Flashcards: Barron's essential words for the GRE (set 3 of 8)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 deride | to mock |
| derivative | something derived; unoriginal |
| desiccate | to dry completely |
| desuetude | state of disuse |
| desultory | random; disconnected; rambling |
| deterrent | something that discourages or hinders |
| detraction | the act of taking away |
| diaphanous | transparent; vague; insubstancial |
| diatribe | bitter verbal attack |
| dichotomy | division into two usually contradictory parts |
| diffidence | shyness; lack of confidence |
| diffuse | to spread out |
| digression | act of straying from the main point |
| dirge | funeral hymn |
| disabuse | free from a misconception |
| discerning | perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgement |
| discomfit | to make uneasy; disconcert |
| discordant | not in tune |
| discredit | to dishonor; disgrace |
| discrepancy | difference between |
| discrete | constituing a separate thing; distinct |
| discretion | quality of showing self-restraint in speech or actions |
| disingenuous | not candid, crafty |
| disinterested | unpredujiced; objective |
| disjointed | lacking order or coherence; dislocated |
| dismiss | put away from consideration; reject |
| disparage | to belittle |
| disparate | dissimilar |
| dissemble | to pretend; disguise one's motives |
| disseminate | to spread; scatter; disperse |
| dissolution | disintegration;debauchery |
| dissonance | discord; lack of harmony |
| distend | to expand; swell out |
| distill | extract the essential elements |
| distrait | inattentive; preoccupied |
| diverge | to vary; go in different directions from the same point |
| divest | to strip; deprive; rid |
| divulge | to make known something that is secret |
| document | to provide with written evidence to support |
| doggerel | poor verse |
| dogmatic | stating opinions without proof |
| dormant | inactive |
| dross | waste; worthless matter |
| dupe | to deceive; trick |
| ebullient | exhilarated; overly enthusiastic |
| eclectic | selecting from various sources |
| effervescence | state of high spirits or liveliness; process of bubling as gas escapes |
| effete | depleted of vitality; overrefined; decadent |
| dissident | person who disagrees about beliefs |
| doctrinaire | dogmatic; unyielding |
| efficacy | effectiveness; efficiency |
| effrontery | shameless boldness; presumptuousness |
| egoism | the tendency to see things in relation to oneself; self-centeredness |
| egotistical | excessively self-centered; conceited |
| elegy | poem or song expressing lamentation |
| elicit | to provoke; draw out |
| elixir | a sustance believed to have the power to cure ills |
| Elysian | delightful; blissful |
| emaciated | thin and wasted |
| embellish | to adorn; enhance |
| emollient | soothing; mollifying |
| empirical | derived from observation or experiment |
| emulate | to imitate; copy |
| encomium | a formal expression of praise |
| endemic | inherent; belonging to an area |
| enervate | to weaken |
| engender | to cause; produce |
| enhance | to increase; improve |
| entomology | the scientific study of insects |
| enunciate | to pronounce clearly |
| ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting |
| epistemology | branch of philosophy tha texamines the nature of knowledge |
| equable | steady; unvarying; serene |
| equanimity | composure; calmness |
| equivocate | intentionally use vague language |
| errant | mistaken; straying from the proper course |
| erudite | learned; scholarly |
| esoteric | hard to understand; known only to a few |
| essay | to make an attempt; subject to a test |
| estimable | admirable; possible to estimate |
| ethnocentric | based on the attitude tha one's group is superior |
| etiology | causes or origins |
| etymology | origin an history of a word |
| eugenics | study of factors that influence the hereditary qualities of the human race and ways to improve those qualities |
| eulogy | high praise to a death person |
| euphemism | use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of offensive language |
| euphoria | feeling of extreme happiness |
| euthanasia | mercy killing |
| evince | to show plainly; be an indication of |
| evocative | tending to call to mind or produce a reaction |
| exacerbate | to aggravate; make worse |
| exact | to force the payment of; demand and obtain by authority |
| exculpate | to clear of blame; vindicate |
| execrable | detertable; abhorrent |
| exhort | to urge by strong appeals |
| exigency | crisis; urgent requirements |
| existential | having to do with existence |
| exorcise | to expel evil spirits; free from bad influences |
| expatiate | to speak or write at length |
| expatriate | to send into exile |
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