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Occident - the West,  the hemisphere that includes North America and South America

Usage -  She returned with a lot of novelties from the Occident.

Link - lets just assume that there are better and speedy cars on the roads in the west... hence they have more accidents taking place.. occident rhymes with accident..

Occlude - shut, close, obstruct, block passage through

Usage -  The car was wrongly parked and occluded the path of other cars.

Link -  when you include someone they are welcome and the gates are always open but when you OCCLUDE(rhymes with EXCLUDE), they are unwelcome and hence the gates are SHUT or CLOSED on them...

Link2 - Occlude - sounds like conclude. Means close or shut something....

Occult - mysterious, secret, supernatural, beyond human comprehension

Usage - The beam of light occults every so often

Link - sounds like akkal(brain)....Detective apni AKKAL, OCCULT kaam main hi lagata hai..

Odious - hateful(causing hatred), arousing strong dislike

Usage - His cruelty to animals makes him odious.

Link -  the word reminds us of ODOUR, when we get bad odour from someone ...we tend to DISLIKE or DEVELOP AN AVERSION for that person...

Link2 - sounds like AIDS...if someone is having aids then we try to maintain a distance from that person...

Odyssey - long, eventful, adventurous journey

Usage - They were homesick after their four-month odyssey in Europe.

Link - sounds like desi...woh desi aadmi puri duniya ki journey karke vaapas bi aa gaya...

Offhand - casual

Usage - John replied offhand, his mind a million miles away.

Link - "take your hand off my shoulder.", said the Boss as it was not a CASUAL meeting.....

Link2 - it will be not casual if you make a f*ck off sign with your hand in front of people...

Officious - overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices, excessively pushy in offering one's services

Usage - He was bustling about self-importantly, making an officious nuisance of himself.

Link -  Offi(in offices)+cious(curious).. in offices people willl be curious for promotions so they will be pushy in offering services...

Onerous - burdensome

Usage - My duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests

Link - sounds like oNEROus...do you know NERO - CD WRITIN SOFTWARE????? It uses more RAM to write so slows down the computer.... hence NERO is Burdensome to the computer....

Link2 - it sounds like on+er+us..that is ONUS.. when something is ON US ..we feel burdensome...

Onomatopoeia - words formed in imitation of natural sounds

Usage - We were asked to write a poem using onomatopoeia. 

Link - onoma (name) + poi (poet).. names that a poet uses to express natural sounds...

Onslaught - vicious assault, fierce attack 

Usage - He was disheartened by the onslaught of criticism. 

Link - slaughter(killing of animals)....It was ONSLAUGHT for the animals when they were suddenly started to be slaughtered..

Onus - burden, responsibility

Usage - The onus of caring for her brother was on her while her parents were out of town. 

Link - ON-US you are ON US ie. you are a BURDEN on me...

Opalescent - lustrous, iridescent, having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

Usage - The pearls had a milky opalescent luster. 

Link - opelascent > opel astra and accent cars when brand new.. shine! are lustrous!...

Opiate - medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain, something that relieves emotions or causes inaction 

Usage - The opiate helped reduce her pain and induced sleep. 

Link - sounds like pi(drink)+ ate...when a person drinks a lot of alcohol and eats a lot of chicken with it....he becomes drowsy and relieves all his emotions as he is not in his senses...

Link2 - OPIATE = OPI (OPIUM) + ATE (TO EAT). Therefore, as you ATE the medicine with OPIUM in it, you are feeling drowsy (sleepy)....

Opportunist - individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances

Usage - Most politicians are opportunists.

Link -  An OPPORTUNIST is a person who takes GOOD ADVANTAGE of an available OPPORTUNITY....

Link2 - When the right opportunity comes, the OPPORTUNIST forgets his principles and takes the opportunity....

Opprobrium - state of extreme dishonor, disgrace arising from shameful conduct, vilification, infamy 

Usage - Her family tried to shield her from public opprobrium. 

Link - If you take OPIUM(banned drug) you will be criticized, humiliated & put to shame..

Link2 - sounds like opp(opponent team) + rob....in a match when a player robs something of the opponent team so that the team couldn't win....and he gets caught....it will lead to opprobrium...

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