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crescendo

Definition
(noun) (music) a gradual increase in loudness Definition
(verb) grow louder
Example Sentence
  • The music crescendoes here
Definition
(adj) gradually increasing in volume
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for crescendo

divide it like cresc(sound like krish)+end..at the end of krish movie..when hrithik kills the villian..the intensity or the volume of music increses .which conveys the feeling.

crescent is moon...moon increases in size phase by phase..therefore crescendo is to increase in volume

CRESCENDO - CR + ESCENDO (ASCEND) - ascend means a gradual rising...here it refers to an increase in volume.

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do u know the organisation red crescent? the shape of curved moon in red crescent's symbol? so this moon's shape will be full in days step by step. And crescendo means gradual increase in the intensity

The crescent moon fills in more and more reaching a crescendo of being full.

another mnemonic:the climax or end of the krish movie is very good.

crescendo,sounds like"creep shadow", lets imagine, a shadow of a creepy person, saw it self in the mirror and started gradually screaming! " basically because he was scared from his own reflection" -creep shadow crescendo.

culpable

Definition
(adj) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
Example Sentence
  • blameworthy if not criminal behavior
  • censurable misconduct
  • culpable negligence
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for culpable

culp( culprit)...so a culprit is always DESERVING OF BLAME FROM EVERYONE.

cal-p(e)-able, one who is "able" to postpone the work "kal-pe" or tomorrow , he "deserves blame" for the delay..!!

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culp-able [kalpna ki wajha] means who deserves the blame :: "Deserving Blame"

Culpable homicide = Punishable Offence

cupidity

Definition
(noun) extreme greed for material wealth
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for cupidity

cupidity:look for CUPID HERE..cupid is the god of love. so cupidity means having an desire or greed for wealth. cupid-wealth-cupidity...greed for wealth.

CUP+IDLI+TEA....a person who wants cup full of wine,IDLI to eat and TEA is too GREEDY.............................

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imagine a Cupid who makes up the matches earning a lot of money by doing so...

Cupidity is stupidity...

cupidity = cup + hidi hidi means catch.. so greed

Salman Khan Movie Partner or Will Smith starrer Hitch They both, were "Cupid" earning money of it..

CUP(Prize) KA GREEDY

My cup runneth over with desire for wealth.

cupidity = cup + i + dity; have to give him more cups of sugar i.e he is greedy for wealth.

so what we thought about cupid as god or angel of Love, it turns out he was just a hoax fraud, he is really just greedy about money and wealth, his eyes are on money and no love

curmudgeon

Definition
(noun) a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for curmudgeon

Cur-mud-geon Car mud main gone... to driver went bad tempered... i.e. curmudgeon..

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(sir+mut+jiyo) means sir u have already become OLD so now ab mat jiyo.....

like karamjali(old cantankerous lady)

think of a thick layer of mud on car... nothing affect it..stubborn

like Harbhajan, a bad tempered person

In telugu this guy is chadastapu musalodu. His wife will always say na kharma em jeevitham ra nayna

cur + mud + geon = kar + mud + g-one. recall g one from movie ra-one. he is a bad guy and we are asking him to kar mud (gandagi failao)

curtsy

Definition
(noun) bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
Synonyms : curtsey
Definition
(verb) bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
Synonyms : curtsey
Definition
(verb) make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
Synonyms : bob
Example Sentence
  • She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for curtsy

curtsy is the short form of COURTESY,meaning POLITENESS

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