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disperse

Short Definition : scatter; Ex. disperse the cloud/crowd

Definition
(verb) distribute loosely
Synonyms : dot dust scatter sprinkle
Example Sentence
  • He scattered gun powder under the wagon
Definition
(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions
Example Sentence
  • She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
Definition
(verb) cause to separate
Synonyms : break up scatter
Example Sentence
  • break up kidney stones
  • disperse particles
Definition
(verb) move away from each other
Example Sentence
  • The crowds dispersed
  • The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
Definition
(verb) separate (light) into spectral rays
Example Sentence
  • the prosm disperses light
Definition
(verb) cause to become widely known
Example Sentence
  • spread information
  • circulate a rumor
  • broadcast the news
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disperse

Things scattered from her purse.

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Disburse money to the poor people from your purse .

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dispirited

Short Definition : lacking in spirit

Definition
(adj) marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
Synonyms : listless
Example Sentence
  • a dispirited and divided Party
  • reacted to the crisis with listless resignation
Definition
(adj) filled with melancholy and despondency
Example Sentence
  • gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
  • gloomy predictions
  • a gloomy silence
  • took a grim view of the economy
  • the darkening mood
  • lonely and blue in a strange city
  • depressed by the loss of his job
  • a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
  • downcast after his defeat
  • feeling discouraged and downhearted
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dispirited

Lacking SPIRIT means no enthusiasm dispassionate

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disport

Short Definition : amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert

Definition
(verb) occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
Synonyms : amuse divert
Example Sentence
  • The play amused the ladies
Definition
(verb) play boisterously
Example Sentence
  • The children frolicked in the garden
  • the gamboling lambs in the meadows
  • The toddlers romped in the playroom
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disport

diSPORT - you play/watch sports for your amusement.

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Disp-o-rt : to display-own-art display-SPORT to amuse others

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disport = di ( double) + sport; ppl r playing sports with double enjoyment i.e. making noise.

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disproportion

Short Definition : lack of proportion (between the parts); ADJ. disproportionate

Definition
(noun) lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disproportion

DIS + PROPORTION (in shape)...therefore something that is not in shape or proportion.

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disputatious

Short Definition : argumentative; fond of argument

Definition
(adj) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
Example Sentence
  • a style described as abrasive and contentious
  • a disputatious lawyer
  • a litigious and acrimonious spirit
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disputatious

If you cut the word into two halves, the first part will be disput, which sounds like dispute and means, a fight. A fight generally starts with an argument...

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disputatious means some topic is disputable.. ie. a dispute can emerge from it..

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disquietude

Short Definition : uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious

Definition
(noun) feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disquietude

disquietude = dis + quiet + attitude.. Quiet therefore uneasy and worried about something.

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Disquiet = D + is + quiet. If a baby 'is quiet' just after birth in spite of crying, it will make the doctors tense/anxious.

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You are Quietly looking at someone and making him/her uneasy

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disqueitude

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disquisition

Short Definition : formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report

Definition
(noun) an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disquisition

its like dis +quisition(means question)......when someone questions u.......u need to give explanations...EX:-enquiry...

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DIScuss & Quiz (inquire) = Elaborate explanation/inquiry.

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disquisition sounds like This acquisition When someone acquires something very expensive,the taxmen disquisite the owner

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opposite of question is answer, opposite of inquisition(question in depth) is disquisition(answer in depth)

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Disquisition is the same as inquisition but in a less severe form.

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This(dis) question(qui) needs disquisition

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Dis(this) + quis(quiz) >> ask formal questions.... inquiry..

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disquisition = dis (not) + quisition ( quiet) = not keeping silent going to elaborate the thing.

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This Inquisition brought about following results...(Results of a formal inquiry)

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dissection

Short Definition : analysis; cutting apart in order to examine

Definition
(noun) cutting so as to separate into pieces Definition
(noun) a minute and critical analysis Definition
(noun) detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dissection

dis(away) + section = dissection, ie, moving sections apart and analyzing.

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I want to analyse (Dis)this section.

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dissemble

Short Definition : disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend

Definition
(verb) make believe with the intent to deceive
Synonyms : affect feign pretend sham
Example Sentence
  • He feigned that he was ill
  • He shammed a headache
Definition
(verb) hide under a false appearance
Synonyms : cloak mask
Example Sentence
  • He masked his disappointment
Definition
(verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly
Synonyms : act pretend
Example Sentence
  • She's just acting
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dissemble

The word sounds like "resemble"...the person/ a thing of tat type can be in disguise...

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seems like "dis assemble"(break) you broke the favourite pot of mom n den tried to "conceal" ur mistake...or pretending

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DIS+ASSEMBLE....assemble means to bring parts together like we do in computers...now you have got a computer having secret information in it...hence to hide your motives, you will dissemble your computer....

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Dis sem bale bale ho gayi..:P hence i have disguise to my parents

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dessemble = not resemble i.e disguise

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read as this-resemble. When one thing resembles other, it can disguise viewer for it.

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semble stands for the appearance of a person.. dis+semble== relate it with false appearance.hence DISSEMBLE is disguise, pretend

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dissemble sounds like ressemble...so its like dis two twins who ressemble same can DISSEMBLE us..

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She smiled at her boss, but thought, "Dis some bull (sh*t)"

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Dissemble = Disguise

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Sounds like resemble and resembling things can disguise

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Do not resemble your true feelings

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Dis(not)+semble(image): real image/nature is hidden

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 When an army was assembling for war, the mother dissembled her son in her home

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disseminate

Short Definition : distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)

Definition
(verb) cause to become widely known
Example Sentence
  • spread information
  • circulate a rumor
  • broadcast the news
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disseminate

dis + seminate seminate could be taken as seminar, so for a seminar people gather at a place. Hence disseminar could be understood as the scattering of people.

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Dis+seminate -Think of seminate as "semen". You use your semen to spread and disperse your genes to many random woman, especially when intoxicated

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dis+sem+i+n+ate: dis sem(semister) i not ate coz i distributed all my food to poor ppl....so it means distribute...spread...

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sounds this emit >> scatter..

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semminate means comes to something conclusion, disseminate means to scatter the idea.

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