This wordlist is generally used by students preparing for GRE.
Short Definition : become boring; grow tiresome
(noun) a sudden numbing dread
(noun) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
(noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
(verb) become less interesting or attractive
(verb) cause to lose courage
(verb) cover with a pall
(verb) cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite
(verb) cause to become flat
(verb) lose sparkle or bouquet
(verb) lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
(verb) lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pall
A Song from Lage Raho Munna Bhai "Pall Pall Pall Pall Har pal Har Pal Kaise katega pal" If you are bored then you say "Kaise Katega Pall Har Pall"
Appall::- one is appalled by boring things.
pal+l...so your pals are becoming boring day per day.
Alsoe Pale ::
as something becomes plae after much use, a jocke beacomes Boring after u have heard it many times.
tahts the meaning:: to become less interesting
pall = poll = the thing like indian election poll = boring and tiresome
when modern people listen to Pop Jon PALL's religious speech ,they get bored.
in appall we can see pall that means we get shocked by the news and daunt ourselves
by isabella swan
pall -means time and actually time becomes noticeable and lengthy when you are bored
by santosh pokhrel
Short Definition : small poor bed; Ex. straw pallet
(noun) the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art
(noun) a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it
(noun) a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay
(noun) a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed
(noun) board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pallet
pal(PALANG)+let(LIE DOWN or latena)...read let as"late" in hindi....so you lie on a bed...But the bed is pallid.
Similar to palette. Palette has different colors. A poor bed is made of old clothes and hence is of different colors.
Pall means grow tired. Thus after feeling tired one sleeps on a bed. Thus pallet is a small bed.
How similar pallet with palonko(in bangla means cot). Pallet is not that much aristocratic like palonko rather poor as SMALL BED
My hamster eats pellets (sounds like pallet) and sleeps on straw ( a poor bed).
remember the movie "PA".the word is pallet.sounds like pa let.in hindi means pa let ja take rest but where,on a bed.but the bed is too poor.
Short Definition : ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness)
(verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
The circumstances extenuate the crime
(verb) provide physical relief, as from pain
This pill will relieve your headaches
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for palliate
it can be like pale(faint coz of disease)+ate so eating the pain.i.e. reducing it.
palli+ate.I was hungry,had pain in the stomach,so ate some palli(groundnut).It eased the pain but didn't cure it.
a friend = a PAL will ALLEVIATE your pain.
PALL means become borin..
u got bored of the pain..fed up of it..so u ATE it..to ease the pain..
pal(friend) + ate(lessen) >>> a friend always LESSEN OUR PAIN when it grows a lot
now here a latin root could help fix few words.
Pallere means concealed. cloaked hence something which has become pale .
u can find this root in words:
palliate: to ease or cloak pain without curing.
pall: become pale >less intresting after much
Pall when sick I ate something and i felt better ... same will happen with you.
Short Definition : pale; wan; Ex. pallid complexion
(adj) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
the pallid face of the invalid
her wan face suddenly flushed
(adj) (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
the pale light of a half moon
a pale sun
the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
a pallid sky
the pale (or wan) stars
the wan light of dawn
(adj) lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
a pale rendition of the aria
pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender
a pallid performance
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for pallid
pallid = pale + lid.(jus take the 1st four letters hence 'pale')
Pal( marathi word forreptile found in house)+Id....how is Pal? its yellow....
in pallid u can smell the word id.we all know that in id of our clg or office we look so dull and pallid.
by isabella swan
Short Definition : conceal in the palm of the hand; palm off: pass off; Ex. palm off some bad oranges onto the lady/the painting as a real Renoir
(noun) the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
(noun) a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand
(noun) any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
(noun) an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
(verb) touch, lift, or hold with the hands
Don't handle the merchandise
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for palm
palm off means...to sell with the intention to deceive....so anything we hold in the palm and cover it, it is meant to deceive people.....
Short Definition : tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; Ex. palpable blunder
(adj) capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
a barely palpable dust
felt sudden anger in a palpable wave
the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton
a palpable lie
(adj) can be felt by palpation
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for palpable
palpable..divide it like..PALP(SOUNDS LIKE PULP)+ABLE.....after touching the PULP of fruit ITS OBVIOUS THAT every one would be ABLE TO PERCEIVE whether THE FRUIT is fresh or not.
PAL means a close friend....now PALPABLE...means we r able to touch or feel our pal even when he is not present
so palpable means sth u can touch by palm.
word is taken from Latin palpare means to stroke in the feeling of love ...so..if someone touch you, it will be PERCEPTIBLE OR TANGIBLE to you whether he is touching you in feeling of love or hatred.
when your girlfriend "PAL" sits on your lap you feel something..
pal pey bal...or pal pey balwaan. if some balwaan was sitting on ure pal, his pain would be tangible to you