| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dishearten | discourage |
| n disheveled | untidy (of hair or clothing); V. dishevel |
| disinclination | unwillingness |
| n disingenuous | not naive; not candid; sophisticated; worldly wise; OP. ingenuous |
| n disinter | dig up; unearth; OP. inter |
| disinterested | unprejudiced; free from bias and self-interest; objective |
| disjointed | disconnected; lacking coherence; V. disjoint: disconnect; disjoin |
| disjunction | act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive |
| n dislodge | remove (forcibly); force out of a position; Ex. dislodge the food caught in his throat; CF. lodge |
| n dismantle | take apart; disassemble |
| s mantle | loose sleeveless outer garment; cloak; something that covers or envelops; the layer of the earth between the crust and the core |
| s crust | hard outer covering (as of earth or snow) |
| dismember | cut into small parts; cut (a body) apart limb from limb |
| n dismiss | eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal |
| disparage | belittle |
| maneuver(manoeuver) | strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; V: carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end |
| disparate | basically different; impossible to compare; unrelated |
| disparity | difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity |
| dispassionate | calm; impartial; not influenced by personal feelings |
| dispatch | speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill |
| dispel | scatter; drive away; cause to vanish |
| s dispense | distribute; prepare and give out (medicines); N. dispensation: dispensing; religious system; official exemption from an obligation or a rule |
| disperse | scatter; Ex. disperse the cloud/crowd |
| n dispirited | lacking in spirit |
| n disport | amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert |
| disputatious | argumentative; fond of argument |
| disquietude | uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious |
| n disquisition | formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report |
| dissection | analysis; cutting apart in order to examine |
| n dissemble | disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend |
| disseminate | distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds) |
| dissent | disagree |
| dissertation | formal essay; treatise |
| dissident | dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government); rebellious; N. |
| n dissimulate | pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble |
| dissipate | squander; waste foolishly; scatter |
| n dissolution | disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life |
| s reduce | diminish; bring to a weaker or more difficult condition; demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis; Ex. reduced to the ranks; Ex. reduce the house to rubble; N. reduction |
| dissuade | persuade not to do; discourage; N. dissuasion |
| s dissonance | discord |
| n distant | reserved or aloof; cold in manner; Ex. distant greeting; ADV. distantly |
| distend | expand; swell out |
| distill | refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation); concentrate; separate the most important parts from; Ex. distill fresh water from sea water; CF. brew |
| n distinction | honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction |
| s distinct | clearly different; clearly noticed |
| s distinctive | clearly different from others of the same kind |
| distort | twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N. distortion |
| n distrait | absentminded; distracted |
| n distraught | upset; distracted by anxiety; very anxious and troubled almost to the point of madness; Ex. distraught with grief/worry |
| s distract | take (one's attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted |
| diurnal | daily; occurring during the daytime |
| diva | operatic singer; prima donna |
| diverge | vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating |
| diverse | differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance |
| diversion | act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse |
| divest | strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment) |
| divine | perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination |
| s dowse | use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals |
| divulge | reveal |
| docile | obedient; easily managed; submissive |
| s ferocious | fierce; violent; N. ferocity |
| n docket | program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket |
| n doctrinaire | unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties |
| doctrine | teachings in general; particular principle (religious, legal, etc.) taught; dogma; tenet; ADJ. doctrinal |
| s indoctrinate | cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism |
| n document | provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N. |
| n doddering | shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder |
| s merit | deserve; ADJ. meritorious: deserving reward or praise |
| n doff | take off; OP. don |
| n dogged | determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean |
| s persevere | continue steadily in spite of difficulties |
| n doggerel | poor verse |
| dogmatic | opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal |
| n doldrums | blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums |
| s blues | state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
| dolorous | sorrowful; N. dolor |
| n dolt | slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull |
| n domicile | home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one's domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain. |
| n domineer | rule over tyrannically |
| s dominate | control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in; overlook from a height; ³»·Á´Ùº¸´Ù |
| s dominant | exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive |
| n don | put on; OP. doff |
| s outfit | clothing or equipment for a special purpose; Ex. cowboy outfit |
| dormant | sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent |
| n dormer | window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room |
| dorsal | relating to the back of an animal; Ex. dorsal fin |
| n dossier | file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back |
| n dotage | senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage |
| n dote | be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline |
| n dour | sullen; gloomy; stubborn |
| s sullen | silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy |
| s brood | sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time |
| n douse | plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse |
| n dowdy | untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman |
| n downcast | disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward |
| n drab | dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab coat/life |
| n draconian | extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician |
| n dregs | sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue |
| n drivel | nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense |
| s nonsense | speech or writing with no meaning; foolish behavior or language; Ex. make (a) nonsense of: spoil; cause to fail |
| s dribble | flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N. |
| s drip | fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops |
| s trickle | flow in drops or in a thin stream; N. |
| n droll | queer and amusing |
| s queer | strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal |
| n drone | idle person who lives on other people's work; male bee |
| n drone | talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; N. |
| s murmur | low, indistinct, continuous sound; V. CF. mumble |
| n dross | waste matter; worthless impurities |
| drudgery | hard unpleasant work; menial work |
| s drudge | do drudgery; N: person who drudges |
| n dubious | questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety |
| n ductile | malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled |
| n dulcet | sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear; melodious |
| n dumbfound(dumfound) | astonish (making dumb); ADJ. dumbfounded, dumfounded, dumbstruck |
| n dupe | someone easily fooled or deceived; V: deceive |
| n duplicity | double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. Duplicious |
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