Thursday, July 1, 2010

C-8

Concerted - mutually agreed on; done together by agreement
Usage - The department was making a concerted effort to attract more efforts.
Link - sounds like concert....concerts are done in a planned and determined way, especially by more than one person, government, country, etc....

Concession - an act of yielding, conceding
Usage - She removed her jacket as a concession to the sultry weather.
Link - sounds like con(to cheat someone)+ cession(session)...the smart thief thought his child a lot of tricks to con someone...
Link -  Concessional, after a session it is YES for contract....

Conciliatory - reconciling, soothing
Usage - Her lover spoke in a very conciliatory tone.
Link -  sounds like conci(kaunsi)+li(LEE brand) + atory(factory)....when my friends said that Lee brand is providing free jeans then i asked him,"kaunsi wali LEE factory"....
Link2 - Heyy this sounds like CONSOLING...which means soothing...

Conclave - a private secret meeting
Usage - The city council is having its conclave this weekend.
Link - con (conference) + clave (cave); we are going to organize a secret conference (meeting) in a cave....

Concoct -  prepare by mixing or combining
Usage - The witch concocted a love potion.
Link - coct - resembles a cocktail, prepared by mixing and combining. A conman is preparing it, in a concert disguised(make up) as a bartender...

Concomitant -  something that accompanies
Usage - Deafness is an unfortunate concomitant of old age.
Link -  con(together) + comitant(sounds like commitment)..so if we have committed to each other, we'll go together....

Concord - agreement, accord
Usage - They managed to reach a concord.
Link -  If you are a keyboard player you must be knowing about chords..chords are used for harmony...concord = con + chord...
Link2 - sounds like accord car...when a guy driving accord car proposed a girl....she said yes reluctantly....they both agreed to do it and then never see each other again unless the boy wants to...

Concur - agree, coincide, happen at the same time
Usage - Both philosophers concord on this point
Link - sounds like concurrent....i.e. coincide....
Link2 - when a king conquers(concur) a state then the people in the state hav to agree with it...

Condescend - act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
Usage - He was trying to condescend her but she was sensible enough to recognize it.
Link - It has the word descend in it ,it implies descending to a lower position...

Condign - adequate, (of punishment) severe and well deserved 
Usage - The condign censure meted out to him was appropriate for his impertinent remarks.
Link - condign=co+n+dign ~> come+and+dine...imagine that your used condoms are caught by your father...then after a well deserved punishment, ur mother calls u back for dining :)

Condone - forgive, overlook, excuse
Usage - She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities
Link - if u use condom u will be forgiven by health and family welfare department and by the girl if she gets pregnant...

Confiscate - seize, take possession of (private property) by official order 
Usage - The FBI confiscated the drugs 
Link - sounds like con(kaun)+fis(fist)+cate(kate winslet)...if you ask "kaun kate winslet" in front of her then you are gonna get a fist(punch) fron her and by her bodyguard...
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1 Comment:

Bama said...

I have few words pls find comic relation for tem...Abaft

Abandon

Abbreviate

Abnegation

Abominate