psat vocab 151-200
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- deference
- courteous regard for another's wish
- defiance
- opposition; willingness to resist
- defrock
- strip a priest or minister of church authority
- defunct
- dead; no longer in use or existence
- degenerate
- become worse; deteriorate
- deign (to)
- condescend; stoop
- deleterious
- harmful
- delineate
- portray; depict; sketch
- demean
- to lower in difnity, honor, standing- (debase)
- demeanor
- behavior; bearing
- demur
- object (b/c of doubts, scruples); hesitate
- demure
- modest; reserved; coy
- deplore
- regret strongly; express grief over, penitent
- deprecate
- express disapproval of; protest against, criticize
- derelict
- abandoned; negligent
- derision
- ridicule; mockery
- derivative
- not original, secondary- something created by modification of something
- desecrate
- profane; violate the sanctity of
- desultory
- aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
- deterrent
- something that discourages; hindrance
- devious
- roundabout; erratic; not straightforward
- didactic
- teaching; instructional
- diffident
- shy; lacking confidence; reserved
- diffuse
- wordy; rambling, garrulous
- dilettante
- aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler
- din
- continued loud noise
- dirge
- lament with music
- disavowal
- denial; disclaiming
- discerning
- mentally quick and observant; having insight
- disconcert
- confuse; upset; embarrass
- discord
- lack of concord or harmony between people/ things (argument, war)
- discrepancy
- lack of consistency; contradiction; difference
- discursive
- digressing; rambling
- disinterested
- unbiased, indifferent
- disparage
- to speak of or treat slightlingly, depreciate, belittle
- disparate
- basically diferent; unrelated
- disparity
- difference; condition of inequality
- dispassionate
- calm; impartial
- dispel
- scatter; cause to vanish
- disperse
- scatter
- disputatious
- argumentative; fond of arguing
- dissemble
- disguise; pretend
- disseminate
- distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)
- dissertation
- formal essay
- dissident
- dissenting; rebellious
- dissuade
- persuade not to do; discourage
- divulge
- reveal
- dogmatic
- opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
- downcast
- disheartened; sad
- draconian
- extremely severe