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dais

Short Definition : raised platform for speakers or other important people

Definition
(noun) a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
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Mnemonic: It sounds like DESK and a desk is similar to a raised platform which we use in a school or an office.

as in rAISE platform

The Days Inn hotel will provide a raised platform for the speaker in the meeting room.

dais(raise)->dai+raise+senior going to present the talk

dally

Short Definition : trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time

Definition
(verb) behave carelessly or indifferently
Synonyms : flirt play toy
Example Sentence
  • Play about with a young girl's affection
Definition
(verb) waste time
Synonyms : dawdle
Example Sentence
  • Get busy--don't dally!
Definition
(verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
Example Sentence
  • The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
  • My husband never flirts with other women
Definition
(verb) consider not very seriously
Synonyms : play trifle
Example Sentence
  • He is trifling with her
  • She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania
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sounds like daily..so daily you waste your time.right?/

sounds like dolly or doll with u like o play

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dally sounds like delay. lazy people delay work,

Sound like "dali" (wooden stick)

sounds like tally....when things are serious and important, you tally ( at work). oppposite is dally.

dolly ke sath timepass

dally-> with doll, treat without the necessary seriousness and wasting time.

damn

Short Definition : condemn; criticize severely; condemn to everlasting punishment; doom; bring to ruin; N. damnation

Definition
(noun) something of little value
Example Sentence
  • his promise is not worth a damn
  • not worth one red cent
  • not worth shucks
Definition
(verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
Example Sentence
  • The bad witch cursed the child
Definition
(adj) used as expletives
Synonyms : goddamn
Example Sentence
  • oh, damn (or goddamn)!
Definition
(adj) expletives used informally as intensifiers
Example Sentence
  • he's a blasted idiot
  • it's a blamed shame
  • a blame cold winter
  • not a blessed dime
  • I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
  • he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
  • a deuced idiot
  • an infernal nuisance
Definition
(adv) extremely
Synonyms : all-fired bloody
Example Sentence
  • you are bloody right
  • Why are you so all-fired aggressive?

dank

Short Definition : damp; unpleasantly wet

Definition
(adj) unpleasantly cool and humid
Synonyms : clammy
Example Sentence
  • a clammy handshake
  • clammy weather
  • a dank cellar
  • dank rain forests
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dank...Damp ANd Kool...simple:)

tang: Think of BANK->"Bank of river" which is going to be wet,humid and cool.

dank sounds similar to damp, as the meaning damp and moist

Dank - it sounds like Dunk (like dunk by bee). When it bites you will feel unpleasantly wet in that affected area.

D(the) tANK: climate in da tank is cool ,humid nd unpleasent

dank sounds like the tank of water always humid & cool.

down tank leak unpleasant wet in pant.

Dank me saap rahta hai and dank marta hai

dapper

Short Definition : neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry

Definition
(adj) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Example Sentence
  • a dapper young man
  • a jaunty red hat
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dapper

dapper(diaper)- if you can remember the diapers used for babies, should be kept neat and trim(spry).

DAPPER sounds like DATE PAR. How will you go on a DATE PAR?? Obviously by dressing well and being up-to-date. So Try to remember DAPPER as DATE PAR !!!!

dapper is very close to word DRAPER(Y).....SO drappery in your house is very neat and clean in its appearance.

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For good marks you have to keep your exam paper dapper.

dapper sounds like rapper, eminem(rapper) is neat and trim

DAPPER = don + appear; don appearances is always neat & trimly.

dappled

Short Definition : spotted

Definition
(adj) having spots or patches of color
Synonyms : mottled
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dappled

d+apple...just imagine a d (damaged or rotten) apple..having many spots on it.

sounds like 'stappled'.If u stapple a paper it becomes spotted

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because of Greg CHAPPLE, ganguly’s carrier was SPOTTED with failures and criticism.

d+appled tshirt->spotted

DAPPLED : DotsAPPLEDots; a new apple pc launched with dots is called dappled

dappled - just imagine a white cloth, on which you dip apple in red colour and dab the apple spots on the color, so it becomes dappled

dart

Short Definition : move or throw suddenly and quickly

Definition
(noun) a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot Definition
(noun) a tapered tuck made in dressmaking Definition
(noun) a sudden quick movement
Synonyms : flit
Definition
(verb) move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
Synonyms : fleet flit flutter
Example Sentence
  • The hummingbird flitted among the branches
Definition
(verb) run or move very quickly or hastily
Synonyms : dash flash scoot scud shoot
Example Sentence
  • She dashed into the yard
Definition
(verb) move with sudden speed
Example Sentence
  • His forefinger darted in all directions as he spoke
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remember the game of darts where you throw the pointed needle-like darts quickly towards the board?

Remember 'Blue dart' filght services? known for its fast service of goods

i think we all lnow BLUE DART company.which is a courier company ..it might help you.

dart ~ d + art; distance + art; art of reducing distance - to run or move quickly.

throwing knife on persons head is a Danger+ART

daub

Short Definition : smear (as with paint); cover with something sticky; Ex. daub one's clothes with mud/paint; N: small bit of sticky substance; Ex. a daub of paint

Definition
(noun) material used to daub walls Definition
(noun) a blemish made by dirt
Example Sentence
  • he had a smudge on his cheek
Definition
(noun) an unskillful painting Definition
(verb) coat with plaster
Synonyms : plaster
Example Sentence
  • daub the wall
Definition
(verb) apply to a surface
Example Sentence
  • daub paint onto the wall
Definition
(verb) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
Synonyms : smear
Example Sentence
  • smear the wall with paint
  • daub the ceiling with plaster
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for daub

from DAUB, if you can remember DOBBY from the Harry Potter movies: he was always shabby and dirty, as if COVERED WITH MUD or SMEARED WITH PAINT

daub- this word resembles the word dhobi..person who cleans "daubed" clothes.

daag ache hai... or daub ache hai....

Dubbed movies are lame, not very artistic, daub is artless painting.

dry+hub->a house covers with straw clay or mud

daunt

Short Definition : intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten

Definition
(verb) cause to lose courage
Example Sentence
  • dashed by the refusal
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for daunt

daunt = haunt = if you are frightened you will be discouraged to go into the haunted house.

this mnemonic is in hindi....daunt..sounds simillar to "daant"(scolding) aur jab bhi daant padti hai we easily get disheartened and frightened.

daunt sounds like DON'T,means som1 discouraging u

DAUNT sounds like "taunt".... When anyone taunts u u get dishartened

sounds like DAAT(to scold in hindi)....when you scold children frequently(DAAT), they become discouraged......

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Daunt=aunt means ladies always frighten about their work mostly that what they are doing

determination haunt;due to frightening by haunting determination is decreased or lessened

danger+aunt->frighten, dishearten,dicourage

daunt ~ D (dog) + AUNT; My aunt was daunted by the dog in front of our house.

DAUNT = d + aunt; The aunt y always discourage about success.

dauntless

Short Definition : bold; fearless

Definition
(adj) invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Example Sentence
  • audacious explorers
  • fearless reporters and photographers
  • intrepid pioneers
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dauntless

Dauntless - Daunt + less .. If daunt(Fright or FEAR) is less , it means you are bold and dauntless.

+auntless=d-sounds as "the"and auntless. i am afrid of my aunt.when my aunt went out i am fearless in my home

d+auntless=d-sounds as the and auntless. many people having no aunt are fearless

DON'T LOOSE your nerve

Dauntless - Danger+aunt+less->It means you are bold and no FEAR.

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Dauntless for this word no need to think too we know the daunt means frighten... so dauntless means there is no frighten soo dauntless=not to be daunted.

here "daunt" get resembles "daud"(hindi)bhaganabecause of fear ..so daunt+less= fearless

sounds haunt + less >>> if u r haunt less, then nothing can frighten u... means u r bold..

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