Barron GRE word list - D | |
dabble | work at in a nonserious fashion; splash around; move noisily in a liquid |
dainty | delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress |
dais | raised platform for speakers or other important people |
dally | trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time |
damn | condemn; criticize severely; condemn to everlasting punishment; doom; bring to ruin; N. damnation |
dank | damp; unpleasantly wet |
dapper | neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry |
dappled | spotted |
dart | move or throw suddenly and quickly |
daub | smear (as with paint); cover with something sticky; Ex. daub one's clothes with mud/paint; N: small bit of sticky substance; Ex. a daub of paint |
daunt | intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten |
dauntless | bold; fearless |
dawdle | loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing |
daze | stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N. |
dazzle | make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder |
deadlock | standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces; stalemate |
deadpan | wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face |
dearth | scarcity |
debacle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
debar | bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from jury services |
debase | degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement |
debauch | corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol) |
debilitate | weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness); enfeeble |
debonair | (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition |
debris | rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed |
debunk | expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule |
debut | d\'ebut; first public appearance; formal presentation of a young woman to society |
debutante | young woman making formal entrance into society |
decadence | decay; fall to a lower level (of morality, civilization, or art); ADJ. decadent |
decant | pour off gently (wine or liquid) |
decapitate | behead |
decelerate | slow down |
deciduous | falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous tree/teeth |
decimate | kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of |
decipher | decode; CF. indecipherable |
declivity | downward slope |
decollete | (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline; CF. d\'ecolletage: low neckline (on a dress) |
decomposition | decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts |
decorous | proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance) |
decorum | propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct |
decoy | lure or bait; V. |
decree | authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree |
decrepit | weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man |
decrepitude | state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age |
decry | express strong disapproval of; condemn openly (something dangerous to the public); disparage; Ex. decry the violence of modern films |
deducible | derived by reasoning; V. deduce: infer; derive by reasoning |
deface | mar; disfigure |
defalcate | embezzle |
defame | harm someone's reputation; malign; speak evil of; slander; N. defamation; ADJ. defamatory |
default | failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present; V. |
defeatist | resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism |
defect | shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one) |
defection | desertion |
defer | give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment; CF. show respect, comply with, courteous |
deference | courteous regard for another's wish; courteous yielding to another's wish or opinion (showing respect); ADJ. deferential; OP. effrontery |
defiance | refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant |
defile | pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; N: narrow passage or gorge through mountains |
definitive | most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite; Ex. definitive decision by the supreme court |
deflect | turn aside; turn away from a straight course |
defoliate | destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant |
defray | provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay |
defrock | strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock |
deft | neat; skillful |
defunct | dead; no longer in use or existence |
degenerate | become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person |
degradation | humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank |
dehydrate | remove water from; dry out |
deify | turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity |
deign | condescend; stoop |
delete | erase; strike out |
deleterious | harmful |
deliberate | consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow |
delineate | portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation |
delirium | mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious |
delta | flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river |
delude | deceive |
deluge | flood; rush; V. |
delusion | false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that |
delusive | deceptive; likely to delude; misleading; raising vain hopes; Ex. delusive promises |
delve | dig; search deeply; investigate |
demagogue | person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery |
demean | disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave |
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