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debase

Short Definition : degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement

Definition
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Example Sentence
  • debauch the young people with wine and women
  • Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
  • Do school counselors subvert young children?
  • corrupt the morals
Definition
(verb) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
Synonyms : alloy
Definition
(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
Example Sentence
  • adulterate liquor
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debase

de(means without)+base..so think of someone /something without having any base or value. the boss has called for a wild party.(highly unlikely...would have to be an awsome boss)....

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imagine a building having no base will be lower in quality

very similar to abase

debase=In this base if the person not having basics he is always in lower position in class soo ....debase=to lower

Debase - sounds like "Thebase" remember the non-existent process of "The basing" which is process to take objects to a lower value.

debauch

Short Definition : corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol)

Definition
(noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity Definition
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Example Sentence
  • debauch the young people with wine and women
  • Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
  • Do school counselors subvert young children?
  • corrupt the morals
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debauch

de + bauch (when pronounced sounds like boss)...so you think that your BOSS IS morally corrupt.

DE[IS WITHOUT]+bauch[watch...so if children r not watched properly they become corrupt n loose values

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bacchanalia means drunken. spilt debauch as de + baucchanalia (bauch). bauch and bacca nalia sounds same

Sounds like D-Boss.So the boss of the D Company(The criminal movie in bollywood) is morally corrupt and parties with drinking.

the word also means CORRUPT...invert p...it will become depouch...DE(give in marathi)+POUCH(pouchfull of money)....a politician is asking you to give him a pouch full of money....hence he is CORRUPT

debauch= de(the)+ bauch (pauch) if someone is seeing others pauch then corrupt

debar the urchin(a mischievous child)...since he is corrupt n has no moral values

de + bauch sounds like de + boss(like pointed above) ...so to get her work done the girl had to sensually lure her boss ie - debauch

de-demote, bauch-boss, in order to demote your boss you must corrupt him or seduce him from virtue

De means the and bauch sounds like bacch(stay far). So we should stay far from someone who will currupt us

She was raped by DE BOSS.

DEBO A MORALLY CORRUPT GIRL ALWAYS GIVES OUCH EXPRESSION INFRONT OF BOYS.

telugu: DABBULU (money) ICHI (give) hehe...so simple

D company ke movie dekhana

debauch=deep unch on girls->corrupt morally, seduce from virtue

debilitate

Short Definition : weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness); enfeeble

Definition
(verb) make weak
Synonyms : drain enfeeble
Example Sentence
  • Life in the camp drained him
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de + ablity = without ability, the person who doesnot have the ablity to do something is called weak.

Debilitate (Sounds like De Bill and Ate). You dont have enough money and the restaurant person is telling to "De Bill and Eat" means fist give bill and than eat. What will happen?? You will surely get weaken by Hunger !!!!

if DE BELLY is TATE(tight), yu feel weakened

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debil.+it+ate(eat).resembles to devil....so if a devil comes and eat your all your food, you will weaken because of hunger..

debilitate..de bellytate...(say)..belly is where the energy comes from...so de belly is weaken

wen u eat ili(mouse) wen u are in heat and hunger ,u will get illness ,which reselts in weakness.

bili do not ate anything and became Weak

The opposite of build an estate is to DE BUILD THE ESTATE

DE(-ve)+Abilitate....to make someone disabled...hence debilitate means to enfeeble or enervate....

Devilitate=make bad,weak

de+bil+it+ate-> eating less to reduce the bill, so prabu become weaken through hunger and ill

debilitate-the word seems like devil , when you are caught by devil you are weaken

ded ill so weak

lit(little)+ate......he ate very little thats why he becomes weaken

Debilitate -> De-habilitate.. Habilitate seems to be word for settling someone, making someone strong..

debilitate sounds like de->(remove)ability = weaken

De+ bili+ take= bili in kannada means white, you look bleached when you become weak.

wat you ate early got depleted..., so u r weak now.

debonair

Short Definition : (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition

Definition
(adj) having a sophisticated charm
Example Sentence
  • a debonair gentleman
Definition
(adj) having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
Synonyms : chipper debonaire jaunty
Example Sentence
  • looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit
  • life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
  • walked with a jaunty step
  • a jaunty optimist
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debonair

debonair sounds like debojeet of sa re ga ma pa who is very friendly wid judges so he get good comment and good votes

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debonair ~ Deb + On +Air; Imagine a guy named ‘Deb’, who always travel by air (very rich).. and is a debonair gentleman.

have anyone downloaded erotic film from debonair blog.com?

debonair ~ De+born +Air;the one who born in air has immense cheerfulness.

DEBOnair : DEBO sounds like BEBO which is Kareena kapoor whose very charming ,sauve and urbane. Shes also very cheerful all the times

debonair ==> its magazine http://www.debonairmag.com/

Debo(dev)+bon(born)+air.....so dev(god) borns in air are very friendly, charming and fashionably dressed

Once visit debonair web site you will remember the word rest of your life span..i can bet on it

Deb Nair-> charming, confident and carefully dressed man

DEV(god)+on+air....a god standing on air above you will always look charming

take the middle part of the word(bona) and relate it to the word (bona sera) which means good afternoon in Italian. some body who use such word in every day communication is perhaps a high class urbane person

Debonair diamonds are always friendly,charming and pleasing to women.

debonair=the(de)+boy(bo)+ nair friendly fashionably dressed,aiming to please your girlfriend.

debris

Short Definition : rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed

Definition
(noun) the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
Synonyms : detritus dust junk rubble
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de+bris(sounds like barish(hindi))..now a village faced lots of "BaRISh" became debris

Debris is like RUBBISH

http://media.photobucket.com/image/barish/MOMOMALIK/Barish_New_1_copy.jpg

debris

debunk

Short Definition : expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule

Definition
(verb) expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
Synonyms : expose
Example Sentence
  • The physicist debunked the psychic's claims
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debunk

DE+BUNK..so when you bunked your college, and got caught by your teacher... your teacher exaggerated this fact and ridiculed you in front of the class.

it can b like ...despite of not bunking the class i was ridiculed and exposed exxageratedly by teacher in front of class.

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DEBUNK: THE BUNK(petrol bunk) gives the cheapest petrol in india...now thats exaggeration cos rate of petrol is same everywhere

Call someone a punk means u ridicule him.

debut

Short Definition : d'ebut; first public appearance; formal presentation of a young woman to society

Definition
(noun) the act of beginning something new
Example Sentence
  • they looked forward to the debut of their new product line
Definition
(noun) the presentation of a debutante in society Definition
(verb) present for the first time to the public
Example Sentence
  • The band debuts a new song or two each month
Definition
(verb) appear for the first time in public
Example Sentence
  • The new ballet that debuts next months at Covent Garden, is already sold out
Definition
(verb) make one's debut
Example Sentence
  • This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debut

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debut=de+buttress,if u remove the buttress ur not surviving on some ones support,so u start a new thing or profession to feed ur self

deep first appearence then but young girl shown to the public

debutante= debut(first time entrance) + aunty ->formal entrance by aunty(woman)

debut=debu movie by a filmstar child as its first appearance

debutante

Short Definition : young woman making formal entrance into society

Definition
(noun) a young woman making her debut into society
Synonyms : deb
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debutante

debut-ante(aunty) a female's debut

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DEBT+AUNT ---> young AUNTIES (do soo much shopping) are always in credicard DEBT credicard debt

debutante->bfr anuty,deep first appearence then but shown to the public as young woman

debutante(debu +aunte) debu' young aunt made the formal appearance to society

decadence

Short Definition : decay; fall to a lower level (of morality, civilization, or art); ADJ. decadent

Definition
(noun) the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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cadence:rhythmic rise and fall (of words and sound).. so de + cadence is only a fall to a lower level without any rising..

DECADENCE--->> DECADE means a period of ten years..so something into existence since decades would have been decayed till now...simple...:)

Decadence ~~ Decayance ~~ Decaying .. So, Decay

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DECAY+DANCE.......now a days the way heroines are dancing is degrading as far as vulgarity is concerned....

the word itself resembles the answer-deca-dence.

this word sounds like decay hence some object decays means it is deteriorating.

decadence-> dec month dance will make u fall to lower level bcos of icy floor. The food you throw while falling will decay in time

decadence=decay+dance-> fall to lower level

In this decade density is atmospheric intensity increasing deteriorating the environment.

the one which is present from DECADES will decay!.

decant

Short Definition : pour off gently (wine or liquid)

Definition
(verb) pour out
Synonyms : pour pour out
Example Sentence
  • the sommelier decanted the wines
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for decant

de 'can' t -> pour off from a can (or container)

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sounds like "descend" which means to lower.. thus its like pouring out..

decant-> dec momth pur gently the wine or else ant will come

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