Desolate Flashcards
Desolate
Short Definition : make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert
(verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
Synonyms : abandon , desert , forsake
(verb) reduce in population
Synonyms : depopulate
(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Synonyms : devastate , lay waste to , ravage , scourge , waste
(adj) providing no shelter or sustenance
Synonyms : bare , barren , bleak , stark
(adj) crushed by grief
de + solate sounds like I + SOLATE..and who lives an isolated life? Obviously a person who has been ABANDONED by his family.
Desperate
Short Definition : having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort
desperate = আশাহীন , আশাহত , মরিয়া , উন্মত্ত
- (noun) a person who is frightened and in need of help
- (adj) arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
- (adj) desperately determined
Synonyms : do-or-die - (adj) (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
- (adj) showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
Synonyms : heroic - (adj) showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
- (adj) fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
Synonyms : dire
Despise
Short Definition : look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible
Wn MA come to know that the bua did not put spice in the daal she shouted and said “de spice”
(verb) look down on with disdain
Synonyms : contemn , disdain , scorn
de + spice ….when things happening around you are not spicy enough you regard it as distasteful and worthless.
De-Spice: How will you feel if ur roommate cooks food without spice.U must despise him.
De-spoil
Short Definition : plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village
(verb) steal goods; take as spoils
Synonyms : foray , loot , pillage , plunder , ransack , reave , rifle , strip
(verb) destroy and strip of its possession
Synonyms : plunder , rape , spoil , violate
The mob SPOILED (equivalent to destroyed ) the whole house and looted the valuables.
desh+ spoil; our desh(BD) was spoiled because of despoil by english ppl
Despondent
Short Definition : without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection
(adj) without or almost without hope
Synonyms : heartsick
despondent about his failure
Resembles disappointed… wn u r disappointed u look depressed and gloomy.
Despondent>> Pepsodent, if u do not brush in the morning u beacome (without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy)
De-spot
Short Definition : tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism
(noun) a cruel and oppressive dictator
Synonyms : autocrat , tyrant
Cruel dictators kill thousands of people on de (the) spot (despot)
Destitute
Short Definition : extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience
(adj) poor enough to need help from others
Synonyms : impoverished , indigent , necessitous , needy , poverty-stricken
(adj) completely wanting or lacking
Synonyms : barren , devoid , free , innocent
desi+tit+cute like prostitute ->they r poor thats why they det into prostitution…. no hard feelings
De-sultory
Short Definition : aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
(adj) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
Example Sentence
desultory thoughts
Desultory (Off result thoughts often pollutes our mind)
De-tain
Short Definition : keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention
- (verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Synonyms : confine - (verb) stop or halt
Synonyms : delay , stay
Detention Harry Potter means he has been confined.
Attain= reach, gain, obtain. Detain=off reach , did not reach timely.
Deter-rent
Short Definition : something that discourages or deters
(noun) something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
Synonyms : balk , baulk , check , handicap , hinderance , hindrance , impediment
(adj) tending to deter
Example Sentence
the deterrent effects of high prices
Detrimental rant always discourages tenants.
De-to-nation
Short Definition : explosion
Definition
(noun) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
Synonyms : blowup , explosion
Definition
(noun) the act of detonating an explosive
A violent release of energy is DEtrimantal TO NATION.
De-traction
Short Definition : slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor
(noun) a petty disparagement
Synonyms : petty criticism
(noun) the act of discrediting or detracting from someone’s reputation (especially by slander)
(noun) the act of discrediting or detracting from someone’s reputation (especially by slander)
Devious
Short Definition : roundabout; erratic; deviating from the straight course; not straightforward; not completely honest; Ex. devious route
(adj) indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
Synonyms : oblique
(adj) characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive
Synonyms : shifty
(adj) deviating from a straight course
Synonyms : circuitous , roundabout
DEVIOUS – like DEVIATE….When you DEVIATE from the straight path, you go wandering ROUND and ABOUT.
De-vise
Short Definition : think up; invent; plan; bequeath; N: bequest
- (noun) a will disposing of real property
- (noun) (law) a gift of real property by will
- (verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
Synonyms : contrive , excogitate , forge , formulate , invent - (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Synonyms : get up , machinate , organise , organize , prepare - (verb) give by will, especially real property
Only WISE people can invent things. a device(devise) can only me invented with a proper think up plan.
De-volve
Short Definition : deputize; pass or be passed to others (power, work, or property); Ex. devolve on/upon/to
- (verb) pass on or delegate to another
- (verb) be inherited by
Synonyms : fall , pass , return - (verb) grow worse
Synonyms : degenerate , deteriorate , drop
if you are involved you do the work…..but if you DEVOLVE it to someone else then you are no longer involved in it.
De-vout
Short Definition : pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope
(adj) earnest
Synonyms : dear , earnest , heartfelt
(adj) deeply religious
Synonyms : god-fearing
DEVil+OUT one who devil is out of him/her
de (off) vout ( bengali vout) obviously he must be very pious.
Dia-dem
Short Definition : crown
diadem = রাজমুকুট , শোভিত করা
(noun) an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
Synonyms : crown
dia + dem; dia + gem; dia is related to circle; Circle of Gems is what a crown has
Dia-lectical
Short Definition : relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
ন্যায়শাস্ত্রসম্মত (Adj.)
(adj) of or relating to or employing dialectic
Synonyms : dialectic
dia means round, lect means lecture. A lecture which is given with people sitting around is called a discussion or a debate
Diatribe
Short Definition : bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse
diatribe = তীব্র সমালোচনা , আক্রমণ , গালিগালাজ
(noun) thunderous verbal attack
Synonyms : fulmination
diatribe = di-tribe = two tribes fighting…criticize
Did-actic
Short Definition : (of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson; teaching; instructional; N. didacticism
didactic = শিক্ষামূলক , উপদেশাত্মক
(adj) instructive (especially excessively)
Synonyms : didactical
didi always acts in a way she is teaching something…'’didi-act’ic
