333 GRE Vocabs List

Question 1

Discredit

Answer 1

harm the good reputation of

“his remarks were taken out of context in an effort to discredit him”

Question 2

Discrepancy

Answer 2

an illogical or surprising lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

“the committee is reportedly unhappy about the discrepancy in numbers”

Question 3

Dismiss

Answer 3

2. treat as unworthy of serious consideration

“it would be easy to dismiss him as all brawn and no brain”

Question 4

Disparage

Answer 4

belittle, regard or represent as being of little worth.

“he never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors”

Question 5

Disseminate

Answer 5

1.spread (something, especially information) widely

“health authorities should foster good practice by disseminating information”

2.spread throughout an organ or body

“there is a subset of these low-grade tumors that can disseminate and migrate”

Question 6

Distil

Answer 6

1. purify (a liquid) by heating it so that it vaporizes, then cooling and condensing the vapor and collecting the resulting liquid.
2. extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of.

“my travel notes were distilled into a book”

Question 7

Dogmatic

Answer 7

If you are dogmatic, you are certain that you are right and that everyone else is wrong.

(of a person or a group) strongly expressing your beliefs as if they were facts:

“He has written a stimulating but dogmatic book.”

Question 8

Dormant

adj

Answer 8

Something that is dormant is not active or growing but has the ability to be active at a later time:

“the long dormant volcano has recently shown signs of erupting”

“her talent might have laid dormant had it not been for her aunt’s encouragement”

Question 9

Dupe

verb

Answer 9

deceive, trick

“the newspaper was duped into publishing an untrue story”