| Sr No. | Word | शब्द | Meaning | Example |
| 1 | dais | मंच | raised platform for guests of
honor | When he approached the dais, he
was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him. |
| 2 | dally | विचरना | trifle with; procrastinate | Laertes told Ophelia that Hamlet
could only dally with her affections. |
| 3 | dank | नम | damp | The walls of the dungeon were
dank and slimy.
|
| 4 | dapper | व्यवसायिक | neat and trim |
Tony Randall played Felix Unger, an excessively dapper soul who could not
stand to have a hair out of place. |
| 5 | dappled | विचित्र | spotted | The sunlight filtering though
the screens created a dappled effect on the wall. |
| 6 | daub | लीपापोती | smear (as with paint) | From the way he daubed his paint
on the canvas, I could tell he knew nothing of oils. |
| 7 | daunt | धौंसना | intimidate | Your threats cannot daunt me. |
| 8 | dauntless | निडर | bold | Despite the dangerous nature of
the undertaking, the dauntless soldier volunteered for the assignment. |
| 9 | dawdle | समय नष्ट करना | loiter; waste time | Inasmuch as we must meet a
deadline, do not dawdle over this work. |
| 10 | deadlock | गतिरोध | standstill; stalemate | The negotiations had reached a
deadlock. |
| 11 | deadpan | भावशून्य | wooden; impassive | We wanted to see how long he
could maintain his deadpan expression. |
| 12 | dearth | अकाल | scarcity | The dearth of skilled labor
compelled the employers to open trade schools. |
| 13 | debacle | पराजय | breaking up; downfall | This debacle in the government
can only result in anarchy. |
| 14 | debase | मूल्य घटाना | reduce to lower state | Do not debase youself by
becoming maudlin. |
| 15 | debauch | छिनाला | corrupt; make intemperate | A vicious newspaper can debauch
public ideals. |
| 16 | debilitate | कमज़ोर करना | weaken; enfeeble | Overindulgence debilitates
character as well as physical stamina. |
| 17 | debonair | ख़ुशमिज़ाज | friendly; aiming to please | The debonair youth was liked by
all who met him, because of his cheerful and obliging manner. |
| 18 | debris | मलबा | rubble | A full year after the earthquake
in Mexico City, workers were still carting away the debris. |
| 19 | debunk | धूल में मिलाना | expose as false, exaggerated,
worthless, etc.; ridicule | Pointing out that he
conhsistently had voted afainst strenghtening antipollution legislation,
reporters debunked the candidate's claim that he was a fervent
environmentalist. |
| 20 | debutante | लोगों के सामने पहली उपस्थिति
करनेवाली | yound woman making formal
entrance into society | As a debutante, she was often
mentioned in the society columns of the newspapers. |
| 21 | decadence | पतन | decay | The moral decadence of the
people was reflected in the lewd literature of the period. |
| 22 | decant | छानना | pour off gently | Be sure to decant this wine
before serving it. |
| 23 | decapitate | सिर काटना | behead | They did not hang Lady Jane
Grey; they decapitated her. |
| 24 | decelerate | धीमा करना | slow down | Seeing the emergency blinkers in
the road ahead, he decelerated quickly. |
| 25 | deciduous | पतनशील | falling off, as of leaves | The oak is a deciduous tree. |
| 26 | decimate | बरबाद करना | kill, usually one out of ten | We do more to decimate our
population in automobile accidents than we do in war. |
| 27 | decipher | पढ़ना | decode | I could not decipher the
doctor's handwriting. |
| 28 | declivity | ढार | downward slope | The children loved to ski down
the declivity. |
| 29 | decollete | Decollete | having a low-cut neckline | Fashion decrees that evening
gowns be decollete this season; bare shoulders are again the vogue. |
| 30 | decomposition | सड़न | decay | Despite the body's advanced
state of decomposition, the police were able to identify the murdered man. |
| 31 | decorum | शिष्टाचार | propriety; seemliness | Shocked by the unruly behavior,
the teacher criticized the class for its lack of decorum. |
| 32 | decoy | प्रलोभन | lure or bait | The wild ducks were not fooled
by the decoy. |
| 33 | decrepitude | पुरानापन | state of collagse caused by
illness or old age | I was unprepared for the state
of decrepitude in which I had found my old friend; he seemed to have aged
twenty years in six months. |
| 34 | decry | दोष देना | express strong disapproval of ;
disparage | The founder of the Children's
Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman, strongly decries the lack of financial
and moral support for children in America today. |
| 35 | deducible | deducible | derived byreasoning | If we accept your premise, your
conclusions are easily deducible. |
| 36 | deface | बदनाम करना | mar; disfigure | If you deface a library book,
you will have to pay a hefty fine. |
| 37 | defamation | मानहानि | harming a person's reputation | Such defamation of character may
result in a slander suit. |
| 38 | default | चूक | failure to do | As a result of her husband's
failure to appear in court, she was granted a divorce by default. |
| 39 | defeatist | पराजित | resigned to defeat; accepting
defeat as a natural outcome | If you maintain your defeatist
attitude, you will never succeed. |
| 40 | defection | भगना | desertion | The children, who had made him
an idol, were hurt most by his defection from our cause. |
| 41 | deference | सम्मान | courteous regard for another's
wish | In deference to his desires, the
employers granted him a holiday. |
| 42 | defile | अपवित्र करना | pollute; profane | The hoodlums defiled the church
with their scurrilous writing. |
| 43 | definitive | अंतिम | most reliable or complee | Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln
may be regarded as the definitive work on the life of the Great Emancipator. |
| 44 | deflect | मोड़ना | turn aside | His life was saved when his
cigarette case deflected the bullet. |
| 45 | defoliate | पत्तों से रहित करना | destroy leaves | In Vietnam the army made
extensive use of chemical agents to defoliate the woodlands. |
| 46 | defray | चुकाना | provide ofr the payment of | Her employer offered to defray
the costs of her postgraduate education. |
| 47 | defrock | defrock | to strip a priest or minister of
church authority | We knew the minister had
violated church regulations, but we had not realized his offense was serious
enough to cause him to be defrocked. |
| 48 | deft | चतुर | neat; skillful | The deft waiter uncorked the
champagne without spilling a drop. |
| 49 | defunct | मृत | dead; no longer in use or
existence | The lawyers sought to examine
the books of the defunct corporation. |
| 50 | degenerate | पतित | become worse; deteriorate | As the fight dragged on, the
champion's style degenerated until he could barely keep on his feet. |
| 51 | degraded | अपमानित | lowered in rank; debased | The degraded wretch spoke only
of his past glories and honors. |
| 52 | dehydrate | निर्जलीकरण | remove water from; dry out | Vigorous dancing quickly
dehydrates the body; between dances, be sure to drink more water than normal. |
| 53 | deify | देवता-सदृश पूजा करना | turn into a god; idolize | Admire the rock star all you
want; just don't deify him. |
| 54 | deign | योग्य समझना | condescend | He felt that he would debase
himself if he deigned to answer his critics. |
| 55 | delete | हटाना | erase; strike out | If you delete this paragraph,
the composition will have more appeal. |
| 56 | deleterious | हानिकारक | harmful | Workers in nuclear research must
avoid the deleterious effects of radioactive substances. |
| 57 | deliberate | जानबूझकर | consider; ponder; unhurried | Offered the new job, she asked
for time to deliberate before she made her decision. |
| 58 | delineate | चित्रित करना | portray | He is weakest when he attempts
to delineate character. |
| 59 | delirium | प्रलाप | mental disorder marked by
confusion | The drunkard in his delirium saw
strange animals. |
| 60 | delta | डेल्टा | flat plain of mud or sand
between branches of a river | His dissertation discussed the
effect of intermittent flooding on the fertility of the Nile delta. |
| 61 | delude | भुलाना | deceive | Do not delude yourself into
believing that he will relent. |
| 62 | deluge | बाढ़ | flood; rush | When we advertised the position,
we received a deluge of applications. |
| 63 | delusion | भ्रांति | false belief; hallucination | This scheme is a snare and a
delusion. |
| 64 | delusive | धोखे से भरा हुआ | deceptive; raising vain hopes | Do not raise your hopes on the
basis of his delusive promises. |
| 65 | delve | गड्ढा | dig; investigate | delving into old books and
manuscripts is part of a researcher's job. |
| 66 | demagogue | दुर्जनों का नेता | person who appeals to people's
prejudice; false leader | He was accused of being a
demogogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes in his
listeners. |
| 67 | demean | नीचा दिखाना | degrade; humiliate | He felt that he would demean
himself if he replied to the scurrilous letter. |
| 68 | demeanor | आचरण | behavior; bearing | His sober demeanor quieted the
noisy revelers. |
| 69 | demented | बावला | insane | She became increasingly demented
and had to be hospitalized. |
| 70 | demise | मृत्यु | death | Upon the demise of the dictator,
a bitter dispute about succession to power developed. |
| 71 | demographic | जनसांख्यिकीय | related to population balance | In conducting a survey, one
should take into account demographic trends in the region. |
| 72 | demolition | विध्वंस | destruction | One of the major aims of the air
force was the complete demolition of all means of transportation by the
bombing of rail lines and the terminals. |
| 73 | demoniac | आसुरी | fiendish | The Spanish Inquisition devised
many demoniac means of torture. |
| 74 | demotic | क़ौमी | pertaining to the people | He lamented the passing of
aristocratic society and maintained that a demotic society would lower the
nation's standards. |
| 75 | demur | आपत्ति | delay; object | To demur at this time will only
worsen the already serious situation; now is the time for action. |
| 76 | demure | संकोची | grave; serius; coy | She was demure and reserved. |
| 77 | denigrate | बदनाम करना | blacken | All attempts to denigrate the
character of our late President have failed; the people still love him and
cherish his memory. |
| 78 | denizen | निवासी | inhabitant of | Ghosts are denizens of the land
of the dead who return to earth. |
| 79 | denotation | हिदायत | meaning; distinguishing by name | A dictionary will always give us
the denotation of a word; frequently, it will always give us its connotation. |
| 80 | denouement | उपसंहार | outcome; final development of
the plot of a play or other literary work | The play was childishly written;
the denouement was obvious to sophisticated theatergoers as early as the
middle of the first act. |
| 81 | denounce | आरोप लगा देना | condemn; critcize | The reform candidate denounced
the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust. |
| 82 | depict | शब्दों में वर्णन करना | portray | In this book, the author depicts
the slave owners as kind and benevolent masters. |
| 83 | deplete | व्यय करना | reduce; exhaust | We must wait until we deplete
our present inventory before we order replacements. |
| 84 | deplicity | deplicity | double-dealing; hypocrisy | People were shocked and dismayed
when they learned of his duplicity in this affair, as he had always seemed
honest and straightforward. |
| 85 | deplore | खेद प्रकट करना | regret | Although I deplore the vulgarity
of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely. |
| 86 | deploy | की तैनाती | move troops so that the battle
line is extended at the expense of depth | The general ordered the
battalion to deploy in order to meet the offensive of the enemy. |
| 87 | depose | पदच्युत करना | dethrone; remove form office | The army attempted to depose the
king and set up a military government. |
| 88 | deposition | निक्षेप | testimony under oath | He made his deposition in the
judge's chamber. |
| 89 | depravity | भ्रष्टता | corruption; wickedness | The depravity of the tyrant's
behavior shocked us all. |
| 90 | deprecate | बिनती करना | express disapproval of; protest
against; belittle | A firm believer in old-fashioned
courtesy, Miss Post deprecated the modern tendency to address new
acquaintances by their first names. |
| 91 | depreciate | पछताना | lessen in value | If you neglect this properly, it
will depreciate. |
| 92 | depredation | लूट-पाट | plundering | After the depredations of the
invaders, the people were penniless. |
| 93 | deranged | विक्षिप्त | insane | He had to be institutionalized
because he was deranged. |
| 94 | derelict | त्याग किया हुआ | neglectful of duty; abandoned | The corporal who fell asleep
while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being derelic in his duty. |
| 95 | deride | उपहास करना | scoff at | The people derided his grandiose
schemes. |
| 96 | derision | उपहास | ridicule | They greeted his proposal with
derision and refused to consider it seriously. |
| 97 | derivative | यौगिक | unoriginal; obtained from
another source | Although her early poetry was
clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and
eventually would find her own voice. |
| 98 | dermatologist | त्वचा विशेषज्ञ | one who studies the skin and its
diseases | I advise you to consult a
dermatologist about your acne. |
| 99 | derogatory | अपमानजनक | expressing a low opinion | I resent your derogatory
remarks. |
| 100 | descry | पता लगा लेना | catch sight of | In the distance, we could barely
descry the enemy vessels. |
| 101 |
desecrate |
अपवित्र करना |
profane; violate the sanctity of |
The soldiers desecrated the
temple. |
| 102 |
desiccate |
सूखना |
dry up |
A tour of this smokehouse will
give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to
preserve it. |
| 103 |
desolate |
उजाड़ |
rob of joy; lay waste to;
forsake |
The bandits desolated the
countryside, burning farms and carrying off the harvest.
|
| 104 |
desperado |
बेधड़क |
reckless outlaw |
Butch Cassidy was a bold
desperado with a price on his head. |
| 105 |
despicable |
नीच |
contemptible |
Your despicable remarks call for
no reply. |
| 106 |
despise |
तिरस्कार किया |
scorn |
I despise your attempts at a
reconciliation at this time and refuse to meet you. |
| 107 |
despoil |
तोड़ना |
plunder |
If you do not yield, I am afraid
the enemy will despoil the countryside. |
| 108 |
despondent |
हताश |
depressed; gloomy |
To the dismay of his parents, he
became more and more depondent every day. |
| 109 |
despotism |
तानाशाही |
tyranny |
The people rebelled against the
despotism of the king. |
| 110 |
destitute |
निराश्रित |
extremely poor |
The costs of the father's
illness left the family destitute. |
| 111 |
desultory |
अनियमित |
aimless; haphazard; digressing
at random |
In prison Malcolm X set himself
the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him reading was
purposeful, not desultory. |
| 112 |
detached |
अलग |
emotionally removed; calm and
objective; indifferent |
A psychoanalyst must maintain a
detached point of view and stay uninvolved with her patients' perssonal
lives. |
| 113 |
determinate |
पक्का |
having a fixed order of
procedure; invariable |
At the royal wedding, the
procession of the nobles followed a determinate order of precedence. |
| 114 |
deterrent |
निवारक |
something that discourages;
hindrance |
Does the threat of capital
punishment serve as a deterrent to potential killers? |
| 115 |
detonation |
विस्फोट |
explosion |
The detonation of the bomb could
be heard miles away. |
| 116 |
detraction |
कलंक |
slandering; aspersion |
He is offended by your frequent
detractions of his ability as a leader. |
| 117 |
detrimental |
हानिकारक |
harmful; damaging |
Your acceptance of her support
will ultimately prove detrimental rather than helpful to your cause. |
| 118 |
deviate |
हटना |
turn away from |
Do not deviate from the truth;
you must face the facts. |
| 119 |
devious |
चालाक |
going astray; erratic |
Your devious behavior in this
matter puzzles me since you are usually direct and straightforward. |
| 120 |
devoid |
रहित |
lacking |
He was devoid of any personal
desire for gain in his endeavor to secure improvement in the community. |
| 121 |
devolve |
उतरना |
deputize; pass to others |
It devolved upon us, the
survivors, to arrange peace terms with the enemy. |
| 122 |
devotee |
भक्त |
enthusiastic follower |
A devotee of the opera, he
bought season tickets every year. |
| 123 |
devout |
सच्चा |
pious |
The devout man prayed daily. |
| 124 |
dexterous |
निपुण |
skillful |
The magician was so dexterous
that we could not follow his movements as he performed his tricks. |
| 125 |
diabolical |
शैतानी |
devilish |
This scheme is so diabolical
that I must reject it. |
| 126 |
diadem |
मुकुट |
crown |
The king's diadem was on display
at the museum. |
| 127 |
dialectic |
द्वंद्वात्मक |
art of debate |
I am not skilled in dialectic
and therefore, cannot answer your arguments as forcefully as I wish. |
| 128 |
diaphanous |
पारदर्शक |
sheer; transparent |
They saw the burglar clearly
through the diaphanous curtain. |
| 129 |
diatribe |
अभियोगात्मक भाषण |
bitter scolding; invective |
During the lengthy diatribe
delivered by his opponent he remained calm and self-controlled. |
| 130 |
dichotomy |
विरोधाभास |
branching into two parts |
The dichotomy of our legislative
system provides us with many safeguards. |
| 131 |
dictum |
उक्ति |
arthoritative and weighty
statement |
She repeated the statement as
though it were the dictum of the most expert worker in the group. |
| 132 |
didactic |
प्रबोधक |
teaching; instructional;
preaching or moralizing |
The didactic qualities of his
poetry overshadow its literary qualities; the lesson he teaches is more
memorable than the lines. |
| 133 |
die |
मरना |
device for stamping or
impressing; mold |
In coining pennies, workers at
the old mint squeezed sheets of softened copper between two dies. |
| 134 |
diffidence |
संशय |
shyness |
You must overcome your
diffidence if you intend to become a salesperson. |
| 135 |
diffusion |
प्रसार |
wordiness; spreading in all
directions like a gas |
Your composition suffers from a
diffusion of ideas; try to be more compact. |
| 136 |
digression |
विषयांतर |
wandering away from the subject |
Nobody minded when Professor
Renoir's lectures wandered away from their offical theme; his digressions
were always more fascinating than the topic of the day. |
| 137 |
dilapidated |
जीर्ण |
ruined because of neglect |
We felt that the dilapidated
building needed several coats of paint. |
| 138 |
dilate |
चौड़ा करना |
expand |
In the dark, the pupils of your
eyes dilate. |
| 139 |
dilatory |
धीमा |
delaying |
Your dilatory tactics may compel
me to cancel the contract. |
| 140 |
dilemma |
दुविधा |
problem; choice of two
unsatisfactory alternatives |
In this dilemma, he knew no one
to whom he could turn for advice. |
| 141 |
dilettante |
अनुरागी |
aimless follower of the arts;
amateur; dabbler |
He was not serious in his
painting; he was rather a dilettante. |
| 142 |
diligence |
परिश्रम |
steadiness of effort; persisten
hard work |
Her employers were greatly
impressed by her diligence and offered her a partnership in the firm. |
| 143 |
dilute |
पतला |
make less concentrated; reduce
in strength |
She preferred her coffee diluted
with milk. |
| 144 |
diminution |
कमी |
lessening; reduction in size |
The blockaders hoped to achieve
victory as soon as the diminution of the enemy's supplies became serious. |
| 145 |
din |
शोर |
continued loud noise |
The din of the jackhammers
outside the classroom window drowned out the lecturer's voice. |
| 146 |
dinghy |
कश्ती |
small boat (often ship's boat) |
In the film Lifeboat, an
ill-assorted group of passengers from a sunken ocean liner are marooned at
sea in a dinghy. |
| 147 |
dingy |
धूंधला |
dull; not fresh; cheerless |
Refusing to be depressed by her
dingy studio apartment, Bea spent the weekend polishing the floors and
windows and hanging bright posters on the walls. |
| 148 |
dint |
प्रहार |
means; effort |
By dint of much hard work, the
volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire. |
| 149 |
diorama |
चित्रावली |
like-size, three-dimensional
scene from nature or history |
Because they dramatically pose
actual stuffed animals against realistic painted landscapes, the dioramas at
the Museum of Natural History particularly impress high school biology
students. |
| 150 |
dire |
भयानक |
disastrous |
People ignored her dire
predictions of an approaching depression. |
| 151 |
dirge |
मरसिया |
lament with music |
The funeral dirge stirred us to
tears. |
| 152 |
disabuse |
माया हटाना |
correct a false impression;
undeceive |
I will attempt to diabuse you of
your impression of my client's guilt; I know he is innocent. |
| 153 |
disaffected |
असंतुष्ट |
disloyal |
Once the most loyal of
Gorbachev's supporters, Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly
disaffected. |
| 154 |
disapprobation |
नापसंदगी |
disapproval; condemnation |
The conservative father viewed
his daughter's radical boyfriend with disapprobation. |
| 155 |
disarray |
अव्यवस्था |
a disorderly or untidy state |
After the New Year's party, the
once orderly house was in total disarray. |
| 156 |
disavowal |
इनकार |
denial; disclaiming |
His disavowal of his part in the
conspiracy was not believed by the jury. |
| 157 |
disband |
उखड़ना |
dissolve; disperse |
The chess club disbanded after
its disastrous initial season. |
| 158 |
disburse |
चुकाना |
pay out |
When you disburse money on the
company's behalf, be sure to get a receipt. |
| 159 |
discernible |
नमूदार |
distinguishable; perceivable |
The ships in the harbor were not
discernible in the fog. |
| 160 |
discerning |
विवेकी |
mentally quick and observant;
having insight |
Because he was considered the
most discerning member of the firm, he was assigned the most difficult cases. |
| 161 |
disclaim |
छोड़ना |
disown; renounce claim to |
If I grant you this previlege,
will you disclaim all other rights? |
| 162 |
disclose |
खुलासा |
reveal |
Although competitors offered him
bribes, he refused to disclose any information about his company's
forthcoming product. |
| 163 |
discombobulated |
discombobulated |
confused; discomposed |
The novice square dancer became
so discombobulated that he wandered into wrong set. |
| 164 |
discomfit |
हराना |
put to rout; defeat; disconcert |
This ruse will discomfit the
enemy. |
| 165 |
disconcert |
घबराना |
confuse; upset; embarrass |
The lawyer was disconcerted by
the evidence produced by her adversary. |
| 166 |
disconcolate |
disconcolate |
sad |
The death of his wife left him
disconsolate. |
| 167 |
discordant |
बेताल |
inharmonious; conflicting |
She tried to unite the
discordant factions. |
| 168 |
discount |
छूट |
disregard |
Be prepared to discount what he
has to say about his ex-wife. |
| 169 |
discourse |
प्रवचन |
formal disscussion; conversation |
The young Plato was drawn to the
Agora to hear the philosophical discourse of Socrates and his followers. |
| 170 |
discredit |
बदनामी |
defame; destroy confidence in;
disbelieve |
The campaign was highly negative
in tone; each candidate tried to discredit the other. |
| 171 |
discrepancy |
विसंगति |
lack of consistency; difference |
The police noticed some
discrepancies in his description of the crime and did not believe him. |
| 172 |
discrete |
अलग |
separate; unconnected |
The universe is composed of
discrete bodies. |
| 173 |
discretion |
विवेक |
prudence; ability to adjust
actions to circumstances |
Use your discretion in this
matter and do not discuss it with anyone. |
| 174 |
discrimination |
भेदभाव |
ability to see differences;
prejudice |
They feared he lacked sufficient
discrimination to judge complex works of modern art. |
| 175 |
discursive |
असंबद्ध |
digressing; rambling |
They were annoyed and bored by
her discursive remarks. |
| 176 |
disdain |
तिरस्कार |
treat with scorn or contempt |
You make enemies of all you
disdain. |
| 177 |
disembark |
उतरना |
go ashore; unload cargo from a
ship |
Before the passengers could
disembark, they had to pick up their passports from the ship's purser. |
| 178 |
disenfranchise |
नागरिकता से वंचित करना |
deprive of a civil right |
The imposition if the poll tax
effectively disenfranchised poor Southern blacks, who lost their right to
vote. |
| 179 |
disengage |
छुड़ाना |
uncouple; separate; disconnect |
A standard movie routine
involves the hero's desperate attempt to disengage a railroad car from a
moving train. |
| 180 |
disfigure |
विरूपित करना |
mar the appearance of; spoil |
An ugly frown disfigured his
normally pleasant face. |
| 181 |
disgorge |
उगलना |
surrender something; efect;
vomit |
Unwilling to disgorge the cash
he had stolen from the pension fund, the embezzler tried to run away. |
| 182 |
disgruntle |
चिढ़ाना |
make discontented |
The passengers were disgruntled
by the numerous delays. |
| 183 |
dishearten |
उत्साह भंग करना |
discourage |
His failure to pass the bar exam
disheartened him. |
| 184 |
disheveled |
बिखेरा हुआ |
untidy |
Your disheveled appearance will
hurt your chances in this interview. |
| 185 |
disinclination |
अनिच्छा |
unwilingness |
Some mornings I feel a great
disinclination to get out of bed. |
| 186 |
disingenuous |
असत |
not naive; sophisticated |
Although he was young, his
remarks indicated that he was disingenous. |
| 187 |
disinter |
खोदकर निकालना |
dig up; unearth |
They disinterred the body and
held an autopsy. |
| 188 |
disinterested |
उदासीन |
unprejudiced |
The only disinterested person in
the room was the judge. |
| 189 |
disjointed |
असंबद्ध |
disconnected |
His remarks were so disjointed
that we could not follow his reasoning. |
| 190 |
dislodge |
जगह देना |
remove (forcible) |
Thrusting her fist up under the
choking man's lower ribs, Margaret used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge the
food caught in this throat. |
| 191 |
dismantle |
विघटित |
take apart |
When the show closed, they
dismantled the scenery before restoring it. |
| 192 |
dismember |
खंड-खंड करना |
cut into small parts |
When the Austrian Empire was
dismembered, several new countries were established. |
| 193 |
dismiss |
खारिज |
eliminate from consideration;
reject |
Believing in John's love for
her, she dismissed the notion that he might be unfaithful. |
| 194 |
disparage |
नीचा दिखाना |
belittle |
Do not disparage anyone's
contribution; these little gifts add up to large sums. |
| 195 |
disparate |
असमान |
basically different; unrelated |
It is difficult, if not
impossible, to organize these disparate elements into a coherent whole. |
| 196 |
disparity |
असमानता |
difference; condition of
inequality |
The disparity in their ages made
no difference at all. |
| 197 |
dispassionate |
उदासीन |
calm; impartial |
In a dispassionate analysis of
the problem, he carefully examined the causes of the conflict and proceeded
to suggest suitable remedies. |
| 198 |
dispatch |
प्रेषण |
speediness; prompt execution;
message sent with all due speed |
Young Napoleon defeated the
enemy with all possible dispatch; he then sent a dispatch to headquarters,
informing his commander of the great victory. |
| 199 |
dispel |
दूर हो जाना |
scatter; drive away; cause to
vanish |
The bright sunlight eventually
dispelled the morning mist. |
| 200 |
disperse |
फैलाने |
scatter |
The police fired tear gas into
crowd to disperse the protesters. |
| 201 | dispirited | मायूस | lacking in spirit | The coach used all the tricks at his command to buoy up the enthusiasm of his team, which I had become dispirited at the loss of the star player. |
| 202 | disport | दिल बहलाना | amuse | The popularity of Florida as a winter resort is constantly increasing; each year, thousands more disport themselves at Miami and Palm Beach. |
| 203 | disputatious | बेलगाम | argumentative; fond of argument | People avoided discussing contemporary problems with him because of his disputatious manner
. |
| 204 | disquisition | अन्वेषण | a formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry | In his disquisition, he outlined the steps he had taken in reaching his conclusions. |
| 205 | dissection | विच्छेदन | analysis; cutting apart in order to examine | The dissection of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students. |
| 206 | dissemble | स्वांग रचना | disguise; pretend | Even though John tried to dissemble his motive for taking modern dance, we all knew there not to dance but to meet girls. |
| 207 | disseminate | फैलाना | scatter (like seeds) | The invention of the radio helped propagandists to disseminate their favorite doctrines very easily. |
| 208 | dissent | मतभेद | disagree | In a landmark Supreme Court decision, Justice Marshall dissented from the majority opinion. |
| 209 | dissertation | निबंध | formal essay | In order to earn a graduate degree from many of our universities, a candidate is frequently required to prepare a dissertation on some scholarly subject. |
| 210 | dissident | मतभेद करनेवाला | dissenting; rebellious | In the purge that followed the student demonstrations at Tianamen Square, the government hunted down the dissident students and their supporters. |
| 211 | dissimulate | छल-कपट करना | pretend; conceal by feigning | She tried to dissimulate her grief by her exuberant attitude. |
| 212 | dissipate | नष्ट करना | squander | The young man quickly dissipated his inheritance and was soon broke. |
| 213 | dissolution | विघटन | disintegration; looseness in morals | The profligacy and dissolution of life in Caligula's Rome appall some historians. |
| 214 | dissonance | मतभेद | discord | Some contemporary musicians deliberately use dissonance to achieve certain effects. |
| 215 | dissuade | विरत करना | advise against | He could not dissuade his friend from joining the conspirators. |
| 216 | distant | दूर | reserved or aloof; cold in manner | His distant greeting made me feel unwelcome from the start. |
| 217 | distend | तान देना | expand;swell out | I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins distend on his forehead. |
| 218 | distill | टपकना | purify; refine; concentrate | A moonshiner distills mash into whiskey; an epigrammatist distills thoughts into quips. |
| 219 | distortion | विरूपण | twisting out of shape | It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of this event because of the distortions and exaggerations of the reporters. |
| 220 | distrait | बेपरवाह | absentminded | Because of his concentration on the problem, the professor often appeared distrait and unconcerned about routine. |
| 221 | distraught | व्याकुल | upset; distracted by anxiety | The distraught parents frantically searched the ravine for their lost child. |
| 222 | diurnal | प्रतिदिन | daily | A farmer cannot neglect his diurnal tasks at any time; cows, for example, must be milked regularly. |
| 223 | diva | दिवा | operatic singer; prima donna | Although world famous as a diva, she did not indulge in fits of temerament. |
| 224 | diverge | हट जाना | vary; go in different directionsfrom the same point | The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub. |
| 225 | divergent | विभिन्न | differing; deviating | The two witnesses presented the jury with remarkably divergent accounts of the same epipode. |
| 226 | diverse | विविध | differing in some characteristics; various | There are diverse ways of approaching this problem. |
| 227 | diversion | परिवर्तन | act of turning aside; pastime | After studying for several hours, he needed a diversion from work. |
| 228 | diversity | विविधता | variety; dissimilitude | The diversity of colleges in this country indicates that many levels of ability are being served. |
| 229 | divest | ले लेना | strip; deprive | He was divested of his power to act and could no longer govern. |
| 230 | divine | दिव्य | perceive intuitively; foresee the future | Nothing infuriated Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to divine when he was not telling the truth. |
| 231 | divulge | प्रकाशित करना | reveal | I will not tell you this news because I am sure you will divulge it prematurely. |
| 232 | docile | विनम्र | obedient; easily managed | As docile as he seems today, that old lion was once a ferocious, snarling beast. |
| 233 | docket | चिप्पी | program asfor trial; book where such entries are made | The case of Smith v. Jones was entered in the docket for July 15. |
| 234 | doctrinaire | पंडिताऊ | unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding | Weng had hoped that the student-led democracy movement might bring about change in China, but the repressive response of the doctrinaire hard-liners crushed his dreams of democracy. |
| 235 | document | दस्तावेज़ | provide written evidence | She kept all the receipts from her business trip in order to document her expenses for the firm. |
| 236 | doddering | थरथरानेवाला | shaky; infirm from old age | Although he is not as yet a doddering and senile old man, his ideas and opinions no longer can merit the respect we gave them years ago. |
| 237 | doff | उतारना | take off | A gentleman used to doff his hat to a lady. |
| 238 | dogged | हठी | determined;stubborn | Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long, dogged pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean. |
| 239 | doggerel | खोटा | poorverse | Although we find occasional snatches of genuine poetry in her work, most of her writing is mere doggerel. |
| 240 | dogmatic | कट्टर | positive; arbitrary | Do not be so dogmatic about that statement; it can be easily refuted. |
| 241 | doldrums | उदासी | blues; listlessness; slack period | Once the excitement of meeting her deadline was over, she found herself in the doldrums. |
| 242 | dolorous | उदास | sorrowfrl | He found the dolorous lamentations of the bereaved family emotionally disturbing and he left as quickly as he could. |
| 243 | dolt | उल्लू | stupid person | I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead, I find myself addressing a pack of dolts. |
| 244 | domicile | अधिवास | home | Althoughhis legal domicile was in New York City, his work kept him away from his residence for many years. |
| 245 | domineer | अत्याचार करना | rule over tyrannically | Students prefer teachers who guide, not ones who domineer. |
| 246 | don | डॉन | put on | When Clark Kent had to don his Superman outfit, he changed clothes in a convenient phone booth. |
| 247 | dormant | निष्क्रिय | sleeping; lethargic; torpid | Sometimes dormant talents in our friends surprise those of us who never realize how gifted our acquaintances really are. |
| 248 | dormer | सोने का कमरा | window projecting from roof | In remodeling the attic into a bedroom, we decided that we needed to put in dormers to provide sufficient ventilation for the new room. |
| 249 | dorsal | पृष्ठीय | relating to the back of an animal | A shark may be identified by its dorsal fin, which projects above the surface of the ocean. |
| 250 | dossier | फ़ाइल | file of documents on a subject | Ordered by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the senator, the FBI compiled a complete dossier. |
| 251 | dotage | मतिक्षीणता | senility | In his dotage, the old man bored us with long tales of events in his childhood. |
| 252 | dote | मूर्ख हो जाना | be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline | Not only grandmothers bore you with stories about their brilliant grandchildren; grandfathers dote on the littel rascals, too. |
| 253 | dour | बेदर्द | sullen; stubborn | The man was dour abd taciturn. |
| 254 | douse | पानी में गोता लगाना | plunge into water; drench; extinguish | They doused each other with hoses and balloons. |
| 255 | dowdy | बेमज़ा | slovenly; untidy | She tried to change her dowdy image by buying a fashionable new wardrobe. |
| 256 | downcast | खिन्न | disheartened; sad | Cheerful and optimistic by nature, Beth was never downcast despite the difficulties she faced. |
| 257 | drab | एकाकार | dull; lacking color; cheerless | The Dutch woman's drab winter coat contrasted with the distinctive, colorful native costume she wore beneath it. |
| 258 | dregs | मैल | sediment; worthless residue | David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the dregs. |
| 259 | droll | हासकर | queer and amusing | He was a popular guest because his droll anecdotes were always entertaining. |
| 260 | drone | परजीवी | idle person; male bee | Content to let his wife support him, the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a drone. |
| 261 | drone | परजीवी | talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee | On a gorgeous day, who wants to be stuck in a classroom listening to the teacher drone? |
| 262 | dross | कीट | waste matter; worhtless impurities | Many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross. |
| 263 | drudgery | कठिन परिश्रम | menial work | Cinderella's fairy godmother rescued her from a life of drudgery. |
| 264 | dubious | संदिग्ध | doubtful | He has the dubious distinction of being the lowest man in his class. |
| 265 | ductility | लचीलापन | malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out | Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ductility. |
| 266 | dulcet | आनंदकर | sweet sounding | The dulcet sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel. |
| 267 | dupe | भोला | someone easily fooled | While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool. |
| 268 | duress | अवरोध | forcible restraint, especially unlawfully | The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners' demands were met. |
| 269 | dutiful | कर्तव्यपरायण | respectful; obedient | The dutiful child grew up to be a conscientious adult aware of his civic obligations. |
| 270 | dwindle | सूखना | shrink; reduce | They spent so much money that their funds dwindled to nothing. |
| 221 | dynamic | गतिशील | active; efficient | A dynamic government is necessary to meet the demands of a changing society. |
| 272 | dyspeptic | मंदाग्निग्रस्त | suffering from indigestion | All the talk about rich food made him feel dyspeptic. |
