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GRE Flashcards Letter D
Word Smart Chapter 4: Letter D
23
General Vocab
Graduate
08/22/2008

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Damp (v)
Definition
to diminish the intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling
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Daunt (v)
Definition
to intimidate or dismay
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Dearth (n)
Definition
smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack
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Debacle (n)
Definition
rout, fiasco, complete failure
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Decorum (n)
Definition
politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior
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Deleterious (adj)
Definition
injurious; harmful
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Demur (v)
Definition
to question or oppose
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Denigrate (v)
Definition
blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage
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Denouement (n)
Definition
an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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Deprecate (v)
Definition
to disparage or belittle
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Depredate (v)
Definition
to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner
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Derision (n)
Definition
scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
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Derivative (adj)
Definition
unoriginal, obtained from another source
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Desuetude (n)
Definition
disuse
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Desultory (adj)
Definition
random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
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Detraction (n)
Definition
slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
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Diaphanous (adj)
Definition
transparent, gauzy
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Diatribe (n)
Definition
a harsh denunciation
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Didactic (adj)
Definition
intended to teach or instruct
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Die (n)
Definition
a tool used for shaping
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Diffident (adj)
Definition
reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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Digress (v)
Definition
to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
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Dilate (v)
Definition
to become wider or more open

to speak or write about something at length
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