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Alessio_GRE_41-60
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Contentious | Quarrelsome. Disagreeing with the referees' call the coach became so contentious that the referees threw him out of the game. |
| Contrite | Penitent; feeling or expressing humbleness/regret. Her contrite tears did not influence the judge when he ruled. |
| Convoluted | Coiled around; involved; intricate. His argument was so convoluted that few of us could follow it intelligently. |
| Craven | Cowardly. Lillian's craven refusal to join the protest was criticized by her comrades. |
| Daunt | Intimidate; frighten. "Boast all you like. Mere words cannot daunt me," the hero answered the villain. |
| Decorum | Propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners. Even the best students have trouble behaving with decorum on the last day of school. |
| Deference | Courteous regard for another's wish. In deference to the minister's request, please do not take photos during the ceremony. |
| Delineate | Portray; depict; sketch. Austen delineates the character of Mr. Collins so well that he can predict his every move. |
| Denigrate | Belittle or defame; blacken. All attempts to denigrate the character of our late President failed; the people still love him. |
| Deride | Ridicule; make fun of. The critics derided his pretentious dialogue and refused to consider his play seriously. |
| Desiccate | Dry up. In the smokehouse pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it. |
| Desultory | Aimless; haphazard; digressing at random. To Jane, reading is purposeful, not desultory. |
| Diatribe | Bitter scolding. During the lengthy diatribe delivered by his opponent he remained calm and self-controlled. |
| Diffidence | Shyness. You must overcome your diffidence if you intend to become a salesperson. |
| Diffuse | Wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas). If you pay authors by the word, you tempt them to produce diffuse manuscripts. |
| Dirge | Lament with music. The funeral dirge stirred us to tears. |
| Disabuse | Correct a false impression; undeceive. I will attempt to disabuse you of your impression of my client's guilt. |
| Discerning | Mentally quick and observant; having insight. The star was sufficiently discerning to tell her true friends from the phonies. |
| Discordant | Not harmonious; conflicting. Nothing is quite so discordant as the sounds of a jr. high orchestra tuning up. |
| Disparage | Belittle. A doting mother, Emma was more likely to praise her son's crude attempts at art than to disparage them. |
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