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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 dishearten | v. discourage; cause to lose courage or hope |
| disheveled | adj. untidy |
| disinclination | n. unwillingness |
| disingenuous | adj. lacking genuine candor; insincere |
| disinter | v. dis up; unearth |
| disinterested | adj. unprejudiced |
| disjointed | adj. disconnected |
| dislodge | v. remove |
| dismantle | v. take apart |
| dismay | v. discourage; frighten |
| dismember | v. cut into small parts |
| dismiss | v. put away from consideration; reject |
| disparage | v. belittle |
| disparate | adj. basically different; unrelated |
| disparity | n. difference; condition of inequality |
| dispassionate | adj. calm; impartial |
| dispatch | n. speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed |
| dispel | v. scatter; drive away; cause to vanish |
| disperse | v. scatter |
| dispirited | adj. lacking in spirit |
| disputatious | adj. argumentative; fond of arguing |
| disquiet | v. make uneasy or anxious |
| dissection | n. analysis; cutting apart in order to examine |
| dissemble | v. disguise; pretend |
| disseminate | v. distribute; spread; scatter |
| dissent | v. disagree |
| dissertation | n. formal essay |
| dissident | v. squander; waste; scatter |
| dissolute | adj. loose in morals |
| dissolution | n. breaking of a union; decay; termination |
| dissonance | n. discord |
| dissuade | v. persuade not to do; discourage |
| distant | adj. reserved or aloof; cold in manner |
| distend | v. expand; swell out |
| distill | v. extract the essence; purify; refine |
| distinction | n. honor; contrast; discrimination |
| distort | v. twist out of shape |
| distraught | adj. upset; distracted by anxiety |
| diurnal | adj. daily |
| diva | n. operatic singer; prima donna |
| diverge | v. vary; go in different directions from the same point |
| divergent | adj. differing; deviating |
| diverse | adj. differing in some characteristics; various |
| diversion | n. act of turning aside; pastime |
| diversity | n. variety; dissimilitude |
| divest | v. strip; deprive |
| divine | v. perceive intuitively; forsee the future |
| divulge | v. reveal |
| docile | adj. obedient; easily managed |
| doctrinaire | adj. unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding |
| doctrine | n. teachings, in general; particular principle taught |
| document | v. provide written evidence |
| doff | v. take off |
| dogged | adj. determined; stubborn |
| doggerel | n. poor verse |
| dogmatic | adj. opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal |
| doldrums | n. blues; listlessness; slack period |
| doleful | adj. sorrowful |
| dolt | n. stupid person |
| domicile | n. home |
| domineer | v. rule over tyrannically |
| don | v. put on |
| doodle | v. scribble or draw aimlessly; waste time |
| dormant | adj. sleeping; lethargic; latent |
| dormer | n. window projecting from rof |
| dossier | n. file of documents on a subject |
| dote | v. be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline |
| douse | v. plunge into water; drench; extinguish |
| dowdy | adj. slovenly; untidy |
| downcast | adj. disheartened; sad |
| drab | adj. dull; lacking color; cheerless |
| craconian | adj. extremely severe |
| dregs | n. sediment; worthless residue |
| drivel | n. nonsense; foolishness |
| droll | adj. queer and amusing |
| drone | n. idle person; male bee |
| drone | v. talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee |
| dross | n. waste matter; worthless impurities |
| drudgery | n. menial work |
| dubious | adj. questionable; filled with doubt |
| ductile | adj. malleable; flexible; pliable |
| dulcet | adj. sweet sounding |
| dumbfound | v. astonish |
| dupe | n. someone easily fooled |
| duplicity | n. double-dealing; hypocrisy |
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