GRE Root List: D Flashcards
to teach
dac/doc
intended for instruction
didactic
-dac/doc
easily managed or handled; tractable
docile
-dac/doc
someone licensed to practice medicine; a learned person
doctor
-dac/doc
a particular principle advocated, as of a government or religion
doctrine
-dac/doc
to imbue a person with learning
indoctrinate
-dac/doc
away, off, down, completely, reversal
de
to make out the meaning; to interpret
decipher
-de
to attack the good name or reputation of
defame
-de
respectful; to yield to judgment
deferential
-de
to make foul, dirty, or unclean
defile
-de
to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline
delineate
-de
to move from a higher to a lower place
descend
-de
to erase
dele
erase; blot out; remove
delete
-dele
impossible to erase; lasting
indelible
-dele
people
dem
government by the people
democracy
-dem
vital and social statistics of populations
demographics
-dem
peculiar to a particular people or locality
endemic
-dem
affecting a large number of people at the same time and spreading from person to person
epidemic
-dem
general, universal
pandemic
-dem
right hand, right side, deft
dext
equally able to use both hands
ambidextrous
-dext
on the right
dexter
-dext
deftness; adroitness
dexterity
-dext
day
di
a device for seeing the hour of the day; a clock face; rotatable disks or knobs used as a control input
dial
-di
a record of one’s days
diary
-di
gloomy (from “bad days”)
dismal
-di
daily
diurnal
-di
a direct line from the North Pole to the South Pole; the highest point reached by the sun; noon
meridian
-di
everyday; ordinary
quotidian
-di
in two, through, across
di/dia
to identify disease or fault from symptoms
diagnose
-di/dia
a conversation between two or more persons
dialogue
-di/dia
a line going through a circle, dividing it in two
diameter
-di/dia
division into two parts, kinds, etc.
dichotomy
-di/dia
away from, apart, reversal, not
di/dif/dis
to pout out and spread, as in fluid
diffuse
-di/dif/dis
to make wider or larger; to cause to expand
dilate
-di/dif/dis
intended to delay or procrastinate
dilatory
-di/dif/dis
to drive or send off in various directions
disperse
-di/dif/dis