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Question 1

demagogue

\ˈd(e)-mə-ˌgäg\

Answer 1

D. one who stirs people up by emotional appeal in order to gain power

E. that politician is just a demagogue who preys upon people’s fears and prejudices

Question 2

demarcate

\di-ˈm(ä)r-ˌkāt\

Answer 2

D. to mark the limits of

E. The bounardy between the countries must be clearly demarcated.

Question 3

demean

Answer 3

D. to degrade

E. He demeaned himself by accepting the bribe.

Question 4

demeanor

Answer 4

D. bearing or behavior

E. the director of the opera company has a haughty demeanor that can be irritating

Question 5

demise

\di-ˈm(ī)z\

Answer 5

D. death

E. our much beloved, recently demised leader

Question 6

demolition

\ˌde-mə-ˈl(i)-shən\

Answer 6

D. destruction

E. The old factory is scheduled for demolition next week.

Question 7

demonic

\di-ˈm(ä)-nik\

Answer 7

D. pertaining to demon

E. the villain in the movie cackled with demonic laughter

Question 8

demur

\di-ˈm(ə)r\

Answer 8

D. to delay; to object

E. She suggested that he would win easily, but he demurred, saying he expected the election to be close.

Question 9

demure

Answer 9

D. serious; reserved

E. She was wearing a demure gray suit.

Question 10

denizen

Answer 10

D. an inhabitant

Question 11

denouement

\ˌdā-ˌnü-ˈm(ä)\

Answer 11

D. the outcome or solution of a plot

E. In the play’s denouement, the two lovers kill themselves.

Question 12

depict

Answer 12

D. to protray

Question 13

depilate

\ˈd(e)-pə-ˌlāt\

Answer 13

D. to rid of hair

E. depilatory creams (a substance used for removing body hair)

Question 14

deplete

\di-ˈplēt\

Answer 14

D. to reduce or exhaust

E. Activities such as logging and mining deplete our natural resources.

Question 15

deplore

Answer 15

D. to lament or feel sorry about

E. We deplore the development of nuclear weapons.

Question 16

deploy

Answer 16

D. to station forces or troops in a planned way

E. He deploys several arguments to prove his point. / The troops were deployed for battle. / The parachute failed to deploy properly.

Question 17

depravity

Answer 17

D. corruption

E. He was sinking into a life of utter depravity. / People were shocked by the depravity of her actions.

Question 18

deprecate

Answer 18

D. to express disapproval of

E. movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year

Question 19

depredate

\ˈd(e)-prə-ˌdāt\

Answer 19

D. to plunder or despoil (to take the goods off by force, to use or use up wrongly)

Question 20

depreciate

\di-ˈpr(ē)-shē-ˌāt\

Answer 20

D. to lessen in value

E. These changes have greatly depreciated the value of the house.

Question 21

deranged

Answer 21

D. insane

E. being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone / the storage room had all been deranged by the earthquake, and it took hours to sort out things

Question 22

derelict

\ˈd(e)-rə-ˌlikt\

Answer 22

D. abandoned

E. the guards were judged derelict in their duty

Question 23

deride

Answer 23

D. to mock

E. my brothers derided our efforts, but were forced to eat their words when we won first place

Question 24

derogatory

\di-ˈr(ä)-gə-ˌtȯr-ē\

Answer 24

D. expressing a low opinion; disparaging

E. She indicated by her tone that this was only her private opinion and in no way derogatory of him.

Question 25

descant

\ˈd(e)s-ˌkant\

Answer 25

D. to discuss at length

E. an English professor who loves to descant on his beloved Shakespeare

Question 26

descry

\di-ˈskrī\

Answer 26

D. to detect, to catch sight of (sth distant or obscure)

E. we couldn’t descry the reasons for his sudden departure / could just descry the ship coming over the horizon

Question 27

desecrate

\ˈde-si-ˌkrāt\

Answer 27

D. to make profane

E. vandals desecrated the cemetery last night by covering the tombstones with graffiti

Question 28

desiccate

\ˈd(e)-si-ˌkāt\

Answer 28

D. to dry up

E. add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix

Question 29

desist

\di-ˈs(i)st\

Answer 29

D. to stop

E. Despite orders from the police, the protesters would not desist.

Question 30

despicable

Answer 30

D. contemptible

E. even within the prison population, pedophiles are regarded as particularly despicable

Question 31

despoil

Answer 31

D. to stripe; to pillage

E. The landscape has been despoiled by industrial development. / the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence

Question 32

despotism

\ˈd(e)s-pə-ˌti-zəm\

Answer 32

D. tyranny

E. by the end of the 20th century many countries around the world had rejected despotism in favor of democracy

Question 33

destitute

\ˈd(e)s-tə-ˌtüt\

Answer 33

D. lacking; in extreme need of things

E. His business failures left him destitute.

Question 34

desuetude

\d(e)-sūə-ˌtüd\

Answer 34

D. discontinuance from use or exercise

E. despite the long years of desuetude, the old manual typewriter seemed to work just fine

Question 35

desultory

\ˈd(e)-sȯl-ˌtȯr-ē\

Answer 35

D. aimless; random

E. a desultory search for something of interest on TV / a desultory discussion about the news of the day

Question 36

deterrent

\dē-t(ə)-rənt\

Answer 36

D. sth that discourages (sb) from an action

E. a deterrent view of punishment

Question 37

detonate

\ˈdet-nāt\

Answer 37

D. to explode

E. The first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945.

Question 38

detraction

Answer 38

D. belittling the worth of

E. her inevitable detraction of every new idea is annoying to the other club members

Question 39

detriment

\ˈde-trə-mənt\

Answer 39

D. hurt; injury

E. opponents of casino gambling claim that it is a detriment to society at large / the requirement that runners wear shoes for the race worked to his detriment since he was used to running barefoot

Question 40

deviate

Answer 40

D. to turn aside

E. sailors forced to deviate from their course in order to avoid the storm

Question 41

devious

Answer 41

D. winding; going astray

E. a dishonest and devious politician / He took us by a devious route to the center of the city.

Question 42

devoid

Answer 42

D. lacking

E. an argument devoid of sense / the so-called comedy is totally devoid of intelligence, originality, and even laughs

Question 43

devolve

Answer 43

D. to cause power or responsibility to be given to other people

E. Community leaders hope that the new government will devolve more power to the community itself. / Somehow the debate devolved into a petty competition to see who could get more applause. / She cynically asserts that our species is devolving.

Question 44

devout

Answer 44

D. pious

E. a devout baseball fan / born a devout coward

Question 45

dexterous

Answer 45

D. skillful

Question 46

diabolical

Answer 46

D. pertaining to the devil

E. he police quickly mobilized to track down the diabolical serial killer