GRE常考名词（四）
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decant :: pour off gently decimate :: kill, usually one out of ten decry :: disparage defalcate :: misuse money held in trust defile :: pollute; profane deflect :: turn aside deign :: condescend delete :: erase; strike out delude :: deceive demean :: degrade; humiliate demur :: delay; object denigrate :: blacken depict :: portray depilate :: remove hair deplete :: reduce; exhaust deploy :: bring (forces, arguments, etc.) into effective action deprecate :: disapprove regretfully depreciate :: lessen in value deride :: scoff at descant :: discuss fully descry :: catch sight of desecrate :: profane; violate the sanctity of desiccate :: dry up despise :: scorn despoil :: plunder deviate :: turn away from devolve :: deputize; pass to others dilate :: expand disabuse :: correct a false impression; undeceive disclaim :: disown; renounce claim to discomfit :: put to rout; defeat; disconcert disconcert :: confuse; upset; embarrass disdain :: treat with scorn or contempt disgruntle :: make discontented dismember :: cut into small parts disparage :: belittle disport :: amuse dissemble :: disguise; pretend disseminate :: scatter like seeds dissimulate :: pretend; conceal by feigning dissipate :: squander dissuade :: advise against distend :: expand; swell out diverge :: vary; go in different directions from the same point divest :: strip; deprive divulge :: reveal doff :: take off edify :: instruct; correct morally |
