GRE | List of words to enhance your vocabulary with alphabet ‘D’

Set-4 :
The list of 10 most common root words with alphabet ‘D’ with their meaning and examples is as follows:

No	Root	Meaning	Examples	Meaning
1	dict	speak	edict	command
			predict	say beforehand
			malediction	curse
2	dia	across through	diameter	a straight line passing from side to side through the centre of a figure
			diastole	the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood
3	dis	apart/not	dissension	disagreement of opinion
			diffident	lacking self confidence
			disabuse	undeceive
4	DEM	people	democracy	government by the people
			endemic	peculiar to a particular person or locality
			pandemic	general, universal
5	dub	doubt	dubiety	doubtfulness
			dubious	doubtful
			indubitable	unquestionable
6	dys	faulty	dysfunctional	poorly functioning
			dyspepsia	impaired digestion
			dystrophy	faulty or inadequate nutrition or development
7	dox	belief	orthodox	conservative
			paradox	contradiction
			heterodox	unorthodox
8	duo / du	two	dual	double
			duology	a pair of related novels, plays, or films
9	de	reduce / remove	deescalate	reduce the intensity of
			defenestrate	remove or dismiss (someone) from a position of power or authority
			decelerate	reduce or cause to reduce in speed
10	dulc	sweet	dulcet	pleasing
			dulcified	sweetened
			dulcimer	a musical instrument