Tuesday, September 21, 2010

P-8

Pique - getting irritated
Usage - The woman stormed out in a fit of pique. 
Link - sounds like pi+que.. so imagine you are standing in a QUE(ue) in a Pie shop (cake) for a long time you get ANNOYED ,IRRITATED and you tend to show RESENTMENT...
Link2 - sounds like pic...if someone takes your pic secretly in a embarrassing situation. you would be annoyed, irritated....

Pittance - small salary
Usage - They work all day for a mere pittance
Link - sounds like Patience; You need to have patience to work all day for a mere pittance....
Link2 - bahut pita(to beat someone) employer jab usne pittance di worker ko... :)

Placebo - dummy pill which doesn't has many effects, harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
Usage - The prayers of the placebo were not always welcome. 
Link - PLACE-it takes the place of the actual substance..and BOgus..it doesnt do what the actual pill does.Thus PLACEBO is a bogus harmless pill which takes the place of the original...
Link2 - sounds like place+boobs...doctor placed some pills on her tongue to increase her boobs...

Plagiarize - to copy someone's ideas
Usage - Students often have a bad habit of plagiarizing.
Link - sounds like pla(plan)+gi+arize(arise)...so a plan arises in your mind to steal your friend's notes and show it to your lecturer...
Link2 - Dr. Katra plagiarized a plague removal formula  of Mr. Batra...

Plaintive - expressing sorrow, mournful
Usage - I could hear the child's plaintive cries.
Link - husband died in a plain vrash...wife said in plaintive voice...

Platitude - a comment or statement
Usage - The politicians spoke platitudes about lowering the taxes. 
Link - sounds like flat + attitude..something flat(no curves...hope u get it) does not attract us as it is very common. So you will obviously give trite remarks... :p

Platonic - friendly relationship, spiritual relationship
Usage - He was deeply interested in Platonic philosophy.
Link - after taking a tonic(hope you got it)...you can't maintain platonic relationship with your partner(friend)....
Plaudit - round of applause
Usage - The Kite Runner is one of the few books which has met with both critics & publicplaudit
Link - sounds like applaud it...
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