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denigrate

Definition
(verb) cause to seem less serious; play down
Example Sentence
  • Don't belittle his influence
Definition
(verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
Example Sentence
  • The journalists have defamed me!
  • The article in the paper sullied my reputation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for denigrate

focus on the 'nigrate' part of this word and relate it to 'nigger' (which means people who have black skin) no racism plz...

DENIGRATE=DENY+GREAT.so if yu deny someone is great ,it means you BELITTLE him

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READ DENIGRATE AS DEGRADE...WHICH MEANS TO DEFAME OR PUT A BLACK BLOT ON SOMEONE.

When Pakistan was divided from INDIA many people DENIGRATED (attack the good name and reputation ) Mahatma Gandhi who dedicated his life for (Swathantra Bharat ) our freedom and our future

denigrate -> take out the ni de(ni)grate. now its degrade. tht s to defame or disparage sumone..

deni-grate sounds like deni-great..takes off the reputation of great people

denigrate>> DENY+GRATEful= persons who defame someone DENY to be GRATEful to him/her.

degrade and make him defame

The NI in the centre also stands for night or black. Denigrate means to convert a white guy into a nigger by "deny"ing him "great"-ness

denizen

Definition
(noun) a person who inhabits a particular place Definition
(noun) a plant or animal naturalized in a region
Example Sentence
  • denizens of field and forest
  • denizens of the deep
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this word rhymes with the word citizen (which can be related to the above meaning)

den is lion's resting place. the lion uses its car(zen) to reach its home everyday.

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resiDENt + citIZEN = DENIZEN

lion has made zen car as den ..so it is inhabitant and occupant of zen..

denounce

Definition
(verb) speak out against
Example Sentence
  • He denounced the Nazis
Definition
(verb) to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
Example Sentence
  • He denounced the government action
  • She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock
Definition
(verb) announce the termination of, as of treaties Definition
(verb) give away information about somebody
Example Sentence
  • He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for denounce

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Denounce - Similar to announce. Announce is for all kind of information but denounce is to criticize...

the public denounced the King and hence he renounced his throne!!

renounce means give up,so everybody denounced him because he renounced

remember bounce..a bouncer (ball) is criticized by the batsman..

Sounds like renounce means to reject by criticizing

announce is good speech and denounce is bad speech.... like accelerate and decelerate

Deal was announced before it was done. So Manager condemned and criticized him heavily

depose

Definition
(verb) force to leave (an office)
Synonyms : force out
Definition
(verb) make a deposition; declare under oath
Synonyms : depone swear
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DE(MEANS REMOVE) + POSE(POSITION)..so to remove somebody from his/her POSITION in his/her work place.

de-pose(pose) pose koduthay they will REMOVE from your position....

depose - to mean taking oath or a testimony - to remember this meaning remember it means both Take position as well as Give up position

de + pose >> mujhe office se nikaal diya yane REMOVED FROM OFFICE, firr mein politics mein gaya aur mein jitane ki wajah se mujhe OATH LENI padi..

deride

Definition
(verb) treat or speak of with contempt
Example Sentence
  • He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for deride

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de -ride -- riding a horse upside down.. ppl will make fun of you ( ridicule)

RIDE = RIDiculE

DE(lower)RIDE(ride a cycle) if u ride a cycle of low quality people will REDICULE u

DE(not)+RIDE....if you are NOT able to RIDE a bicycle, you friends will laugh at you and some may show contempt......

De-ride - De in Hindi is sister. De ride - Sisters ride. If you ride your sister's pink cycle, people will make fun of you.

de + ride ( take it for granted to take u 4 a ride...so ridiculing is common in such a case

derision

Definition
(noun) contemptuous laughter Definition
(noun) the act of deriding or treating with contempt
Synonyms : ridicule
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for derision

Noun form is 'deride' and in high school, if you don't have a car (de ride) that is expensive enough, other kids may mock and ridicule you

deri se ane wale ki mocking hoti hai

derision -> der is son (without marrying). A contemptuous act causing a "contemptuous laughter".

Deri +son -> deri me tera son kaam karta hai shame hai

<B>Derogatory Provision</B>.

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he got toppled and DERIDED from his new bike and was ridiculed by girls around.

deer is on, he is running bfr it, people making fun of him

if u cant write the "deriv"ation then u r ridiculed. derision

If there is son to unmarried woman ppl will treat her with contempt :(

if u say something (de)without reason(rision),you are more prone to mockery.

derogatory

Definition
(adj) expressive of low opinion
Synonyms : derogative disparaging
Example Sentence
  • derogatory comments
  • disparaging remarks about the new house
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de-erogat-ory = He is Arrogant... so everyone has a low opinion about him

Daroga(Police) is having low opinion thats y they can accept even 10 bucks.

de rogue -- you always will have a low opinion of rogues (diseases, rouges is a Hindi word)

You have so low an opinion of it that you sweep it under DER RUG-atory

u will definitely have low opinion on daru ke adde ka gate

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do u remember rogue in Xmen charector being arrogant...

degrade+gate -> rog like gate for that house, having very low opionion

descry

Definition
(verb) catch sight of
Synonyms : espy spot spy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for descry

If 10(DES) people will CRY every body will notice them!!

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sounds like describe. When you DESCRIBE something people will look at it.

Backward: (y-r-c-s-e-d) - You--really--can't--see--every--detail . . . at first glimpse.

di-scover by scru-tiny

descry - at a distance when people cry out loud.. you notice them... so you descry (sight) them

descry rhymes with discover, to findout another meaning as a verb is to discriminate or discern... so not to respond to Des(i) cry(cries) is to discriminate

The police asked the witness to describe what he descried

catch something distant we forget to close the eyes dust will fall and will cry

descry sounds like describe; You cannot describe a person by descrying; You have to be a friend or alteast be close to him

evoke means to memorize, rememberance (yaad dilana) like in DABBANG Sallu says kameeney se yaad aaya tumhare bhaiya ji kaise he

Temporize means avoid commiting oneself, gain time obviously when u r not commited u will save time

Amnesia means loss of memory.. in Ghajini Aamir loses his memory due to injury

descry = de + s +cry; to student cry to attract the sight of ppl.

describe a far cry from here

desiccate

Definition
(verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from
Synonyms : dehydrate
Example Sentence
  • carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
Definition
(verb) remove water from
Synonyms : dehydrate
Example Sentence
  • All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
Definition
(verb) lose water or moisture
Example Sentence
  • In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
Definition
(adj) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
Synonyms : arid desiccated
Example Sentence
  • a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata
  • a desiccate romance
  • a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for desiccate

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desi cake is always dried up.

"Desert Cake": Cake that has been dried out and turned dull in taste.

Desi+cat is always dry because if she will be wet she will be called bheegi billi...remember 9xm.

Dessicate =Desi(hindi) =Land Cate is similar to cactus Hence land where cactus grows which means dry and arid

"Desi Katte" dekhte hi sab sookh jaate hain.

Desiccate=The Sukka(dry) ate eat.

sounds close to decant

Desi cat hamesha dry hoti h

Cat(CATE) is carrying dashboard(DESI) in a very dry(DRY UP) area and suffering from dehydration(DEHYDRATE)

Desiccate = des (country) + icc + ate; country is been ate by icc cricket so the offices in working days are empty i.e dry up due to match between india & pakistan.

desolate

Definition
(verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Synonyms : abandon desert forsake
Example Sentence
  • The mother deserted her children
Definition
(verb) reduce in population
Synonyms : depopulate
Example Sentence
  • The epidemic depopulated the countryside
Definition
(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Example Sentence
  • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Definition
(adj) providing no shelter or sustenance
Synonyms : bare barren bleak stark
Example Sentence
  • bare rocky hills
  • barren lands
  • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
  • the desolate surface of the moon
  • a stark landscape
Definition
(adj) crushed by grief
Example Sentence
  • depressed and desolate of soul
  • a low desolate wail
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for desolate

de + solate sounds like I + SOLATE..and who lives an isolated life? Obviously a person who has been ABANDONED by his family.

I-SOLATE. Being the last survior after the destruction.

DE+SO+LATE = If DESis are always late (like always ;)) then the country will remain robbed of joy; lay waste to corruption; etc...

desolate: de(the) + sol (solution) + ate (eaten); The solution of the examination destroyed, Therefore we are unhappy.

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desolate-> de+isolate abandon and desert

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