GRE Words Starting With D

To make someone feel intimidated or apprehensive

A scarcity or lack of something

A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco

To make weak or feeble; to impair the strength of

marked by propriety and good taste in behavior

Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety

To publicly denounce or criticize

Humble submission and respect

Showing respect and courteous regard for another's wishes

Not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient; inadequate

Done or reached decisively and with authority; conclusive

To decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally

Causing harm or damage; injurious

Done consciously and intentionally; carefully considered

to describe or portray precisely; to outline in detail

A severe flood; an overwhelming amount of something

Reserved, modest, and shy; affectedly modest

To criticize unfairly; to disparage or belittle

To publicly declare to be wrong or evil; condemn

to express strong disapproval of; to belittle

To mock or ridicule someone

unoriginal; imitative of someone else's work

to dry out completely; to drain of vitality

Causing great damage or harm; highly damaging

Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

To become progressively worse

something that discourages or prevents an action

Tending to cause harm; damaging

To deprive of strength, vitality, or energy

A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something

A division or contrast between two things that are represented as being opposed or entirely different

Intended to teach or moralize; educational in nature or purpose

Lack of confidence in oneself; shyness or modesty

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

to spread out widely; (as adjective) spread out and lacking concentration

a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Departing from the main subject; rambling

Slow to act; intended to cause delay

Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties

To make or become less

to free someone from a mistaken belief or illusion

Having or showing good judgment or understanding

Disagreement between people; lack of harmony

clashing or disagreeing; harsh and inharmonious

Careful and prudent in speech or action; not drawing attention

A lack of compatibility or similarity between two facts or claims

Individually separate and distinct

Digressing from subject to subject; rambling

Showing contempt or lack of respect

Not candid or sincere; pretending to know less than one does

free from bias or self-interest; impartial

Concern and distress caused by something unexpected

To regard or represent as being of little worth; to belittle

Essentially different in kind; distinct and not able to be compared directly

A great difference or inequality

Not influenced by emotion; impartial and objective in judgment

To conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs; to feign

to spread or distribute widely, especially information

To hold or express opinions that are at variance with those commonly held

the breaking up or dissolving of an assembly, bond, or organization

Lack of harmony; disagreement or inconsistency between ideas, sounds, or statements

to swell or expand by internal pressure

to move or extend in different directions; to differ

to strip or deprive of possessions, rights, or assets

Tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people

Easily taught, submissive, and obedient

A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group

Having or showing tenacity and persistence

Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true

temporarily inactive but capable of becoming active

The most respected or prominent person in a particular field

to deceive or trick someone

Deceitfulness; double-dealing

Able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage; lasting

To diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength

Relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice