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abase

Definition
(verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Example Sentence
  • He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss
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abase-abe(a slang used to degrade acvv person)+shhh(se)usually an attempt to degrade a person's opinion..ovral goes to humiliate a person....

Abase > to bring someone down back to A BASE level.

a= no, negative, less & base = base, position, grade.. combinedly lessen the position/grade

A baseball player tripped over A BASE marker thus humiliating himself.

abase = a + base; without a base; Imagine you shifted to a new house whose base is not very strong (without base) and hence it may fall down anytime and can abase you in front of your neighbours.

abase=BASEti karna(beizzzati)

abase.....means without base n one will b fall down without base nd become lower hence lower in rank

bring to the base the lowest level

one addressing u as 'abe' 'sale' in vidharbha......which means he is degrading u.....

Abash- bash can be drub, which is humiliating

Abase Abash Same Stash of Embarrassing (or Humiliating) Trash

A BASEment is always in the LOWer part of the house.

abode, b and d are symmetric, so abode = home and adobe = my company where I work.

Abasing someone in front of others is not a good practice.

Teachers,sometimes ask their student to sit at base(degrade them) when they have not complete their homework.

abash is ab bas matlab dimaag kharab ho gaya feeling embarrased

Nubile:adj.marriageble Newly(recently)able to be married.

No offense.... SAy someone who is very fat as a big TIRE(tyre)---- ridicule

ABASE can be termed as (ABE-YASH)suppose that in reality show gobinda called YASHRAJ ABE YASH means he abases him.

lower yourself to the base.

Juniors are often abased by their seniors.

a+bide, bide sounds like bind, a thing that makes you to bind yourself

abash

abash

Definition
(verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
Synonyms : embarrass
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A=ALWAYS B=BRINGS a S=SHAME

Ab for abraham (john abraham)and ash for aishwarya roy .when they come close,abhishek get abashed

What happens when u get a bash? (bashing)....u get embarrassed.

link it to bashful.

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if we tell a lady...u r A-BHAINS(buffalo IN HINDI) INFRONT OF EVERYONE,SHE WILL B EMBARASSED.

sounds like ab-ash (Abhishek-Aishwarya, Bollywood Actor-Actress) married and abashed Salman(Bollywood Actor)

AB+ASH....AB=now(in hindi)ASH=short form of ASHAMED...now combine these two we get the meaning i.e,feeling ashamed at that time or situation

When the group was making fun of Amy, she ABASHed by covering her face with her hands and hiding herself behind A BUSH in Busch Gardens in Virginia.

I gave badshah - A Bash in public, thus humiliating him...

abash : a boss who always embarasses u or u are emabarresed b4 boss

abase: A bhais{base} which means buffalo and it implies humiliation

Abash='A'+ basha.Basha means language.so when people scold u using A language u feel embarrassed.

ab stands for Abhishek + ash stands for Aishwarya when Abhishek married to Aish Salman gets embarrased

abash =ab + ash = abishek+aishwarya rai.. abishek bachan is always embarrassed becos of aish rai's beauty

Bash stuns enemy in games. A BASH makes them uncomfortable.

Aba=Elder person, Abha Sh= Shame Abha felt shameful

Abase Abash Same Stash of Humiliating or Embarrassing Trash

When you are abash, it makes you dash (because you are embarrassed)

Bash is Bamboo in Bangla. A Bash ie A bamboo makes him abashed

abate

Definition
(verb) make less active or intense
Synonyms : slack slake
Definition
(verb) become less in amount or intensity
Example Sentence
  • The storm abated
  • The rain let up after a few hours
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rebate means discount... i.e reducing the price.. abate and rebate are rhyming words

(Tag : ) abate which is rhyming with debate.Debate means raising(actually in discussion imagine that in every thing) just opposite to debate consider abate that is reduction in nature

ab ate mat karo abate your weight

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A BAIT is given to rats at home finally rats get reduced. So u can directly give ABATE to rat to reduce its population i.e; ABATE is reducing

'abate' sounds like the hindi bait" means "come sit". Imagine a tired old man visiting you and you offer a chair and say 'aa bait' it will lessen relieve your tiredness.

ABATE=AB+ATE... here "ATE" is the past tense of "eat". So when we eat, the quantity tends to reduce or lessen... the same applies here..

Focus on ‘ate’ part of abate. (eat, ate, eaten). When you eat anything, you reduce it's quantity.

abate= a + bate which almost sounds aa bete in hindi, imagine father sayings his son come(aa) son(bete),come join my business to subside me and reduce my load.

bate(if some body beats u,ur self respect for him gets diminished)...hence abate counts for getng diminishd by sum means...

a+baith: aa baith yani aaja baith ja matlab down ho ja ya reduce ho ja

ABATE RHYMES WITH "WAIT". means waiting to get sumthng subsided

A =always ;BATE = masturbate ;so when you always masturbate ,energy and sperm will be less in amount,degree or intensity

Sachin's BAT has no intention of aBATing the agony of his opponent bowlers.

ABATE=AB+ATE.. "ATE" is the past tense of "EAT".. so When we eat, the quantity tends to reduce or lessen.. SO ABATE stands for lessen or reduce or diminsh or slacken

In Hindi sit down means (baith) + ab = ab baith i.e. abate

ab+ate— ab( away) from ate, if you will be AWAY from ATE(food) you will REDUCE

In an ABATTOIR, butchers ABATE or end the lives of animals.

ABATE= AB + ATE. You got your current six-packs ABdomen because you ATE so little and reduce your fat-intake.

abATE is the opposite of escalATE

AB+ ATE = abishek ate Aishariya lessen her beauty.

aberrant

Definition
(noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group Definition
(adj) markedly different from an accepted norm
Synonyms : deviant deviate
Example Sentence
  • aberrant behavior
  • deviant ideas
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(Tag: Global) ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT. Ants normally move together in a queue. imagine all these ants moving randomly like a group of honey bees. That would be abnormal behaviour.

(beer+ant)...ant drank beer and walking abnormal..

ab (away) + err (error) + ant : focus on ERR and ANT, usually an ant follows a path ... so moving away from (root ab means away from) that path means, error in regular path and hence deviating from normal path...or behaviour

aberrant behaviour of owner abb agar rent nahi diya

ab error aa gayi..hence it is no more normal...hence abnormal

Ab-Abishek bachan, Ran-ran at the back of,Ant- Aunty. total is "abishek inspite of having Ash he was running at the back of auntys. it means he is mentally ABNORMAL"

UBER ANT is an abnormally large ant. (Uber comes from German for super but is used in gaming slang in English)

a bear ant ie,a ant who is drunk will deviate from the normal path

aberr + Ant other than normal ant THErfore abnormal ant: hence ABNORMAL

AB means away.berrant is rhyming with diffrent so its give the meaning of abnormalor deviant

aberrant = DEVIANT(DEVI + ANT) devi in Hindi means Goddess,so Goddess ant would be different from rest of the ants which will not follow general norms of the ants.

break the word ABE+RRANT(i) abe rantii...!

the speech given by P.M. was aberrant.

The Abnormal aberrant, made a Flagrant foul

the term ERR is inside here, how can it be normal then?

abeyance

Definition
(noun) temporary cessation or suspension
Synonyms : suspension
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a+beyance .. here concentrate on beyance.. it sounds like buoyancy which which suspends objects above the ground level..

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remember "abey" in hindi... abey mat karo... do it later!

Interpret it as opposite of obey+ance -- not obeying the given orders and suspend the work (action)

Interpret it as opposite of obey+ance -- not obeying. Not obeying the orders of his Commanding officer resulted in the captain's suspension for 13 days.

ABHAYAS(practice) - due to lack of practice, main event got delayed.

if you will not OBEY you will get suspended

abey+dance.. due to delay in dance, audience are angry.. due to abeyance in the show audience are frustrated..

Abe=Abhe, yance=yan: Abheyaan: suspend(abeyance) flow of black money to overseas banks. bharat ka kala dhan abheyan

keep at bay

abey+ance=>Consider abey as opp of obey(disrespectful)+ ance as the offense given for the act of not obeying(suspension)

a+beyance concentrate on beyance,while beyance was dancing,everybody was just watching her,suspended thier work

abeyance is somewht suspense in its pronunciation.suspence means keeping in suspended action.so, abeyance means suspended action.

Beyonce had abeyance in her job when her child was born

word contains buoyancy >>> its a state of suspension on water..

abhey+dance: Abhay is dancing once his mom shouts loudly abhay.. he stop dancing for a moment. Temporary suspension.

abeyance -> absance -> absence

A bay vacancy - Found a free hotel at a bay-you will suspend yourself for a break

abey-ance

due to delay in dance..the people frustrated..Due to aeyance people frustrated in the show..

Relate the word to the singer "Beyonce Knowles"......suspended her singing(action) becoz of her age but not retried

abhor

Definition
(verb) find repugnant
Example Sentence
  • I loathe that man
  • She abhors cats
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abhor sounds like "a whore" and we generally hate a whore....so to hate someone is abhoring that person

ab + hor (horror) -- that means we should always hate the horror.

Abhor - The last part sounds like HORror ppl hate horror films, they detest them. i.e they dont test them.

a + bhor = a (one) + bhor (sunrise in hindi) so i hate to ger up early i hate to get up at bhor

a + bhor (bore).. a bore person is always rejected. Many people generally abhor a bore person.

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abhor = "ab" (away) + "hor" (prostitute) we want the hor to go away because we despise it.

abhor is similar to abort,abort means an operation ended abruptly..consider wen your installing your most liked game and den suddenly if u see an error called operation aborted u hate(abhor) that,isn't it?

aBhORING , Sounds like a BORING that many would hate . People always hate boring topic . Abhore- Bore - Hate

ABsolutely HORrible .. we hate things which are absolutely horrible like war or murder

Focus on "hor"(suffix) hor=horse--so ,i hate horse

looks like adore, b is the mirror image of d so, abore must be the mirror image(opposite) of adore(to love),ie. hate

AB means(now)+ (hor) hor meaning in punjabi is more..image the person is sayin ab hor de..means giv me more...so u hate it!!

i hate a bore(boring) person.... so abhor means to hate !!

abhor sounds like boring. We hate when we are bored

Bhor in hindi means morning we regard morning with hatred'ki kyun aa gaya yaar kitna acha soye the' so abhor

In MTV roadies there was person name Vibhor...nd i ppl hate them..it sounds like Abhor

hate bore horrour movie

Focus on "hor"(suffix) hor=horse--so ,i hate horse

ab (now) gor (snoar in marathi)

What a horrific uproar which sounds like abhor or uphoar!!!! Or Ewwwwwwwwwwww!

'abhor' sounds similar to 'whore', a prostitute. Imagine a whore hates you more than you hate him when dirty people visit her.

abject

Definition
(adj) of the most contemptible kind
Example Sentence
  • abject cowardice
  • a low stunt to pull
  • a low-down sneak
  • his miserable treatment of his family
  • You miserable skunk!
  • a scummy rabble
  • a scurvy trick
Definition
(adj) most unfortunate or miserable
Example Sentence
  • the most abject slaves joined in the revolt
  • abject poverty
Definition
(adj) showing utter resignation or hopelessness
Synonyms : unhopeful
Example Sentence
  • abject surrender
Definition
(adj) showing humiliation or submissiveness
Example Sentence
  • an abject apology
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Abject sounds like REJECT. Poor people are like REJECTED (Abject) people in the society. poor people or people lacking pride (abject people) are rejected in society

abject sounds like reject if any person is rejected in job he/she will feel hopless and wil be in miserable condition

Abject sounds like Reject...hopeless person is always rejected

'Submissive' ppl are treated as mere OBJECTS THAT ARE OWNED (compare object wid ABJECT) and less humane..

interpret "abject " as opposite to OBJECT...Wen we think of object immediately it strikes that object is a point or thing ..so point or thing has got some location or some reference to it..so opposite to reference and hope is hopeless or miserable.

One social object is to reduce abject poverty.

"ab+ject"something opposite to inject,in+ject,inject means induces something, abject means not inducing so, no self respect,no feeling.life is degraded due to lack of blood without injecting..

ABJECT IS AB+ JECT, wich is spoken as jack.... so a person having no jack at all lacks pride and is wretched in society

interpret "abject " as opposite to OBJECT...Wen we think of object immediately it strikes that object is a point or thing ..so point or thing has got some location or some reference to it..so opposite to no reference and no hope that is miserable o

abject sounds like ab + eject, ab means away eject means throw so abject means thrown away, losers are thrown away, for example an abject loser

abject -ab not or away and ject means jacket relate to people of nepal living in abject poverty so unable to buy jacketabject -ab not or away and ject means jacket relate to people of nepal living in abject poverty so unable to bu

A DEJECTED (depressed) person will be in ABJECTED state of condition/mind.

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your Object is so Abject! Aim higher or you will be rejected

abject

Abject-not(A) having any objection.

abjure

Definition
(verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Example Sentence
  • He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
  • She abjured her beliefs
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Abjure think it like injure. so once you are injured you will give up. so abjure means give up

ab+jure...jure- jor (in Hindi) Jor lagaao chodoo mat....(Don't Give up) (this mnemonic is in Hindi Language)

abjure ~ ab (away) + jure (jury). He abjured (rejected, moved away from) her earlier statements in front of jury.

ab jury ke saamne kasam khaata hoon, i'll not do this again

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ab+jaanede+yaar (abjure) am renouncing

ABJURE = the prefix AB- means against. -JURE means rule (like JURY) So, ABJURE means to rule against.

ab(now);(jury).one compulsoryly have to take an oath in front of a jury

Abjure = Ab jure (Zaroori in HINDI) .. under pressure you say "Ab zaroori nahi hai"..

abjure sounds like "object" which both are the same in the meaning to renounce

Ab indicates negative meaning. -jure can be thought as JOR in hindi meaning pressure..so GIVING UP UNDER PRESSURE is ABJURE

ab+chod--give up

Sounds like: "Abb joor lgaa ke chodh dho." (Now go all out and give it up)

read ab+jure like ab+jaa(i.e remove,renounce)

I SURE never believed in this crap!

Take an oath in front of jury to denounce one's belief.

WoW: you don't want to conjure water but you abjure to do it.

abjure

ab jane de re. (in marathi ab(ata) jau(ju) de re) means give up.

abode

Definition
(noun) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
Synonyms : residence
Example Sentence
  • a person can have several residences
Definition
(noun) housing that someone is living in
Example Sentence
  • he built a modest dwelling near the pond
  • they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
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abode sounds jus like aboard= a+board... boarding refers to living room or place

a-bode(body) ......a body needs a dwelling place/home

Children use Adobe software to make abode(houses) in pictures

abode: some people get bored (from bode) staying in home.

Abode is built using Adobe. Adobe means sun-dried brick.

abode... ab odh ... sote waqt odhna.. means you are at some dwelling place/home/abode

Sounds like a boat. Some people live on a boat.

abode-adobe(house)

bode is similar to bride, Abode-A place where bride stays most of the time i.e. home

abrogate

Definition
(verb) revoke formally
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Imagine a boy is making sighs to a girl standing in front of her GATE,seeing that ,her BRO comes & get rid of the boy (abolish)

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ab (now) + rog (disease) + ate (eat) so, eat the disease and abolish it now.

rogam-disease need to b abolished

ab+*rog*+gate What does a ROGUE do if he is given power? -> Abolish things officially !!!

(this mnemonic needs understanding of Hindi language) ab ro gate par aakar (in Hindi) imagine a person crying(ab ro gate par aake) in front of a gate because his form has been cancelled (abolished)

ab*ROG*ate .. concentrate on ROG , it sounds like rogue and normally we like to ABOLISH rogues

A-BROke-GATE = abolish

A's (someone's) Brother is standing near INDIA GATE to abolish the excise duty law.

abro-gate to ask someone to get out of our gate . thus you are abolishing that person.

ABROGATE = ABOlish or ABATE leGAlly.

A + Bro(Brother) Gate(at gate) a brother turns away at the gate

A+Broke+Agreement ---> abrogate ---> to end a law/agreement

ab+rog+ate: ab rog ne use kha liya...

Ab ro gate par cos tender has abrogated.

A Bro Gate, a gate for brothers only, which abrogates the hierarchy.

aman+bra+ gate :Ladies revoked or abrogated as the man was putting bra on GATE.

bro(brother)bfr gate, child should not beg it should be abolished

a + bro + gate they put a gate on my bro to revoke him or my bro was leaving home, so they closed gate to stop or revoke him.

A bro not going into a gate and turning back.

aman+bra+ gate :Ladies revoked or abrogated as the man was putting bra on GATE.

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