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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)

reimburse --- repay disburse --- pay

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

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.

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
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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 ..!!!?

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!

dis-is-earnable (perceivable)

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

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

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

sounds like VISIBLE that is perceivable

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

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

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

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.

....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.

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

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

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

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!!!!!!!!!!

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

dis-fit-easy defeat

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

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

discompose

Short Definition : disturb the composure of; confuse

Definition
(verb) cause to lose one's composure
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As in "Decompose " ho gaya.

disconcert

Short Definition : confuse; upset; embarrass; perturb

Definition
(verb) cause to feel embarrassment
Synonyms : confuse flurry put off
Example Sentence
  • The constant attention of the young man confused her
Definition
(verb) cause to lose one's composure
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disconcert

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When you are getting ready to perform at a concert, you are tensed and confused as to how your show will fair with the audience.

If your bands concert is cancelled you will be - confused; upset; embarrassed

I went to a very expensive CONCERT and came out DISCONCERT. I'm so upset.

DIS+CONCERT....disappointed by the concert, public started agitating....

dis+concert— we enjoy in concert, disconcert means disturbing in concert, so DISTURB

disconsolate

Short Definition : hopelessly sad (at the loss of something)

Definition
(adj) sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
Example Sentence
  • inconsolable when her son died
Definition
(adj) causing dejection
Example Sentence
  • a blue day
  • the dark days of the war
  • a week of rainy depressing weather
  • a disconsolate winter landscape
  • the first dismal dispiriting days of November
  • a dark gloomy day
  • grim rainy weather
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If you can identify the word consol(console), then... you would console someone who has lost every hope and is hopelessly sad.

if u dont console a crying person. they will be sad and dissapointed at you

in GADAR, when pakistan COUNSELATE refuse(DIS) to give visa to SUNNY DEOL son, this leads to very SAD moment for SUNNY , AMISHA & their SON.

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She consoled the disconsolate soul.

we console people generally when they are SAD...

if dis+consolate people reject ur visa u will be very sad!!

disconsolate not console

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