| Term | Definition |
|---|
| desolate | deserted, without inhabitants, barren |
| despicable | very bad, contemptible |
| despondency | depression, dejection |
| dexterous | skillful and active with the hands; manually adroit and skillfull; handy |
| diffidence | shyness, reserve, unassertiveness, bashfulness, modesty |
| discern | to differentiate between two or more things |
| disconcerting | upsetting, frustrating |
| discrepant | disagreeing, inconsistent |
| disdain | intense dislike; to treat with scorn or contempt; to reject as unworthy, arrogant |
| disparage | to degrade, belittle, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner |
| disparity | inequality, the condition or fact of being unequal in age, rank or degree |
| dissipation | wasteful spending, squandering |
| edifying | instructing and improving spiritually or morally |
| engender | to cause, to produce, to create |
| entreaty | a plea, an earnest request |
| exalt | to glorify, to praise, to raise in rank |
| execrable | extremely bad, deserving of hate |
| extricate | to free, to disentangle, disembarras |
| feint | a false appearance, a fake punch to occupy defenses allowing a real blow, trick |
| felicitous | happy or delightful |
| ferment | state of agitation, commotion |
| fortuitous | something that happens by accident or by chance (usually good) |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness or importance |
| gentility | state of refinement, member of the upper class or gentry |
| gluttonous | greedy for food and drink, rapacious, ravenous |
| goad | to urge on in a negative sense |
| guileless | without deceit |
| hackneyed | trite, banal, lacking freshness, threadbare |
| ignominy | disgraceful or dishonorable conduct |
| impel | to urge or to drive forward (usually with moral pressure) |
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