Felt worth sharing....
Source: http://www.fun-with-english.co.uk/2006_11_01_archive.html
Mnemonics are mine ;)
1. Male cadavers are incapable of rendering any testimony.
1. Dead men tell no tales.
*CADAVER=CORPSE<refer Harry potter killing curse Avada Kedavra!!!>
2. Neophyte's serendipity.
2. Beginner's luck
3. A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of small, green, biophytic plant.
3. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
*CONGLOMERATE=MASS(stone=mixture of sand)<agglomerate =synonym<remember aggregate>>
*CONGERIES=DISORDER COLLECTION,HEAP,ACCUMULATION<remember congregation>
4. Members of an avian species of identical plumage tend to congregate.
4. Birds of a feather flock together.
*PLUMAGE=FLEECE/FEATHERS
5. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
5. Beauty is only skin-deep.
*PULCHRITUDE=beauty;Comes from latin word(pulcher)<remember pulsar for style~beauty>
*CUTANEOUS=relating to skin
*PROFUNDITY=intellectual depth( pro;found)
6. Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
6. Cleanliness is next to godliness.
*INCRUSTATIONS=Accumulations<like a crust>
*GRIME=dirt;GRIM=UNINVITING,SEVERE<Grime in the house? Stay GRIM>
*CONTIGUOUS=next or together in sequence<contiguous allocation>
*RECTITUDE=Moral uprightedness<rectified? then u r correct/right>
7. It is fruitless to become lachrymose of precipitately decanted lacteal fluid.
7. Don't cry over spilled milk.
*LACHRYMOSE=tearful<has cry in it>
*DECANTED=empty/pour out<can is to fill; decan is to empty>
8. Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
8. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
*ESCHEW=avoid/shun<chew;eschew;avoid chewing=shun>
*VITIATE=SPOIL/CORRUPT; VICIOUS=DELIBERATELY CRUEL OR VIOLENT
*SCION=A young shoot/twig/descendent<sky-on=grow up kiddo>
9. The stylus is more potent than the rapier.
9. The pen is mightier than the sword.
*RAPIER=SWORD<to pierce>
10. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
10. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
*SUPERANNUATED=advanced age<retired employees receive superannuation>
*MANEUVERS=SERIES OF MOVES/SKILL<manners>
11. Surveillance should precede saltation.
11. Look before you leap.
*SALTATION=abrupt change/skip<SALTLESS CURRY!!??;add salt; wat a change over!?>
12. Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific! Fain would I fathom your nature specific!
12. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are!
13. The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.
13. One who laughs last, laughs best.
*CACHINNATE=laugh loudly<pronounciation is 'kakinate'; babies cackle(odd laughter)>
14. Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.
14. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
*INTERLUDES=interrupts/breaks <inter=among/between>PRELUDE=INTRODUCTION/OVERTURE
*HEDONISTIC=DEVOTED TO PLEASURE
*HEBETUDINOUS=dull/lethargic
15. Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be well advised to refrain from
catapulting petrious projectiles.
15. Those who live glass houses should cast no stones.
*VITREOUS=glass<vitreous chamber>
*EDIFICES=building
*PETRIOUS=STONE<peter(one of the apostles of Jesus Christ)=stone<from BIBLE>
16. Where there are visible vapors having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration.
16. Where there is smoke, there is fire.
*PROVENANCE=something existing<proven>
*CONFLAGRATION=very intense and uncontrolled fire<con=-ve word;fla=flame>
17. All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly resplendent.
17. All that glitters is not gold.
*CORUSCATE=REFLECT/SPARKE
*RESPLENDENCE=SPLENDID
*AURIFEROUS=CONTAINING GOLD
18. Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.
18. Beggars can't be choosers.
*MENDICANT=BEGGAR
*INTERDICTED=PROHIBIT AUTHORITATIVELY<dictator>
Mnemonics are mine ;)
1. Male cadavers are incapable of rendering any testimony.
1. Dead men tell no tales.
*CADAVER=CORPSE<refer Harry potter killing curse Avada Kedavra!!!>
2. Neophyte's serendipity.
2. Beginner's luck
3. A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of small, green, biophytic plant.
3. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
*CONGLOMERATE=MASS(stone=mixture of sand)<agglomerate =synonym<remember aggregate>>
*CONGERIES=DISORDER COLLECTION,HEAP,ACCUMULATION<remember congregation>
4. Members of an avian species of identical plumage tend to congregate.
4. Birds of a feather flock together.
*PLUMAGE=FLEECE/FEATHERS
5. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
5. Beauty is only skin-deep.
*PULCHRITUDE=beauty;Comes from latin word(pulcher)<remember pulsar for style~beauty>
*CUTANEOUS=relating to skin
*PROFUNDITY=intellectual depth( pro;found)
6. Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
6. Cleanliness is next to godliness.
*INCRUSTATIONS=Accumulations<like a crust>
*GRIME=dirt;GRIM=UNINVITING,SEVERE<Grime in the house? Stay GRIM>
*CONTIGUOUS=next or together in sequence<contiguous allocation>
*RECTITUDE=Moral uprightedness<rectified? then u r correct/right>
7. It is fruitless to become lachrymose of precipitately decanted lacteal fluid.
7. Don't cry over spilled milk.
*LACHRYMOSE=tearful<has cry in it>
*DECANTED=empty/pour out<can is to fill; decan is to empty>
8. Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
8. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
*ESCHEW=avoid/shun<chew;eschew;avoid chewing=shun>
*VITIATE=SPOIL/CORRUPT; VICIOUS=DELIBERATELY CRUEL OR VIOLENT
*SCION=A young shoot/twig/descendent<sky-on=grow up kiddo>
9. The stylus is more potent than the rapier.
9. The pen is mightier than the sword.
*RAPIER=SWORD<to pierce>
10. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
10. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
*SUPERANNUATED=advanced age<retired employees receive superannuation>
*MANEUVERS=SERIES OF MOVES/SKILL<manners>
11. Surveillance should precede saltation.
11. Look before you leap.
*SALTATION=abrupt change/skip<SALTLESS CURRY!!??;add salt; wat a change over!?>
12. Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific! Fain would I fathom your nature specific!
12. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are!
13. The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.
13. One who laughs last, laughs best.
*CACHINNATE=laugh loudly<pronounciation is 'kakinate'; babies cackle(odd laughter)>
14. Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.
14. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
*INTERLUDES=interrupts/breaks <inter=among/between>PRELUDE=INTRODUCTION/OVERTURE
*HEDONISTIC=DEVOTED TO PLEASURE
15. Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be well advised to refrain from
catapulting petrious projectiles.
15. Those who live glass houses should cast no stones.
*VITREOUS=glass<vitreous chamber>
*EDIFICES=building
*PETRIOUS=STONE<peter(one of the apostles of Jesus Christ)=stone<from BIBLE>
16. Where there are visible vapors having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration.
16. Where there is smoke, there is fire.
*PROVENANCE=something existing<proven>
*CONFLAGRATION=very intense and uncontrolled fire<con=-ve word;fla=flame>
17. All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly resplendent.
17. All that glitters is not gold.
*CORUSCATE=REFLECT/SPARKE
*RESPLENDENCE=SPLENDID
*AURIFEROUS=CONTAINING GOLD
18. Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.
18. Beggars can't be choosers.
*MENDICANT=BEGGAR
*INTERDICTED=PROHIBIT AUTHORITATIVELY<dictator>
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