| Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
| 831 | 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. |
| 832 | dally | विचरना | trifle with; procrastinate | Laertes told Ophelia that Hamlet
could only dally with her affections. |
| 833 | dank | नम | damp | The walls of the dungeon were
dank and slimy.
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| 834 | 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. |
| 835 | dappled | विचित्र | spotted | The sunlight filtering though
the screens created a dappled effect on the wall. |
| 836 | daub | लीपापोती | smear (as with paint) | From the way he daubed his paint
on the canvas, I could tell he knew nothing of oils. |
| 837 | daunt | धौंसना | intimidate | Your threats cannot daunt me. |
| 838 | dauntless | निडर | bold | Despite the dangerous nature of
the undertaking, the dauntless soldier volunteered for the assignment. |
| 839 | dawdle | समय नष्ट करना | loiter; waste time | Inasmuch as we must meet a
deadline, do not dawdle over this work. |
| 840 | deadlock | गतिरोध | standstill; stalemate | The negotiations had reached a
deadlock. |
| 841 | deadpan | भावशून्य | wooden; impassive | We wanted to see how long he
could maintain his deadpan expression. |
| 842 | dearth | अकाल | scarcity | The dearth of skilled labor
compelled the employers to open trade schools. |
| 843 | debacle | पराजय | breaking up; downfall | This debacle in the government
can only result in anarchy. |
| 844 | debase | मूल्य घटाना | reduce to lower state | Do not debase youself by
becoming maudlin. |
| 845 | debauch | छिनाला | corrupt; make intemperate | A vicious newspaper can debauch
public ideals. |
| 846 | debilitate | कमज़ोर करना | weaken; enfeeble | Overindulgence debilitates
character as well as physical stamina. |
| 847 | debonair | ख़ुशमिज़ाज | friendly; aiming to please | The debonair youth was liked by
all who met him, because of his cheerful and obliging manner. |
| 848 | debris | मलबा | rubble | A full year after the earthquake
in Mexico City, workers were still carting away the debris. |
| 849 | 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. |
| 850 | 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. |
| 851 | decadence | पतन | decay | The moral decadence of the
people was reflected in the lewd literature of the period. |
| 852 | decant | छानना | pour off gently | Be sure to decant this wine
before serving it. |
| 853 | decapitate | सिर काटना | behead | They did not hang Lady Jane
Grey; they decapitated her. |
| 854 | decelerate | धीमा करना | slow down | Seeing the emergency blinkers in
the road ahead, he decelerated quickly. |
| 855 | deciduous | पतनशील | falling off, as of leaves | The oak is a deciduous tree. |
| 856 | decimate | बरबाद करना | kill, usually one out of ten | We do more to decimate our
population in automobile accidents than we do in war. |
| 857 | decipher | पढ़ना | decode | I could not decipher the
doctor's handwriting. |
| 858 | declivity | ढार | downward slope | The children loved to ski down
the declivity. |
| 859 | decollete | Decollete | having a low-cut neckline | Fashion decrees that evening
gowns be decollete this season; bare shoulders are again the vogue. |
| 860 | decomposition | सड़न | decay | Despite the body's advanced
state of decomposition, the police were able to identify the murdered man. |
| 861 | decorum | शिष्टाचार | propriety; seemliness | Shocked by the unruly behavior,
the teacher criticized the class for its lack of decorum. |
| 862 | decoy | प्रलोभन | lure or bait | The wild ducks were not fooled
by the decoy. |
| 863 | 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. |
| 864 | 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. |
| 865 | deducible | deducible | derived byreasoning | If we accept your premise, your
conclusions are easily deducible. |
| 866 | deface | बदनाम करना | mar; disfigure | If you deface a library book,
you will have to pay a hefty fine. |
| 867 | defamation | मानहानि | harming a person's reputation | Such defamation of character may
result in a slander suit. |
| 868 | default | चूक | failure to do | As a result of her husband's
failure to appear in court, she was granted a divorce by default. |
| 869 | defeatist | पराजित | resigned to defeat; accepting
defeat as a natural outcome | If you maintain your defeatist
attitude, you will never succeed. |
| 870 | defection | भगना | desertion | The children, who had made him
an idol, were hurt most by his defection from our cause. |
| 871 | deference | सम्मान | courteous regard for another's
wish | In deference to his desires, the
employers granted him a holiday. |
| 872 | defile | अपवित्र करना | pollute; profane | The hoodlums defiled the church
with their scurrilous writing. |
| 873 | 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. |
| 874 | deflect | मोड़ना | turn aside | His life was saved when his
cigarette case deflected the bullet. |
| 875 | defoliate | पत्तों से रहित करना | destroy leaves | In Vietnam the army made
extensive use of chemical agents to defoliate the woodlands. |
| 876 | defray | चुकाना | provide ofr the payment of | Her employer offered to defray
the costs of her postgraduate education. |
| 877 | 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. |
| 878 | deft | चतुर | neat; skillful | The deft waiter uncorked the
champagne without spilling a drop. |
| 879 | defunct | मृत | dead; no longer in use or
existence | The lawyers sought to examine
the books of the defunct corporation. |
| 880 | degenerate | पतित | become worse; deteriorate | As the fight dragged on, the
champion's style degenerated until he could barely keep on his feet. |
| 881 | degraded | अपमानित | lowered in rank; debased | The degraded wretch spoke only
of his past glories and honors. |
| 882 | dehydrate | निर्जलीकरण | remove water from; dry out | Vigorous dancing quickly
dehydrates the body; between dances, be sure to drink more water than normal. |
| 883 | deify | देवता-सदृश पूजा करना | turn into a god; idolize | Admire the rock star all you
want; just don't deify him. |
| 884 | deign | योग्य समझना | condescend | He felt that he would debase
himself if he deigned to answer his critics. |
| 885 | delete | हटाना | erase; strike out | If you delete this paragraph,
the composition will have more appeal. |
| 886 | deleterious | हानिकारक | harmful | Workers in nuclear research must
avoid the deleterious effects of radioactive substances. |
| 887 | deliberate | जानबूझकर | consider; ponder; unhurried | Offered the new job, she asked
for time to deliberate before she made her decision. |
| 888 | delineate | चित्रित करना | portray | He is weakest when he attempts
to delineate character. |
| 889 | delirium | प्रलाप | mental disorder marked by
confusion | The drunkard in his delirium saw
strange animals. |
| 890 | 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. |
| 891 | delude | भुलाना | deceive | Do not delude yourself into
believing that he will relent. |
| 892 | deluge | बाढ़ | flood; rush | When we advertised the position,
we received a deluge of applications. |
| 893 | delusion | भ्रांति | false belief; hallucination | This scheme is a snare and a
delusion. |
| 894 | delusive | धोखे से भरा हुआ | deceptive; raising vain hopes | Do not raise your hopes on the
basis of his delusive promises. |
| 895 | delve | गड्ढा | dig; investigate | delving into old books and
manuscripts is part of a researcher's job. |
| 896 | 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. |
| 897 | demean | नीचा दिखाना | degrade; humiliate | He felt that he would demean
himself if he replied to the scurrilous letter. |
| 898 | demeanor | आचरण | behavior; bearing | His sober demeanor quieted the
noisy revelers. |
| 899 | demented | बावला | insane | She became increasingly demented
and had to be hospitalized. |
| 900 | demise | मृत्यु | death | Upon the demise of the dictator,
a bitter dispute about succession to power developed. |
| 901 | demographic | जनसांख्यिकीय | related to population balance | In conducting a survey, one
should take into account demographic trends in the region. |
| 902 | 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. |
| 903 | demoniac | आसुरी | fiendish | The Spanish Inquisition devised
many demoniac means of torture. |
| 904 | 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. |
| 905 | demur | आपत्ति | delay; object | To demur at this time will only
worsen the already serious situation; now is the time for action. |
| 906 | demure | संकोची | grave; serius; coy | She was demure and reserved. |
| 907 | 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. |
| 908 | denizen | निवासी | inhabitant of | Ghosts are denizens of the land
of the dead who return to earth. |
| 909 | 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. |
| 910 | 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. |
| 911 | denounce | आरोप लगा देना | condemn; critcize | The reform candidate denounced
the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust. |
| 912 | depict | शब्दों में वर्णन करना | portray | In this book, the author depicts
the slave owners as kind and benevolent masters. |
| 913 | deplete | व्यय करना | reduce; exhaust | We must wait until we deplete
our present inventory before we order replacements. |
| 914 | 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. |
| 915 | deplore | खेद प्रकट करना | regret | Although I deplore the vulgarity
of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely. |
| 916 | 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. |
| 917 | depose | पदच्युत करना | dethrone; remove form office | The army attempted to depose the
king and set up a military government. |
| 918 | deposition | निक्षेप | testimony under oath | He made his deposition in the
judge's chamber. |
| 919 | depravity | भ्रष्टता | corruption; wickedness | The depravity of the tyrant's
behavior shocked us all. |
| 920 | 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. |
| 921 | depreciate | पछताना | lessen in value | If you neglect this properly, it
will depreciate. |
| 922 | depredation | लूट-पाट | plundering | After the depredations of the
invaders, the people were penniless. |
| 923 | deranged | विक्षिप्त | insane | He had to be institutionalized
because he was deranged. |
| 924 | 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. |
| 925 | deride | उपहास करना | scoff at | The people derided his grandiose
schemes. |
| 926 | derision | उपहास | ridicule | They greeted his proposal with
derision and refused to consider it seriously. |
| 927 | 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. |
| 928 | dermatologist | त्वचा विशेषज्ञ | one who studies the skin and its
diseases | I advise you to consult a
dermatologist about your acne. |
| 929 | derogatory | अपमानजनक | expressing a low opinion | I resent your derogatory
remarks. |
| 930 | descry | पता लगा लेना | catch sight of | In the distance, we could barely
descry the enemy vessels. |
