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blemish

Short Definition : mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished

Definition
(noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
Synonyms : defect mar
Example Sentence
  • a facial blemish
Definition
(verb) mar or spoil the appearance of
Synonyms : deface disfigure
Example Sentence
  • scars defaced her cheeks
  • The vandals disfigured the statue
Definition
(verb) mar or impair with a flaw
Synonyms : spot
Example Sentence
  • her face was blemished
Definition
(verb) add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
Synonyms : flaw
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for blemish

see blame in it..if u blame some one then you put a black mark on his reputation

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blam + ish -- blam -- blame --> a person is blamed of spoiling the beauty or appearance of something beautiful.

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kisee pe blame lagana-- daag lagana-- hence blame = daag

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blemish sounds like blaming, blaming is the only flaw or defect which our math teacher had when I was in school except that he was very good teacher

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blight

Short Definition : plant disease; V: infect with blight; ruin; destroy

Definition
(noun) a state or condition being blighted Definition
(noun) any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting Definition
(verb) cause to suffer a blight
Synonyms : plague
Example Sentence
  • Too much rain may blight the garden with mold
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for blight

Black light may destroy the plants

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Blight brings Plight

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BLIGHT = OBLITERATE

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children often gets DLIGHTED wen they have a sickness(disase) so cu'd skip school

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bina light ke plant to marega hi na

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blight like a means no/away like that b means no, no light will cause the plant disease or else it will destroy/ruin the plant

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blighted

Short Definition : suffering from a disease; destroyed

Definition
(adj) affected by blight; anything that mars or prevents growth or prosperity
Synonyms : spoilt
Example Sentence
  • a blighted rose
  • blighted urban districts
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for blighted

trees bina light gets blighted

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blight (bina light) - if u read it will DESTROY ur eye sight

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black-lighted. Normal sunlight is helpful for growth but black-light on the other hand hinders growth.

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When someone is suffering from a disease, he loses weight and becomes light...

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Think of DELIGHT which is nice and attractive and BLIGHT means which is damaged and destroyed

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BLIGHTED: LIGHTED, when something's lighted up...or burnt,its destroyed

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blighted - sounds like plighted i.e in a bad plight

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blighted so no lighted which means not having light at all will ofcourse make you suffer from a disease

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bliss

Short Definition : complete happiness; ADJ. blissful

Definition
(noun) a state of extreme happiness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for bliss

rhyming with kiss..... it feels great when we kiss...

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bliss sounds like bless, so you will say god bless you only when u are completely happy with that person

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bliss -- sounds like bless -- god bless you with lot of happiness.

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blotch

Short Definition : spot; blot; CF. blot+botch

Definition
(noun) an irregularly shaped spot
Synonyms : splodge splotch
Definition
(verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
Synonyms : mottle streak
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for blotch

blotch similar to scoth ...after drinking scotch you can fall in irregular spot (gutter)

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Bleach(wash/whiten) the blotch(spot).

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BLOTch is blotting of ink is irregular in shape

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blot + ch -- blot -- sounds like spot - an irregularly shaped spot.

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blowhard

Short Definition : talkative boaster; braggart

Definition
(noun) a very boastful and talkative person
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for blowhard

can be think as blow-word -> blowing words -> means talkative

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blowhard - like we say in hindi fekta hai saala :) or fek(blow) raha hai

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blow + hard -- imagine someone who blows words in a way as if he is blowing air -- too many words, hence talkative.

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(blow)ing his own trumpet (hard). One who boasts himself.

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imagine a person blowing(boasting) that he is hard but instead he is weak..

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from the proverb - one who blows his own trumpet

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bludgeon

Short Definition : club; heavy-headed weapon; V.

Definition
(noun) a club used as a weapon Definition
(verb) overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club
Example Sentence
  • The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas
Definition
(verb) strike with a club or a bludgeon
Synonyms : club
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for bludgeon

Blud+geon-Blood+Generator...If you hit someone with a bludgeon(eg;a hockey stick) then blood comes out.

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Bludgeon ~ Blood + Generator; If u hit someone with a bludgeon (ex. hockey stick) then blood comes out.

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Bludgeon sounds like Vazan (Weight) ... So heavy headed weapon

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Remember the big ball used in quidich(Harry Potter) that s used 2 hit others

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bludgeon :blud+geon: blade (blud) fixed on a gun (geon)

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blue

Short Definition : gloomy; depressed

Definition
(noun) blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
Synonyms : blueness
Example Sentence
  • he had eyes of bright blue
Definition
(noun) blue clothing
Example Sentence
  • she was wearing blue
Definition
(noun) any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
Example Sentence
  • the Union army was a vast blue
Definition
(noun) the sky as viewed during daylight
Example Sentence
  • he shot an arrow into the blue
Definition
(noun) used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
Synonyms : blueing bluing
Definition
(noun) the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic Definition
(noun) any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae Definition
(verb) turn blue Definition
(adj) of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
Synonyms : blueish bluish
Example Sentence
  • October's bright blue weather
  • a blue flame
  • blue haze of tobacco smoke
Definition
(adj) used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
Example Sentence
  • a ragged blue line
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
Definition
(adj) characterized by profanity or cursing
Synonyms : blasphemous profane
Example Sentence
  • foul-mouthed and blasphemous
  • blue language
  • profane words
Definition
(adj) suggestive of sexual impropriety
Example Sentence
  • a blue movie
  • blue jokes
  • he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
  • a juicy scandal
  • a naughty wink
  • naughty words
  • racy anecdotes
  • a risque story
  • spicy gossip
Definition
(adj) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Example Sentence
  • an aristocratic family
  • aristocratic Bostonians
  • aristocratic government
  • a blue family
  • blue blood
  • the blue-blooded aristocracy
  • of gentle blood
  • patrician landholders of the American South
  • aristocratic bearing
  • aristocratic features
  • patrician tastes
Definition
(adj) morally rigorous and strict
Synonyms : puritanic puritanical
Example Sentence
  • the puritan work ethic
  • puritanic distaste for alcohol
  • she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
Definition
(adj) causing dejection
Example Sentence
  • a blue day
  • the dark days of the war
  • a week of rainy depressing weather
  • a disconsolate winter landscape
  • the first dismal dispiriting days of November
  • a dark gloomy day
  • grim rainy weather
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for blue

You will be gloomy and depressed when you know that your secret sex has been shot secretly and some one made a "blue" film.

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have you heard of the song “jaane kya chahe maan-feel and blue” song from pyar ke side effects, then no need more explanation

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blues

Short Definition : state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs)

Definition
(noun) a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes Definition
(noun) a state of depression
Example Sentence
  • he had a bad case of the blues
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for blues

have you heard of the song “jaane kya chahe maan-feel and blue” song from pyar ke side effects, then no need more explanation

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When snake bite your body becomes blue and you become worried

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bluff

Short Definition : pretense (of strength); deception; high cliff; ADJ: rough but good-natured

Definition
(noun) a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) Definition
(noun) pretense that your position is stronger than it really is
Example Sentence
  • his bluff succeeded in getting him accepted
Definition
(noun) the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
Synonyms : four flush
Definition
(verb) deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand
Synonyms : bluff out
Definition
(verb) frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is Definition
(adj) very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front
Synonyms : bold sheer
Example Sentence
  • a bluff headland
  • where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
  • a sheer descent of rock
Definition
(adj) bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured
Example Sentence
  • a bluff but pleasant manner
  • a bluff and rugged natural leader
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for bluff

In Bluff Master movie abhishek bacchan has Bluff (rough but good natured)manners.He bluffs (decieves every one whom he meets) and at the end of the movie he jumps from (High cliff .Bluff)Very Tall building

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bluff ~ blue film; they made the blue film by bluffing the girl.

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bluff = blue + friend; a blue friend always cheat friends.

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