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solicitous

Definition
(adj) full of anxiety and concern
Example Sentence
  • solicitous parents
  • solicitous about the future
Definition
(adj) showing hovering attentiveness
Example Sentence
  • solicitous about her health
  • made solicitous inquiries about our family
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for solicitous

Solicit means to request earnestly for something, but if you have to wait for it to happen then you are liable to become solicitous.

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soli(solo).if u r doin a work on ur own(solo) then u ll do t wit much eager and care

SOLO+SIT !! QUESTION: WHEN DO YOU SIT ALONE??? ANSWER: WHEN YOU ARE WITH FULL OF "ANXIETY AND CONCERN" ABOUT YOUR CHILD WHO IS IN "US"..SOLICITOUS

one who plays solitaire (SOLIcitous)—shows interest and concern in playing games

solicitor means a lawyer so he always must be attentive and concerned (/solicitous ) towards his cases.

Whenever a guest comes to our house we ask him if he--> Slept well (SO), SITting well (cit) --> we are very concerned

if u sit solo(alone) for plane of USA--u will be attentive all the way.

Being Solicitous causes a fit-in-us because we are con-cerned.

socially conscious someone...

BE+LIE=to contradict The person contradicted his statement because he had lied earlier

sounds like solicitor => many people hang up or shut the door on solicitors, so if you actually give one the time of day they may be very solicitous [eager, anxious, apprehensive]

soliloquy

Definition
(noun) speech you make to yourself
Synonyms : monologue
Definition
(noun) a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for soliloquy

soliloquy….soli(soul)…….loquy(root..loque..means..talk or speech)…now we must have seen in a play or movie….a person talking to his soul……(talking to himself that is audible to everyone of us)

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sol(ilo)+ quy = Sole + guy Imagine a Sole(lonely) guy will talk to oneself.

soliloquy = Soli (solitude) + loq (talkative) +u +y; talk a lonely.

somatic

Definition
(adj) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit
Example Sentence
  • bodily needs
  • a corporal defect
  • corporeal suffering
  • a somatic symptom or somatic illness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for somatic

etymologically "SOMA" means body...and thus the word SOMATIC

sumo wrestler...

SOM(MONDAY)+HECTIC because of PHYSICAL work and BODY movements!

soma wrestling!! haiyaaaaa

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somatic: of monday(SomVaar Means Monday), & its going involve physical work after lazy sunday. so its all about bodily & physical

SOMA is an intoxicating drink from Hindu scripture considered to be ephedra--which has the SOMATIC effects of weight loss and increased energy & sex drive.

somber

Definition
(adj) lacking brightness or color; dull
Synonyms : drab sober sombre
Example Sentence
  • drab faded curtains
  • sober Puritan grey
  • children in somber brown clothes
Definition
(adj) grave or even gloomy in character
Synonyms : melancholy sombre
Example Sentence
  • solemn and mournful music
  • a suit of somber black
  • a somber mood
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for somber

SOMBER SOUNDS LIKE BOMBER...SO WHEN A BOMBER EXPLODES A BOMB, DARKNESS FALLS AND EVERYONE IS IN A STATE OF GLOOM.

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somber sounds like somberi....who is usually gloomy n depressing in character

"somber" - in hindi & bengali it is monday , so its always "gloomy & depressing" to go to office on monday after sunday

I am Sad, I need Some Beer.

Relate to Zombie

drizzle

somnolent

Definition
(adj) inclined to or marked by drowsiness
Example Sentence
  • slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes
  • `slumbery' is archaic
  • the sound had a somnolent effect
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for somnolent

" somn " is a root which means sleep, so any word having this root is pertaining to sleep...

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SOMNUS is a latin root for sleep...hence somnolent is sleepy...

focus on "nolen"the famous directors latest flick is inception which is full of sleep and dreams..

Mr Som no lent you Chinese tea to drink so you are sleepy now

it can be split into somn(body) +no(not) +lent(leaned).if u sleep without leaning ur back. then u r definitely in a half sleep

if an ENT doctor inserts a nol(=pipe in hindi) into ur ear he will be giving u sedatives nd u will be drowsy. so SOMNOLENT=SOM(root word for sleep)+NOL(PIPE) +ENT

sonorous

Definition
(adj) full and loud and deep
Synonyms : heavy
Example Sentence
  • heavy sounds
  • a herald chosen for his sonorous voice
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sonorous

sonorous voice of sonu nigam (Indian Singer)

SONA+ROJ(evereday)....if you have proper sleep everyday, you are energetic and your voice is sonorous

No...the noise is so..rous[ing]

soothsayer

Definition
(noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for soothsayer

One who soothes you by saying that everything will be fine in the future.

sophist

Definition
(noun) any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects Definition
(noun) someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious
Synonyms : casuist
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sophist

SO PHI-losoph-IST

Sophist:SO F T and deceiving manner, Remember Soft and wise ways of swindle.

sophist sounds like sophisticated....teachers are highly sophisticated ..especially philosophy teacher

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Sophisticated people to maintain their hypocrisy often give fallacious argument.

sophistry

Definition
(noun) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
Synonyms : sophism sophistication
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for sophistry

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so physics is = chemistry.. its a false logic

sophistry - so fishy trick

Sophistry=sopos(philosohy)+trickery.

remember"sophisticated".... looks eloquent and eloborate..but logically invalid...

Sophistry = HISToRY Paper lo SOlu raasi pass avvanam.

Grow a "sofa" on a "tree", is a sophistry

so you have fish tree;hmm sounds clever n pleasing but it can't be true

STOP HIS TRY because it is not possible

so+physical+try -arguing false (phyisical argumaent not from his heart)

SOP history = SOP is history as its always full of chicanery

Sop + history >>> in history, many students going for MS have written cleverly some achievements which are actually false... relate this..

History - is a suject in wich we read facts.. they ll appear plaisible but may be fallacious..

SO a FISH TREE, he said, will solve the problems of polluted oceans, while still providing wood. But the Congress saw through his sophistry, and denied his request for a subsidy.

soporific

Definition
(noun) a drug that induces sleep
Synonyms : hypnotic
Definition
(adj) sleep inducing Definition
(adj) inducing mental lethargy
Synonyms : narcotic soporiferous
Example Sentence
  • a narcotic speech
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for soporific

(in hindi) 100(soo) puri kha kar I felt soporific.

watching "SOaP Operas" makes u sleepy

so poor fiction makes u sleepy

So+Boring ..make you feel sleepy

Watching daily soaps(serials) on TV makes u sleepy

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SO(sleep) + PORIFIC(which pores)... SO anything Which PORES sleep... SLEEP CAUSING.. SOPORIFIC

soporific sounds like "so far risky," so this soporific is so far risky. ahh I'm too scare to take it.

SOO(hundred)+PORI(ladkiya)fic....when you have hundred girls around you, you will be in a trance and you will feel sleepy

so+porific= soo p(b)oring => sleep inducing

Soporific; the first section reminds me of SOPHmore. Combine it to become SOPHmorific. Think of a sleepy teenager in class.

Imagine SOAP for washing. It has a slippery feel (SLEEP), but also sopor means state of deep sleep. Soap-porific makes you slip, so sopo-rific makes you sleep. simple.

"soph" khane se neend aati hai....

daily soaps are soporific that is sleep inducing

soporific make it as so borefic(porific)if u r bore in class u'll get sleep

spores makes feel sleepy

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