Unit 20

Question 1

Default

Answer 1

(v) to fail to act

e. g. The dealer could repossess the goods if the customer defaulted.

Question 2

Deference

Answer 2

(n) respect; regard for another’s wish
- Defer (v): to submit to the wishes of another due to respect or recognition of the person’s authority or knowledge

e.g. He addressed her with the deference due to age.

Question 3

Defunct

Answer 3

(adj) no longer existing

e. g. The now defunct Somerset & Dorset railway line.

Question 4

Delineate

Answer 4

(v) to represent; to depict
e. g. Quantum theory led to the formulation of the uncertainty principle, which was delineated in 1937 by Werner Heisenberg.

Question 5

Demographic

Answer 5

(adj) related to population balance
- Demography (n): study of human population
- Demographer (n)

e.g. The demographic trend is towards an older population.

Question 6

Demotic

Answer 6

(adj) pertaining to people

e. g. A demotic idiom.

Question 7

Demur

Answer 7

(v) to express doubt
e. g. The Supreme Court’s decision was not unanimous; one justice demurred, saying that the majority decision used specious reasoning.

Question 8

Denigrate

Answer 8

(v) to slur someone’s reputation (لکه‌دار کردن)

e. g. According to the recent biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, the famous leader felt a need to denigrate women.

Question 9

Denizen

Answer 9

(n) an inhabitant; a regular visitor

e. g. The U.S Census Bureau has the responsibility of collecting information about the denizens of the United States.

Question 10

Denouement

Answer 10

(n) outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature
e. g. The book tells the story of what was for Europe a rather embarrassing denouement to the Crusades.