ABSOLVE ASCRIPTION TOIL ATTRIBUTION MIMIC
TEASE KIOSK OBSTRUCT KNACK ENMITY
TEASE KIOSK OBSTRUCT KNACK ENMITY
ABSOLVE (V) [ab-zolv]
Meaning:-
Adjective:- Absolved
Verb Forms:-
- to state formally that somebody is not guilty or responsible for something
- to forgive someone for a wrongdoing
Adjective:- Absolved
Verb Forms:-
absolve absolved absolved
Memory Trick:-
Word Absolve from ab + solve. Ab sounds like hindi meaning of Now, + solve. Ab case solve gaya, court should forgive the criminal. (Hindi)
Synonym:- free, justify, excuse, forgive
Antonym:- blame, fault
Antonym:- blame, fault
ASCRIPTION (N) [uh-skrip-shuhn]
Meaning:-
- assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
Memory Trick:-
Ascription sounds like Description. Description means a statement that represents something in words. So description of someone or something is ascription.
Synonym:- attribution
Antonym:-
Verb Forms:-
Antonym:-
TOIL (V/N) [toil]
Meaning:-
- to working very hard for a long time, using doing hard physical work
- hard unpleasant work that makes you very tired
Verb Forms:-
toil toiled toiled
Memory Trick:-
Word Toil looks like Soil. Farmers toil(hard work) with soil. Soil works is toil.
Word Toil looks like Toilet. Washing a toilet is very toil(hard unpleasant work).
Synonym:- moil, labour, pains, strive, travail
Antonym:- indolence, sloth
Adjective:- Attributive, Attributional
Antonym:- indolence, sloth
ATTRIBUTION (N) [a-truh-byoo-shuhn]
Meaning:-
- a quality of somebody of something
Adjective:- Attributive, Attributional
Memory Trick:-
Word Attribution remind us about Tribute. We pay tribute to the soldier because of their quality of braveness.
Synonym:- ascription
Antonym:-
Verb Forms:-
Antonym:-
MIMIC (V/N/Adj.) [mim-ik]
Meaning:-
- to look or behave like something else
- to copy the way somebody speaks, moves, behaves, etc, especially in order to make other people laugh
Verb Forms:-
mimic mimicked mimicked
Memory Trick:-
Word Mimic reminds us about Comic, comic means arousing laughter. Comic comes out when you mimic or behave like others.
Synonym:- copy, imitate, mock, follow, counterfeit
Antonym:-
Adverb:- teasingly
Verb Form:-
Antonym:-
TEASE (V/N) [teez]
Meaning:-
- to laugh at somebody and make jokes about them, either in a friendly way or in order to annoy or embarrass them
- to annoy an animal, especially by touching it, pulling its tail, etc.
- to make somebody sexually excited, especially when you do not intend to have sex with them
- a person who likes to play tricks and jokes on other people (N)
Adverb:- teasingly
Verb Form:-
tease teased teased
Memory Trick:-
Word Tease sounds and looks like Tea. At the Tea stall, we tease (make jokes) at each other.
Synonym:- badger, bait, tantalize, rag, rally, razz, vex, trouble
Antonym:-mollify
Antonym:-mollify
KIOSK (N) [kee-osk]
Meaning:-
- a small shop/store, open at the front, where newspapers, drinks etc. are sold
Memory Trick:-
Word Kiosk sounds like food brand Kellogg's. We have a lot of stall /stand of kellogg's in my city. Kiosk of Kellogg's
Synonym:- stand, booth, stall
Antonym:-
Adjective:- Obstructed, Obstructional, Obstructive
Verb Forms:-
Antonym:-
OBSTRUCT (V) [uhb-struhkt]
Meaning:-
- to block a road, an entrance, a passage, etc. so that somebody or something cannot get through.
- to prevent somebody or something from doing something, especially when this is done deliberately
Adjective:- Obstructed, Obstructional, Obstructive
Verb Forms:-
obstruct obstructed obstructed
Memory Trick:-
Obstruct comes from two words ob- "against" + struere "build".
Synonym:- hinder, impede, choke, clog, stop, block
Antonym:-
Antonym:-
KNACK (N) [nak]
Meaning:-
- natural abilities or qualities of doing something
- a special skill or ability that you have naturally or can learn
Memory Trick:-
Word Knack reminds us word Neck. Large neck of a Giraffe is a natural abilities(knack).
Synonym:- bent, hang, dexterity, aptness
Antonym:-
Antonym:-
ENMITY (N) [en-mi-tee]
Meaning:-
- feeling of hatred toward somebody
Memory Trick:-
Enmity sounds like Enemy. Enmity for Enemy.
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