Barron's High Frequency GRE Words : 91-100

1. Discrete (adj) separate, unconnected, consisting of distinct parts; In programmed instruction, the information to be learned is presented in DISCRETE units; you must respond correctly to each unit before you may advance to the next.
2. Disingenuous (adj) lacking genuine candor, insincere; Now that we know that the mayor and his wife are engaged in a bitter divorce fight, we find their earlier remarks regretting their lack of time together remarkably DISINGENUOUS.
3. Disinterested (adj) unprejudiced; Given the judge’s political ambitions and the lawyer’s financial interest in the case, the only DISINTERESTED person in the courtroom may have been the court reporter.
4. Disjointed (adj) lacking coherence, separated at the joints; Unable to think of anything to say about the assigned topic, the unprepared student scribbled a few DISJOINTED sentences on his answer sheet.
5. Dismiss (v) eliminate from consideration, reject; Believing in John’s love for her, she DISMISSED the notion that he might be unfaithful.
6. Disparage (v) belittle; A doting mother, Emma was more likely to praise her son’s crude attempts at art than DISPARAGE to them.
7. Disparate (adj) basically different, unrelated; Unfortunately Tony and Tina have DISPARATE notions of marriage.
8. Dissemble (v) disguise, pretend; Even though John tried to DISSEMBLE his motive for taking modern dance, we all knew he was there not to dance but to meet girls.
9. Disseminate (v) distribute, spread, scatter; By their use of the Internet, propagandists have been able to DISSEMINATE their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
10. Dissolution (n) disintegration, looseness in morals; The profligacy and DISSOLUTION of life in Caligula’s Rome appall some historians.