Sunday, March 7, 2010

A-29

Apposite - pertinent, appropriate
Usage - The successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images.
Link -  If i write ass instead of app, it will not be apposite.

Appraise - estimate the value of something
Usage - He appraised the situation carefully before acting.
Link1 - app + raise; I send an application to my employer to raise my salary. Now, they will estimate my work value and will decide accordingly.
Link2 -  Before praising I was appraising.

Apprehend - arrest
Usage - Police apprehended the criminal and put hancuff in his hand.
Link - appre (sounds simillar to hindi word UPPER karo)+ hend(HAND)...SO when POLICE come to ARREST SOMEONE or take someone in custody..they ask HANDS UP!!! appre (upper) + hands.

Apprehensive - worried, anxious
Usage - Due to the recent spate of murders everyone in the colony felt apprehensive of the danger.
Link -  apprehend(=arrest) +sive (sounds like seize) = apprehensive.....when somebody is arrested, he will be "FEARFUL".

Apprise - inform
Usage - I am apprised of the price of an UCB shirt.
Link - When you win a prize you apprise everyone.

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