Barron's High Frequency 333 GRE Words : 81-90

1. Dichotomy (n) split, branching into two parts; Willie didn’t know how to resolve the DICHOTOMY between his ambition to go to college and his childhood longing to run away and join the circus.
2. Diffidence (n) shyness; You must overcome your DIFFIDENCE if you intend to become a salesperson.
3. Diffuse (adj) wordy, rambling, spread out(like a gas); If you pay authors by the word, you tempt them to produce DIFFUSE manuscripts rather than brief ones.
4. Digression (n) wandering away from the subject; Nobody minded when Professor Renoir’s lectures wandered away from their official theme; his DIGRESSIONS were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.
5. Dirge (n) lament with music; The funeral DIRGE stirred us to tears.
6. Disabuse (v) correct a false impression, undeceive; I will attempt to DISABUSE you of your impression of my client’s guilt; I know he is innocent.
7. Discerning (adj) mentally quick and observant, having insight; Though no genius, the star was sufficiently DISCERNING to distinguish her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.
8. Discordant (adj) not harmonious, conflicting; Nothing is quite so DISCORDANT as the sound of a junior high school orchestra tuning up.
9. Discredit (v) defame, destroy confidence in, disbelieve; The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to DISCREDIT the other.
10. Discrepancy (v) lack of consistency, difference; The police noticed some DISCREPANCIES in his description of the crime and did not believe him.