RESILIENT
(adj.) elastic; rebounds readily
"clean bouncy hair", "a lively tennis ball", "as resilient as seasoned hickory", "springy turf"
synonyms : bouncy , live , lively , springy(adj.) recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
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Mnemonics for resilient
(Tag: ) Resilient=RE(recover)+ EASILY+BENT. So, RESILIENT means something which RECOVERS EASILY when BENT.
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(Tag: ) re"SEAL"ient...sounds as in M SEAL"ient...which can be elastic and easily bent...hahahah
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(Tag: ) re + silent >>> when teacher makes small kids silent, they again make noise... ie they BOUNCE BACK WITH noise.. or rebellions sounding >>> rebellions BOUNCE BACK after they are curbed and that too again n again.
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(Tag: ) "See how Lenient"...flexible..easily bent..
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