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GRE English
pg 15-18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Demotic | Democratic |
| Demur, to | To delay, to object |
| Denotation | Strict meaning (as opposed to coonnotation) |
| Denouement | Outcome |
| Deprecate,to | To disparage, to belittle |
| Derivative | Derived from another, unorigional |
| Descant, to | To discuss fully |
| Descry, to | To catch sight of |
| Desuetude | In disuse, in desrepair |
| Desultory | Aimless,jumping around |
| Detraction | Slandering aspersion |
| Devolve, to | To deputize, to pass on to others |
| Diadem | Crown |
| Dialectic | Art of debate |
| Diaphanous | Sheer, transparent |
| Diatribe | Bitter scolding |
| Dichotomy | Branching into two parts |
| Didactic | Instructive, preceptive |
| Diffidence | Shyness |
| Dilatory | Delaying |
| Dillatante | One who dabbles in the arts |
| Dipsomaniac | One who has a craving for strong liquor |
| Dirge | Lament with music |
| Disabuse, to | To correct a false impression |
| Discomfit, to | To defeat, to desconcert |
| Discursive | Digressing, rambling |
| Dishabille | In a state of undress |
| Disingenous | Insincere, crafty, sly |
| Disparate | Unrelated |
| To dissipate | To Squander |
| Dissolution | Disintegration, looseness in morals |
| Dissonance | Discord |
| Distaff | Female |
| Distrait | Absent-minded |
| Diva | Operatic singer |
| Divers | Diverse, sundry |
| Doggerel | Poor verse |
| Dogmatic | Positive, arbitrary |
| Dotage | Senility |
| Droll | Queer and amusing |
| Dyspeptic | Suffering from indigestion |
| Ebullience | Enthusiasm |
| Ebullient | Enthusiastic |
| Efface | To rub out |
| Egregious | Gross, Shocking, flagrant, extraordinary |
| Egress | Exit |
| Elegy | Poem or song of lamentation |
| Elysian | Relating to paradise, blissful |
| Emendation | Correction of errors, improvement |
| Empirical | Based on experience |
| Encomium | Praise, eulogy |
| Endemic | Prevailing in a certain country or among a specific group of people |
| Enervate, to | To weaken |
| Engender, to | To cause, to produce |
| Enjoin, to | To command, order, forbid |
| Ennui | Boredom |
| Ensconce, to | To settle comfortably |
| Entreat, to | To plead |
| Environ, to | To enclose, to surround |
| Ephemeral | Short-lived, fleeting |
| Episodic | Loosely connected |
| Epistemologist | Philosopher who studies the nature of knowledge |
| Epitome | Summary, concise, abstract |
| Equable | Tranquil, calm |
| Equanimity | Calmness of temperment |
| Equivocal | Doubtful, ambiguous |
| Equivocate, to | To lie, mislead |
| Eschew,to | To avoid |
| Ethereal | Light, heavenly, fine |
| Euphemism | Substitution of a mild, indirect expression for one that is offensive, harsh or blunt |
| Euphony | Sweet sound |
| Evanescent | Fleeting, vanishing |
| Evince,to | To show clearly |
| Exaction | Extortion |
| Exchequer | Treasury |
| Excoriate,to | To flay, to abrade, to berate, to denounce |
| Execrable | Abominable, detestable,hateful |
| Exegesis | Critical explanation or interpretation |
| Exiguous | Small, minute |
| Expatiate, to | To roam, wander, to talk at length to elaborate on |
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