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droll

Short Definition : queer and amusing

Definition
(adj) comical in an odd or whimsical manner
Example Sentence
  • a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for droll

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when u r amused u roll on the ground

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droll on a roll

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doll is amusing to kids!!

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Suddenly a 'troll' came on the screen and he started 'roll'ing and 'drool'ing on the ground. it was funny!

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DROLL = Drum ROLL... It's AMUSING.

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ppl see u with amusement my your child rols on the ground..

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girls rol on the ground on getting barbie DOLL ...

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think of ROLLER COASTER in amusement part.."THE(d) ROLL" was amusing and queer.

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sounds lik a troll... a troll is queer and amusing

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drone

Short Definition : talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; N.

Definition
(noun) stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen Definition
(noun) an unchanging intonation
Synonyms : droning monotone
Definition
(noun) someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind Definition
(noun) an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control Definition
(noun) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
Synonyms : bourdon drone pipe
Definition
(verb) make a monotonous low dull sound
Example Sentence
  • The harmonium was droning on
Definition
(verb) talk in a monotonous voice
Synonyms : drone on
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for drone

think abt t film drona...it was a boring piece of watch/talk.

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Dr-One, which is an arrogant doctor who think that he is the ONE, he doesn't do any work, just laying back in his office and whistle

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stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

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Tanpura has drone settings

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Drone sounds like drawn (like withdrawn) -> someone lazy, remote, not mingling.

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u r not DRAWN to some one who is dull and DRONE

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droop

Short Definition : bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N.

Definition
(noun) a shape that sags
Synonyms : sag
Example Sentence
  • there was a sag in the chair seat
Definition
(verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
Synonyms : flag sag swag
Definition
(verb) hang loosely or laxly
Synonyms : loll
Example Sentence
  • His tongue lolled
Definition
(verb) become limp
Synonyms : wilt
Example Sentence
  • The flowers wilted
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for droop

droop sounds like drop . If u drop something then u bend down to pick it up

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DROOP - DROP - hang or sag like a dried up flower.

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 Droop ---> drop ---> kept in a way that something is about to drop.

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dross

Short Definition : waste matter; worthless impurities

Definition
(noun) worthless or dangerous material that should be removed
Synonyms : impurity
Example Sentence
  • there were impurities in the water
Definition
(noun) the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
Synonyms : scoria slag
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dross

close to gross....worthless

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adding things together gives us gross. but those things that are left out and kept unadded are dross

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Read d+Rose- Waste matter nourishes to help the Rose bloom.

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Dr(title)+BOSS...giving doctor title to your boss is worthless and rubbish.....

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sounds like grass waste no use of grass

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To "floss" in between teeth is to get rid of worthless matter/impurities.

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gross becomes dross i.e. totally worthless material.

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 Dress ---> necessary thing. Dross --> unnecessary thing

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drudge

Short Definition : do drudgery; N: person who drudges

Definition
(noun) one who works hard at boring tasks
Synonyms : hack hacker
Definition
(noun) a laborer who is obliged to do menial work
Synonyms : galley slave navvy peon
Definition
(verb) work hard
Example Sentence
  • She was digging away at her math homework
  • Lexicographers drudge all day long
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for drudge

Think of DRUG. When you take drugs you do not know what you are doing and you can even do menial work.

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drudge rhymes with trudge. When you work very hard and do monotonous wok (drudge), you tend to walk very slowly (trudge)

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drudge ; we always told to our clerk when he is doing faulty thing like drudge.

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work which causes grudge

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drudgery

Short Definition : hard unpleasant work; menial work

Definition
(noun) hard monotonous routine work
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for drudgery

drudgery->consider drudge which sounds like grudge..so when your boss has a grudge on you..he gives you A BORING AND TEDIOUS WORK to do..

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drudgery- consider drugs.....smuggling or consuming drugs is a menial work...

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sounds like Dirjee[Hindi] & [Tailor in English], whose routine work is to stitch the clothes.

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DRUDGERY IS LIKE SLAVERY - HARD MENIAL WORK, LABORIOUS.

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people who use DRUGS are generally unsatisfied hard workers (i.e. menial workers)

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drudgery->consider drudge which sounds like grudge..so when your boss has a grudge on you..he gives you A BORING WORK to you..

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Remember Harry Potter which DUDLEY made Harry do all the DRUDGERY chores of the house

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Think of a dungeon(jail)...when u r in a dungeon u experience drudgery

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DRU(just a name) di cherry(which is menial work)......means he grows cherry...which is a menial work

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Dredging-take out mud and suspended matter from a well or sea.Drudging can be remembered as hard monotonous work

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dubious

Short Definition : questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety

Definition
(adj) fraught with uncertainty or doubt
Synonyms : doubtful
Example Sentence
  • they were doubtful that the cord would hold
  • it was doubtful whether she would be admitted
  • dubious about agreeing to go
Definition
(adj) open to doubt or suspicion
Example Sentence
  • the candidate's doubtful past
  • he has a dubious record indeed
  • what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false
  • it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought
Definition
(adj) not convinced
Example Sentence
  • they admitted the force of my argument but remained dubious
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dubious

dubious - opposite of obvious..i.e) in doubt or questionable

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DUBIOUS - SOMETHING THAT IS DOUBTFUL, UNCERTAIN.

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(dub+iste+us) dubbulu iste mem andaram cheptam nuvvu chepindi clear ga undani..students black mailing teacher...

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double thinking, having doubts

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ductile

Short Definition : malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled

Definition
(adj) easily influenced
Synonyms : malleable
Definition
(adj) capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Example Sentence
  • ductile copper
  • malleable metals such as gold
  • they soaked the leather to made it pliable
  • pliant molten glass
  • made of highly tensile steel alloy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ductile

Imagine a metal rod. If this rod containing a duct (a small tunnel) it will be more flexible (ductile)

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Relate with Reptile (Snake) which can make itself coiled because of its flexibility to bend.

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duct(MEANS PULL)....so something which is esily pulled into ANY SHAPE is DUCTILE.

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Emphasize the "tile" from ductile:- tile which is hard,cant be bend or shaped. So ductile is opposite to tile i.e., easily moulded ,shaped,influenced.

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Duct tapes are flexible.

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dulcet

Short Definition : sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear; melodious

Definition
(adj) extremely pleasant in a gentle way
Example Sentence
  • the most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches
Definition
(adj) pleasing to the ear
Example Sentence
  • the dulcet tones of the cello
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dulcet

DIL SE song sounds sweet to the ear.

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When You are Dull Then Music can Set it right.Dull + Set. It sets ur dullness to happiness by pleasing you when you listen to the song.

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EAMCET-ICET-KCET. All seems to confuse or threaten while hearing.But introducing of DULCET by GOVT is very pleasant and sweet to hear for DULLERS.

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dulcet sounds like drum-kit...which produces a sweet sound.

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dulcet - CUTs the DULLness by a sweet sounding voice

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Good singing and pleasant days are never dull.

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DU-ET: duets are romantic and sound sweet

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Imagine like DRUM-SET which is sweet in sound

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dull

Short Definition : (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.

Definition
(verb) make dull in appearance
Example Sentence
  • Age had dulled the surface
Definition
(verb) become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
Example Sentence
  • the varnished table top dulled with time
Definition
(verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping Definition
(verb) make numb or insensitive
Synonyms : benumb blunt numb
Example Sentence
  • The shock numbed her senses
Definition
(verb) make dull or blunt
Synonyms : blunt
Example Sentence
  • Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
Definition
(verb) become less interesting or attractive
Synonyms : pall
Definition
(verb) make less lively or vigorous
Example Sentence
  • Middle age dulled her appetite for travel
Definition
(adj) lacking in liveliness or animation
Example Sentence
  • he was so dull at parties
  • a dull political campaign
  • a large dull impassive man
  • dull days with nothing to do
  • how dull and dreary the world is
  • fell back into one of her dull moods
Definition
(adj) emitting or reflecting very little light
Example Sentence
  • a dull glow
  • dull silver badly in need of a polish
  • a dull sky
Definition
(adj) being or made softer or less loud or clear
Synonyms : muffled muted softened
Example Sentence
  • the dull boom of distant breaking waves
  • muffled drums
  • the muffled noises of the street
  • muted trumpets
Definition
(adj) so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Example Sentence
  • a boring evening with uninteresting people
  • the deadening effect of some routine tasks
  • a dull play
  • his competent but dull performance
  • a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention
  • what an irksome task the writing of long letters is
  • tedious days on the train
  • the tiresome chirping of a cricket
  • other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome
Definition
(adj) (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
Example Sentence
  • dull greens and blues
Definition
(adj) not keenly felt
Example Sentence
  • a dull throbbing
  • dull pain
Definition
(adj) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Synonyms : dense dim dumb obtuse slow
Example Sentence
  • so dense he never understands anything I say to him
  • never met anyone quite so dim
  • although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick
  • dumb officials make some really dumb decisions
  • he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse
  • worked with the slow students
Definition
(adj) (of business) not active or brisk
Synonyms : slow sluggish
Example Sentence
  • business is dull (or slow)
  • a sluggish market
Definition
(adj) not having a sharp edge or point
Example Sentence
  • the knife was too dull to be of any use
Definition
(adj) blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
Example Sentence
  • a dull gaze
  • so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her
Definition
(adj) not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
Synonyms : thudding
Example Sentence
  • the dull thud
  • thudding bullets
Definition
(adj) darkened with overcast
Synonyms : leaden
Example Sentence
  • a dark day
  • a dull sky
  • the sky was leaden and thick
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