GRE备考：GRE阅读词汇笔记(18)

　　distort twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N distortion distract take off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted

　　distrait

　　absentminded; distracted

　　distraught

　　upset; distracted by anxiety; very anxious and troubled almost to the point of madness; Ex. distraught with grief/worry

　　diurnal

　　daily; occurring during the daytime

　　diva

　　operatic singer; prima donna

　　diverge

　　vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating

　　diverse

　　differing in some characteristics ; various; N. diversity: | variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance

　　diversion

　　act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse

　　divest

　　strip ; deprive ; dispossess; N. divestiture

　　divine

　　perceive intuitively ; foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination

　　divulge

　　reveal

　　docile

　　obedient; easily managed; submissive

　　docket

　　program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket

　　doctrinaire

　　unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties

　　doctrine

　　teachings in general; particular principle taught; dogma; tenet; ADJ. doctrinal

　　document

　　provide written evidence ; record with documents; N.

　　doddering

　　shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder

　　doff

　　take off; OP. don

　　dogged

　　determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javerts dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean

　　doggerel

　　poor verse

　　dogmatic

　　opinionated; holding stubbornly to ones opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal

　　doldrums

　　blues; listlessness; slack period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums

　　dolorous

　　sorrowful; N. dolor

　　dolt

　　slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull

　　domicile

　　home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having ones domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain.

　　dominant

　　exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive

　　dominate

　　control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in; overlook from a height; 郴妨促焊促

　　domineer

　　rule over tyrannically

　　don

　　put on; OP. doff

　　doom

　　condemnation to a severe penalty; ruin; fate ; V.

　　dormant

　　sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent

　　dormer

　　window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room

　　dorsal

　　relating to the back of an animal; Ex. dorsal fin

　　dossier

　　file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back

　　dotage

　　senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In ones dotage

　　dote

　　be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline

　　dour

　　sullen; gloomy; stubborn

　　douse

　　plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse

　　dowdy

　　untidy ; slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman

　　downcast

　　disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward

　　dowry

　　money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage

　　dowse

　　use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals

　　doze

　　sleep lightly; nap

　　drab

　　dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab coat/life

　　draconian

　　extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician

　　draft

　　first rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscript

　　drama

　　prose or verse composition to be performed by actors; play; exciting and unusual situation

　　drastic

　　strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic changes/measures

　　draught

　　current of air ; act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time

　　draw

　　choosing of a lot or card

　　dregs

　　sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue

　　dribble

　　flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N.

　　drip

　　fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops

　　drivel

　　nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense

　　droll

　　queer and amusing

　　drone

　　talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; N.

　　droop

　　bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N.

　　dross

　　waste matter; worthless impurities

　　drudge

　　do drudgery; N: person who drudges

　　drudgery

　　hard unpleasant work; menial work

　　dubious

　　questionable; causing doubt; filled with doubt; N. dubiety

　　ductile

　　malleable; pliable; easily pulled into shape; flexible; easily influenced or controlled

　　dulcet

　　sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear; melodious

　　dull

　　not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V.

　　dumbfound

　　astonish ; ADJ. dumbfounded, dumfounded, dumbstruck

　　dummy

　　imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy

　　dupe

　　someone easily fooled or deceived; V: deceive

　　duplicity

　　double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous

　　duration

　　length of time something lasts

　　duress

　　forcible restraint, especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress

　　dutiful

　　respectful; obedient

　　dwindle

　　shrink; reduce gradually

　　dynamic

　　energetic; vigorously active

　　dynamo

　　generator for producing electricity; energetic person

　　dys-

　　abnormal; impaired

　　dysentery

　　inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract

　　dyslexia

　　word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read

　　dyspeptic

　　suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food