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Discredit

(Verb)

Meaning:To harm or lose reputation of; dishonor or disgrace
Sounds Like:Dis_credit → Dis (not)_Store credit
Imagine This:The mean store clerk would not give a customer their credit back deliberately. They argued so loud that everyone in the store was looking at them.He had lost his reputation.

Disparage

(Verb)

Meaning:To talk down; depreciate; belittle
Looks Like:Disparity (meaning different);Asparagus (the vegetable)
Sounds Like:This_garbage
Imagine This:When the garbage company went on strike, garbage piled up and start to smell, customers started to complain and talk down on the company.
If your boss always boss you around, won’t you feel you are being belittled.
Other Forms:Disparaging (adj.); Disparagingly (adv.)

Disparate

(Adjective)

Meaning:Different
Sounds Like:This_parrot
Imagine This:A parrot that can add and subtract numbers is different from an ordinary parrot that just mimic other’s voice.
Other Forms:Disparity (noun); Disparately (adv.)

Dissent

(Noun)

Meaning:Having a different opinion
Sounds Like:Decent (proper; suitable)
Imagine This:I disagree with my father that it is not decent to wear jeans to a formal party.
Other Forms:Dissent (noun); Dissension (noun)

Dissolution

(Noun)

Meaning:Break down; bringing to an end
Looks Like:Dissolve
Sounds Like:This_solution
Imagine This:When a sugar cube is dropped into a pot of boiling water, it dissolves into the water quickly.
Other Forms:Dissolve (verb)