部分GRE阅读词汇

　　derogatory

部分GRE阅读词汇

　　expressing a low opinion; disparaging; V. derogate: detract; disparage

　　descry

　　catch sight of (something distant)

　　desecrate

　　profane; violate the sanctity of

　　deserts

　　what someone deserves

　　desiccate

　　dry up

　　desolate

　　make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert

　　desperado

　　reckless, desperate outlaw

　　desperate

　　having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort

　　despise

　　look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible

　　despoil

　　plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village

　　despondent

　　without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection

　　despot

　　tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism

　　destitute

　　extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience

　　desultory

　　aimless; haphazard; digressing at random

　　detached

　　emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment

　　detain

　　keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention

　　determinate

　　having a fixed order of procedure; precisely defined; invariable; fixed; conclusive; final

　　determination

　　resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision

　　deterrent

　　something that discourages or deters

　　detonation

　　explosion

　　detraction

　　slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor

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