30 GRE Words Beginning with "D"

Everyone, as usual, put much more work into finding supporting evidence than debunking evidence.
Salon (Apr 19, 2013)

Still others said their opponents spent so much time deflecting questions about scandals, they never had to face more substantive criticism.
New York Times (Jul 17, 2013)

Mr Weiner has so far defied calls to drop out of the election race
BBC (Jul 25, 2013)

Such encryption could degrade the personalized services net companies are offering.
The Guardian (Jun 29, 2013)

After talks between the two sides failed in recent days, Vivus accused First Manhattan of sending deliberate misinformation to fellow shareholders.
Reuters (Jul 19, 2013)

States rights are delineated in the Constitution and through judicial precedent. 
Time (Apr 8, 2013)

Feeling lazy, I demurred — but when Mike brought it up again 15 minutes later, I gave in just to shut him up.
New York Times (Aug 23, 2012)

No following can be more productive of a study and love of word derivations and allied word meanings than gardening.
Alice Morse Earle

But Mrs Shaw's condition deteriorated and the booking was cancelled in early May.
BBC (Jul 25, 2013)

It is governed by the assumptions of a deterministic, predictable world and focused on centralization, coercion, formality, tight rein, imposed discipline and obedience.
Forbes (Dec 11, 2012)

Self-censorship — Doubts and deviations from the perceived group consensus are not expressed.
Washington Post (Jun 9, 2012)

Didactic, self-righteous and smug, full of easy slogans, this sort of art leaves people just as boxed in as the systems it supposedly critiques.
New York Times (Jan 9, 2012)

The novel's five sections are strictly differentiated by tense, point of view and style.
The Guardian (Jul 27, 2013)

That would not please the base, but in today’s bitterly divisive politics, a bit more diffidence could go a long way.
Economist (Sep 27, 2012)

Also, Democrats tend to congregate in the same districts, while Republicans are more diffuse.
New York Times (Jan 28, 2013)

“After all this while I had given up every expectation of seeing you again,” he said in a curt manner that betrayed his disapprobation.
F.E. Mills Young

In Thatcher’s case, Harris thought he discerned “a kind of megalomaniacal glint in the eye.”
Newsweek (Apr 8, 2013)

Meanwhile, one disgruntled employee in New York hacked into and corrupted his former employer’s network, causing approximately $90,000 in damages.
Forbes (Jul 12, 2013)

As factories automate, huge Asian economies originally built around cheap human labor—China and India in particular—are likely to suffer from even greater dislocations.
Newsweek (Feb 5, 2013)

After some teething issues, future incarnations will be more ambitious, cut down on red tape, and align disparate rules, a commission spokesman says.
Science Magazine (Jul 12, 2013)

However, unlike the current emotional debate surrounding gun control in the United States, the Swiss approach is more dispassionate and pragmatic.
Time (Mar 4, 2013)

There is a disquieting sense of lives being lost in real time.
New York Times (Jun 18, 2013)

Video, filmed by an onlooker, was quickly picked up by news organizations and disseminated on social media.
Time (May 24, 2013)

The singer's wife had filed for dissolution of marriage in September last year, according to San Diego Superior Court documents.
BBC (May 8, 2013)

Regarded as one of the world's most successful and influential architects, Lord Rogers' distinctive, eye-catching creations can be seen far and wide.
BBC (Jul 22, 2013)

Meanwhile, consumers are downright giddy, sharpening the divergence with gloomy corporations.
BusinessWeek (Oct 26, 2012)

In order to sidestep the tighter security presence in Maiduguri, the Islamist militants have diversified their tactics.
BBC (Jul 23, 2013)

His critics, generally dogmatic religious types, are merely one-dimensional villains.
New York Times (Aug 15, 2012)

While the group failed to locate a nest - hives are dwellings for domesticated honeybees - they identified and photographed at least three queens.
Reuters (Jul 19, 2013)