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How Vocabulary Cartoons Work

Vocabulary Cartoons works on the principle of mnemonics.

A mnemonic is a device that helps you remember something by associating (linking) what you are trying to remember with something you already know.

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A mnemonic device could be in many different forms like

Rhymes

Songs

Pictures

For example, "Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred ninety-two" is a classic mnemonic rhyme which helps you remember when Columbus discovered America.


Following the mnemonic principle of association(linking)

Vocabulary Cartoons link together an (rhyming) word association and a visual association in the form of a humorous cartoon.

These powerful mnemonics help students retain the meanings of words longer and with less effort than trying to memorize definitions straight out of a dictionary


In the example below

The new word FATHOM is associated (linked with) the rhyming word FAT THUMB.

Which in turn is then presented visually as a humorous cartoon

The more STUPID and STRANGE the cartoon, the easier it is to remember



LETS START MEMORIZING

THESE WORDS ARE VERY VERY IMPORTANT FOR 7 – 12TH GRADE STUDENTS AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE

WHOSE AVERAGE VOCABULARY IS POOR.

MASTER THEM EASILY, EFFORTLESSLY AND WITH FUN


ASKEW (adv)


NOT STRAIGHT, SLIGHTLY BENT


HE IS STANDING IN THE LINE ASKEW


LINKING WORD,SENTENCE AND PICTURE

ASS is waiting in the QUEUE ASKEW to watch a movie.


ALLITERATION (n)


THE REPETITION OF SPEECH SOUNDS IN A SEQUENCE OF NEARBY WORDS


EXAMPLE OF ALLITERATION



ALL LITERATE people use ALLITERATION when they speak with each other.


ALTERCATION (n)


A HEATED OR ANGRY DISPUTE


AN ALTERCATION STARTED BETWEEN THEM



ALTERCATION with the tailor when he did wrong ALTERATION.


ADAMANT (adj)


RIGID


THIS PERSON IS ADAMANT FOR GUARANTEE CARD



ADAM was ADAMANT to eat ANTS in breakfast.


ABOMINABLE (adj)


VERY BAD AND HATEFUL


KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE IS AN ABOMINABLE CRIME



With A BOMB the terrorist is ABLE to kill many lives, this is an ABOMINABLE act.


APPALLING (adj)


CAUSING HORROR


I WAS APPALLED AT HIS BEHAVIOUR



Ravi was feeling APPALLED when Mr PAUL committed a murder just for maggi noodles.


AZURE (adj)


BLUE


I WAS WATCHING THE AZURE LAKES



From the sea SHORE I was watching the AZURE sea.


AVER (v)


TO DECLARE WITH CONFIDENCE


HE AVERRED THAT HE WAS HIS GRANDSON SAMEER



I can AVER that they can NEVER commit any crime.


AVARICE (n)


GREED FOR RICHES


A SMALL CHILDS AVARICE FOR MONEY



VARICE (heir) has AVARICE for money.


BEWILDER (v)


TO CONFUSE


HE WAS BEWILDERED BECAUSE OF THE PAINTING



Buffalo became WILD this BEWILDERED everyone.


BEREFT (v)


WITHOUT OR LACKING SOMETHING


IN THE JUNGLE THEY WERE BEREFT OF HOPE



During RAFTING the RAFTING tube got punctured we were LEFT BEREFT of hope.


BICKER (v)


TO ARGUE OR QUARREL ON SMALL MATTERS


THEY STARTED TO BICKER ON HIS DRUNKENNESS



All the female staff started to BICKER when the professor came to college in NICKER.


BABBLE (v)


TO MAKE A CONTINUOUS MURMURING SOUND.


BABBLING SOUND OF THE BUBBLES



BUBBLES started to BABBLE.


BLURT (v)


TO UTTER SUDDENLY


HE BLURTED OUT ALL THE SECRETS



He was not ALERT and BLURTED everything.


BLARE (v)


TO SOUND LOUDLY


LOUDSPEAKER WAS BLARING



Trumpet of Tony BLAIR started to BLARE.


BESEECH (v)


TO REQUEST EAGERLY


HE BESEECHED FOR HIS FREEDOM



After ploughing (SEECH) the fields the farmer BESEECHED for his money.


COQUETTE (n)


A WOMAN WHO FLIRTS WITH MEN


SHE IS A COQUETTE



A COQUETTE was attracting young men by offering them COKE AND KIT KAT.


CHAGRIN (n)


DISAPPOINTMENT CAUSED BY FAILURE


TO HIS CHAGRIN WHEN HE LOST THE MATCH



To my CHAGRIN when I mixed palaak SAAG with RIN.


CAROUSE (v)


TO ENGAGE IN DRUNKEN PARTY


THEY WERE CAROUSING ALL NIGHT



While CAROUSING in the CAR he AROUSED everyone.


CHALICE (n)


A DRINKING CUP


MAN HOLDING A CHALICE



40 (chalis) people can fit in this CHALICE.


COAGULATE (v)


TO CHANGE FROM A FLUID INTO A THICKENED MASS


COAGULATION PROCESS



COALGATE paste always COAGULATES during summer season.


CROON (v)


TO SING OR HUM SOFTLY


THIS SMALL CHILD IS CROONING



This black CROW always CROONS in the NOON.


CARESS (v)


TO TOUCH GENTLY TO SHOW AFFECTION


HE IS CARESSING THE SMALL GIRL



He is CARESSING the child because he CARES for her.


CRASS (adj)


UNREFINED AND STUPID


CRASS ATTITUDE OF THESE STUDENTS



CRASS attitude of some people they hanged the poor dog on the CROSS.


CACOPHONY (n)


HARSH SOUND


THE CACOPHONY OF CITY LIFE



COUGH ring tone of this PHONE creates such a CACOPHONY.


CONDESCEND ()


LOWER ONESELF, DEGRADE


FINALLY HE CONDESCENDED



When you CONDESCEND you DESCEND from your position.


CONCEIT (n)


ARROGANCE


HE IS FULL OF CONCEIT



He is full of CONCEIT because of his MLA SEAT.


CENSURE (n)


STRONG CRITICISM


CENSURE FROM THE LAND LADY



CENSURE is SURE if you sing in the midnight


DISTRAUGHT (adj)


VERY SAD


DISTRAUGHT HUSBAND



DISTRAUGHT student when all that was TAUGHT did not come in the exam.


DELIRIUM (n)


MENTAL CONFUSION BECAUSE OF FEVER


HE WAS IN DELIRIUM



When he did not get his DAILY RUM he was in DELIRIUM.


DEFT (adj)


SKILLFUL


HE IS DANCING VERY DEFTLY



He is DEAF and dumb but does his work DEFTLY.


DIABOLICAL (adj)


WICKED


DIABOLICAL PLAN



DIAN BOLI KAL in a DIABOLICAL way.


DIRGE (n)


A FUNERAL SONG


SINGING A DIRGE



I was feeling DAAR when he sang a DIRGE.


DESTITUTE (adj)


LACKING FOOD, CLOTHING AND SHELTER


HE IS A DESTITUTE



DOSTI TOOT when he became a DESTITUTE.


EDDY (n)


CIRCULAR MOVEMENT OF AIR, WATER, DUST


WATER EDDIED AROUND



EDDY movement of AEDDI(joints).


ELATE (v)


TO MAKE HAPPY OR PROUD


ELATED PERSON



ELATED person when his hearing senses came very LATE


ENRAPTURE (v)


TO FILL WITH DELIGHT


HE WAS ENRAPTURED BY THE PARTY ARRANGEMENTS



He was ENRAPTURED by her RAP song.


ENFRANCHISE (v)


TO GRANT A FRANCISE TO, ESP TO THE RIGHT OF VOTING


BLACKS WERE GIVEN ENFRANCHISEMENT AFTER

THE CIVIL WAR



FRANCHISEE was ENFRANCHISED to conduct the course.


ENTREAT (v)


TO ASK EAGERLY


THEY ENTREATED HIM TO FORGIVE THEIR HUSBANDS



I ENTREATED my friend to give me birthday TREAT.


FLORID ()


REDDISH, ROSSY


FLORID COLOR OF NUMBER SEVEN



FLORID RED colour of the FLOOR.


FALLOW (adj)


UNCULTIVATED, NOT IN USE


EXAMPLE OF A FALLOW LAND



The nutrient value of the land will FALL LOW if it is not left FALLOW.


FLOUT (v)


TO DISOBEY THE RULES


THEY ARE FLOUTING THE TRAFFIC RULES



When someone FLOUTS the traffic rules he FLOWS OUT without being punished.


FERVENT (adj)


SHOWING GREAT WARMTH OR SPIRIT, ENTHUSIASM


FERVENT DEMANDS FOR MONEY


LINKING WORD, SENTENCE AND PICTURE

FERVENT demands by this SERVANT.


FLINCH (v)


TO DRAW BACK


HE FLINCHED AFTER SEEING THE AIRCRAFT



He FLINCHED one INCH when someone PINCHED him.


FOLIAGE (n)


LEAFAGE, THE LEAFINGS OF A PLANT, COLLECTIVELY;


EXAMPLE OF A FOLIAGE



FOLIAGE of a tree FALLS when its AGE is over.


FAWN (v)


TO SEEK ATTENTION BY FLATTERY


THE MANAGER IS TRYING TO FAWN OVER HER



To FAWN your girlfriend in the LAWN is good.


FATHOM (v)


TO UNDERSTAND, TO PENETRATE THE MEANING OF


HE IS TRYING TO FATHOM ABOUT THE PAINTING



Nitin’s friend could not FATHOM about his FAT THUMB.


FORBEARANCE (n)


PATIENCE, TOLERANCE


HE SHOWED NO FORBEARANCE WHEN HE WAS DRUNK



He did not show any FORBEARANCE after drinking FOUR bottles of BEER.


GRIN (v)


TO SMILE BROADLY


A GRIN ON THEIR FACE



GRIN on his face after washing it with RIN.


GLIMMER (n)


DIM LIGHT


GLIMMER OF LIGHT IN THIS JUNGLE



GALI mey MUR gaya because of GLIMMER of light.


GLOWER (v)


TO LOOK ANGRILY


HE GLOWERED AT HER



My father in law GLOWERED at me when I came to marriage wearing a LOWER.


HAUGHTY (adj)


ARROGANT, PRIDEFUL


SHE IS VERY HAUGHTY



She is HOT (sexy), that is why she is HAUGHTY.


HYSTERICAL (adj)


UNCONTROLLABLY EMOTIONAL


HYSTERICAL PILOT REFUSED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT



He became HYSTERICAL because of his family HISTORY


HERMETIC (adj)


MADE AIR TIGHT BY SEALING


THESE CONTAINERS ARE HERMETICALLY SEALED



HERMIT was HERMETICALLY sealed.


HURTLE (v)


TO MOVE WITH GREAT SPEED


HE HURTLED OUT OF THE BUS



Metro pillar HURTLED to HURT me.


INGENIOUS (adj)


INTELLIGENT, SHOWING GENIUS


AN INGENIOUS BUSINESSMAN



GENUIS people are INGENIOUS.


IRE (n)


EXTREME ANGER


IRE OF THIS PRINCIPAL



IRE of Mr Venkatesh Aiyer the WIRE got wrongly connected.


IMBUE (v)


FILLED WITH FEELINGS, OPINION, etc


HER MIND WAS IMBUED WITH MARRIAGE



My mind is IMBUED with NIMBU.


INSOLENT (adj)


RUDE AND NOT SHOWING ANY RESPECT


INSOLENT BEHAVIOUR OF THIS PERSON



INSOLENT behaviour of putting the shoe SOLE on the office desk.


IRIDESCENT (adj)


DISPLAYING MANY COLOURS


IRIDESCENT COLOURS



IRIDESCENT colour coming from this SCENT bottle.


IMPETUOUS (adj)


SUDDEN OR RASH ACTION


HE IS RUNNING IMPETUOUSLY



I AM PETU, I am eating IMPETUOUSLY.


INSTIGATE (v)


TO STIR UP, PROVOKE, AROUSE


HE IS INSTIGATING HIS SON IN LAW



INSTIGATING the students in front of the INSTITUTE GATE.


IMMINENT (adj)


LIKELY TO OCCUR AT ANY MOMENT


DISASTER IS IMMINENT



Death of and EMINENT person is IMMINENT.


LOATHE (v)


TO HATE


SHE STARTED TO LOATHE HIM



I LOATHED the priest when he told me to take the seven OATHS during marriage.


MELANCHOLY (n)


A GLOOMY OR SAD STATE OF MIND


THERE WAS MELANCHOLY ON HIS FACE



MILAN KAL nahi hua, there was MELANCHOLY on his face.


MEEK (adj)


GENTLE, SUBMISSIVE


HE IS A MEEK PERSON



MEEK people are WEAK.


MORIBUND (adj)


IN DYING STAGE, NEAR DEATH


FACTORY IS IN MORIBUND STAGE



MORIBUND stage means BUND stage.


MUZZLE (v)


TO RESTRAIN FROM EXPRESSION, TO SILENCE


THESE DOGS HAVE BEEN MUZZLED



He was PUZZLED when his mouth was MUZZLED.


MUDDLE (v)


TO CONFUSE


HE WAS MUDDLED BY HER REPLY



He was MUDDLED because of the MUD.


MOROSE (adj)


SOUR, MOODY


HE WAS FEELING MOROSE



On Valentines Day, he did not bring MORE ROSE, she became MOROSE.


ODIOUS (adj)


HATEFUL


ODIOUS PERSON



ODIOUS sound was coming from the AUDIO cassette.


OBSTINATE (adj)


STUBBORN


AN OBSTINATE PERSON



This ass is OBSTINATE, he ATE only TIN food.


OBEISANCE (n)


BODY GESTURE EXPRESSING DEEP RESPECT


PAYING OBEISANCE



OBEISANCE is the SENSE of OBEYING.


OMINOUS (adj)


THREATENING


OMINOUS LIGHT



My marks will be in MINUS, I had an OMINOUS feeling.


PORTEND (v)


TO INDICATE IN ADVANCE, SIGN


BLACK CLOUDS PORTENDS RAIN



Wire at the END of the PORT, PORTENDS that it is correct.


PALL (n)


A THICK CLOUD OF SOMETHING


PALL OF SMOKE



PALL of smoke, when Mr PAUL was smoking cigarette.


PLAINTIVE (adj)


EXPRESSING SORROW, MOURNFUL


LISTEN TO MY PLAINTIVE CRIES



PLAINTIVE cries of wife when her husband died in a PLANE crash.


PENITENT (adj)


FEELING SORROW FOR WRONG DOING, REMORSEFUL


PENITENT LOOK ON HIS FACE



PENITENT Harry, he invested every PENNY in this TENT business without insurance.


PLUMAGE (n)


FEATHER


EXAMPLE OF A PLUMAGE



PLUMAGE was spread all over the BLUE MAZE.


PESTILENTIAL (adj)


DEADLY OR HARMFUL


PESTILENTIAL EFFECT OF THIS PESTICIDE



PESTILENTIAL effect of this PESTICIDE


PANACHE (n)


A GRAND MANNER, STYLE, FLAIR


HE IS SINGING WITH PANACHE



He does everything with PANACHE with his MOUSTACHE.


PENANCE (n)


PUNISHMENT FOR THE SIN DONE EARLIER


HE DID PENANCE FOR HIS SINS



He did PENANCE when he committed a theft in a FINANCE company.


PURGE (v)


TO GET RID OF, PURIFY


PURGE UNWANTED THINGS



I URGE YOU TO PURGE MY SINS


PUISSANCE (n)


POWER


PEOPLE IN PUISSANCE



Person who is in PUISSANCE creates NUISANCE.


QUEER (adj)


STRANGE, DIFFERENT


QUEER MAN



QUEER method of preparing KHEER.


QUAIL (n)


TO LOOSE COURAGE IN DANGER OR DIFFICULTY


HE WAS QUAILING



She did not QUAIL after seeing her PALE face.


QUAY (n)


A LANDING PLACE, DOCK


EXAMPLE OF A QUAY



Lot of KAWEY near the QUAY.


QUIVER (v)


TO SHAKE WITH QUICK MOTION, TREMBLE


HE WAS QUIVERING BECAUSE OF COLD



QUIVER means to SHIVER.


RALLY (v)


TO REGAIN STRENGTH


HE RALLIED ENERGY AFTER ILLNESS



Sonia RALLIED after the Congress RALLY was over.


REPROACH ()


BLAME


REPROACHMENT FOR HIS WRONG DOING



An Illiterate person gets a job through APPROACH; it is a REPROACH on our system.


RAPT (adj)


DEEPLY ABSORBED


HE IS WATCHING THE SCENE WITH RAPT ATTENTION



He was listening to the RAP song with RAPT attention.


RELIC (n)


REMAINING PARTS OR FROGMENTS


EXAMPLE OF A RELIC



A dog was LICKING a RELIC.


REEK (n)


A STRONG, UNPLEASANT SMELL


HIS SOCKS WERE REEKING



REECH (bear) ki mouth was REEKING of alchohol.


STENTORIAN (adj)


VERY LOUD OR POWERFUL IN SOUND


HE SPOKE IN A STENTORIAN VOICE



HISTORIAN addressed the people in his STENTORIAN voice.


SQUAT (adj)


SHORT AND FAT ( of a person, animal, body,etc)


SQUAT SUMO WRESTLER



SQUAT body of all these police SQUAD.


STAGGER (v)


TO WALK, MOVE OR STAND UNSTEADILY


HE STAGGERED BACK TO HIS HOME



He started to STAGGER when he was stabbed with a DAGGER.


SALLY (n)


a CLEVER OR WITTY (fanciful) REMARK


EVERYBODY WAITED FOR HIS NEXT SALLY



Quick SALLY from his SALEE.


SCOWL (v)


TO MAKE AN ANGRY EXPRESSION


THE CHILD IS SCOWLING



SCOWL on his face when I called him OWL.


SULK (v)


TO REMAIN SILENT AND IN BAD TEMPER


THE COACH WAS SULKING



Wife was SULKING when she did not get SILK sarees in BULK.


SUPPLICATE (v)


TO REQUEST HUMBLY


THEY SUPPLICATED THAT THEY WERE INNOCENT



I SUPPLICATED to remove this DUPLICATE hero.


STEALTH (n)


AN ACT DOING SOMETHING SECRETLY


STEALTHILY THEY ENTERED TO STEAL



STEALTHILY he entered to STEAL.


SHIMMER (v)


TO SHINE WITH BRIGHT LIGHT


THE FLOWER IS SHIMMERING



SHE MUR gayee after applying lakme SHIMMER.


SEPULCHER (n)


GRAVEYARD, BURIAL PLACE


HE VISITED THE SEPULCHER



VULCHERS are found near SEPULCHER.


SERENADE (v)


TO ENTERTAIN WITH SOMEBODY


SERENADING WITH GIRLFRIEND



SERENA is SERENADING with her boyfriend.


SUBDUE (v)


TO BRING UNDER CONTROL, OVERCOME


SHE SUBDUED HER HUSBAND



SUB DU ke students ko police ne SUBDUE kar liya.


SERVILE (adj)


WANTING TOO MUCH TO PLEASE AND OBEY SOMEBODY


SERVILE ATTITUDE OF THIS PERSON



“Let me SERVE you for a WHILE sir “, SERVILE attitude of a servant.


TUREEN (n)


COVERED DISH FOR SERVING SOUP


EXAMPLE OF TUREEN



TU RIN se TUREEN saaf kar.


TARRY (v)


TO DELAY


DON’T TARRY YOUR WORK



Please TARRY if you are planning to MARRY.


TRAMPLE (v)


TO STAMP, STEP HEAVILY AND NOISILY


HE IS BEING TRAMPLED



A TRAM TRAMPLED five people near the TEMPLE.


USURY (n)


PRACTICE OF LENDING MONEY AT HIGH INTEREST RATE


THIS PEON IS A USURER AND HE PRACTICES USURY



SURI and SURI company practices USURY.


UNSCRUPULOUS (adj)


DISHONEST


UNSCRUPULOUS STUDENTS



UNSCRUPULOUS builder used poor quality of SCREW during construction.


VEHEMENT (adj)


FORCEFULNESS OF EXPRESSION OR EMOTION


SHE SPOKE VEHEMENTLY



WOMEN are always VEHEMENT about WOMEN’S issues.


VORACIOUS (adj)


CONSUMING LARGE QUANTITY OF FOOD


HE IS EATING VORACIOUSLY



VORA uncle is very VORACIOUS; he eats one BORA (sack) of rice everyday.


WINSOME (adj)


CHARMING, ATTRACTIVE, WINNING


WINSOME SMILE



WINSOME smile can WIN SOMEONE.


WRAITH (n)


GHOST


SURROUNDED BY WRAITH



WRAITH in REYTH(SAND) ka tilla.


WRATH (n)


STRONG ANGER


WRATH OF THE LAND LADY



WRATH of Advani ji when RATH yatra was cancelled.


WHINE (v)


TO COMPLAIN


THIS OLD MAN IS WHINING



Horse was WHINING after drinking WINE.


WOE (n)


SERIOUS TROUBLE OR SUFFERING


THE WOES OF THESE CHILDREN



WOE because WOH (girlfriend) chali gayee.


WHELP (n)


THE YOUNG OF THE DOG, WOLF, BEAR, LION, etc


EXAMPLE OF WHELP



WHELP was screaming for HELP.


YEARN (v)


A STRONG DESIRE


YEARN FOR WEALTH



YEARN to EARN lot of money in one day.


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