Crone Flashcards
Crone
Short Definition : hag; ugly old woman
(noun) an ugly evil-looking old woman
Synonyms : beldam , beldame , hag , witch
sounds similar to crown…an ugly woman can never be crowned, Miss World.
Cross
Short Definition : bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry
(adj) annoyed and irritable
Synonyms : bad-tempered , crabbed , crabby , fussy , grouchy , grumpy , ill-tempered
you try typing “X”(a cross)..yu wu’d get a angry smiley …..:X
Crot-chety
Short Definition : (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion
(adj) having a difficult and contrary disposition
Synonyms : cantankerous , ornery
crot chety (crow ke chata ki thik, khubi odd. shudhu matro rag hoyei tumi korso)
Crux
Short Definition : essential or main point; Ex. the crux of the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding importance
Definition
(noun) a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus
Synonyms : crux australis , southern cross
(noun) the most important point
Synonyms : crux of the matter
FOCUS ON LETTERS CRU + x….cru very near to CRUcial…so something which is crucial is always the essential thing
Cue
Short Definition : word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor’s speech or entrance); reminder or hint; V: give a cue to
- (noun) evidence that helps to solve a problem
Synonyms : clew , clue - (noun) a stimulus that provides information about what to do
Synonyms : discriminative stimulus - (noun) sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
Synonyms : cue stick , pool cue , pool stick - (verb) assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
Synonyms : prompt , remind
Culinary
Short Definition : relating to cooking or kitchen
Definition
(adj) of or relating to or used in cooking
cullinary almost rhymes with CURRY, which is again related to cooking
Cull
Short Definition : pick out from others (to kill the weakest members); reject; select; collect (information); N.
cull = তোলা বা চয়ন করা , বেছে নেওয়া , বাছাই
- (noun) the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Synonyms : reject - (verb) remove something that has been rejected
(verb) look for and gather
Synonyms : pick , pluck
Ex : pick mushrooms
If you CALL you take it; if you cull you reject it.
Culpable
Short Definition : deserving blame; blameworthy
(adj) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious
Synonyms : blamable , blameable , blameful , blameworthy , censurable
Cumbersome
Short Definition : heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform
Definition
(adj) difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
Synonyms : cumbrous
Example Sentence
a cumbersome piece of machinery
(adj) not elegant or graceful in expression
Synonyms : awkward , clumsy , ill-chosen , inapt , inept
(Come-bear-some) come bear some heavy things that are hard to manage
Cumulative
Short Definition : growing by addition; accumulative
(adj) increasing by successive addition
Synonyms : accumulative
remember cumulative frequency in statistics…in dat we add all frequencies..hence cumulative is increasing by adding up
Cupidity
Short Definition : greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid
Definition
(noun) extreme greed for material wealth
Synonyms : avarice , avariciousness , covetousness
Once upon a time a person lived in a Cupid city who had an extreme greed for material wealth. whenhe fell into a Gold mine he was so cupid that he never try to get out and died there. So his cupidity resulted in stupidity and caused his death.
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