SAT Vocab D
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- dais
- raised platform
- daunt
- to discourage, intimidate
- dearth
- lack, scarcity
- debacle
- disaster
- debase
- to degrade
- debauch
- corrupt
- debilitate
- to weeken
- debunk
- discredit
- debut
- first performance
- decapitate
- to behead
- decathlon
- athletic contest with ten events
- decibel
- unit expressing loudness
- deciduous
- losing leaves in the fall
- declivity
- downward slope
- deface
- vandalize
- deferential
- respectful
- defile
- to disgrace
- deflation
- decrease
- deft
- skillful
- defunct
- deat, extinct
- dehumanizing
- depriving of human qualities
- delegate
- to give authority to another
- deleterious
- harmful
- delineation
- representation
- delirium
- hallucination
- deluge
- flood
- demagogue
- rabble-rouser
- demarcation
- borderline
- demean
- to degrade
- demographics
- data related to population
- demonstrative
- openly showing
- demure
- shy
- demystify
- clarify
- denigrate
- to blacken someone's reputation
- denizen
- inhabitant
- denote
- to have specific meaning
- denouement
- final outcome
- denounce
- to criticize openly
- denude
- to uncover, make bare
- depict
- to describe
- deplete
- to exhause, use up
- deplore
- to regret deeply
- deploy
- to spread out strategically
- depose
- to remove from power
- depravity
- moral corruption
- depreciate
- to loose value
- derelict
- deserted, abandoned
- deride
- to mock
- derivative
- not original
- derive
- to originate
- desiccate
- to dry completely
- desist
- to cease from doing something
- despondent
- hopelessly discouraged
- despot
- tyrannical ruler
- deter
- to prevent
- determinate
- having defined limits
- detract
- to take away from
- detrimental
- harmful
- devolve
- to be passed on (to a successor)
- dexterous
- skilled
- diabolical
- fiendish
- diadem
- a crown
- dichotomy
- division into two parts
- dictate
- to command
- didactic
- instructive
- differentiate
- to distinguish
- diffidence
- shyness, lack of confidence
- diffuse
- widely spread out
- dilate
- to enlarge
- dilatory
- slow, delaying
- diluvial
- related to floods
- diminutive
- small
- disarray
- disorder
- disavow
- to deny
- disband
- to break up
- disburse
- to pay out
- disclose
- to make public
- disconcerting
- disturbing
- discount
- to undervalue
- discrepancy
- difference
- discrimination
- making clear distinctions
- disengaged
- disconnected
- disgorge
- to vomit
- disheveled
- untidy
- disillusioned
- disappointed, awaken from an illusion
- disinclined
- unwilling
- disparage
- to belittle
- disparate
- dissimilar
- dispassionate
- free from emotion
- dispatch
- to send off, kill
- dispel
- to drive out
- dispense
- to distribute
- disperse
- to scatter
- dispirit
- to dishearten
- disposed
- inclined
- disrepute
- disgrace
- dissemble
- pretend
- disseminate
- to spread far and wide
- dissension
- difference of opinion
- dissipate
- to scatter
- dissuade
- to persuade
- distend
- stretch
- distraught
- worried
- dither
- to act nervously
- diurnal
- daily
- divergent
- extending in different direction
- divine
- to foretell
- docile
- tame
- docket
- court calender, agenda
- dogged
- stubborn
- doleful
- sad
- dolt
- idiot
- domicile
- legal residence
- dormant
- inactive
- doting
- excessively fond
- dour
- sullen, gloomy, stern
- dowry
- a bride's contribution to her marriage
- draft
- to outline
- drivel
- nonsense
- dubious
- doubtful, uncertain
- dulcet
- soothing to the ear
- dupe
- to trick
- duplicity
- double dealing
- duress
- threat of force, intimidation
- dyspeptic
- suffering form indigestion