Gre300 2

Question 0

Default

Answer 0

N. Failure to act. Failure to perform a duty

When the visiting team failed to show up for the big game, they lost the game by default.

Question 1

Daunt

Answer 1

Intimidate, frighten
daunt - English Dictionary 
verb 
[dɔːnt] 
intimidate, frighten

Question 2

Delineate

Answer 2

V. Portray, depict, sketch
Using only a few descriptive phrases, Austen delineates the characteer of mr. Collins so well.
delineate - English Dictionary 
verb 
[de·lin·e·ate || dɪ'lɪnɪeɪt] 
describe, draw, sketch

Question 3

Denigrate

Answer 3

V. Blacken.
All attempts to denigrate the character of our late president have failed.
denigrate - English Dictionary
verb
[den·i·grate || ‘denɪgreɪt]
criticize; treat in a disrespectful manner; defame

Question 4

Derivative

Answer 4

Adj. Unoriginal. Obtained from another source
Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise (ghol, source of hope) and eventually would find her own voice.
adjective
[de·riv·a·tive || dɪ’rɪvətɪv]
obtained from another source, derived, borrowed
noun
[de·riv·a·tive || dɪ’rɪvətɪv]
conjugate (Grammar); by-product, offshoot

Question 5

Deterrent

Answer 5

N. Adj. Something that discourages, hindranceبازداري. جلوگيري
Does the threat of capital punishment serve as a deterrent to potential killers?
adjective
[de’ter·rent || -nt]
acting to deter, serving to hinder or impede
noun
[de’ter·rent || -nt]
someone or something which deters, hindrance, impediment

Question 6

Dichotomy

Answer 6

N. Split, branching into two parts
Willie didn't know how to resolve the dichotomy between his ambition to go to college and his childhood longings to be a musician.
dichotomy - English Dictionary 
noun 
[di·chot·o·my || daɪ'kɒtəmɪ] 
separation into two parts

Question 7

Diffuse

Answer 7

Adj. V. wordy, rambling, spread out
If you pay authors by word, you tempt them to produce diffuse manuscripts rather than brief ones.

adjective 
[dif·fuse || dɪ'fjuːz] 
wordy and disorganized, rambling; dispersed, spread out over a wide area; spreading widely 
verb 
[dif·fuse || dɪ'fjuːz] 
pour out; spread out; scatter

Question 8

Digression

Answer 8

N. Wandering away from the subject
Nobody minded when professor lectures wandered away from their official theme; his digressions were always more fascinating than the topic of the day. Digress, v.
digression - English Dictionary
noun
[di’gres·sion || -eʃn]
deviation from the main point (in writing or speaking)

Question 9

Discerning

Answer 9

Adj. mentally quick and observant, having insight(perception)
Though no genius, the star was sufficiently discerning to distinguish her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
adjective
[dis’cern·ing || -nɪŋ]
discriminating, wise, perceptive, shrewd
discern

verb
[dis·cern || dɪ’sɜːn]
distinguish, perceive, recognize, discriminate

Question 10

Discordant

Answer 10

Adj. not harmonious, conflicting
Nothing is quite so discordant as the sound of a junior high school orchestra tuning up.
discordant - English Dictionary
adjective
[dis·cord·ant || dɪ’skɔːdənt]
inharmonious, unmelodious; incompatible, incongruous; not in agreement

Question 11

Discredit

Answer 11

V. Defame, destroy the confidence in, disbelieve

The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to discredit the other.

Question 12

Discrepancy

Answer 12

N. Lack of consistency; difference
The police noticed some discrepancies in his description of the crime and did not belive him.
discrepancy - English Dictionary
noun
[dis·crep·an·cy || dɪ’skrepənsɪ]
difference, inconsistency; disagreement, lack of accord

Question 13

Disingenuous

Answer 13

Adj. lacking genuine candor, insincere
disingenuous - English Dictionary 
adjective 
[dis·in·gen·u·ous || ‚dɪsɪn'dʒenjʊəs] 
insincere, not truthful, false, hypocritical

Question 14

Disinterested

Answer 14

Adj. unprejudiced. 
adjective 
[dis·in·ter·est·ed || dɪs'ɪntrəstɪd] 
impartial, unbiased; not interested, indifferent 
disinterest

noun
lack of interest, apathy, boredom
verb
create a lack of interest, remove interest

Question 15

Disjointed

Answer 15

Adj. lacking coherence, separated at the joints
disjointed - English Dictionary 
adjective 
[dis'joint·ed || -tɪd] 
disconnected, incoherent, disordered 
disjoint

verb
[dis·joint || dɪs’dʒɔɪnt]
dislocate, separate or disconnect the joints; put out of order

Question 16

Dismiss

Answer 16

V. Eliminated from consideration, reject
Believing in john's love for her, she dismissed the notion that he might be unfaithful.
dismiss - English Dictionary 
verb 
[dis·miss || dɪs'mɪs] 
send away; fire; release, free

Question 17

Disparage

Answer 17

V. Belittleتحقير كردن
A dotingعشق ابلهانه و لوس كننده mother, emma was more likely to praise her son’s crude attemps at art than to disparge them.

disparage - English Dictionary
verb
[dis·par·age || dɪ’spærɪdʒ]
lower in rank by words or actions, malign, depreciate, belittle

Question 18

Dissemble

Answer 18

V. Disguise, pretend

Question 19

Disseminate

Answer 19

V. Distribute, spread, scatter
By their use of the internet, propagandists مبلغان have been able to disseminate their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
disseminate - English Dictionary 
verb 
[dis·sem·i·nate || dɪ'semɪneɪt] 
scatter, spread, disperse, distribute

Question 20

Dissolution

Answer 20

N. Disintegration, looseness in morals از هم پاشيدگي. زوال
dissolution - English Dictionary
noun
[dis·so·lu·tion || ‚dɪsə’luːʃn]
disintegration, decomposition, separation; death

Question 21

Distend

Answer 21

V. Expand, swell out
I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins distend on his forehead.
distend - English Dictionary 
verb 
[dis·tend || dɪ'stend] 
swell, expand, stretch

Question 22

Diverge

Answer 22

V. Vary, go in different directions from the same point
The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub.
diverge - English Dictionary
verb
[di·verge || daɪ’vɜːdʒ]
branch off from a common point, go off in different directions from a center

Question 23

Divest

Answer 23

V. Strip, deprive محروم كردن. سلب مقام كردن

He was divested on his power to act and could no longer govern.

Question 24

Document

Answer 24

V. Provide written evidence

Question 25

Dormant

Answer 25

Adj. sleeping, lethargic, latent
At fifty her long-dormant ambition to write flared up once more.
dormant - English Dictionary
adjective
[‘dor·mant || ‘dɔːmənt]
inactive, inert, latent, sleeping, sluggish

Question 26

Ebullient

Answer 26

Adj. Showing excitement, overflowing with enthusiasm
Her ebullient nature could not be repressed, she was always bubbling over with excitement. Ebullience n.
ebullient - English Dictionary
adjective
[e’bul·li·ent || -nt]
enthusiastic, exuberant, effusive; (Archaic) boiling, agitated, revealing excitement or thrill

Question 27

Effrontery

Answer 27

N. Impudence, shameless boldness, sheer nerve جسارت،گستاخي. بيشرمي
When the boss told frank she was firing him for laziness and insubordination, he had effrontery to ask her for a letter of recommendation.
effrontery - English Dictionary
noun
[ef·fron·ter·y || ɪ’frʌntərɪ]
impudence, audacity, nerve, insolence

Question 28

Elicit

Answer 28

V. Draw out by discussion
The detectives tried to elicit where he had hidden his loot.
elicit - English Dictionary 
verb 
[e·lic·it || ɪ'lɪsɪt] 
extract from, bring out, draw out

Question 29

Embellish

Answer 29

V. Adorn, ornament تزيين كردن, enhance as a story

The costume designer embellished the leading lady’s ball gown with yards and yards ribbon and lace.

Question 30

Empirical

Answer 30

Adj. based on experience.
He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes, he placed his reliance entirely on empirical data.
empirical - English Dictionary
adjective
[em’pir·i·cal || -kl]
learned through observation, capable of being verified or disproved through experiments and experience

Question 31

Endemic

Answer 31

Adj. prevailing رايج among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country.
This disease is endemic in that part of the world.

Question 32

Equanimity

Answer 32

N. Calmness of temperament, composure

equanimity - English Dictionary
noun
[e·qua·nim·i·ty || ‚ekwə’nɪmətɪ]
calmness, emotional stability, quality of being even-tempered

Question 33

Equilibrium

Answer 33

N. Balance

Question 34

Equity

Answer 34

Fairness, justice

Our courts guarantee equitee to all.

Question 35

Extrapolation

Answer 35

N. Projection, conjectureگمان، تخمين
برآورد. برون يابي
Based on their extrapolation from the results, the networks predicted that he would be their candidate for the presidency.
extrapolation - English Dictionary 
noun 
act of guessing or inferring

Question 36

Facetious

Answer 36

Adj. joking شوخي بيجا, humorous
facetious - English Dictionary 
adjective 
[fa·ce·tious || fə'sɪːʃəs] 
humorous, amusing, entertaining

Question 37

Facilitate

Answer 37

V. Help bring about, make less difficult

Rest and proper norishment should facilitate the patient’s recovery.

Question 38

Fatuous

Answer 38

Adj. brainless, inane, foolish, yet smug
fatuous - English Dictionary 
adjective 
[fat·u·ous || 'fætʃʊəs] 
stupid; inane, foolish, silly; illusory

Question 39

Felicitous

Answer 39

Adj. well chosen, suitably expressed.
He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many a banquet.
felicitous - English Dictionary
adjective
[fe’lic·i·tous || fɪ’lɪsɪtəs]
fitting, appropriate; characterized by happiness or good fortune, marked by felicity