Tham khảo tài liệu 'gmat vocabulary list episode 1 part 5', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | dispassionate adj. lack of feeling impartial She was a very emotional person and could not work with such a dispassi onate employer. disperse v. to scatter separate The pilots dispersed the food drops over a wide area of devastation. Tear gas was used to disperse the crowd. disputatious adj. argumentative inclined to disputes His disputatious streak eventually wore down his fellow parliament members. The child was so disputatious he needed to be removed from the room. dissemble v. to pretend to feign to conceal by pretense The man dissembled his assets shamelessly to avoid paying alimony. Agent 007 has a marvelous ability to dissemble his real intentions. disseminate v. to circulate scatter He was hired to disseminate newspapers to everyone in the town. The preacher traveled across the country to disseminate his message. dissent v. to disagree differ in opinion They agreed that something had to be done but dissented on how to do it. dissonance n. musical discord a mingling of inharmonious sounds nonmusical disagreement lack of harmony Much twentieth- century music is not liked by classical music lovers because of the dissonance it holds and the harmonies it lacks. The dissonance of his composition makes for some rough listening. dissonant adj. not in harmony in disagreement Despite several intense rehearsals the voices of the choir members continued to be dissonant. The dissonant nature of the man s temperament made the woman fearful to approach him with the new idea. distant adj. having separations or being reserved Rolonda s friends have become more distant in recent years. distention n. inflation or extension The bulge in the carpet was caused by the distention of the wood undern eath. dither v. n. to act indecisively a confused condition She dithered every time she had to make a decision. Having to take two tests in one day left the student in a dither. diverge v. separate split The path diverges at the old bam one fork leading to the house and the other .
