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GRE Words #3
"D" and "E" Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Damp (verb) | to diminish the intensity or check the vibration of a sound |
| Dearth (noun) | smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack |
| Debacle (noun) | rout, fiasco, complete failure |
| Decorum (noun) | polite or appropriate conduct or behavior |
| Demur (verb) | to question or oppose |
| Denouement (noun) | an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot |
| Derision (noun) | scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment |
| Descry (verb) | to discriminate or discern |
| Desiccate (verb) | to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull |
| Desuetude (noun) | disuse |
| Desultory (adj) | random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose |
| Diaphanous (adj) | transparent, gauzy |
| Diatribe (noun) | a harsh denunciation |
| Didactic (adj) | intended to teach or instruct |
| Die (noun) | a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop |
| Diffident (adj) | reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence |
| Dilettante (noun) | one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
| Dirge (noun) | a song of grief or lamentation |
| Disabuse (verb) | to undeceive; to set right |
| Discordant (adj) | conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound |
| Discretion (noun) | cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions |
| Disinterested (adj) | free of bias or self-interest; impartial |
| Disparate (adj) | fundamentally distinct or dissimilar |
| Dissemble (verb) | to disguise or conceal; to mislead |
| Divulge (verb) | to disclose something secret |
| Dogmatic (adj) | expressing a rigid opinion based on unproved or improvable principles |
| Daunt (verb) | to discourage; intimidate; dishearten |
| Debauchery (noun) | corruption |
| Defame (verb) | to malign; harm someone's reputation |
| Default (verb) | to fail to act |
| Deference (noun) | respect; regard for another's wish |
| Defer (verb) | submit to the wishes of another due to respect or recognition of the person's authority or knowledge |
| Defunct (adj) | no longer existing |
| Delineate (verb) | to represent or depict |
| Demographic (adj) | related to population balance |
| Demography (noun) | study of human population |
| Demotic (adj) | pertaining to people |
| Denigrate (verb) | to slur someone's reputation |
| Denizen (noun) | an inhabitant; a regular visitor |
| Deride (verb) | to mock |
| Derivative (noun) | something derived; unoriginal |
| Derive (verb) | obtained from another source |
| Deterrent (noun) | something that discourages or hinders |
| Detraction (noun) | the act of taking away; derogatory comment on a person's character |
| Dichotomy (noun) | division into two usually contradictory parts |
| Diffuse (verb) | to spread out |
| Diffuse (adj) | wordy; rambling; spread out |
| Digression (noun) | act of straying from the main point |
| Discerning (adj) | perceptive; exhibiting keep insight and good judgement |
| Discern (verb) | to perceive something obscure |
| Discomfit (verb) | to make uneasy; disconcert |
| Discredit (verb) | to dishonor; disgrace; cause to be doubted |
| Discrepancy (noun) | difference between |
| Discrete (adj) | constituting a separate thing; distinct |
| Disingenuous (adj) | not candid; crafty |
| Disjointed (adj) | lacking order or coherence; dislocated |
| Dismiss (verb) | put away from consideration; reject |
| Disparage (verb) | to belittle |
| Disparity (noun) | the condition of being unequal or unlike |
| Disseminate (verb) | to spread; scatter; disperse |
| Dissident (noun) | person who disagrees about beliefs |
| Dissolution (noun) | disintegration, debauchery |
| Dissonance (noun) | discord; lack of harmony |
| Distend (verb) | to expand; swell out |
| Distill (verb) | extract the essential elements |
| Distrait (adj) | inattentive; preoccupied |
| Diverge (verb) | to vary; go in different directions from the same point |
| Divest (verb) | to strip; deprive; rid |
| Doctrinaire (adj) | relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding |
| Document (verb) | to provide with written evidence to support |
| Doggerel (noun) | poor verse |
| Dogma (noun) | a belief asserted on authority without evidence |
| Dormant (adj) | inactive |
| Dross (noun) | waste; worthless matter; trivial matter |
| Dupe (verb) | to deceive; trick |
| Ebullience (noun) | the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings |
| Eccentric (adj) | departing from norms or conventions |
| Eclectic (adj) | comprised of elements drawn from various sources |
| Effrontery (noun) | extreme boldness; presumptuousness |
| Elegy (noun) | a mournful poem, esp. one lamenting the dead |
| Eloquent (adj) | well spoken, expressive, articulate |
| Emollient (adj/noun) | soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying; an agent that softens or smooths the skin |
| Empirical (adj) | based on observation or experiment |
| Encomium (noun) | glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy |
| Endemic (adj) | characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people |
| Enervate (verb) | to weaken; to reduce in vitality |
| Enigmatic (adj) | mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand |
| Ennui (noun) | dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy |
| Ephemeral (adj) | brief; fleeting |
| Equivocate (verb) | to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent |
| Erudite (adj) | very learned; scholarly |
| Eschew (verb) | to shun or avoid |
| Esoteric (adj) | intended for or understood by a small, specific group |
| Essay (verb) | to test or try; to attempt; to experiment |
| Eulogy (noun) | a speech honoring the dead |
| Evanescent (adj) | tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing |
| Exacerbate (verb) | to make worse or more severe |
| Exact (verb) | to demand; to call for; to require; to take |
| Excoriate (verb) | to censure scathingly, to upbraid |
| Exculpate (verb) | exonerate; to clear of blame |
| Execrate (verb) | to denounce, to feel loathing for, to curse, to declare to be evil |
| Exegesis (noun) | critical examination, explication |
| Exigent (adj) | urgent, pressing; requiring immediate action or attention |
| Exonerate (verb) | to remove blame |
| Expiate (verb) | to atone or make amends for |
| Extemporaneous (adj) | improvised; done without preparation |
| Extirpate (verb) | to destroy, to exterminate, to cut out, to exscind |
| Effervescence (noun) | state of high spirits or liveliness; the process of bubbling as gas escapes |
| Effete (adj) | depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent |
| Efficacy (noun) | efficiency; effectiveness |
| Egoism (noun) | the tendency to see things in relation to oneself; self-centeredness |
| Egotistical (adj) | excessively self-centered; conceited |
| Elicit (verb) | to provoke; draw out |
| Elixir (noun) | a substance believed to have the power to cure ills |
| Elysian (adj) | blissful; delightful |
| Emaciated (adj) | thin and wasted |
| Embellish (verb) | to adorn; decorate; enhance; make more attractive by adding details |
| Emulate (verb) | to imitate; copy |
| Engender (verb) | to cause; produce |
| Enhance (verb) | to increase; improve |
| Entomology (noun) | the scientific study of insects |
| Enunciate (verb) | to pronounce clearly |
| Epistemology (noun) | branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge |
| Equable (adj) | steady; unvarying; serene |
| Equanimity (noun) | composure; calmness |
| Errant (adj) | mistaken; straying from the proper course |
| Estimable (adj) | admirable; possible to estimate |
| Ethnocentric (adj) | based on the attitude that one's group is superior |
| Etiology (noun) | causes or origins |
| Etymology (noun) | origin and history of a word |
| Eugenics (noun) | study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve these qualities |
| Euphemism (noun) | use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language |
| Euphoria (noun) | a feeling of extreme happiness |
| Euthanasia (noun) | mercy killing |
| Evince (verb) | to show plainly; be an indication of |
| Evocative (adj) | tending to call to mind or produce a reaction |
| Excrable (adj) | detestable; abhorrent |
| Exhort (verb) | to urge by strong appeals |
| Exigency (noun) | crisis; urgent requirements |
| Existential (adj) | having to do with existence; based on experience; having to do with the philosophy of existentialism |
| Exorcise (verb) | to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences |
| Expatiate (verb) | to speak or write at length |
| Expatriate (verb) | to send into exile |
| Expatriate (noun) | a person living outside his/her own land |
| Explicate (verb) | to explain; interpret; clarify |
| Expository (adj) | explanatory |
| Extant (adj) | in existence; not lost |
| Extraneous (adj) | not essential |
| Extrapolation (noun) | the act of estimation by projecting known information |
| Extrinsic (adj) | not inherent or essential |
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