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5 WORDS A DAY
High Frequency Words for Competitive Exams
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DISABUSE
◦ Meaning: to set right; to free from error
◦ Example: Galilee's observations DISABUSED scholars of the notion that
the Sun revolved around the Earth.
◦ Words with similar meanings:
CORRECT UNDECEIVE
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DISPARATE
◦ Meaning: to perceive; to recognize
◦ Example: It is easy to DISCERN the difference between butter and butter-
flavored topping.
◦ Related words:
◦ DISCERNMENT: taste and cultivation
◦ Words with similar meanings:
CATCH DESCRY DETECT
DIFFERENTIATE DISCRIMINATE DISTINGUISH
ESPY GLIMPSE KNOW
SEPARATE SPOT SPY
TELL
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DISSEMBLE
◦ Meaning: to present a false appearance; to disguise one's real intentions or
character
◦ Example: The villain could DISSEMBLE to the police no longer-he admitted the
deed and tore up the floor to reveal the body of the old man.
◦ Words with similar meanings:
ACT AFFECT ASSUME
CAMOUFLAGE CLOAK COUNTERFEIT
COVER UP DISGUISE DISSIMULATE
FAKE FEIGN MASK
MASQUERADE POSE PRETEND
PUT ON SHAM SIMULATE
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DISSONANCE
◦ Meaning: a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
◦ Example: Cognitive DISSONANCE is the inner conflict produced when
long-standing beliefs are contradicted by new evidence.
◦ Words with similar meanings:
CLASH CONTENTION DISCORD
DISSENSION DISSENT DISSIDENCE
FRICTION STRIFE VARIANCE
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DOGMA
◦ Meaning: a firmly held opinion, often a religious belief
◦ Example Linus' central DOGMA was that children who believed in the
Great Pumpkin would be rewarded.
◦ Words with similar meanings:
CREED DOCTRINE TEACHING
TENET
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What is the one word for the given

meaning?
1
A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals
proclaimed by a church.

a. Untended
b. Equivocated
c. Lissome
d. Dogma
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What is the one word for the given

meaning?
2
A mingling of discordant sounds…

a. Dissonance
b. Garish
c. Voluminous
d. Enmesh
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3
The con man did his best to ________________ his real motives from the
wealthy widow.

a. Dissemble
b. Ensemble
c. Immolate
d. Remonstrate
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Which of the following is not the

synonym of “Disabuse”?
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a. Disenchant
b. Undeceive
c. Unveil
d. Beguile
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5
The young rebels are attacking the government because they no
longer view the traditional _____________ as relevant today.

a. Dogma
b. Contemporaries
c. Suppleness
d. Lithe
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When a husband and wife have such _____________ incomes, there
can often be some degree of resentment in the marriage.

a. Uniform
b. Covetous
c. Insuperable
d. Disparate
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What is the one word for the given

meaning?
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Containing or made up of fundamentally different and often
incongruous elements

a. Disparate
b. Kindred
c. Hermon
d. Metamorphic
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Which of the following is not the

synonym of “Dissonance”?
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a. Dissidence
b. Strife
c. Concord
d. Abrasion
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9
If Congress can explain the ____________ between their promises and
their actual results, the public would be happy to hear the explanation.

a. Voracity
b. Precision
c. Dissonance
d. Avarice
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What is the one word for the given

meaning?
10
To hide under a false appearance…

a. Dissemble
b. Inconspicuous
c. Unconspicuous
d. Discreet
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If you wish to continue to believe that falsehood, I will not
________ you by telling you the truth.

a. Corroborate
b. Desolate
c. Disabuse
d. Demonstrate
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Which of the following is not the

antonym of “Dissemble”?
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a. Unveil
b. Counterfeit
c. Divulgences
d. Distinguished
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Which of the following is not the

synonym of “Disparate”?
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a. Nonidentical
b. Fickle
c. Vacillating
d. Perpetual
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Which of the following is not the

antonym of “Dogma”?
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a. Precision
b. Bewildered
c. Panicky
d. Bemused
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What is the one word for the given

meaning?
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To free from fallacy.

a. Falter
b. Disabuse
c. Dissimilate
d. Dissidence
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