IBPS RRB Officers Selection Exam: Word List: Vocabulary D

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Word List: D

dart: Quick movement; missile in darts
daunt: Intimidate, make fearful
dawdler: Person who is slow; waste of time
dearth: Shortage
debacle: a breakup, overthrow, sudden disaster
decorous: Polite, decent
decorum: Propriety, properness
decree: Order given by authority
decry: Disapprove of
defer: Postpone; give way (to show respect)
deference: Respect
deferential: Showing respect
defiance: Open disobedience or resistance
deflect: Turn aside
defy: Resist openly
degrade: Reduce in rank or status
delineate: To portray, depict, sketch out
deluge: Great flood, heavy rush of water
demagogue: Person appealing not to reasons
demur: To hesitate, raise objections
denigrate: Blacken, belittle, sully, defame
denouement: An outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
denounce-give information against
dent: Hollow, depression mad by a blow
deplete: Use until none remains
deposition: Dethronement, depositing
deprave: Make morally bad; corrupt
deprecate: Protest against, express disapproval of
dereliction: Deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
derision: Ridicule, mockery, deriding
derivative: Derived, not original or primitive
derivative: Unoriginal, obtained from another source
derogatory-insulting; tending to damage
descry: Catch sight of, see smth in the distance
desiccant-substance used to absorb moisture
desiccate: To dry up, dehydrate
desuetude: Cessation of use; disuse
desultory: Aimless, haphazard, digressing at random
detach: Separate
deter: Discourage, hinder
detraction: Slandering, verbal attack, aspersion
detumescence: Diminishing or lessening of swelling
deviance: Being different in moral standards (from normal)
dexterity: Skill (esp. In handling)
dexterous: Clever, skillful with hands
diaphanous: Transparent, gauzy
diatribe: Bitter and violent attack in words
dictate: Order
diffidence: Shyness
diffident: Lacking in self-confidence
dilate: Speak comprehensively, become wider, large
dilatory: Causing delay, procrastinating
disabuse: To undeceive, correct a false impression
disallow: Refuse to allow or accept as a correct
discern: See with an effort but clearly
discomfit: Confuse, embarrass
discomfit: To defeat, put down
disconcert: Upset the self-possession of
discountenance-refuse to approve of
discourse-speech, lecture
discredit: Refuse to believe
disdain: Look on with contempt
disencumber: Free from encumbrance
disheveled: Untidy
disingenuous: Sophisticated, artful, trying to deceive, cunning
disinter: Dig up from the earth
dislodge: Move, force from the place occupied
dismal: Sad, gloomy, miserable
disparate: Essentially different
dispassionate: Free from passion
dissemble: Speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind)
disseminate-distribute (esp. Ideas)
dissent: Have a different opinion, refuse to assent
dissipation: Going away, dispersing
dissolution: Disintegration, looseness in morals
distinct: Easily heard, seen, understood, clearly marked
distorted: Pulled out of the usual shape, give a false account of
distraught: Distracted, violently upset in mind
distress: Great pain; cause discomfort
divergence-getting farther apart from a point
diverse: Of different kinds
divestiture: Taking off, getting rid of, giving up
divulge: Make known smth secret
doggerel: Trivial, poorly constructed verse
dogmatic: Positive, certain, arbitrary, without room for discussion
dogmatism: Being dogmatic
dolt: Stupid fellow
dormant: In a state of inactivity but awaiting development
dote: Show much fondness, center one՚s attention
drone: Male bee, person who isn՚t self-employed
drowsiness: Feeling sleepy, half asleep
dubious-feeling doubt
dud: No use person, smth that fails
dulcet: Melodious, harmonious
dupe-cheat, make a fool of
duplicity: Deliberate deception
duress: Threats to compel smb
dwarf: Person or smb much below the usual size
dynamo: a generator, something that produces electric current
dearth: Scarcity, as of something customary, essential, or desirable.
defer: To delay or put off to some other time.
deign: To deem worthy of notice or account.
deleterious: Hurtful, morally or physically.
delineate: To represent by sketch or diagram.
deluge: To overwhelm with a flood of water.
demagogue: An unprincipled politician.
denizen: Inhabitant.
denouement: That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up. Deplete: To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
deposition: Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court. Deprave: To render bad, especially morally bad.
deprecate: To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite. Deride: To ridicule. Derision: Ridicule.
derivative: Coming or acquired from some origin. Descry: To discern.
desiccant: Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds. Desuetude: A state of disuse or inactivity. Desultory: Not connected with what precedes. Deter: To frighten away.
dexterity: Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
diaphanous: Transparent.
diatribe: A bitter or malicious criticism.
didactic: Pertaining to teaching. Diffidence: Self-distrust.
diffident: Affected or possessed with self-distrust.
dilate: To enlarge in all directions.
dilatory: Tending to cause delay.
disallow: To withhold permission or sanction.
discomfit: To put to confusion.
disconcert: To disturb the composure of:
disconsolate: Hopelessly sad; also, saddening; cheerless.
discountenance: To look upon with disfavor.
discredit: To injure the reputation of:
discreet: Judicious.
disheveled: Disordered; disorderly; untidy. Dissemble: To hide by pretending something different. Disseminate: To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown. Dissent: Disagreement.
dissolution: A breaking up of a union of persons. Distraught: Bewildered.
divulge: To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret. Dogmatic: Making statements without argument or evidence. Dormant: Being in a state of or resembling sleep. Dubious: Doubtful. Duplicity: Double-dealing.