Dull

Meaning of Dull : Not bright or shining.

This is a dull colour.


 Meaning of Dull : Boring, uninteresting.

 The presentation was dull.


 Meaning of Dull : Slow in understanding and thinking.

 He is a dull student.


 Meaning of Dull : Not sharp.

 This is a dull knife.



 

Dud

Meaning: Useless, Defective.


 This is a dud watch.

 This referigerator is dud.

 He gave him a dud cheque for twenty thousand rupees.

Brief

Meaning of Brief : Short

 He had a brief conversation with his parents.


 Meaning of Brief : Using few words

 Please explain it in brief.


 Meaning of Brief : A short statement of facts about a legal case.

 The lawyer had a look at the brief of the case.


 Meaning of Brief : To give detailed information in advance.

 The Principal was fully briefed before the staff meeting.

Bound

Meaning of Bound: Going

 This bus is bound for Cairo.


 Meaning of Bound: Form the boundary.

 Sri Lanka is bounded on the north by India.


 Meaning: Jump or Leap

 With one bound, the dog cleared the wall.

Bag

Meaning of Bag: Container made of flexible material.

The material was kept in a bag.


Meaning of bag: To kill or catch.

 Hunter bagged four birds.


 Meaning of bag: To put into a bag.

 He has bagged up rice.


 Meaning of bag: Bad tempered woman.

 That lady is an awful old bag.

 

Doctored

Meaning of Doctored: To add something harmful to food or drink.

 He doctored their food with poison.


 Meaning of Doctored: To change in a dishonest way.

 The medical report about the accident has been doctored.

Babble

Meaning of babble: To talk in a way that is difficult to understand.

 Stop babbling and speak more clearly.


Meaning of babble: To talk in a thoughtless or confused way.

 What is he babbling about?


 Meaning of babble : Foolish talk.

 Nobody likes his babbles.

Contagious

Meaning: That can be passed from one person to another.

 Usage: This disease is contagious.

Contaminate

Meaning: To make impure or bad.

 Usage: This river got contaminated due to sewage water.

Contingency

Meaning: Possibility which can cause problems if it happened.

 Usage: They are well prepared for all contingencies.

Contempt

Meaning: To have a feeling that something is a poor quality.

 Usage: I have contempt for such immoral and indecent acts.

Coax

Meaning: To persuade by gentle kindness or patience.

 Usage: He coaxed his brother to take admission in engineering college.

Cold hearted

Meaning: Unkind.

 Usage: You cannot expect sympathy from this cold hearted man.

Coexist

Meaning: To exist together at the same time.

 Usage: The quarrel started because the two groups could not coexist peacefully.

Colic

Meaning: A severe pain in the stomach and bowels.

 Usage: The child was suffering from colic.

Cogent

Meaning: Able to prove, convince or produce belief.

Usage: During this debate, you will observe a cogent argument.

Manoeuvre.

Meaning: To move to a position

 Usage: There was hardly any space left for fire engines to manoeuvre.

Discreet

Meaning: Showing good sense and judgement.

 Usage: The general manager of this company is very discreet.


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