GRE备考：GRE阅读词汇笔记(15)

　　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 ; neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry

　　dappled

　　spotted

　　dart

　　move or throw suddenly and quickly

　　daub

　　smear ; cover with something sticky; Ex. daub ones 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

　　debilitate

　　weaken ; enfeeble

　　debonair

　　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

　　debut; 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 ; ADJ. decadent

　　decant

　　pour off gently

　　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 ; destroy or kill a large part of

　　decipher

　　decode; CF. indecipherable

　　declivity

　　downward slope

　　decollete

　　having a low-cut neckline; CF. decolletage: low neckline

　　decomposition

　　decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts

　　decorous

　　proper

　　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 ; 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 someones 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

　　defection

　　desertion

　　defer

　　give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment; CF. show respect, comply with, courteous

　　deference

　　courteous regard for anothers wish; courteous yielding to anothers wish or opinion ; 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 ; 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 in worth; demote ; 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 peoples prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery

　　demean

　　disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave