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its usually used with taken...!!

Eg - i was taken aback

the primary meaning is to do something amateurishly.

someone who just pretends to be something, but is actually just am amateur. he is basically a poser

something extremely silly.
you are daft(noun).
your daft idea(noun).

Eg - his daft idea of avoiding beer so that he could avoid fights in haze.

2)he gives stupid ideas all the time, he is so daft.

it means a podium and nothing else.
1) they stood on a dais after winnig the race.
2)they performed a parade in front of the royal dais.
3)the professor fell of the dais,he was not well.

the word is significant since it has two imp meanings
1)podium - he is speaking from the puplit.
2)it also means preaching,telling people to do something,speaking something from a podium.

Eg - obama thot of giving his normal bullying pulpit(preaching).

Eg - india believes in democracy than bully pulpit(speaking in that way).

3) i am bored of listening to your usual pulpit.

it means the same,
1) he forgot his speech on the rostrum.
2)he felt asleep on the rostrum

read carefully all the meaning, give atleast 5 mins to it.

1) i was not dallying, i was very busy.
2) u missed the train coz u r alwayz busy in ur dilly dally (time wasting).

3)i am not going for a movie with him,he dally's all the time.

4) i was just dallying around with her, there was nothing serious.

it basically means time wasting,just like dally
1) he dosent walk ,he dwadles( is too slow)

2) dont dwadle,get on with it.

3)if u dont finish this chapter, u'll dwadle(fall behind)

The word describes somethin about the looks, either someone who takes too much care, or someone who looks good.
1) he is a dandy (someone who always is worried abt his looks)

2)y car is dandy(very good)

3) everything is fine and dandy (good)
4) this product is designed for urban dandies

boh is almost the same.it is used for males who are good looking and take care of their looksall the time. It also meant boyfriend in the 18th century.

1) her beau refused to marry her.
2) this product is designed for urban beaus

1) he will take hrs to get ready ,he is a fop

1) he was lookin almost foppish un that coat.

2) prince harry looked so foppish on his wedding (excellently dressed)

the word has multiple meanings give some time to it.

1) it was a dank room( moist n dark)

2) a dank forest ( dark and wet)

unpleasantly wet
1) my hands were clammy when i was nervous.

2)that is a dank and clammy room


both are types of wetness

it means an apple with spots.

1) his career is dappled with a lot of black spots.

2) horses are usually dappled with different shades

3) tigers are dappled.

1) that is a mottled dupatta/dappled.

2)the floors are mottled.

3)the painting is mottled.

it basically potna ( he daubed my image,daub the wall)
1)daub the wall with a plaster (coat/cover)

2)he has daubed his cruelty under his new appearence

3)he has daubed my image(bloted)

4)this is my best daub (painting)

it also means potna its a synonym of daub

to discourage you from doing something since u find it scary
1) cat preparation is so daunting.

2)tax paying is so daunting.

3)climbimg that wall is so daunting

4)going to the hospitals is a daunting task.

5) going inside that building is a daunting task.

1) you cannot daunt me by wearing this funny mask

brave

deadlock/nothing can pass.

expressionlessly/ impassive

1) a deadpan joke (adjective)

2)a deadpan display( adverb)

its not a noun

axel rose is the doyen of the new band

majumdar is the doyenne of the company

there is a dearth of space in bangalore

there is a paucity of space in bangalore

a disaster,a complete defeat
the indian teams debacle in england (strong defeat).

2) the financial debacle.

an embb disaster
1)the dinner party where evrything got burnt was a fiasco (embarrassing disaster)

flooding of something, doob jana kisi cheez ke neeche.
1)the floods deluged the houses(submerged).

2) i have been dekuged wih homework (getting in great amount).

3)the predicted deluge did not happen ,ppl can cm back.

flooding :

1) i have inundation(flood) of requests.

2)an inundation(flooding/overflow) of gas caused this explosion.

3)it is an inundation(alluvion/deluge) hit area.

fast stream
1) the houses were washed away in the torrent(heavy flow).

2) he got a torrent(high in number) of abuses for criticizing the PM.

2 things can be debased

1) a value of something - if u mix water, u will debase the value of milk.
2) the currency has debased.

b) to corrupt someone.

1) large sums of money has debased our politicians.

1) women : it is the basic meaning of this word.to destroy the morals.
ege - wine n men have debauched(made immoral) the girls.

2) men are usually found in a debauch(wld gathering involveing excess of everything)) of drinking and eating

bigaadna

1)loud music and drugs would deprave our children.

2) we hvae to deprive our children of heavy metal to save them from depraving

you gv a doc to someone saying that you owe him some money.. in the same way you hold debentures of someone else

comes from debile, it means to debile something or to make weak.

1) the injusy has debilitaed my eyesight.

2) he tried to debilitate her by giving her the wrong medicines

to make someone feeble.
1) the injury has enfeebled me.

cause to grow weak.
1) the injury emaciated him.
2) his face has emaciated.
3)she emaciated coz of her dieting

to soften something
1) macerate the paneer in water.
2)he was macerated by the disease(weakened)

charming,good men

1) amitabh is a debonair

sophasiticated gentel and polite,charimg. knows how to talk to and impress women.

1) ashmite patel is a suave.
2) it was a suave reply

its a synonym of debris and detritus but its huge. ppl can be burried under rubble

1) i will debut a new song ( it means introduce for the first time)

used usually for girls, for males its debutant

the word comes from decay,to fall down
moral decline due to excess luxury.

1)money is responsible for decadence.
2)now a days decadence is the only thing happening to school children.

1) decant the tea into the mug.
2) decant the water from the can.

chemistry

to correct a mistake

sum of money (compensation)--agreement to pay for any damage.its a kind of insurance

2 meaninigs

1) to get insured -
eg - the farmers indemnified theor land.

2) to pay compensation.
eg - the company indemnified the victims

2 meanings
1) verb - to set things right.
eg - you have to redress it
eg - you have to redress your wrongs

2)noun - compensation.
eg - the victims deserve redress

to restore.
eg - the restitution of it to its owner.

1)victims are waiting for the restitution.

my repugnance for him will last forever

learn when to use exempt and when to use exempted

moving hurriedly

1)the rendition of "titanic" was brilliant.
presentation or interpretation

to enjoy something
1) he was basking in his glory
2)he was basking in the sun

cause a change

forcing something
to impose
1) that party was an imposition

to declare something
1) i averred that i was not ill

Trip .....i was on a mobile store errand
2) i was on a strange errand

summary

stylish

i was tottering when i got drunk

dealer walked in a waddling way.

1) he never walked he always waddled

an answer

make a comeback.

1) he gave a nice witty riposte to answer him back

2) his opponent riposted with a bang

is a camp.
1) lets bivouack here.
2) i bivouacked here when i came last year

1) strong wind
Eg - there was a bluster of wind

2)show off
Eg - the just looked at his blustering

3)noisy turbulence
Eg - he was awakened by their blustering preparations

1) to react in pain/to pull away
Eg - i flinched when i saw murder 2

1) to close your eyes and sometimes move back even in fear.
Eg - i crinched when i saw murder 2 ,it was disgusting.

1) its a genre of music

2)nervous depression.
Eg - he was in a funk when the results were to be announced.

3) to bend down/move back/shrink
Eg - he funked when he saw him killint the man

1)when you move back slightly in fear or pain
Eg - i winced when i saw him killing the boy

2)dislike
Eg - i winced when i heard ramdevs speech

3) pain,regret
Eg - he stood there and winced

determination

Eg 0 ppl had grim determination to protest

sad/depressed
Eg - the grim monday morning
the grim cloudy weather

1) the ater has become turbid.

1) something swollen

1) the speech was bombastic
2) the performance was bombastic

he is an orotund singer (nice round voice)

the speech was orotund (big,bombastic)

the speeches are usually tumid (bombastic).

i ate so much am feeling tumid (blown)

downward slope, the shop is in the declivity of the mountain

drastic reduction in number.
1) The oil splii has decimated the fishes.
2)the increasing prices have decimated the sales of tv

losing leaves in the fall
shed after a certain time

this will retard your heart beat ( slow down)

1) they decapitated the journalist

police uses decoys(bait) to catch crimilnals

to condemn

criticize ,condemn

condemn,dislike

considered bad nioun and adjective

the defacto increase in package is negligible (actualy increase)

misappropriation

support sm1 else
1) bad form was responsible for the fans defection

a person who defends himself in court

respect

to spoil smthin

is the final answer

tp pay

extollment,exalted

do something reluctantly

oppo pf de facto, applies by law, if not by facts

to trick or to fool

foll or to trick,
they cozened one another

freedom or to set free

madness,crazy,hallucination

to become liquid

harmful to humans

a delectable dish

delusive hope,away from reality
living in delusin(galatfehmi)

khodna, to dig
CBI delved into the matter

to insult

mad,crazy,insane

literal meaning

inhabitant (rem citizen)

to defame,say smthin derogatory

The word demo refers to anything which is related to demo ='common people'

population

amok

wild

to examine,to arrange in order

highlight,lay stress on

remove surgically

to tk away voting power

to be angry beyond madness

rapture(something tat carries u off to another world) engrossed,caught up

he was gazing at her raptly
he totally rapt the crowd
i was rapt by the performence

splendid

lacking shape

naak adane wala

not candid and frank,pretend to not kno smthin which u kno

extremely disgusting(phata poorana,kide lage hue )
mangy carpet

shameless,barefaced attemt at bribe
khule aam

huge

incomparable

deeply thot

esoteric,understood only by sm people

inexorable,relentless

strict

needs everything perfect
1) an exacting job
2)exacting instructor(wants everthing pefrect)

choosy,fastidious

extremely careful about details

distracted or preoccupied with worry,not able to concentrate. he broke thw indow he is distrait(tensed n lost)

flashy but cheap
she wears gaudy clothes

irrelevant,misbehaviour

order
i was ordained to be the leader
its ordained by the govt (declared)

launch

to decorate (remember decorating blazer)

to be on the edge of somthing or border of something
my house abuts forect

lots of meanings
1) to measure the depth
2)to dig deep into something
3)vertical(exact)(straight)

repent (guilty/feel bad for wrong doing)
a penitent sinner(who is ashamed)
a penitent(feels bad for his wrng doing)

1)pardon 2) to overlook something
daya dikhana

useless / unproductive of success
1) your futile efforts
2) all this turned out to be futile

lots of meanings
1)low lying area2)to drown/drench 3)problems or difficulties(caugth in a swamp)

complete
a consummate fool
consummate artist (excellent/complete)

to criticize,to condemn

breap or tear ins omething

to crush to powder

anna was able to galvanize people (stimulate sm1)

pimp or to satisfy

disconnected,illlogical,not making sense,disordered

to mk smthin happen,to do smthin in hurry,haste,to throw smthin down ,to fal.

a bit of light. or a bit of nething
u dont hv a glimmer of what i am saying rite ?

with past effect

2 meanings
1) muddled or lost - i was bemused in thoughts
2) perplexed - i was bemused by his questions

hypocrites
who preach smthin n talk smthin but do completely opposite
politicians are sanctimonious people

he made blasphemous comments against hindus (evil speaking of a religion)

relentless,merciless..!!
comes from placate,which means to appease. Terrorists are implacable