Flummox

Word meaning -

verb: confuse

Usage examples -

I'm flummoxed by ...

Etymological note - (from Merriam-Webster)

No one is completely sure where the word "flummox" comes from, but we do know that its first known use is found in Charles Dickens' 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers and that it had become quite common in both British and American English by the end of the 19th century. One theory expressed by some etymologists is that it was influenced by "flummock," a word of English dialectical origin used to refer to a clumsy person. This "flummock" may also be the source of the word "lummox," which also means "a clumsy person."

BBC's take on Hinglish

Are you a "badmash"? And if you had to get somewhere in a hurry, would you make an "airdash"? Maybe you should be at your desk working, instead you're reading this as a "timepass".

Read the article It's Hinglish, innit?

Sophomoric

conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature

Mnemonic -
Sophomoric slogan
"Change the world"

Soporific

Word meaning -
causing or tending to cause sleep

Usage examples -

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Mnemonic -

Storyteller slumps to soporific levels

Nosegay

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Bouquet, Posy

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Lugubrious

exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful 

Mnemonic -

Lugubrious Look

Fallow

Word meaning -

1.of a light yellowish-brown color

Fellow deer

2. (of land)  ploughed but left unplanted to resstore its fertility

Fallow fields
Usage examples -

By crop rotation farmers can keep their fields under continuous production, without the need to let them lie fallow.

Facsimile

exact copy or reproduction or writing, painting, a picture etc.

Factotum

Word meaning -
A factotum is a general servant or a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities. The word derives from the Latin command (imperative construction) fac totum ("do/make everything").

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factotum 

Usage examples -

I applied for a job there, as a factotum on a campsite 

Frivolous

Word meaning -
(of activities) silly or wasteful

lacking in seriousness

Usage examples -

Wasting time with a frivolous complaint

Consumers should avoid filing frivolous cases in court.

Frivolous litigation, as used in colloquial and political terms in the United States, refers to lawsuits that are based on a theory that seems absurd, or where the claim results in damages that greatly exceed what one would expect from reading 

a brief summary of the case. Awards for medical malpractice are sometimes derided as frivolous (in this sense of meaning "excessive").

Additional note -

Mnemonic -

Frivolous fun

The Frivolous Fun Finale Fling

Fables for the Frivolous

dunce

Word meaning -
a slow-witted or stupid personUsage examples -
Give Dunce's Cap to the Examination Markers

scrupulous

Word meaning -
1 : having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper
2 : punctiliously exact
http://www.aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/scrupulous
Usage examples -
Scrupulous cleanliness

Mnemonics -

1.
However, this does not mean that a civilized and scrupulous society can adopt violent means to resolve these problems

2.
Scrupulous Scholar

3.

Scrupulous Selection

requiem

Word meaning -
1: a mass for the dead

2 a: a solemn chant (as a dirge) for the repose of the dead

b: something that resembles such a solemn chant

3 a: a musical setting of the mass for the dead

b: a musical composition in honor of the dead

Mozart conducts a rehearsal of his Requiem in this romanticized image of his last day.

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scruple

Word meaning -
a minute part or quantity

Tote

Word meaning -

to carry by hand
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tote


Tote bags






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PAIL

Word meaning -

a usually cylindrical container with a handle

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pail

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Belligerent

Word meaning -
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belligerent
1. waging war; specifically : belonging to or recognized as a state at war and protected by and subject to the laws of war
2: inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness

Usage examples -
In 1896 Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist who had grown super-rich by inventing dynamite and developing it into a universal tool for both beneficial and belligerent purposes, died at the age of 63.

Mnemonics -
Beneficial and belligerent sound like opposite terms.

Belligerent Bulldog with an Array of Assorted Weaponry
Belligerent Bush calls Iranian Leader Belligerent


Additional notes -
Taken from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belligerent

synonyms belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude. belligerent often implies being actually at war or engaged in hostilities . bellicose suggests a disposition to fight . pugnacious suggests a disposition that takes pleasure in personal combat . quarrelsome stresses an ill-natured readiness to fight without good cause . contentious implies perverse and irritating fondness for arguing and quarreling .

Belligerent God -

scupper

Word meaning -
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scupper
NOUN -
1. A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
2. (architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.

Scupper SeriesVERB -
to scupper
1. (UK) thwart, destroy
Quotations
"We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice".
This bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.
Usage examples -
We can't allow US tantrums to scupper global justice
This bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.

scum

Word meaning -

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scum

1 a: extraneous matter or impurities risen to or formed on the surface of a liquid often as a foul filmy covering —

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b: the scoria of metals in a molten state : dross

c: a slimy film on a solid or gelatinous object

2 a: refuse
b: a low, vile, or worthless person or group of people



adjective - scummy

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