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diva

Short Definition : operatic singer; prima donna

Definition
(noun) a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
Synonyms : prima donna
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for diva

Divya bharti the singer

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prima donna = pri - MADONNA the ultimate pop diva

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diverge

Short Definition : vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating

Definition
(verb) move or draw apart
Example Sentence
  • The two paths diverge here
Definition
(verb) have no limits as a mathematical series Definition
(verb) extend in a different direction
Example Sentence
  • The lines start to diverge here
  • Their interests diverged
Definition
(verb) be at variance with; be out of line with
Synonyms : depart deviate vary
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for diverge

The Driver DIVER(GE)TED into different directions

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diverse

Short Definition : differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: | variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance

Definition
(adj) many and different
Synonyms : divers
Example Sentence
  • tourist offices of divers nationalities
  • a person of diverse talents
Definition
(adj) distinctly dissimilar or unlike
Synonyms : various
Example Sentence
  • celebrities as diverse as Bob Hope and Bob Dylan
  • animals as various as the jaguar and the cavy and the sloth
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for diverse

sounds like divorce.If after marriage both husband and wife having different characteristics the they will took divorce

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diversion

Short Definition : act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse

Definition
(noun) an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
Synonyms : recreation
Example Sentence
  • scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists
  • for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles
  • drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation
Definition
(noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Example Sentence
  • a diversion from the main highway
  • a digression into irrelevant details
  • a deflection from his goal
Definition
(noun) an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
Synonyms : diversionary attack
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for diversion

DIVERSION - DIVERT or change the course.

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divest

Short Definition : strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)

Definition
(verb) take away possessions from someone
Synonyms : deprive strip
Example Sentence
  • The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
Definition
(verb) deprive of status or authority
Synonyms : disinvest
Example Sentence
  • he was divested of his rights and his title
  • They disinvested themselves of their rights
Definition
(verb) reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
Synonyms : disinvest
Example Sentence
  • The company decided to divest
  • the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property
  • There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa
Definition
(verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
Synonyms : disinvest strip undress
Example Sentence
  • The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim
  • She divested herself of her outdoor clothes
  • He disinvested himself of his garments
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for divest

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opposite to invest; di + vest; vest means an inner garment; divest is to remove it.

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di + vest; (A vest is a type of collarless sleeveless upper-body garment. ); divest is to remove it.

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to see the vest's one need to strip the clothes..;)

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DIVEST can be considered as the short form of DIsinVEST,meaning to STRIP

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Divest: To deprive someone of something have quite similar meaning to 'Devastating':Causing extensive destruction or ruining

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divest means not invest, i.e out of something.

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divine

Short Definition : perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination

Definition
(noun) terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God Definition
(noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders Definition
(verb) perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers Definition
(verb) search by divining, as if with a rod
Example Sentence
  • He claimed he could divine underground water
Definition
(adj) emanating from God
Synonyms : godly
Example Sentence
  • divine judgment
  • divine guidance
  • everything is black or white...satanic or godly
Definition
(adj) resulting from divine providence
Synonyms : providential
Example Sentence
  • providential care
  • a providential visitation
Definition
(adj) being or having the nature of a god
Synonyms : godlike
Example Sentence
  • the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers
  • the divine will
  • the divine capacity for love
  • 'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create
Definition
(adj) devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
Example Sentence
  • divine worship
  • divine liturgy
Definition
(adj) appropriate to or befitting a god
Synonyms : godlike
Example Sentence
  • the divine strength of Achilles
  • a man of godlike sagacity
  • man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers
Definition
(adj) being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
Synonyms : elysian inspired
Example Sentence
  • her pies were simply divine
  • the divine Shakespeare
  • an elysian meal
  • an inspired performance
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for divine

DI(The)+VULGE(Bulge) The BULGE in her tummy is now prominent, her pregnancy will get revealed to everyone.

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divulge

Short Definition : reveal

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
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for divulge

A girl asks u what is that bulge ( rhymes with vulge) in your pant ,then u reveal or show it

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di + vulge close ti not to indulge...so reveal it

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Divulge = di(double) + vul(fault) + ge; double fault of ge is come out in its product.

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Div (split) + Vault (secret box) - > reveal

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Di (not) + vulge(vulgar_)..to prove that your relationship is not vulgar you will reaveal the relationship.

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docile

Short Definition : obedient; easily managed; submissive

Definition
(adj) willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
Example Sentence
  • the docile masses of an enslaved nation
Definition
(adj) ready and willing to be taught
Synonyms : teachable
Example Sentence
  • docile pupils eager for instruction
  • teachable youngsters
Definition
(adj) easily handled or managed
Synonyms : gentle
Example Sentence
  • a gentle old horse, docile and obedient
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for docile

making of dosa is easy to control and many people are interested in learning to make dosa

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docile (adj) = do + cile(+ently) == if sb is docile, he/she will do silently and therefore easily controllable..

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DOCILE--> DOMESTIC + CHILD --> easy to control

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DOC(sounds like dog)....hence docile is submissive as dogs are always loyal and obidient....

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Docile = Ductile, In 10th class we studied Gold is Ductile(Docile) and Malleable material.

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DOMicile: sounds like DOMestic

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DOSAile...when we say DOSA, we think of south India...the literacy in south India is very high because people are DOCILE i.e people are always ready to learn and accept new things........

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DOCILE=DOCUMENT + FILE : Document and file should be kept in such a way that they are easy to control and manage....

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Doc + File >>> when documents are arranged properly in a file, it can be easily handled and managed...

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docile contains 'doc' as in doctor; You have to be docile (easily managed or handled) in front of your doctor.

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doc( someone who follows manual or document for everything) will do whatever is explained..so he is easily manageable.

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docket

Short Definition : program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket

Definition
(noun) (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court's activities Definition
(noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
Synonyms : agenda schedule
Definition
(verb) place on the docket for legal action
Example Sentence
  • Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried
Definition
(verb) make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for docket

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docket - rocket - a rocket launch involves many trial programs before the actual takeoff.

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also rhymes like 'pocket'. Busy people keep their schedule/agenda for today's meetings in their pocket.

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d(ummy)+rocket= a dummy or prototype used for testing before launch of the actual one

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DOCKet...dock is d place where ships are stored and repaired..so a collection of ships...so collection of list of entries in a court and also....dock is the place where trials of ships is also done :)

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Before you lock it (DOCKET) lets do TRAIL VERSIONs

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docket(docker...means person who is accused of crime)docket ..soundslike advocate..and an advocate sets the PROGRAM AS FOR TRIAL IN THE COURT FOR HIS CLIENT.

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Remember the movie,"The Bucket List"? Bucket rhymes with docket.

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Doc(documents)+ket(kit: trial stuff) - something for trial

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doctrinaire

Short Definition : unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties

Definition
(noun) a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
Synonyms : dogmatist
Definition
(adj) stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for doctrinaire

Some Doctors are arrogant on their opinions when a junior suggest them.

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meaning of the word is seeking to impose a doctrine in all circumstances without regard to practical considerations...hence a person who tries to spread his DOCTRINE in AIR everytime is doctrinaire......

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Doctor+In+Air (one who is not down to earth, doesn't accept others, can't compromise with highest belief that he believed in.

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"DOCTRINE" in "AIR"...ie not following the doctrine.

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