<p>Hey guys, what do you do when you can't come up with a mnemonic for a word?</p>
<p>Example: Sanguine and Reticent</p>
<p>Sanguine means cheerfully confident (3rd def); optimistic & the color of blood (1st def)</p>
<p>Reticent means unwilling / reluctant</p>
<p>How would you place a mnemonic for those two. Thanks</p>
<p>Bump...anyone?</p>
<p>Reticent means reluctant/unwilling to talk (primary definition).</p>
<p>Do you try to come up with mnemonics for EVERY word? It seems like it would be more of a burden than an aid to me.</p>
<p>Well, anyway...Sanguine means cheerfully optimistic and red-cheeked. I beleive its etymology has to do with the word for blood in romance languages. Sangre means blood in spanish. If someone is sanguine, then they have blood colored/rosy cheeks, meaning they are cheery and optimistic.</p>
<p>I am not sure what you oculd think of for reticent. I usually just memorize what the word means. When I here reticent I think "REserved, REluctant to talk."</p>
<p>Thanks Flipsta I appreciate the help - mnemonics helps me a lot so I'm trying to use them on words I can't seem to remember time and time again.</p>
<p>for some reason when i see the word reticent, it remids me of taciturn..both are very similar in meanings...i think i learnt both at the same time i guess...</p>
<p>the word sanguine just sounds optimistic to me. </p>
<p>usually when i try to memorize words, i try to remember it with an opposite world that i may have heard of but is not too sure with. works for me but may not be everyone else's cup of tea.</p>
<p>Same with me, Vehement, about the reticent/taciturn association.</p>