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Question 1

desultory

Answer 1

1 lacking plan
[E] a desultory search of something of interest on TV
[S] digressive; excursive; meandering; 
2 disappointing 
[E] a desultory fifth place finish

Question 2

detritus

Answer 2

debris
[E] the detritus of war
[S] residue
[A] valuable product

Question 3

diabolic

Answer 3

devil
[E] The police quickly mobilized to track down the diabolic serial killer
[S] demoniac; demonian;
[A] angelic; seraphic;

Question 4

diaphanous

Answer 4

1 vague
[E] only a diaphanous hope of success
[S] obscure
[A] substantial;
2 transparent;
[E] The bride wore a diaphanous veil.
[S] gossamer; transpicuous; translucent;
[A] opaque

Question 5

dilapidate

Answer 5

to bring into a condition of decay
[E] The house has been dilapidated by neglect.
[S] ruin, wreck
[A] be in use; restore;

Question 6

dilatory

Answer 6

cause delay
[E] The homeowner is claiming that the local firefighters were dilatory in responding to the call.
[S] dragging;
[A] precipitate;

Question 7

din

Answer 7

1 a loud continued noise
[E] The din of the engine was deafening.
[S] cacophony; 
2 to say or state again.
[E] Safety lessons dinned into us over and over.
[S] iterate; rehearse

Question 8

diocesan

Answer 8

of or relating to a diocese
[E] national or diocesan authority
[A] ecumenical

Question 9

dire

Answer 9

1 being or showing a sign of evil
[E] a dire forecast of a plunge inn stock market
[S] inauspicious; minatory; portentous;
[A] propitious;
2 causing fear
[E] a series of dire tremors that hinted at a volcanic eruption
[S] formidable; intimating;
3 urgent
[E] There is a dire need for food and medicine in the famine country.
[S] exigent; imperative;
[A] nonurgent;
4 lacking in cheer
[E] With stock prices steadily falling, these are dire days on the trading floor.
[S] disconsolate; lugubrious;
[A] bright; cheerful;

Question 10

dirge

Answer 10

a solemn piece of music
[E] This funeral dirge is for a dead friend
[S] elegy; requiem

Question 11

disabuse

Answer 11

to free from error
[E] I must disabuse you of your feelings of grandeur
[S] disenchant
[A] mislead

Question 12

disaffected

Answer 12

rebellious
[E] The soldiers were disaffected toward the government.
[S] contumacious;
[A] contend;
[P] disaffect;
[S] agitate;
[A] mollify;

Question 13

discombobulate

Answer 13

upset, confuse
[E] invent cool new ways to discombobulate the old rules
[S] fuddle; vex
[A] soothe

Question 14

discommode

Answer 14

trouble
[E] The breakdown of her car didn’t discommode her too much.
[S] incommode;
[A] accommodate; oblige;

Question 15

discompose

Answer 15

1 to disturb the composure of
[E] GRE doesn’t seem to discompose him; in the contrary, he looks rather relaxed.
[S] agitate; bother;
[A] tranquilize; settle;
2 to undo the proper order or arrangement of
[E] The wind ruffled her hair and discomposed her carefully arranged papers.
[S] disorganize;
[A] range

Question 16

disconcert

Answer 16

to disturb the composure of
[E] We were disconcerted by the unexpected changes to the program.
[S] abash; discomfit; mortify;
[A] tranquilize

Question 17

discretionary

Answer 17

left to discretion
[E] In many restaurant, discretionary tipping is being replaced by a standard service charge.
[S] elective;
[A] mandatory; compulsory;

Question 18

discursive

Answer 18

moving from topic without order
[E] The speaker’s discursive style made it difficult to understand his point.
[S] desultory; disgressional;
[A] concerted;

Question 19

disgorge

Answer 19

1 vomit
[E] He can’t disgorge a fish bone without the doctor’s assistant.
[S] belch;expel;
[A] ingest;
2 to give up
[E] The corrupt official refused to disgorge his gains.

Question 20

disgruntle

Answer 20

1 to make ill-humored or discontented
[E] be disgruntled with sb
[S] displease
[A] content
2 to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring
[S] alien; alienate;
[A] reconcile;

Question 21

disjointed

Answer 21

1 being thrown out of orderly function
[E] a disjointed society
[S] chaotic; disorderly
[A] regular; systematic;
2 not clearly connected
[E] a disjointed speech about a hodgepodge of things
[S] disconnected;
[A] coherent;

Question 22

disinter

Answer 22

to take out of the grave or tomb
[E] The Egyptian mummy was carefully disinterred in hopes that it would yield secrets about the Old Kingdom.
[S] unbury
[A] bury; tomb;

Question 23

dispatch

Answer 23

1 promptness
[E] do sth with dispatch
[S] alacrity; haste
[A] procrastination
2 be taken from one place to another
[E] to dispatch a messenger with urgent news
[S] transfer
[A] accept;
3 to deprive of life
[E] The man dispatches the termites with professional efficiency.
[A] animate;
4 to achieve a victory over
[E] The dispatched the other team with breaking a sweat.
[S] conquer; subdue; 
[A] lose to

Question 24

dissemble

Answer 24

to put on a false appearance
[E] He dissembled happiness at the news that his ex-girlfriend was getting married to someone else.
[S] dissimulate; affect;
[A] behave honestly;

Question 25

disseminate

Answer 25

promulgate [E] The internet allows us to disseminate inforation faster. [S] propagate; [A] amass; gather

Question 26

dissension

Answer 26

difference; disagreement; [E] Although we have dissension, we are friend all the same. [S] dissonance; disunity; [A] harmony;

Question 27

dissent

Answer 27

1 to differ in opinion [E] I dissent from what you said. [S] differ; nonconcur; [A] assent; 2 departure from a generally accepted theory [E] The church reacted to any form of dissent by promptly excommunicating its proponents. [S] heterodoxy; [A] orthodoxy; 3 a lack of agreement [S] dissesion; dissidence; dissonance; disunion; [A] consensus; concordance; concord;

Question 28

despotic

Answer 28

arbitrary, autocratic, tyrannical; [E] a despotic tyrant [S] dictatorial; peremptory;

Question 29

dissolute

Answer 29

lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or voices [E] lead a dissolute life [S] dissipated; libertine; rakish; reprobate; [A] abstinent; abstemious; temperate;

Question 30

distal

Answer 30

situated away from the point of attachment or origin or a central point [E] the distal end of nerve [A] proximal

Question 31

distend

Answer 31

to swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure [E] The stomachs of starving people often distend. [S] dilate; inflate; [A] constrict;

Question 32

distraught

Answer 32

deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict; [E] Her distraught mother had spent all night waiting by the phone. [S] agitated; delirious; distracted; [A] collected; composed;

Question 33

divestiture

Answer 33

the act of taking away from a person [E] Melodramas were popular because they offered the audience a divestiture of neutrality. [S] deprivation; dispossession; [A] acquisition; endowment;