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GRE Vocab Flashcards

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Daunt

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Make someone feel intimidated or apprehensive (to lessen the courage of)

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Debase

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Reduce something in quality or value; degrade

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Decorous

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In keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained. Proper, tasteful

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Deface

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  1. Spoil the surface or appearance of something. Eg, by drawing or painting on it, disfigure
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Deference

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Humble submission and respect.

Respect. In deference of Danish traditions, i sang around thz xmas tree all night long

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Deflect

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  1. Cause something to change direction by interposing something; turn aside from a straight course
  2. (Of an object) change direction after hitting something
  3. Cause (someone) to deviate from an intended purpose
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Deleterious

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Causing harm or damage

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Delineate

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  1. Describe or portray (something) precisely
  2. Indicate the exact position of (a border or boundary)
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Denigrate

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Criticize unfairly, disparage

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Denote

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  1. Be a sign of, indicate
  2. Stand as a name or symbol for …
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Deride

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Express contempt for, ridicule

Un peu de la dérision

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Derivative

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  1. Imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved for that reason
  2. Something that is based on another source
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Desiccate

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  1. Remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry (verb)
  2. Lacking interest, passion, or energy (adjective)
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Detached

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  1. Separate or disconnected (physically)
  2. Aloof
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Deterrent

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  1. A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something (noun)
  2. Able or intended to deter (adjective)
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Diatribe

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A forceful andbitter verbal attack against someone or something

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Didactic

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  1. Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instructionas an ulterior motive
  2. In the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way
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Digress

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  1. Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing

Arreter de parler du sujet principal (un peu se deconcentrer)

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Din

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A loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise

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Disabuse

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Persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken

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Discerning

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  1. Having or showing good judgement (adjective)
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Discredit

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  1. Harm the good reputation of (someone or something)
  2. Causz e an idea or piece of evidence to be false and undeniable
  3. Loss or lack of reputation or respect
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Discrepancy

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A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts

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Discriminating

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  1. Having or showing refined taste or good judgement (adj)
  2. Recognizing a distinction; differentiating (adj)

Like discerning

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Disingenuous

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  1. Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something that one really does
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Disjointed

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  1. Lacking a coherent sequence or connection
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Dismiss

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  1. Order or allow to leave
  2. Treat as unworthy of serious consideration
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Dispassionate

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Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial

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Dispatch

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  1. Send off to a destination or for a purpose (verb)
  2. Deal with ( a task, problem, or opponent) quickly and efficiently (verb)
  3. The sending of someone or something to as destination or for a purpose (noun)
  4. An official report on state or military affairs (noun)
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Disposition

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  1. A person’s inherent qualities of mind and character (noun)
  2. The way in which something is placed or arranged, especially in relation to other things
  3. The action of arranging or placing someone or something in a particular way
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Disquieting

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Inducing feelings of anxiety

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Dissent

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  1. Hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed
  2. The expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held
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Dissonance

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  1. Lack of harmony among musical notes
  2. A tension or clash resulting from the combination of two disharmonious or unsuitable elements
34
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Distill

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  1. Purify a liquid by vaporizint it…
  2. Extract the essential meaning or most important aspects of smth (e.g. a text)
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Diverge

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  1. Separate from another route, especially the main one, and go in different directions
  2. (Of an opinion,theory, approach, etc.) Differ markedly
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Divest

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  1. Deprive (someone) of power, rights, or possessions
  2. Rid oneself of something that one no longer wants or requires, such as business interest or investment
37
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Divine

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  1. Smth from god
  2. Excellent, delightful
  3. Discover sometjing by guess work or intuition
38
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Dogma

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A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true

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Dubious

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  1. Hesitating or doubting
  2. Not to be relied upon; suspect
  3. Morally suspect

Gre Vocab A (14 decks)

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