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daunt

Short Definition : intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten

Definition
(verb) cause to lose courage
Example Sentence
  • dashed by the refusal
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for daunt

daunt = haunt = if you are frightened you will be discouraged to go into the haunted house.

this mnemonic is in hindi....daunt..sounds simillar to "daant"(scolding) aur jab bhi daant padti hai we easily get disheartened and frightened.

daunt sounds like DON'T,means som1 discouraging u

DAUNT sounds like "taunt".... When anyone taunts u u get dishartened

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sounds like DAAT(to scold in hindi)....when you scold children frequently(DAAT), they become discouraged......

Daunt=aunt means ladies always frighten about their work mostly that what they are doing

determination haunt;due to frightening by haunting determination is decreased or lessened

danger+aunt->frighten, dishearten,dicourage

daunt ~ D (dog) + AUNT; My aunt was daunted by the dog in front of our house.

DAUNT = d + aunt; The aunt y always discourage about success.

dauntless

Short Definition : bold; fearless

Definition
(adj) invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Example Sentence
  • audacious explorers
  • fearless reporters and photographers
  • intrepid pioneers
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dauntless

Dauntless - Daunt + less .. If daunt(Fright or FEAR) is less , it means you are bold and dauntless.

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+auntless=d-sounds as "the"and auntless. i am afrid of my aunt.when my aunt went out i am fearless in my home

d+auntless=d-sounds as the and auntless. many people having no aunt are fearless

DON'T LOOSE your nerve

Dauntless - Danger+aunt+less->It means you are bold and no FEAR.

Dauntless for this word no need to think too we know the daunt means frighten... so dauntless means there is no frighten soo dauntless=not to be daunted.

here "daunt" get resembles "daud"(hindi)bhaganabecause of fear ..so daunt+less= fearless

sounds haunt + less >>> if u r haunt less, then nothing can frighten u... means u r bold..

dawdle

Short Definition : loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing

Definition
(verb) take one's time; proceed slowly
Synonyms : linger
Definition
(verb) waste time
Synonyms : dally
Example Sentence
  • Get busy--don't dally!
Definition
(verb) hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dawdle

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somewhat similar to idle

do dull ladke dawdle kar rahe hain.

In yahoo msngr,theres an environment called doodle which is meant for wasting time in yahoo and doodle is also a synonym of dawdle.

PAIDAL(walk on foot)..some guys are walking PAIDAL in order to DAWDLE.

dawdle - similar to "Doodle" .. we can recollect "yankee doodle went to town riding on a ..." i.e loitering around, hand around .."stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni .." wasting time around .. doing silly stuff

if u know what DOODLE is: it means drawing lines or something irrelevant while talking on phone or while sitting idle...so DODDLE which sounds like DAWDLE id wasting time

slowly dawdle(daw -> sighting in tamil) girls. Loiter, wasting time.

daze

Short Definition : stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.

Definition
(noun) the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
Synonyms : shock stupor
Example Sentence
  • his mother's death left him in a daze
  • he was numb with shock
Definition
(noun) confusion characterized by lack of clarity
Synonyms : fog haze
Definition
(verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
Synonyms : bedazzle dazzle
Example Sentence
  • She was dazzled by the bright headlights
Definition
(verb) overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
Synonyms : bedaze stun
Example Sentence
  • The news stunned her
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for daze

daze ==> gaze => look at with fixed eyes -- stunned

daze- this word resembles the word daisy, forest daisies(flowers). people get stuned or shocked wen they smell the sweet fragrance of that flower.

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Danial Ocean gets stunned to see his wife Daze with Benedict,in movie Ocean 11.

~amaze:To bewilder; perplex.... means be in shock,bemused

daze-> door maze stun as with a blow or shock, confused lack of clarity to find the way out

dazzle

Short Definition : make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder

Definition
(noun) brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily Definition
(verb) to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light
Synonyms : bedazzle daze
Example Sentence
  • She was dazzled by the bright headlights
Definition
(verb) amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill
Example Sentence
  • Her arguments dazzled everyone
  • The dancer dazzled the audience with his turns and jumps
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dazzle

remember honda dazzler..it may help

honda dazzler make you blind with the sudden intense of light from the head lamp

deadlock

Short Definition : standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces; stalemate

Definition
(noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible
Example Sentence
  • reached an impasse on the negotiations
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for deadlock

"dead+lock". The dead can't move(are still) and lock (firmly kept in one place).

Think of "LOCK" without KEY. Just like someone without girlfriend(Here KEY is gf of LOCK). So ultimately lock is DEAD. Means nothing can be done after that :( No Progress.

standstill computer screen resulting from the many task opened is deadlock situation.

deadpan

Short Definition : wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face

Definition
(adj) deliberately impassive in manner
Example Sentence
  • deadpan humor
  • his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
Definition
(adv) without betraying any feeling
Example Sentence
  • she told the joke deadpan
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for deadpan

sounds like deadman... a deadman shows no feelings, is wooden..

if u have seen FANNA a bollywood movie--in that Amir Khan was calles deadman by the kid-> He was impassive towards kajol ie behaving as an impassive man, wid a blank, expressionless face = wooden.So,DEAD-MAN-PAN

keeping the face like deadman or dry deadpan

On watching the dead pan means brittle pan in kitchen the bride was expression less so her face becomes dry.

dearth

Short Definition : scarcity

Definition
(noun) an acute insufficiency
Synonyms : famine shortage
Definition
(noun) an insufficient quantity or number
Synonyms : paucity
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for dearth

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earth is big. de-earth.....(read as dearth) means small...small in quantity..or scarcity

dearth sounds like death. high death rate can result in scarcity of man-power

Dearth - deers + earth. Deers in earth are getting insufficient in number

earth is full of things, dearth means lacking of things

dearth = death + r (reason) reason for death is scarcity(of food, shelter,health) thus dearth is scarcity

De-Earth means to dig...because of scarcity of water we started digging.....

earth is full of things, dearth means lacking of things

due to shortage of resources man started de-earthing(digging and looking under earth) for them...

For want of food, they were starving and tried eating DIRT.

death is a result of dearth (scarcity of food)

dead+earth food,water all are scarcity.

DEARTH = dead + earth; dead earth is always insufficient in quantity.

dearth leads to death!

dear+th ->dear ones are there far away scarcity to find such one

debacle

Short Definition : sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster

Definition
(noun) a sudden and violent collapse
Synonyms : fiasco
Definition
(noun) flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer Definition
(noun) a sound defeat
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debacle

belt..having bacle ..if we (de)remove bucle from belt,the pant will fall.. then comes the complete disaster

De-BUCKLE (BELT) ... As in Belt's buckle got removed on stage.. which was a complete disaster.

debacle sounds like the battle..any battle brings the sudden and violent collapses of people and wealth.

DEBACLE OPPOSITE OF MIRACLE

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'Debacle' is very close to 'Buckle'. Columns of a building collapse due to buckling.

debacle- split it as de + bac + le --> to take step backward in career==>downfall .. hope its clear :)

de+bacle= the battle in the movie 300 was a violent breakdown for xersis

Dibbe (train ke) accident me ghir gaye. That means disaster.

debacle sounds like OBSTACLE..which can cause complete disaster

DEBACLE= deb + ac + le; when deb comes he always takes the ac room it is digester for us in summer.

Buckle "fell down".

debar

Short Definition : bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from jury services

Definition
(verb) bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
Synonyms : suspend
Definition
(verb) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Example Sentence
  • Let's avoid a confrontation
  • head off a confrontation
  • avert a strike
Definition
(verb) prevent from entering; keep out
Synonyms : bar exclude
Example Sentence
  • He was barred from membership in the club
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for debar

debar -- de + bar...just imagine the Mumbai bar girls who have been debarred or forbidden from dancing in the bars..

debar= Dewar in hindi ie wall or bar

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debar from exam for mall practicing

he destroying bar culture prevent him from entering, keep out

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