Vocab day 3

Question 1

demur

Answer 1

to express doubt.

object, protest

Question 2

denigrate

Answer 2

belittle someone

Question 3

denoument

Answer 3

outcome, main plot after the climax.

Question 4

derivative

Answer 4

unoriginal, derived from something

Question 5

desiccate

Answer 5

dry out

Question 6

desultory

Answer 6

random, disconnected, rambling.

syn; arbitrary, erratic, aimless

Question 7

diatribe

Answer 7

bitter verbal attack

syn: harangue, tirade, rant, jeremiad

Question 8

dichotomy

Answer 8

division into 2 usually contradicting parts.

syn: contradicting, incongruity, paradox

Question 9

diffidence

Answer 9

shyness, lack of confidence

syn: bashfull,

Question 10

diffuse

Answer 10

to spread out.

Question 11

disabuse

Answer 11

to free from a misconception

Question 12

discordant

Answer 12

not in tune

syn; cacophonous, dissonant,unvocal

Question 13

discrepancy

Answer 13

difference between

syn: disparate, disparity

Question 14

discrete

Answer 14

detached, disconnected, free, freestanding, separate, single.

Question 15

disingenuous

Answer 15

clever, crafty.
opposite to ingenuous and not ingenious.
DIFFEREnCE:
Ingenious refers to an aptitude for discovering or inventing, or a solution that is exceptionally clever or resourceful. Although it contains the word “genius,” the two are etymologically distinct. Ingenuous means “innocent, or childlike simplicity.” It refers to those who have no intent to deceive.

Question 16

disinterested

Answer 16

objective

Question 17

dismiss

Answer 17

put away from consideration, reject

Question 18

disparage

Answer 18

to belittle

syn: denigrate

Question 19

disparate

Answer 19

difference, dissimilar

Question 20

dissemble

Answer 20

to pretend.

syn: bluff, sham

Question 21

disseminate

Answer 21

spread (something, especially information) widely. / to spread, scatter, disperse.
syn: diffuse, proclaim, propagate

Question 22

dissolution

Answer 22

debauchery, disintegration

Question 23

dissonance

Answer 23

discord, lack of harmony

Question 24

doctrinaire

Answer 24

relating to a person who cannot compromise points of a theory or doctrine, dogmatic, unyielding
“like ross for evolution”

Question 25

dogmatic

Answer 25

opinionated

Question 26

ebullient

Answer 26

exhilarated, enthusiastic

Question 27

eclectic

Answer 27

selecting from various sources.

“my choice of anything - cloths to colors. is eclectic”

Question 28

effete

Answer 28

depleted of vitality, overrefined, decadent

Question 29

efficacy

Answer 29

effectiveness

Question 30

effrontery

Answer 30

SHAMLESS, BOLDNESS. PRESUMPTUOUS