Mnemonic dictionary

/nɪˈmɒnɪk/ Other forms: mnemonics; mnemonically A mnemonic is a memory aid for something, often taking the form of a rhyme or an acronym. I before E except after C, is a mnemonic to help you remember how to spell words like "piece" and "receive." As an adjective, mnemonic describes something related to memory. "Spring forward, Fall back" is a mnemonic device to help you remember which way to set your clocks for daylight savings time. Set the clock forward an hour in the spring when daylight savings time begins, and set the clock back an hour in the fall when it ends. Well-known mnemonics exist to help you remember things like the planets, the digits of Pi, and the color spectrum. This list of challenge words features some of the hardest words that you will encounter in the Verbal Reasoning section of the GRE. These are words that typically appear less frequently across different academic disciplines, so you are less likely to have encountered them before. Master these difficult words and watch your GRE score soar!

Are you a fan of • ARITHMETIC: A rat in the house may eat the ice cream. • BECAUSE: Big elephants can always understand small elephants. • DOES: Daddy only eats sandwiches. • FRIEND: Fred rushed in eating nine doughnuts. • GEOGRAPHY: George's elderly old grandfather rode a pig home yesterday. • LAUGH: Laughing aunts under green hats • NECESSARY: Not every cat eats sardines. Some are really yummy. • OUGHT: Only unique goats have this. • RHYTHM: Rhythm helps your two hips move. • SAID: Snakes and insects dance. • TOMORROW: Trails of my old red rose over window. Some of these words land on our list of the In science, species are organized under a number of categories. Think of them like • kingdom • phylum • class • order • family • genus • species To help students remember the order of taxonomy, the following sentence is often used: Kids prefer cheese over fried green spinach. The first letter of each word in the sentence represents the category. So, “kids” represents “kingdom,” “prefer” represents “phylum,” “cheese” represents “class,” and so on. Let’s look at a few more examples. When reading music, the notes on the staff (the lines) with a Every good boy deserves fun. As for the spaces on the same staff, they read as follows: F, A, C, E. To remember that order, there’s this wonderful mnemonic device: Furry animals cook excellently. Next, we have the lines on the staff with Good boys do fine, always. Order of the Planets Let’s return to science. Do you know the order of the...

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• aide-mémoire • annal • awaken someone to something • be engraved on someone's memory/mind idiom • be etched on/in someone's memory idiom • commit • hooky • if my memory serves me right idiom • imprint • indelible • jog • jog someone's memory idiom • remind • remind someone of something/someone • reminder • reminisce • reminiscence • resonant • shade • stamp • aide-mémoire • annal • awaken someone to something • be engraved on someone's memory/mind idiom • be etched on/in someone's memory idiom • commit • hooky • if my memory serves me right idiom • imprint • indelible • jog • jog someone's memory idiom • remind • remind someone of something/someone • reminder • reminisce • reminiscence • resonant • shade • stamp (Definition of mnemonic from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)