighten; CF. lucid

Definition
(verb) make clear and (more) comprehensible
Synonyms : clarify clear up
Example Sentence
  • clarify the mystery surrounding her death
Definition
(verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
Example Sentence
  • Could you clarify these remarks?
  • Clear up the question of who is at fault
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for elucidate

think of lucid, which means clear.

lucid-remember the film lake placid. placid,yes, water is clear and enlightens our mind.this tells or explains us how lake placid is so lucid..

elusive

Short Definition : evasive; not frank; baffling; hard to grasp, catch, or understand; V. elude: escape from; escape the understanding or grasp of; Ex. elude the hunter; Ex. His name eludes me.

Definition
(adj) difficult to describe
Example Sentence
  • a haunting elusive odor
Definition
(adj) skillful at eluding capture
Example Sentence
  • a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist
Definition
(adj) difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
Synonyms : subtle
Example Sentence
  • his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
  • a subtle difference
  • that elusive thing the soul
Definition
(adj) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Example Sentence
  • a baffling problem
  • I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
  • a problematic situation at home
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for elusive

illusive things are always difficult to understand

elusive is like exclusive,,, and exclusive content is hard to get!

Lusi(lucy)-lets assume lucy as a gal.lets assume lucy is always not frank.since she is lucy(loosy), she is hard to understand as her talks(speech) is loosy, it is hard to grasp.

elysian

Short Definition : relating to paradise; blissful

Definition
(adj) relating to the Elysian Fields Definition
(adj) being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
Synonyms : divine inspired
Example Sentence
  • her pies were simply divine
  • the divine Shakespeare
  • an elysian meal
  • an inspired performance
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for elysian

souds like 'malasia' u seen tat ad 'malasia truly asia' they potray it like heaven.

Elysian sounds like "Alice in..." wonderland, which is like heaven

NARNIA lovers.. this word sounds similar to Aslan the LION... he was a bliss for narnia ..hehehe...

Elysium

Short Definition : place or condition of bliss

Definition
(noun) a place or condition of ideal happiness Definition
(noun) (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death
Synonyms : elysian fields
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for Elysium

Elys = Alice.. + ium = place (like is Museum).. Museum is blissful in Alice and Wonderland

emaciated

Short Definition : thin and wasted (from hunger or illness)

Definition
(adj) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Example Sentence
  • emaciated bony hands
  • a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
  • eyes were haggard and cavernous
  • small pinched faces
  • kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for emaciated

ema + ci + ate...consider ema as the name of a gal.. "ema..oh ! ci(she) ate but she still looks thin

EMMA WATSON :::THIN GIRL

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ema-ciated (ciliated means minute i.e. thin)

emanate

Short Definition : issue forth; come out

Definition
(verb) proceed or issue forth, as from a source
Example Sentence
  • Water emanates from this hole in the ground
Definition
(verb) give out (breath or an odor)
Synonyms : exhale give forth
Example Sentence
  • The chimney exhales a thick smoke
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for emanate

relate it to emit/illuminate

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MAN ATE a lot and due to that he gave out foul smelly gasses

e(a) man ate something useless,until he realised ,he wanted it to come out.

emancipate

Short Definition : set free; liberate

Definition
(verb) give equal rights to; of women and minorities
Synonyms : liberate
Definition
(verb) free from slavery or servitude
Synonyms : manumit
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for emancipate

cip= ship : a man is set free to travel in ship to his own country

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a MAN was a CIPAy (soldier in Hindi) who was captured.. now made free

while masturbating, you emancipate the cum!

emasculate

Short Definition : weaken; castrate

Definition
(verb) deprive of strength or vigor
Synonyms : castrate
Example Sentence
  • The Senate emasculated the law
Definition
(verb) remove the testicles of a male animal Definition
(adj) having unsuitable feminine qualities
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for emasculate

mascul(masculine)+ate(eat ..eat here means reducing)..reduction in masculine qualities,...means weaking of a man.

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