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disband

Short Definition : dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded.

Definition
(verb) cause to break up or cease to function
Example Sentence
  • the principal disbanded the political student organization
Definition
(verb) stop functioning or cohering as a unit
Synonyms : dissolve
Example Sentence
  • The political wing of the party dissolved after much internal fighting
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disband

band:[music band] music group.. disband is to break up and separate..

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Band as a verb means bind together, hence dis + band => disperse, dissolve.

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DISBAND--->we very well know dat band of colors is called rainbow and it occurs due to DISPERSION....dats the meaning

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disband sounds like this is banned, that means no longer in use

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DISBAND-->DISBANTLE-->DISMANTLE

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dis+banned-->dis is banned, no longer together.

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dis+band=abandon which means to leave sb hence disband internally represents disperse.

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disbar

Short Definition : make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession

Definition
(verb) remove from the bar; expel from the practice of law by official action
Example Sentence
  • The corrupt lawyer was disbarred
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disbar

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Humiliate/Shame on debarred people..

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disburse

Short Definition : pay out (as from a fund); N. disbursement; CF. purse

Definition
(verb) expend, as from a fund
Synonyms : pay out
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i PAID money with DIS PURSE(rhymes with burse)

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reimburse --- repay disburse --- pay

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DISBURSE ... sounds like dis-PURSE .. purse means money :) .. disburse is.. payin out :)

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if u can see the word burse ,in this above word, then the word burse resembles the word bursary. that means to give fund,pay out to the student at the college.

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discernible

Short Definition : distinguishable; perceivable; Ex. discernible improvement

Definition
(adj) perceptible by the senses or intellect
Synonyms : discernable
Example Sentence
  • things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause
  • the newspaper reports no discernible progress in the negotiations
  • the skyline is easily discernible even at a distance of several miles
Definition
(adj) capable of being perceived clearly
Example Sentence
  • an essay with a meaning that was not always discernible
Definition
(adj) capable of being seen or noticed
Synonyms : evident observable
Example Sentence
  • a discernible change in attitude
  • a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript
  • an observable change in behavior
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for discernible

break as Dis-earn-able anything from which money can be earned is easily distinguishable...

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discern sounds like an opposite of concern.wen u discern someone ,u would find a distinguishable change after u meet that person after a long time...isnt it ..!!!?

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Dis (sounds like This) + CERN (physics project in Europe, if u don know google for it) = THIS CERN project must have a lot of mentally quick and observant scientists, since it is one of the largest projects in the world!

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dis-is-earnable (perceivable)

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"NIBBLE" is to spend time on small things .. that is distinguish smallest part in details.. :P similarly Disernible

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if u r discerning...everything is discernible...!!!

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split as did and earn means that the money earned is distinguished for every employee

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sounds like VISIBLE that is perceivable

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discerning

Short Definition : mentally quick and observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgments; V. discern: perceive

Definition
(adj) having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
Example Sentence
  • a discerning critic
  • a discerning reader
Definition
(adj) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
Synonyms : discreet
Example Sentence
  • a discerning editor
  • a discreet silence
Definition
(adj) quick to understand
Synonyms : apprehensive
Example Sentence
  • a kind and apprehensive friend
Definition
(adj) able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive
Example Sentence
  • discerning taste
  • a discerning eye for color
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for discerning

READ IT AS di-screening. A DUAL SCREENING PERSON, WHO KEEPS ON SCREENING EVERYTHING AROUND TWICE( VERY OBSERVANT, ALERT)

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Discerning is similar to "Discovering". When you discover something you reveal something

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disCERNing thus, to go to CERN you should be discerning. be a quick perceiver and have good insight

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wen u see the person after a long time,amy be ur buddy.ur mind is quick and observant to make good judgement regarding the change in him.

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....this word when splited ..dis(dish)+cern.(CERtain)....so you are very certain to get dish a TV at home....well thats a good judgement because...dish tv offers you much more than..normal cable...as SRK says..DISH HAI TO SAB HAI.....ENJOY!!!!!!!!

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TAKEN FROM DISCERNERE,WHICH FURTHER dis-apart+ cernere- to perceiveSO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE THINGS WHICH ARE APART..shows a keen insight or reveals a good judging ability in you.

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when you are concerned then you become discerning .. you make quick observation of thaT THING

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Di + Screening >>> when you screen or see carefully towards a matter from both +ve and -ve angle, you make good judgements about that matter...

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disclaim

Short Definition : disown; renounce claim to; deny; CF. disclaimer

Definition
(verb) renounce a legal claim or title to Definition
(verb) make a disclaimer about
Example Sentence
  • He disclaimed any responsibility
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disclaim

claim is to own something, disclaim is to disown something..

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a disclaimer comes befor every movie!! the characters in this movie are fictitious and any resemblelance to any person living or dead is purely co-incidental!!!!!!!!!!

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disclose

Short Definition : reveal; N. disclosure

Definition
(verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Example Sentence
  • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
  • The actress won't reveal how old she is
  • bring out the truth
  • he broke the news to her
  • unwrap the evidence in the murder case
Definition
(verb) disclose to view as by removing a cover
Synonyms : expose
Example Sentence
  • The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disclose

close is to keep something hidden or covered whereas disclose is the opposite of close..i.e to expose or reveal..

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discombobulated

Short Definition : discomposed; confused

Definition
(adj) having self-possession upset; thrown into confusion
Synonyms : disconcerted
Example Sentence
  • the hecklers pelted the discombobulated speaker with anything that came to hand
  • looked at each other dumbly, quite disconcerted
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for discombobulated

If you remember bob(of a pendulum and think of the movement of swinging to and fro) bobulate - make something swing to and fro, here and there - to get someone confused.

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the word itself is so tough to pronunce that u get CONFUSED

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combo means two or more(kinda mix) or can also be said as composed. wen it is discombo,then the combination is not there and u are confused with the discomposed version.

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After hearing the news of "Disco mein Bomb" everybody was thrown into confusion and they started running like mad.

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discombobulated = dis + comb + bobulate = when you comb something it gets composed, when it is discomb-obulated, it gets discomposed or disconcerted

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discombobulated:'dis'(this) place+has 'become' 'bobulated'(consists of lots of bubbles) and therefore u become confused in there

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discomfit

Short Definition : frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb

Definition
(verb) cause to lose one's composure
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discomfit- resembles discomfortable, wen u are discomfartable ,u tend to get frustrated and defeated. If ucan check the word Fit ,u can add a meaning ,by assuming,-if u are not fit(disfit) u are defeated and put to embarrasment.

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When u r not comfotable u get frustrated & eventually u lose.

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DIS+CANT+FIT...it's kinda embarrassing :P

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DISCOmfit, remember as DISCO(dance) + FIT(fight), I lost in both of them. DEFEATED.

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U show others that DIS(these) chumps COMe to ur FEET(fit) as u have defeated them. And ur defeaters r embarrassed with ur behavior.

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dis-fit-easy defeat

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You can compete with your enemy and prove to him, never to compete with you (dis-compete)

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Discomfort >>> when u r not comfortable, u tend to loose concentration, feel irritated and get confused in the work u r doing..

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discompose

Short Definition : disturb the composure of; confuse

Definition
(verb) cause to lose one's composure
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for discompose

As in "Decompose " ho gaya.

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