Wednesday, July 21, 2010

ECCENTRIC (ADJ)

Meaning: Not behaving or thinking in an ordinary or accepted way; not conventional; odd

  • Everyone said she is eccentric but I found her adorable.

Synonyms: Abnormal; Erratic; Odd; Peculiar; Strange
Antonym: Orthodox

Memory Trick:

Eccentric: Link with: Asian + Trick:

Imagine Asian girls and boys playing tricks on tourists to earn dollars…...Isn’t their way of earning money eccentric?

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

EBULLIENT (ADJ)

Meaning: Highly enthusiastic; bubbling with excitement; exuberant

A person overflowing with enthusiasm might be said to be ebullient.

Chameli became ebullient when the handsome and affluent gentleman proposed her for the marriage.

When Sabu heard that she had broken the world record, she was ebullient.

Synonyms:Enthusiastic; Exuberant; Exhilarated; elated; vivacious; zestful

Antonyms: Depressed; Gloomy; Morose

Memory Trick:
I. Ebullient: Link with Bablu + Client:

Bablu was ebullient when his client accepted the proposal and kissed him in front of the staff.

II. Ebullient: Link with Bull:

When Bull saw such a beautiful and sexy cow, he was ebullient.


Friday, July 2, 2010

DELINEATE (V)

Meaning: to outline; to describe; shed light on; to describe accurately

  • Amrit delineated his plan so that everyone in the club would have a basic understanding of it.

Synonyms: describe, depict, sketch, outline

Memory Trick:

I. Delineate: Link Deli (=Delhi) + N + eate (=eat):

Dilli Chaudhary delineated on his plan to visit Delhi and described what he is going to eat there.

II. Delineate: Link it with Delhi + Alien + Eat:

During my excursion I saw two Alien chasing a hapless cat in Delhi. Finally they caught the cat and ate it. How is the description? So delineate means to describe something accurately.

III. Delineate: Sounds like Delhi + Neat

Dilli described Delhi as a clean city. So delineate means to describe.

IV. Mr. Harke interestingly delineated a series of activities he performed in his first date.

V. Delineate: Sounds like daily net date:

The picture vividly delineates activities of the daily online dating.