Increase English Vocabulary With Mind Tricks (3)

CHURLISH CHICANERY CLAMOR COAX
BEDIZEN BELITTLE BEHEMOTH BAUBLE ACCOLADE ADORN ALCHEMY AGNOSTIC AMOROUS DEIFY DELUDE DEFT DISMAY

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CHURLISH (Adj) [chur-lish]
Meaning-

rude or bad-tempered (people)

Mind Tricks-

Churlish sounds like Charlie(name); So Charlie is a character played by Shahid Kapoor in film Kaminey who is rude and bad-tempered in film. Charlie is a churlish(rude) boy.

CHICANERY (N) [shi-key-nuh-ree ]
Meaning-

the use of complicated plans and clever talk in order to trick people
the use of tricks to cheat people

Mind Tricks-

Chicanery looks like China and Nary (nary means to say "no"), China said nary on a Project of Japan that was believed to be Chicanery.

Chicanery sounds like Chikni naary (beautiful girl), Chikni Naary uses tricks to cheat people. (Hindi)

CLAMOR / CLAMOUR (N/V) [klam-er]
Meaning-

to demand or shout something with loud noise (V)
loud and persistent outcry (N)

Mind Tricks-

Clamour sounds like Claim More; Public clamour to claim more of their rights.

Clamour sounds like Glamour; So in rap party girls clamour for glamour.

COAX (N/V)
Meaning-

to persuade somebody to do something by talking to them in a kind and gentle way (V)
a transmission line (N)

Mind Tricks-

Coax looks like Cow and Axe; Ramu gave Cow and Axe to persuade(Coax) Shyamu in the farming.

BEDIZEN (V)
Meaning-

dress up garishly and tastelessly

Mind Tricks-

Bedizen- Bedi+zen, Monica Bedi comes in Zen car in a garsihly and tastelessly dressed.

Bedizen sounds like Be Dizzy(liable to falling), we would be dizzy when we see someone in a vulgar dress.

BELITTLE (V)
Meaning-

lessen the dignity, authority and reputation
to express a negative opinion of

Mind Tricks-

Belittle from be and little which means to lessen someone reputation.

BEHEMOTH (N)
Meaning-

someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful

Mind Tricks-

Behemoth sounds Mammoth; Mammoth was a abnormally large and powerful animal.

BAUBLE (N) [baw-buh

l]
Meaning-

a piece of jewellery that is cheap and has little value
a cheap showy jewellery

Mind Tricks-

Bauble sounds like Babul(father in English); Babul gave Cheap jewellery(Bauble) to his daughter.

ACCOLADE (N) [ak-uh-leyd ]
Meaning-

praise or an award for an achievement that people admire

Mind Tricks-

Accolade sounds like Chocolate; Children get Chocolate as an Accolade for best stage performance.

ADORN (V) [uh-dawrn]
Meaning-

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc
to make something or somebody more attractive by decorating it or them with something

Mind Tricks-

Adorn comes from Latin adornare, ad- ‘to’ + ornare ‘deck, furnish’.

Adorn looks like add ornament, so adorn means to add ornament to make something more beautiful.

ALCHEMY (N) [al-kuh-mee]
Meaning-

a mysterious power or magic that can change things
a mysterious power that relates two living things

Mind Tricks-

Alchemy sounds like All Chemical; All chemicals are alchemy which have power or magic that can change things.

AGNOSTIC (N) [ag-nos-tik]
Meaning-

a person who believes that it is not possible to know whether God exists or not

Mind Tricks-

Agnostic from a- ‘not’ + gnostic ‘relating to knowledge, especially mystical knowledge.

AMOROUS (Adj.) [am-er-uh

s]
Meaning-

displaying love
showing sexual desire and love

Mind Tricks-

Amorous comes from Latin "Amor" means 'love'.

Amorous sounds like Aamras (Mango juice), Now remember the aid of Slice by Katrina Kaif where Katrina acts amorously with the bottle of Aamras.(for Hindi Users)

DEIFY (V) [dee-uh-fahy]
Meaning-

consider as a god
to worship somebody as a god

Mind Tricks-

Deify looks like Deity, Deity means God.

Deify sounds like Devi (Goddess in English). Devi is a Hindi word ,sounds like deify, means female God.

DELUDE (V) [dih-lood]
Meaning-

be dishonest with
to make somebody believe something that is not true

Mind Tricks-

Delude sounds like Delhi dude (a dude from Delhi), A dude from Delhi is deluding general public.

DEFT (Adj.) [deft]
Meaning-

skillful and quick in physical movements

Mind Tricks-

Deft sounds like Left; He is deft (skillful) with his left hand.

Deft sounds like Deaf; Although he is deaf but a deft worker.

DISMAY (N/V) [dis-mey]
Meaning-

a sad, worried feeling when you have received a bad news (N)
lower someone's spirits (V)

Mind Tricks-

Dismay sounds like This May(Month); This may team India was very dismay (sad and worried) because they had already lost two matches.

Just Remind

1. What is the meaning of CHURLISH ?

2. What is the meaning of CHICANERY ?
3. What is the meaning of CLAMOR ?
4. What is the meaning of COAX ?
5. What is the meaning of BEDIZEN ?
6. What is the meaning of BELITTLE ?
7. What is the meaning of BEHEMOTH ?
8. What is the meaning of BAUBLE ?
9. What is the meaning of ACCOLADE ?
10. What is the meaning of ADORN ?
11. What is the meaning of ALCHEMY ?
12. What is the meaning of AGNOSTIC ?
13. What is the meaning of AMOROUS ?
14. What is the meaning of DEIFY ?
15. What is the meaning of DELUDE ?
16. What is the meaning of DEFT ?
17. What is the meaning of DISMAY ?

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