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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