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Fabricate

Fabricate Mnemonic Aid to Learn Fabricate A simple breakdown: Fabricate: I ate fabric! Well, agreed that you were hungry and you ate even fabric, but what kind of fabric was this? Well, this was the fabric of truth, the one when consumed, leaves us only with lies on the place. Now you where you were being led to. Fabricate means to make up something artificial or untrue. Meaning of Fabricate 1. To make; create. 2. To construct by combining or assembling diverse, typically standardized parts: fabricate small boats. 3. To concoct in order to deceive. Pronunciation: fab-ri-keyt Sentence Examples for Fabricate 1. People are in habit of fabricating stories in order to hide the truth. 2. One has got to be careful when lying, you dont want to fabricate a story that would lead you to greater trouble. 3. Fabrication of half-truths is a dangerous game we should all avoid.

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Feint

Feint Mnemonic Aid to Learn Feint A simple trick with spellings for this one: FEINT = FAINT But what kind of a faint? A mock one, a fake one! One that is meant to deceive another person. Did you mock a faint in your childhood in order to escape school? Meaning of Feint 1. Any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack). 2. A movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack. Pronunciation: feynt< Sentence Examples for Feint 1. The feints of a skilled fencer can be quite hard to beat. 2. His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.

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Lax

Lax Mnemonic Aid to Learn Lax A simple conversion: LAX= RE-LAX Now if you keep on re-laxing and not work, you are meant to slow and clumsy with your work. In other words, you would be lax with the output. Meaning of Lax 1. Lacking in rigor, strictness, or firmness. 2. Not taut, firm, or compact; slack. 3. Loose and not easily retained or controlled. Used of bowel movements. Pronunciation: laks Sentence Examples for Lax 1. Such lax behavior was not expected by the teacher from the most serious student in the class.

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Sporadic

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Sporadic Mnemonic Aid to Learn Sporadic A simple breakdown: Sporadic: Sometimes Periodic! Sometimes periodic? What do we mean by that? Well, in simple terms, that the regularity is just not there, the instances of occurrence are irregular and random. Meaning of Sporadic 1. Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances. 2. Appearing singly or at widely scattered localities, as a plant or disease. 3. Isolated; unique. Pronunciation: spuh-rad-ik Sentence Examples for Sporadic 1. One year down the line, India winning the world cup seems like a sporadic example of success. 2. Sporadic attempts at work can never yield consistent results.

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Bigot Bigot is a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who thinks that anyone who does not have the same beliefs is wrong, in most cases this beliefs are religious beliefs and a bigot is intolerant of others beliefs. We see plenty of such people around us. They are in fact spread all around, and at times one is forced to think, is there anyone who is not a bigot in some way or the other. In general terms, two kinds of bigots are particularly harmful for us: the religious kinds as these breed fanaticism and then the ones who have their prejudices against women. The latter can be quite stubborn as well, and there is a particular word for this kind actually: chauvinists. Pronunciation: big-uht Dictionary definitions of Bigot: 1. A person who constantly and stubbornly holds a particular point of view etc 2. One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics is intolerant of those who differ Master Tip to Learn Bigot Think of leaders, politicians who are extremely biased for filling their vote banks and supports and are supporters of a particular community. These are the tough nuts that go to any extent to get the support of their brethren. They can be pretty dangerous too.

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Solace

Solace Mnemonic Tip for Solace: The pain was SO LESS when I was solaced. By this we mean that the level of pain and stress decreases when one receives solace. You could identify the word solace with your best friend who is always there to comfort you and console you in your time of need. It is extremely important to release your pain. Pronunciation: sol-is Meaning of Solace: 1) Comfort in sorrow, distress or trouble (noun) 2) Something that gives consolation (noun) 3) To comfort or cheer a person (verb) 4)To alleviate sorrow (verb). Usage Examples: 1) He finds solace whenever he goes for road trips alone. 2) I was solaced when my boss told me that the deadline for my work was extended (verb). 3) Some people find solace in drugs and alcohol which hampers their health. 4) We always find solace in people with familiar loss (noun).

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Sordid

Sordid These are seriously sour-deeds, deeds which are better when avoided! Sordid represents that kind of vileness and filth we are all afraid of. If we draw a mental picture of it, sordid tales are the ones that are featured in newspapers all the times. There are days when you pick up the newspaper and your are like: what the ****, is this all the world has come too? Murders, rape cases, scams, accidents and crashes: well, we can safely say that kind of news in that quantum is sordid in nature. Pronunciation: sawr-did Definition: 1) Meanly selfish or mercenary 2)Dirty or filthy 3) Wretchedly poor or run down 4) Morally ignoble (low character) Masters tip to learn the word: To learn sordid we could divide the word in to two sour-deed (a deed which is unacceptable, dirty and possibly selfish.) Sordid mostly used for people with sleazy characters who lack the element of morality. When the word sordid is spoken one should be immediately reminded of the people in hanging around in casinos at all times. Another Mnemonic for Sordid: SORRY DEEDS. These are the deeds that once committed make you feel sorry.

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Work Out Zone

Work Out 1: Match the following words with their respective meanings or synonyms. Word 1 Fabricate 2 Feint 3 Lax 4 Sporadic 5 Bigot 6 Solace 7 Sordid Meaning or Synonym A selfish B compose C infrequent D condolence E casual F fanatic G deceit

Work Out 2: Did you really understand the word? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Crooks often fabricate stories to defend themselves. People often feint helplessness to get their work done. Lax criminallaws help decrease crime. Every country witnesses sporadic acts of violence. The society is full of racist bigots. Music is a source of solace for many. Sordid people make great friends. yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no no no no no no no

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Answers: Work Out Zone

Work Out 1 1-B, 2-G, 3-E, 4-C, 5-F, 6-D, 7-A Work Out 2 1-yes, 2-yes, 3-no, 4-yes, 5-yes, 6-yes, 7-no

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