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mercurial

Short Definition : capricious; quick and changing; fickle; containing the element mercury; Ex. mercurial temper; CF. mood

Definition
(adj) liable to sudden unpredictable change
Example Sentence
  • erratic behavior
  • fickle weather
  • mercurial twists of temperament
  • a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
Definition
(adj) relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury
Example Sentence
  • the Mercurial canals
Definition
(adj) relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury
Example Sentence
  • more than Mercurial thievishness
Definition
(adj) relating to or containing or caused by mercury
Example Sentence
  • mercurial preparations
  • mercurial sore mouth
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mercury level in the blood pressure testing device fickles a lot when measuring b.p

mercury liquid if left on a surface has high fluidity.. hence quick n fickle Also, mercury is VOLATILE(another synonym of mercurial)

meretricious

Short Definition : flashy; tawdry; attractive on the surface but of no real value; Ex. metericious argument/jewel; CF. prostitute

Definition
(adj) like or relating to a prostitute
Example Sentence
  • meretricious relationships
Definition
(adj) tastelessly showy
Example Sentence
  • a flash car
  • a flashy ring
  • garish colors
  • a gaudy costume
  • loud sport shirts
  • a meretricious yet stylish book
  • tawdry ornaments
Definition
(adj) based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
Synonyms : gilded specious
Example Sentence
  • the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
  • meretricious praise
  • a meretricious argument
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like a merit (meret) certificate.. flashy and attractive in a way.. but of no REAL value...

Meretricious = Mere + Tricious. 'Mere' means triffle or something less important.

its not Merit, its mere tric(k)

meretricious sounds like marriage or matrimony- clothes worn at marriage ceremonies are very flashy, gaudy

mere trick us = its a mere trick to show that she is gaudy while she is hollow

meretricious actually has no merit.

mere+precious it looks attractive but its merely precious.

If we get merit by using tricks, then it's only for display[He cant tell anything in interview]

His merit is suspicious

merger

Short Definition : combination (of two business corporations); act of merging

Definition
(noun) the combination of two or more commercial companies
Synonyms : amalgamation uniting
Definition
(noun) an occurrence that involves the production of a union
Synonyms : fusion unification
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for merger

MERGE R

merger sounds like BERGER. do u remember the BERGER(a company of paint) RANGOLI PAINT.here, RANGOLI is a COMBINATION of colors.

merit

Short Definition : deserve; ADJ. meritorious: deserving reward or praise

Definition
(noun) any admirable quality or attribute
Synonyms : virtue
Example Sentence
  • work of great merit
Definition
(noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
Example Sentence
  • there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
Definition
(verb) be worthy or deserving
Synonyms : deserve
Example Sentence
  • You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
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meri 10th mein merit aayi thi kyunki main deserve karta tha

mesmerize

Short Definition : hypnotize; N. mesmerism; CF. Franz Mesmer

Definition
(verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet
Example Sentence
  • She magnetized the audience with her tricks
Definition
(verb) induce hypnosis in
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for mesmerize

mess memory

sounds like memorize—if you memorize all vocab words you can ATTRACT(HYPNOTIZE) any girl with your good communication skills

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miss ko maine hypnotize karke rise kar diya

metallurgical

Short Definition : pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores; N. metallurgy: science that deals with extracting metals from ores

Definition
(adj) of or relating to metallurgy
Synonyms : metallurgic
Example Sentence
  • metallurgical engineer
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metal surgical; do surgery to take metal out from ores.

metamorphosis

Short Definition : change of form; Ex. metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly; V. metamorphose: change by metamorphosis

Definition
(noun) the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
Synonyms : metabolism
Definition
(noun) a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances
Synonyms : transfiguration
Example Sentence
  • the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting
Definition
(noun) a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft
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meta ..means many + morp(..derived from morphic)means shape or form..

metaphor

Short Definition : implied comparison; CF. simile

Definition
(noun) a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

metaphysical

Short Definition : pertaining to speculative philosophy; of metaphysics; N. metaphysics: branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality

Definition
(adj) pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics
Example Sentence
  • metaphysical philosophy
Definition
(adj) without material form or substance
Example Sentence
  • metaphysical forces
Definition
(adj) highly abstract and overly theoretical
Example Sentence
  • metaphysical reasoning
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meta + physics -> suffix 'meta' means change.. so if physics keeps changing, it means the topic is only theoretical and cannot be proved practically..

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meta = data about ~ data about physics? means to understand and study existence of life and nature of reality

mete

Short Definition : measure; distribute; administer; Ex. mete out justice/punishment

Definition
(noun) a line that indicates a boundary
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meter is a measure..(think of some device to measure lenth and having a line on it on it's boundary)

mete sounds close to meetha ( sweets) which are usually distributed for any occassion..!! SO to remember distribute we can think of mete as mithaai..!!

METE rhymes with meat..meat is never given jus ladat..its always MEASURED and DISTRIBUTED

sounds like MEAT....imagine a restaurant in which they have two compartments separated by a red line(boundary)....dividing vegetarian and non-vegetarian people

mete means to distribute or allot, ~ meat = father distributing a piece of meat to his kids after a decent hunt

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it looks silly but easy to remember.think of chess when one opponent MATE the other opponent his the game finish.now the king will get punishment and suffer.

when some case is ADMINISTERED in ur favor then u DISTRIBUTE meetha- some girls eat MEASURED amount due to diet

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