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doctrine

Short Definition : teachings in general; particular principle (religious, legal, etc.) taught; dogma; tenet; ADJ. doctrinal

Definition
(noun) a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for doctrine

Doctrine is related to Doctr. We believe whatever the doctr says is right. so doctrine:Belief which is authoratative.

document

Short Definition : provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N.

Definition
(noun) writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) Definition
(noun) anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks Definition
(noun) a written account of ownership or obligation Definition
(noun) (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters
Synonyms : text file
Definition
(verb) record in detail
Example Sentence
  • The parents documented every step of their child's development
Definition
(verb) support or supply with references
Example Sentence
  • Can you document your claims?

doddering

Short Definition : shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder

Definition
(adj) mentally or physically infirm with age
Synonyms : doddery gaga senile
Example Sentence
  • his mother was doddering and frail
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for doddering

sounds like dada...the grandfather.

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close to tottering

After DAD has given mom the RING,he has spoiled her rotten, & she is getting old day by day or SHAKY & INFIRM FROM OLD AGE

doff

Short Definition : take off; OP. don

Definition
(verb) remove
Example Sentence
  • He doffed his hat
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for doff

DO + OFF or take off, remove.

dOFF means the opposite of dON

dogged

Short Definition : determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean

Definition
(adj) stubbornly unyielding
Example Sentence
  • dogged persistence
  • dour determination
  • the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
  • a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it
  • men tenacious of opinion
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dogged

a dogs tail is always curved and can never be made straight thus it is dogged

close to dogmatic

A dog's undying determination makes it d most faithful animal.

doggerel

Short Definition : poor verse

Definition
(noun) a comic verse of irregular measure
Synonyms : doggerel verse jingle
Example Sentence
  • he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for doggerel

look for the dog word here.....and now try to imagine about the song......WHO LET THE DOGS OUT.............ISN'T IT FUNNY.......SO SOMETHING COMICAL......THIS WORD IS ASSOCIATED WITH COMICAL...SO A COMIC ..SONG..COMIC VERSE...

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dog+ge[ji]+rel[real]..assume some1 singing DOG JI TUSSE TOH REALLY REAL HO....even the dog will say its a bad verse..lol

Doggerel:poem::Potboiler:Novel

When a dog (a bad boy) want to play with a girl he may use poor verse" doggerel (dog+girl)" to make her change her mind.

because the dog licked my writing homework, I was left with doggerel writing that was pretty funny.

Most dogs in the comics are shown with inappropriate proportions, the head being too small or big teeth.

"DOG GIRL EARL", this is a doggerel

dog+beral(cat)in tom & jerry show

kutay ki tarah bhonka, means useless talk, ultimately doggeral

dogmatic

Short Definition : opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal

Definition
(adj) characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
Synonyms : dogmatical
Definition
(adj) of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative Definition
(adj) relating to or involving dogma
Example Sentence
  • dogmatic writings
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dogmatic

If you try to read "dogmatic" from back to front, you will get "i am god". the person who think that he is a god is arrogant and stubborn

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dogmatic=dogs+mat..dogs dont stay constantly on a mat...they always roam here and there....dogmatic means constant

Dog+matic..... Dogs once chase you, they will not leave you, until bits you!!!

concentrate on word DOGMA. dogma means a doctrine or codes. So dogmatic becomes doctrinal. again a doctrine is made of opinions, thus comes opinionated.

when (dog) barks continually, (mat) shouts in an arrogant manner to make him quiet

Think "dog magic." People may believe DOGs are MAGICal, but they have no way of proving it.

split as Dog(Bad) + Male >>> Dog like males have bad attitude,they are arrogant and think they are always right.

Dogmatic/Dogma: Just think of Dogmatic as "Dog Attitude" hence dog is determined and no one can alter,change the dogs principles like "Dog's Tail is always curvy" .

doldrums

Short Definition : blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums

Definition
(noun) a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
Synonyms : stagnancy stagnation
Example Sentence
  • economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation
Definition
(noun) a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for doldrums

d+old+drums. The old drums are inactive

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D(the)+OLD+RUM...too old rum is too strong that it makes you INACTIVE in very less time......

THE PRINCESS WAS VERY UNHAPPY SO KING DECIDED TO ENTERTAIN HER "DHOL" AUR "DRUMS" BAJANE SE BHI KUCHH NAHIN HUS BECAUSE THE PRINCESS WAS IN DOLDRUMS

d+old+drums. The old drums are inactive.. so we cannot do business with them.. so the business goes in doldrums with old drums..

dolorous

Short Definition : sorrowful; N. dolor

Definition
(adj) showing sorrow
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dolorous

colours ... are associated with cheerfulness .. dolours is opposite

DOL(SOUNDS LIKE DULL)..and when are you DULL, when you are feeling SORRY for something.

dolorous-remember dolorous umbridge from harry potter ,she is so sad and sorrowful.

DULL ARE US

Many religious points of view considered money as the source of human sorrows. So dolorous from "dollars" so means sorrowful.

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DOLO(sway)+ROZ(evereday)....it's painful to sway like grass everyday without any reason....

The prices of DOLOR($) in Iran are dolorous.

dolt

Short Definition : slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull

Definition
(noun) a person who is not very bright
Example Sentence
  • The economy, stupid!
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dolt

BOLT---one whose bolt is loose

dolt rhymes with bolt. Nut-bolt ~ what a nut he is. (stupid person)

dolt ( do + lot); he seems to be a dolt in mathematics as he is taking a lot of time to do some simple calculations.

Dheele Bolt=dolt

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yeah ladka dolta rehtta hai. he is not a bright student

de+bolt--- to debolt, his bolt is lose, so stupid and foolish person

Picture a person being struck on the head by a BOLT of lightening, demolishing his brain making him stupid.

soundlike dullt... so dull...

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