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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

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)

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)

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)

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 ()

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)

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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