Tuesday, July 6, 2010

C-10

Consort - associate with, keep company
Usage - The king entered the palace with his consort.
Link - in a musical consert (sounds like consert), many instruments play together...

Consternation - great shock, dismay
Usage - Her consternation at seeing him was obvious.
Link - CONSTERNATION ~ (cons) continuous + ter (terror) + nation; continuous terrorist attacks on a nation can cause CONSTERNATION...
Link2 - conster(sounds like monster) + nation......and a monster creates fear in every one ....due to which we do not go out so as to avoid danger....

Construe - explain, interpret
Usage - How do you construe his behavior
Link - construe = construct + true messages from indirect references; e.g. if i construe your message correctly...

Contagion - infection (by contact)
Usage - A contagion of panic spread from town to town.
Link - contag(sounds like contagious...)so when you come in contact with a diseased person..you spread infection.....

Contempt - scorn, disdain, open disrespect for a person or thing
Usage - The contempt he felt for her was obvious.
Link - sounds like con(kaun)+temp(temper)..when a person went to MAFIA he was showing contempt towards something....he said, "kaun temper high kar raha hai bhai ka...bachega ni mere hato.."

Contend - struggle, compete
Usage - He contended that Communism had no future
Link - sounds very similar to content....when the content of your essay is not good, you have less chances of COMPETEING WITH the other's essay...

Contingent - dependent on something uncertain or in the future, happening by chance
Usage - They had to plan for contingent expenses
Link - relate with tangent... a tangent is dependent on the circle...
Link2 - sounds like continent... small continent depend on others..

Contraband - illegal trade, smuggling
Usage - A cargo of contraband was unloaded on the docks.
Link - sounds like contra(contradictory) + brand.. selling contradictory brand i.e. it should not be sold except the permission of the company......means illegal trading...

Contrite - feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
Usage - He delivered a contrite apology.
Link - sounds like cont (COUNT) - rite (RIGHT)....the ban robbers said to the manager...COUNT THE CASH RIGHT, ELSE YOU WILL REGRET IT....
Link2 - sounds like cont(can't)+rite(right)...he can't do it right so he regrets it now....

Contrivance - something contrived, clever deceitful plan
Usage - Her matchmaking contrivance failed.
Link - teen(three) doston ne contri(contribution) kar ke van khareed li but one of them got away with the van...

Contrive - invent or fabricate in a clever way (by improvisation)
Usage - They contrived to murder their boss
Link - sounds like can't drive....he can't drive properly but he contrived to fool the license head to get a registered and legal license for him....
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