GRE English Words for 16th March



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GRE English Words for 16th March :

  1. Desperate (adj.) : lawless, reckless, hopeless


  2. Despicable (adj.) : sneaking, low, contemptible, mean


  3. Despise (v) : look down on, dislike, consider worthless


  4. Despite (prep) : in spite of


  5. Despite (n) : an insult


  6. Despoil (v) : plunder, spoil


  7. Despond (v) : to be depressed by loss of hope or courage


  8. Despot (n) : an oppressor, a tyrant


  9. Despotism (n) : absolute power, tyranny


  10. Dessert (n) : fruits or sweets served at the end of a meal


  11. Destination (n) : goal, place to which one is to go


  12. Destine (v) : doom, appoint, intend, ordain in advance


  13. Destiny (n) : fate, decree


  14. Destitute (adj.) : needy, helpless


  15. Destroy (v) : to ruin, to kill suddenly


  16. Destruction (n) : wrecking, great damage


  17. Destructive (adj.) : causing, destruction


  18. Desuetude (n) : the state of being no longer used or practised


  19. Desultory (adj.) : inconstant, hasty, unsettled


  20. Detach (v) : separate, unfasten


  21. Detachment (n) : division, being indifferent


  22. Detail (v) : describe fully


  23. Detail (n) : description, small part of anything


  24. Detain (v) : stop, delay, keep in custody


  25. Detainment (n) : restraint, arrest


  26. Detect (v) : discover, expose


  27. Detection (n) : discovery, exposure


  28. Detective (v) : person engaged in detection


  29. Detention (n) : delay, arrest, confinement, with holding


  30. Detenu (n) : a person held in custody


  31. Deter (v) : frighten, hinder, stop prevent


  32. Deteriorate (v) : degrade, worsen


  33. Deterioration (v) : degradation, worsening


  34. Determination (n) : resolution, decision, stubbornness


  35. Determine (v) : resolve, conclude, firmly, decide


  36. Deterrent (adj.) : hindering, preventing


  37. Detest (v) : hate greatly, abhor


  38. Detestable (adj.) : hateful


  39. Dethrone (v) : remove from the throne


  40. Detonate (v) : explode with a loud noise, blow up


  41. Detonate (n) : detonation


  42. Detonation (n) :explosion, noise of an explosion




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