Day 4

Question 1

DAUNT

Synonyms: intimidate, cow, scare, discourage, frighten

Answer 1

To abate the courage of; discourage

Example: I began to feel rather daunted at the prospect of traveling alone through remote, non-english speaking areas.

Question 2

DECORUM

Synonyms: decency, propriety, etiquette

Answer 2

Propriety in manners and conduct

Example: There’s too much decorum in the world, too little fun

Question 3

DEFERENCE

Synonyms: complaisance, compliance, obligingness, reverence, obeisance

Answer 3

Courteous regard for people’s feelings

Example: It is the lord that you must give deference to.

Question 4

DELINEATE

Synonyms:describe, depict, sketch, outline

Answer 4

To outline and define something in detail or with an actual marking of lines and boundaries.

Example: Delineate the exact boundary of my property

Question 5

DENIGRATE

Synonyms: blacken, slander, defame, vilify, asperse, malign, disparage

Answer 5

Charge falsely or with malicious intent; Attack the good name and reputation of someone

Example: I do not denigrate the good intentions of those who gave birth to these abject social policy failures.

Question 6

DERIDE

Synonyms: mock, ridicule, scoff, jeer, taunt, sneer, gibe

Answer 6

Treat or speak of with contempt

Example: He derided his student’s attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics”

Question 7

DERIVATIVE

Answer 7

Imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason.

Example: A highly derivative prose style

Question 8

DESICCATE

Synonyms: dry, exsiccate, drain, parch, withe

Answer 8

Lacking interest, passion, or energy

Example: A desiccate romance

Question 9

DESULTORY

Synonyms: incoherent, disconnected, disjointed, rambling

Answer 9

Marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; Jumping from one thing to another

Example: If you lack a definite plan or purpose and flit from one thing to another, your actions are desultory

Question 10

DETERRENT

Synonyms: hinderance, hindrance, impediment

Answer 10

A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from some act.

A reward encourages you to do the right thing, while a deterrent discourages you from doing the wrong thing.

Example: The death penalty is supposed to be a *deterrent *

Question 11

DIATRIBE

Answer 11

A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

Example: Repeated diatribes against the senator.

Question 12

DICHOTOMY

Synonyms: duality

Answer 12

Split; Branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones)

Example: The dichotomy between eastern and western culture

Question 13

DIFFIDENCE

Synonyms: self-distrust, self-doubt

Answer 13

Shyness; Lack of confidence

Example: They asked him to be the team leader, but he expressed diffidence, saying that he didn’t think he had enough time to do the job justice.

Question 14

DIFFUSE

Synonyms: spread, disseminate, propagate, disperse

Answer 14

Spread out over a large area; Lacking conciseness (prolix)

Example: Diffuse tensions and can be used as a tool to bring peace.

Question 15

DIGRESSION

Answer 15

wandering away from the subject

Example: A digression into irrelevant details

Question 16

DIRGE

Answer 16

a song of mourning

Example: The only appropriate songs for many years have been funeral dirges.

Question 17

DISABUSE

Synonyms: undeceive, disillusion

Answer 17

Correct a false impression; Undeceive

Example: He quickly disabused me of my belief

Question 18

DISCERNING

Synonyms: critical

Answer 18

Having or showing good judgment.

Example: Some students have difficulty discerning what is important from detail.

Question 19

DISCORDANT

Synonyms: dissonant, inconsistent

Answer 19

Not harmonious; Conflicting

Example: If you believe that movies should entertain, but your friend insists that movies should inspire, then the two of you hold discordant views.

Question 20

DISCREDIT

Synonyms: disrepute, distrust, shame, disgrace

Answer 20

defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve

Example: Your actions will bring discredit to your name

Question 21

DISCREPANCY

Synonyms: variance, difference, disagreement, contradiction

Answer 21

Lack on consistency; Difference

Example: Discrepancy between theory and observation.

Question 22

DISCRETE

Synonyms: separate, detached, distinct, abstract

Answer 22

separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts

Example: A government with three discrete divisions

Question 23

DISINGENUOUS

Synonyms: artful, distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted

Answer 23

insincere, deceptive or misleading; giving a false appearance of frankness

Example: This, i know, sounds disingenuous, but it’s true, this was a book not written to be published.

Question 24

DISINTERESTED

Synonyms: indifferent, uninterested, unconcerned, unselfish

Answer 24

unaffected by self-interest

Example: If you can’t decide whether to purchase the shirt or not, you might seek input from a disinterested, or unbiased party.

Question 25

DISMISS

Answer 25

eliminate from consideration; reject

Example: The judge dismissed the plea

Question 26

DISPARAGE

Synonyms: depreciate, belittle, decry, underestimate

Answer 26

express a negative opinion of

Example: She disparaged her student’s efforts

Question 27

DISPARATE

Synonyms: different, dissimilar, unlike

Answer 27

fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

Example: Sustained economic growth and inclusive growth are not disparate

Question 28

DISSEMBLE

Synonyms: dissimulate, conceal, feign, simulate, hide, pretend

Answer 28

disguise; pretend unnaturally

Example: She dissembled her disappointment as best she could, seeking excuses

Question 29

DISSEMINATE

Synonyms: spread, diffuse, propagate, broadcast, distribute

Answer 29

cause to become widely known

Example: Video, filmed by an onlooker, was quickly picked up by news organizations and disseminated on social media

Question 30

DISSOLUTION

Synonyms: breakup, disintegration

Answer 30

The closing down or dismissal of an assembly, partnership, or official body.

Example: Following the dissolution the property was granted to james butler, earl of ormond.

Question 31

DISSONANCE

Synonyms: discord, discordance, disharmony

Answer 31

disagreeable sounds;conflict between people or opinions

Example: All of the radios were tuned to different stations which caused an awful dissonance.

Question 32

DISTEND

Synonyms: swell, expand, dilate, inflate, stretch, bloat

Answer 32

cause to expand as it by internal pressure

Example: We all saw her next day so distended that she was unable to walk.

Question 33

DISTILL

Synonyms: purify, sublimate

Answer 33

purify; refine; concentrate

Example:The acid distills at a specific temperature

Question 34

DIVERGE

Synonyms: depart, deviate, vary

Answer 34

move or draw apart

Example: The two paths diverge here

Question 35

DIVEST

Synonyms: disinvest, strip, undress

Answer 35

take away possessions from someone;

remove (someone’s or one’s own) clothes

Example: She divested herself of her outdoor clothes

Question 36

DOCUMENT

Answer 36

provide written evidence

Example: The parents documented every step of their child’s development

Question 37

DOGMATIC

Answer 37

opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal

strong expression of opinions as if they were facts.

Example: If you dogmatically assert that the moon is made of green cheese, you’ll just get laughed at.

Question 38

DORMANT

Synonyms: inactive, idle, asleep, sleeping, latent

Answer 38

sleeping; lethargic; inactive but capable of becoming active

Example: Her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened

Question 39

DUPE

Synonyms: deceive, fool, cheat, bamboozle, trick, befool

Answer 39

a person who is tricked or swindled

Example: The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone