Diva Flashcards
Diva
Short Definition : operatic singer; prima donna
(noun) a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
Synonyms : prima donna
Divya bharti the singer
Divest
Short Definition : strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment)
divest = বিবস্ত্র করা , অধিকারচ্যুত করা , রেহাই পাওয়া
(verb) take away possessions from someone
Synonyms : deprive , strip
(verb) deprive of status or authority
Synonyms : disinvest
opposite to invest; di + vest; vest means an inner garment; divest is to remove it.
di + vest; (A vest is a type of collarless sleeveless upper-body garment. ); divest is to remove it.
Divulge
Short Definition : reveal
divulge = ফাঁস করা , উদঘাটন করা
(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
Synonyms : break , bring out , disclose , discover , expose , give away , let on , let out , reveal , unwrap
A girl asks u what is that bulge ( rhymes with vulge) in your pant ,then u reveal or show it
Docile
Short Definition : obedient; easily managed; submissive
docile = সহজবশ্য , অনুগত , নিরীহ
(adj) willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
Doc-ket
Short Definition : program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket
- (noun) (law) the calendar of a court; the list of cases to be tried or a summary of the court’s activities
- (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
Synonyms : agenda , schedule - (verb) place on the docket for legal action
- (verb) make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list
docket - rocket - a rocket launch involves many trial programs before the actual takeoff.
Doctrinaire
Short Definition : unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties
- (noun) a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
Synonyms : dogmatist - (adj) stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability
Doctrine
Short Definition : teachings in general; particular principle (religious, legal, etc.) taught; dogma; tenet; ADJ. doctrinal
(noun) a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Synonyms : ism , philosophical system , philosophy , school of thought
Doctrine is related to Doctr. We believe whatever the doctr says is right. so doctrine:Belief which is authoratative
Dod-de-ring
Short Definition : shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder
(adj) mentally or physically infirm with age
Synonyms : doddery , gaga , senile
Example Sentence
his mother was doddering and frail
she decided marry Dod seeing his picture pretty young but wn she found he was doddering from his old age she screamed DOD DE RING
Doff
Short Definition : take off; OP. don
(verb) remove
Example Sentence
He doffed his hat
DO + OFF or take off, remove.
Dogged
Short Definition : determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert’s dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean
dogged = জেদি
dogged perseverance = গোঁ
(adj) stubbornly unyielding
Synonyms : dour , persistent , pertinacious , tenacious , unyielding
a dogs tail is always curved and can never be made straight thus it is dogged
Doggerel
Short Definition : poor verse
doggerel = হালকা ছড়া
(noun) a comic verse of irregular measure
Synonyms : doggerel verse , jingle
Example Sentence
he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind
Dogged is stubborness but dog in real (doggerel) is poor verse or comic verse that is sometimes we use kutti word to call our pal
DOgmatic
Short Definition : opinionated; holding stubbornly to one’s opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal
dogmatic = প্রশ্নাতীত মতবাদ রূপে উপস্থাপিত , যুক্তিপ্রমাণ ব্যতিরেকে উপস্থাপিত , উদ্ধত
- (adj) characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
Synonyms : dogmatical - (adj) of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
- (adj) relating to or involving dogma
Example Sentence
dogmatic writings
If you try to read “dogmatic” from back to front, you will get “i am god”. the person who think that he is a god is arrogant and stubborn
d-old-rums
Short Definition : blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums
doldrums = অচঞ্চল অবস্থায় , নিরক্ষরেখার কাছাকাছি যে অঞ্চলে কখনো শান্ত আবহাওয়া থাকে কখনো আচমকা ঝড় বা অপ্রত্যাশিত মৃদু বাতাস বয়
- (noun) a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
Synonyms : stagnancy , stagnation - (noun) a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
d+old+drums. The old drums are inactive
Dolorous
Short Definition : sorrowful; N. dolor
Definition
(adj) showing sorrow
Synonyms : dolourous , lachrymose , tearful , weeping
The image of Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter made us lachrymose, tearful, weeping
Dolt
Short Definition : slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull
dolt = নির্বোধ ব্যক্তি
(noun) a person who is not very bright
Synonyms : dullard , pillock , poor fish , pudden-head , pudding head , stupe , stupid , stupid person
BOLT—one whose bolt is loose
In exam i told him severaal time but he is such a “DOLT” nvr understand the ans.
Domi-cile
Short Definition : home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one’s domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain.
domicile = আবাস , স্থায়ী বাসস্থান
abandonment of domicile = নিবেশ ত্যাগ
(noun) (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time
Synonyms : legal residence
somthing that provides a kind of dome is domicile
Domineer
Short Definition : rule over tyrannically
domineer = প্রভুত্ব করা
(verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner
Synonyms : tyrannise , tyrannize
Example Sentence
her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her
Don
Short Definition : put on; OP. doff
- (noun) a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
- (noun) teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford)
Synonyms : preceptor - (noun) the head of an organized crime family
Synonyms : father - noun) Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu
- (noun) a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov
Synonyms : don river - (noun) a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename
Example Sentence
Don Roberto - (verb) put clothing on one’s body
Synonyms : assume , get into , put on , wear
DON used to ‘PUT ON’ diverse sorts of clothes to escape from the CBI or FBI.
Doom
Short Definition : condemnation to a severe penalty; ruin; fate (esp. a tragic or ruinous one); V.
- (noun) an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
Synonyms : day of reckoning , doomsday , end of the world - (verb) decree or designate beforehand
Synonyms : designate , destine , fate - (verb) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
Synonyms : condemn , sentence - (verb) make certain of the failure or destruction of
Example Sentence
This decision will doom me to lose my position
Dormer
Short Definition : window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room
(noun) a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
Synonyms : dormer window
Dorm er window dormer
