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derision

Definition
(noun) contemptuous laughter Definition
(noun) the act of deriding or treating with contempt
Synonyms : ridicule
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for derision

Noun form is 'deride' and in high school, if you don't have a car (de ride) that is expensive enough, other kids may mock and ridicule you

deri se ane wale ki mocking hoti hai

derision -> der is son (without marrying). A contemptuous act causing a "contemptuous laughter".

Deri +son -> deri me tera son kaam karta hai shame hai

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<B>Derogatory Provision</B>.

he got toppled and DERIDED from his new bike and was ridiculed by girls around.

deer is on, he is running bfr it, people making fun of him

if u cant write the "deriv"ation then u r ridiculed. derision

If there is son to unmarried woman ppl will treat her with contempt :(

if u say something (de)without reason(rision),you are more prone to mockery.

derogatory

Definition
(adj) expressive of low opinion
Synonyms : derogative disparaging
Example Sentence
  • derogatory comments
  • disparaging remarks about the new house
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de-erogat-ory = He is Arrogant... so everyone has a low opinion about him

Daroga(Police) is having low opinion thats y they can accept even 10 bucks.

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de rogue -- you always will have a low opinion of rogues (diseases, rouges is a Hindi word)

You have so low an opinion of it that you sweep it under DER RUG-atory

u will definitely have low opinion on daru ke adde ka gate

do u remember rogue in Xmen charector being arrogant...

degrade+gate -> rog like gate for that house, having very low opionion

descry

Definition
(verb) catch sight of
Synonyms : espy spot spy
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for descry

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If 10(DES) people will CRY every body will notice them!!

sounds like describe. When you DESCRIBE something people will look at it.

Backward: (y-r-c-s-e-d) - You--really--can't--see--every--detail . . . at first glimpse.

di-scover by scru-tiny

descry - at a distance when people cry out loud.. you notice them... so you descry (sight) them

descry rhymes with discover, to findout another meaning as a verb is to discriminate or discern... so not to respond to Des(i) cry(cries) is to discriminate

The police asked the witness to describe what he descried

catch something distant we forget to close the eyes dust will fall and will cry

descry sounds like describe; You cannot describe a person by descrying; You have to be a friend or alteast be close to him

evoke means to memorize, rememberance (yaad dilana) like in DABBANG Sallu says kameeney se yaad aaya tumhare bhaiya ji kaise he

Temporize means avoid commiting oneself, gain time obviously when u r not commited u will save time

Amnesia means loss of memory.. in Ghajini Aamir loses his memory due to injury

descry = de + s +cry; to student cry to attract the sight of ppl.

describe a far cry from here

desiccate

Definition
(verb) preserve by removing all water and liquids from
Synonyms : dehydrate
Example Sentence
  • carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
Definition
(verb) remove water from
Synonyms : dehydrate
Example Sentence
  • All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
Definition
(verb) lose water or moisture
Example Sentence
  • In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
Definition
(adj) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
Synonyms : arid desiccated
Example Sentence
  • a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata
  • a desiccate romance
  • a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for desiccate

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desi cake is always dried up.

"Desert Cake": Cake that has been dried out and turned dull in taste.

Desi+cat is always dry because if she will be wet she will be called bheegi billi...remember 9xm.

Dessicate =Desi(hindi) =Land Cate is similar to cactus Hence land where cactus grows which means dry and arid

"Desi Katte" dekhte hi sab sookh jaate hain.

Desiccate=The Sukka(dry) ate eat.

sounds close to decant

Desi cat hamesha dry hoti h

Cat(CATE) is carrying dashboard(DESI) in a very dry(DRY UP) area and suffering from dehydration(DEHYDRATE)

Desiccate = des (country) + icc + ate; country is been ate by icc cricket so the offices in working days are empty i.e dry up due to match between india & pakistan.

desolate

Definition
(verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Synonyms : abandon desert forsake
Example Sentence
  • The mother deserted her children
Definition
(verb) reduce in population
Synonyms : depopulate
Example Sentence
  • The epidemic depopulated the countryside
Definition
(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Example Sentence
  • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Definition
(adj) providing no shelter or sustenance
Synonyms : bare barren bleak stark
Example Sentence
  • bare rocky hills
  • barren lands
  • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
  • the desolate surface of the moon
  • a stark landscape
Definition
(adj) crushed by grief
Example Sentence
  • depressed and desolate of soul
  • a low desolate wail
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for desolate

de + solate sounds like I + SOLATE..and who lives an isolated life? Obviously a person who has been ABANDONED by his family.

I-SOLATE. Being the last survior after the destruction.

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DE+SO+LATE = If DESis are always late (like always ;)) then the country will remain robbed of joy; lay waste to corruption; etc...

desolate: de(the) + sol (solution) + ate (eaten); The solution of the examination destroyed, Therefore we are unhappy.

desolate-> de+isolate abandon and desert

despoil

Definition
(verb) steal goods; take as spoils
Example Sentence
  • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Definition
(verb) destroy and strip of its possession
Synonyms : plunder rape spoil violate
Example Sentence
  • The soldiers raped the beautiful country
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for despoil

The mob SPOILED (equivalent to destroyed ) the whole house and looted the valuables.

desh+ spoil; our desh(India) was spoiled because of despoil by english ppl

despoil(de=they{criminal}+spoil)they spoil the country ,took the rifle,violate the law made foray on village,loot and plunder people ,raped the ladies.

war booty means spoils of war , so despoil is a bigger form of spoil which spoils a whole landscapea and plunders the country side

despondent

Definition
(adj) without or almost without hope
Synonyms : heartsick
Example Sentence
  • despondent about his failure
  • too heartsick to fight back
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for despondent

the word despondant looks like pepsodent. So wen u don't brush in the morning... Ur day will be gloomy and depressing.

think like des 'pond'-> 'ponder' when we dont ponder(think) eventually we lose hope

DEreSPOND...means no response...a person who is in low spirits doesn't respond hence suffer from despondency

desp+on+dent = desperate person dented (hit emotionally) = gloomy and depressed...

relate it with response. one who is in good mood gives response. one who is depressed relate it to response. one who is cheerful gives response, one who is depressed(despondent) does not give ane response.

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despondent is like desperate, (also called despo in slang).. he loses almost all hope

when u get disappointed by something....thn u become depress by it

Imagine a sad and hopeless person sitting on the edge of a 'pond' and 'pondering' over his misfortune....desPONDent.

Despair

Because North Korea is ruled by a despot, the whole country feels hopeless.

despondent=desh already is in ponded in corruption no body can rectify it...

rem with correspondent-take despondent as removing him from post-so he will be depressed,gloomy.

sounds like DEPRESSED STUDENT

sounds like de + sponsor. You would be desponsored only if they lose hope on you and give up on you

if you don't score good in GRE even after diligent hardwork u feel despondent

DE+ (corre)SPONDENT : if u are even replying to a correspondent then u r very DEPRESSED and GLOOMY.

opposite of respondant (cheerful)....

despondent : des (this) + ponde (pond) + nt (not); We are despondent as 'this pond' also does 'not' have any water and there is no other source of water left in our village.

when u r 'Respondent' u r not 'Respondent', u r too 'depressed' to answer and talk to others

in despair, disappointed, not responding, depressed, sitting near a pond and pondering in gloom

destitute

Definition
(adj) poor enough to need help from others Definition
(adj) completely wanting or lacking
Synonyms : barren devoid free innocent
Example Sentence
  • writing barren of insight
  • young recruits destitute of experience
  • innocent of literary merit
  • the sentence was devoid of meaning
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for destitute

desi+tit+cute like prostitute ->they r poor thats why they det into prostitution.... no hard feelings

Break it as DE+INSTITUE...that means the person whi has never been to any INSTITUTE..i.e. who is ILLITERATE is very poor

destitute ~ desi (indian) tutors are always ready to teach students in destitute condition for free.

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sounds like desi tute(tution)....so a guy who is attending tution in desi langaues shows he is very poor.

Dave's attitude (homophone of destitute) looks like a poor's.

Destitute sounds like 'this institute'; Imagine someone advising you "It's not worth studying in this institute, as it's difficult to get a job after studying from there and hence will destitute you (make you poor)."

Person who is not astute ends up being destitute.

desultory

Definition
(adj) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
Example Sentence
  • desultory thoughts
  • the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for desultory

De-result...Obviously a haphazard or desultory approach will result to nothing.

desultory think like de story-> moving away from the main story

desult...de(means without)+sult(RESULT)+tory( a member of conservative party in britain known as TORY)....so if the tories DID NOT WIN ANY ELECTION THIS TIME becoz of their desultory attitude..or since they lacked any definate plan to win election..t

Imagine a thirsty, hungry man in a DESoLaTe DESert wandering aimlessly from one mirage to another.

..or since they lacked any definate plan to win election..they were WITHOUT any good RESULTs THIS TIME. and now THINK a MEMBER OF TORY party jumping to another party to join it and than to another.

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Think: Desolate Story... Desolate=(Empty) Story=(Chain of Events)...an empty or purposeless chain of events and/or jumping from one thing to another

if u work DESULTory then u will INSULted

de salute = a person in army who does not salute to his superior surely does not have an aim

De + resultory >> If you do not go according to a method, you will always get wrong result...

de(down)sult(result) ory(tending to)root word meaning so if result ofur is down(fail) u will jump from good boy to bad boy in school.

As it is SULTORY outside, Aimless or Haphazard people fill DIESEL in the car and go out for a drive

desultory=দেশান্তরী;so aimless,jumping around

de+result--- if you LACK IN CONSISTANCY OR you are UNFOCUSED, it will result in DE-RESULT

desultory(desert+salty)the thirsty man in salty desert walking aimlessly for water

the slut stories are always not planned :P

aimless result

detain

Definition
(verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Synonyms : confine
Definition
(verb) stop or halt
Synonyms : delay stay
Example Sentence
  • Please stay the bloodshed!
Definition
(verb) cause to be slowed down or delayed
Synonyms : delay hold up
Example Sentence
  • Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
  • she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for detain

the train

remember 'detained'relating to exams. when detained, education is delayed.

de(not)+train.. hold train not to depart..

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