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dawdle

Short Definition : loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing

Definition
(verb) take one's time; proceed slowly
Synonyms : linger
Definition
(verb) waste time
Synonyms : dally
Example Sentence
  • Get busy--don't dally!
Definition
(verb) hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dawdle

somewhat similar to idle

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do dull ladke dawdle kar rahe hain.

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In yahoo msngr,theres an environment called doodle which is meant for wasting time in yahoo and doodle is also a synonym of dawdle.

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PAIDAL(walk on foot)..some guys are walking PAIDAL in order to DAWDLE.

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dawdle - similar to "Doodle" .. we can recollect "yankee doodle went to town riding on a ..." i.e loitering around, hand around .."stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni .." wasting time around .. doing silly stuff

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if u know what DOODLE is: it means drawing lines or something irrelevant while talking on phone or while sitting idle...so DODDLE which sounds like DAWDLE id wasting time

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slowly dawdle(daw -> sighting in tamil) girls. Loiter, wasting time.

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daze

Short Definition : stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.

Definition
(noun) the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
Synonyms : shock stupor
Example Sentence
  • his mother's death left him in a daze
  • he was numb with shock
Definition
(noun) confusion characterized by lack of clarity
Synonyms : fog haze
Definition
(verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
Synonyms : bedazzle dazzle
Example Sentence
  • She was dazzled by the bright headlights
Definition
(verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
Synonyms : bedaze stun
Example Sentence
  • The news stunned her
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for daze

daze ==> gaze => look at with fixed eyes -- stunned

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daze- this word resembles the word daisy, forest daisies(flowers). people get stuned or shocked wen they smell the sweet fragrance of that flower.

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Danial Ocean gets stunned to see his wife Daze with Benedict,in movie Ocean 11.

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~amaze:To bewilder; perplex.... means be in shock,bemused

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daze-> door maze stun as with a blow or shock, confused lack of clarity to find the way out

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dazzle

Short Definition : make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder

Definition
(noun) brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily Definition
(verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
Synonyms : bedazzle daze
Example Sentence
  • She was dazzled by the bright headlights
Definition
(verb) amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill
Example Sentence
  • Her arguments dazzled everyone
  • The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dazzle

remember honda dazzler..it may help

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honda dazzler make you blind with the sudden intense of light from the head lamp

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deadlock

Short Definition : standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces; stalemate

Definition
(noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
Example Sentence
  • reached an impasse on the negotiations
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for deadlock

"dead+lock". The dead can't move(are still) and lock (firmly kept in one place).

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Think of "LOCK" without KEY. Just like someone without girlfriend(Here KEY is gf of LOCK). So ultimately lock is DEAD. Means nothing can be done after that :( No Progress.

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standstill computer screen resulting from the many task opened is deadlock situation.

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deadpan

Short Definition : wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face

Definition
(adj) deliberately impassive in manner
Example Sentence
  • deadpan humor
  • his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
Definition
(adv) without betraying any feeling
Example Sentence
  • she told the joke deadpan
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for deadpan

sounds like deadman... a deadman shows no feelings, is wooden..

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if u have seen FANNA a bollywood movie--in that Amir Khan was calles deadman by the kid-> He was impassive towards kajol ie behaving as an impassive man, wid a blank, expressionless face = wooden.So,DEAD-MAN-PAN

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keeping the face like deadman or dry deadpan

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On watching the dead pan means brittle pan in kitchen the bride was expression less so her face becomes dry.

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dearth

Short Definition : scarcity

Definition
(noun) an acute insufficiency
Synonyms : famine shortage
Definition
(noun) an insufficient quantity or number
Synonyms : paucity
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dearth

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earth is big. de-earth.....(read as dearth) means small...small in quantity..or scarcity

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dearth sounds like death. high death rate can result in scarcity of man-power

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Dearth - deers + earth. Deers in earth are getting insufficient in number

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earth is full of things, dearth means lacking of things

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dearth = death + r (reason) reason for death is scarcity(of food, shelter,health) thus dearth is scarcity

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De-Earth means to dig...because of scarcity of water we started digging.....

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earth is full of things, dearth means lacking of things

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due to shortage of resources man started de-earthing(digging and looking under earth) for them...

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For want of food, they were starving and tried eating DIRT.

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death is a result of dearth (scarcity of food)

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dead+earth food,water all are scarcity.

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DEARTH = dead + earth; dead earth is always insufficient in quantity.

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dearth leads to death!

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dear+th ->dear ones are there far away scarcity to find such one

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debacle

Short Definition : sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster

Definition
(noun) a sudden and violent collapse
Synonyms : fiasco
Definition
(noun) flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer Definition
(noun) a sound defeat
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debacle

belt..having bacle ..if we (de)remove bucle from belt,the pant will fall.. then comes the complete disaster

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De-BUCKLE (BELT) ... As in Belt's buckle got removed on stage.. which was a complete disaster.

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debacle sounds like the battle..any battle brings the sudden and violent collapses of people and wealth.

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DEBACLE OPPOSITE OF MIRACLE

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'Debacle' is very close to 'Buckle'. Columns of a building collapse due to buckling.

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debacle- split it as de + bac + le --> to take step backward in career==>downfall .. hope its clear :)

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de+bacle= the battle in the movie 300 was a violent breakdown for xersis

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Dibbe (train ke) accident me ghir gaye. That means disaster.

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debacle sounds like OBSTACLE..which can cause complete disaster

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DEBACLE= deb + ac + le; when deb comes he always takes the ac room it is digester for us in summer.

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Buckle "fell down".

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debar

Short Definition : bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from jury services

Definition
(verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
Synonyms : suspend
Definition
(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Example Sentence
  • Let's avoid a confrontation
  • head off a confrontation
  • avert a strike
Definition
(verb) prevent from entering; keep out
Synonyms : bar exclude
Example Sentence
  • He was barred from membership in the club
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debar

debar -- de + bar...just imagine the Mumbai bar girls who have been debarred or forbidden from dancing in the bars..

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debar= Dewar in hindi ie wall or bar

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debar from exam for mall practicing

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he destroying bar culture prevent him from entering, keep out

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debase

Short Definition : degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement

Definition
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Example Sentence
  • debauch the young people with wine and women
  • Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
  • Do school counselors subvert young children?
  • corrupt the morals
Definition
(verb) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
Synonyms : alloy
Definition
(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
Example Sentence
  • adulterate liquor
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debase

de(means without)+base..so think of someone /something without having any base or value. the boss has called for a wild party.(highly unlikely...would have to be an awsome boss)....

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imagine a building having no base will be lower in quality

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very similar to abase

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debase=In this base if the person not having basics he is always in lower position in class soo ....debase=to lower

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Debase - sounds like "Thebase" remember the non-existent process of "The basing" which is process to take objects to a lower value.

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debauch

Short Definition : corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol)

Definition
(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Definition
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Example Sentence
  • debauch the young people with wine and women
  • Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
  • Do school counselors subvert young children?
  • corrupt the morals
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debauch

de + bauch (when pronounced sounds like boss)...so you think that your BOSS IS morally corrupt.

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DE[IS WITHOUT]+bauch[watch...so if children r not watched properly they become corrupt n loose values

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bacchanalia means drunken. spilt debauch as de + baucchanalia (bauch). bauch and bacca nalia sounds same

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Sounds like D-Boss.So the boss of the D Company(The criminal movie in bollywood) is morally corrupt and parties with drinking.

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the word also means CORRUPT...invert p...it will become depouch...DE(give in marathi)+POUCH(pouchfull of money)....a politician is asking you to give him a pouch full of money....hence he is CORRUPT

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debauch= de(the)+ bauch (pauch) if someone is seeing others pauch then corrupt

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debar the urchin(a mischievous child)...since he is corrupt n has no moral values

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de + bauch sounds like de + boss(like pointed above) ...so to get her work done the girl had to sensually lure her boss ie - debauch

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de-demote, bauch-boss, in order to demote your boss you must corrupt him or seduce him from virtue

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De means the and bauch sounds like bacch(stay far). So we should stay far from someone who will currupt us

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She was raped by DE BOSS.

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DEBO A MORALLY CORRUPT GIRL ALWAYS GIVES OUCH EXPRESSION INFRONT OF BOYS.

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telugu: DABBULU (money) ICHI (give) hehe...so simple

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D company ke movie dekhana

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debauch=deep unch on girls->corrupt morally, seduce from virtue

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