gre考试词汇：新东方GRE阅读词汇笔记(15)

Barron GRE word list - D

dabble

work at in a nonserious fashion; splash around; move noisily in a liquid

dainty

delicate; delicately beautiful; fastidious; not easy to please; Ex. dainty movement/dress

dais

raised platform for speakers or other important people

dally

trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time

damn

condemn; criticize severely; condemn to everlasting punishment; doom; bring to ruin; N. damnation

dank

damp; unpleasantly wet

dapper

neat and trim (in appearance); (of small men) neat in appearance and quick in movements; neat; spry

dappled

spotted

dart

move or throw suddenly and quickly

daub

smear (as with paint); cover with something sticky; Ex. daub one's clothes with mud/paint; N: small bit of sticky substance; Ex. a daub of paint

daunt

intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten

dauntless

bold; fearless

dawdle

loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing

daze

stun as with a blow or shock; bemuse; benumb; N.

dazzle

make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder

deadlock

standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces; stalemate

deadpan

wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face

dearth

scarcity

debacle

sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster

debar

bar; forbid; exclude; Ex. debarred from jury services

debase

degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement

debauch

corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol)

debilitate

weaken (esp. through heat, hunger, illness); enfeeble

debonair

(of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition

debris

rubble; wreckage; scattered remains of something broken or destroyed

debunk

expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule

debut

d\'ebut; first public appearance; formal presentation of a young woman to society

debutante

young woman making formal entrance into society

decadence

decay; fall to a lower level (of morality, civilization, or art); ADJ. decadent

decant

pour off gently (wine or liquid)

decapitate

behead

decelerate

slow down

deciduous

falling off at a specific season or stage of growth as of leaves; Ex. deciduous tree/teeth

decimate

kill (usually one out of ten or every tenth man); destroy or kill a large part of

decipher

decode; CF. indecipherable

declivity

downward slope

decollete

(of a dress) having a low-cut neckline; CF. d\'ecolletage: low neckline (on a dress)

decomposition

decay; V. decompose: decay; break and separate into simple parts

decorous

proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance)

decorum

propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct

decoy

lure or bait; V.

decree

authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree

decrepit

weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man

decrepitude

state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age

decry

express strong disapproval of; condemn openly (something dangerous to the public); disparage; Ex. decry the violence of modern films

deducible

derived by reasoning; V. deduce: infer; derive by reasoning

deface

mar; disfigure

defalcate

embezzle

defame

harm someone's reputation; malign; speak evil of; slander; N. defamation; ADJ. defamatory

default

failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present; V.

defeatist

resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism

defect

shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one)

defection

desertion

defer

give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment; CF. show respect, comply with, courteous

deference

courteous regard for another's wish; courteous yielding to another's wish or opinion (showing respect); ADJ. deferential; OP. effrontery

defiance

refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant

defile

pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; N: narrow passage or gorge through mountains

definitive

most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite; Ex. definitive decision by the supreme court

deflect

turn aside; turn away from a straight course

defoliate

destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant

defray

provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay

defrock

strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock

deft

neat; skillful

defunct

dead; no longer in use or existence

degenerate

become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person

degradation

humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank

dehydrate

remove water from; dry out

deify

turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity

deign

condescend; stoop

delete

erase; strike out

deleterious

harmful

deliberate

consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow

delineate

portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation

delirium

mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious

delta

flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river

delude

deceive

deluge

flood; rush; V.

delusion

false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that

delusive

deceptive; likely to delude; misleading; raising vain hopes; Ex. delusive promises

delve

dig; search deeply; investigate

demagogue

person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery

demean

disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave