A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning

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Usage:They didd not hand Lady Jane ;they decapitated


her."off with her head", cried the Duches, eager to


decapitate poor alice


12)Decipher:Decode


Usage:I could not decipher the doctor's hand writing.


13)Declivity :Downward slope


Usage:The children loved to skid down the declivity.


14)Deface:Mar, Disfigure.


Usage: If you deface a library book you have to pay


a hefty fine.


15)Decoy : Lure or bait


Usage:the wild ducks were not fooled by the decoy


16)Defile:Pollute, profane


Usage:the hand looms defiled the church with their


scurrilous writings.


17)Descry :catch site of


Usage:In the distance, we could darely descry the enemy


vessels.


18)Derogatory: expressing a low opinion


Usage:I resent your derpgatory remarks.


19)Dirge :layment with music


Usage:the funeral dirge stirred us to tears.


20)Diadem:Crown


Usage:The King's diadem was on display at the museum


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