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- dais
- n; raised platform for guests of honor
- dawdle
- v; loiter; waster time
- dearth
- n; scarcity
- decadence
- n; decay
- decant
- v; pour off gently
- deciduous
- adj; falling off, as of leaves
- declivity
- n; downward slope
- décolleté
- adj; having a low-cut neckline
- defer
- v; give in respectfully; submit
- defray
- v; provide for the payment of
- deft
- adj; neat; skillful
- defunct
- adj; no longer in use or existence
- deign
- v; condescend; stoop
- deleterious
- adj; harmful
- delineate
- v; portray; depict; sketch
- delusive
- adj; deceptive; raising vain hopes
- demagogue
- n; person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader
- demoniac
- adj; fiendish
- demotic
- adj; pertaining to the people
- demur
- v; object (because of doubts, scruples); hesitate
- demure
- adj; grave; serious; coy
- denigrate
- v; blacken
- denizen
- n; inhabitant or resident; regular visitor
- deplore
- v; regret
- depose
- v; dethrone; remove from office
- deprecate
- v; express disapproval of; protest against; belittle
- depredation
- n; plundering
- derelict
- adj; abandoned; negligent
- descry
- v; catch sight of
- desiccate
- v; dry up
- despoil
- v; strip of valuables; rob
- despot
- n; tyrant; harsh; authoritarian ruler
- desuetude
- n; state of disuse
- desultory
- adj; aimless; haphazard
- devole
- v; be transerred to aother; delegate to another; gradually worsen
- diadem
- n; crown
- dialectical
- adj; relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal
- diaphanous
- adj; sheer; transparent
- diatribe
- n; bitter scolding; invective
- dictum
- n; authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim
- diffidence
- n; shyness
- diffuse
- adj; wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas)
- dilatory
- adj; tending to delay; intentionally delaying
- dilettante
- n; aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler
- diminution
- n; lessening; reduction in size
- din
- n; continued loud noise
- dinghy
- n; small boat (often ship's boat)
- dint
- n; means; effort
- dirge
- n; lament with music
- disabuse
- correct a false impression; undeceive
- disaffected
- adj; disloyal
- disapprobation
- n; disapproval; condemnation
- discombobulated
- adj; confused; discomposed
- discomfit
- v; put to rout; defeat; disconcert
- discordant
- adj; not harmonious; conflicting
- discrete
- adj; separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts
- discursive
- adj; digressing; rambling
- disgorge
- v; surrender something; eject; vomit
- disinter
- v; dig up; unearth
- disinterested
- adj; unprejudiced
- disjunction
- n; act or state of separation; disunity
- disparage
- v; belittle
- disparate
- adj; basically different; unrelated
- dispatch
- n; speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed
- disport
- v; amuse
- disputatious
- adj; argumentative; fond of arguing
- disquietude
- n; uneasiness; anxiety
- disquisition
- n; a formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry
- dissemble
- v; disguise; pretend
- disseminate
- v; distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds)
- dissimulate
- v; pretend; conceal by feigning
- dissipate
- v; ;squander; waster; scatter
- dissolution
- n; disintegration; looseness in morals
- distend
- v; expand; swell out
- distrait
- adj; inattentive; distracted, often by anxiety
- diurnal
- adj; daily
- divest
- v; strip; deprive
- docket
- n; program as for trial; book where such entries are made
- doctrinaire
- adj; unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding
- doddering
- adj; shaky; infirm from old age
- doff
- v; take off
- dogged
- adj; determined; stubborn
- doggeral
- n; poor verse
- doldrums
- n; blues; listlessness; slack period
- doleful
- adj; mournful; causing sadness
- dolorous
- adj; sorrowful
- dormer
- n; window projecting from roof
- dotage
- n; senility
- dour
- adj; sullen; stubborn
- dowdy
- adj; slovenly; untidy
- draconian
- adj; extremely severe
- dregs
- n; sediment; worthless residue
- droll
- adj; queer and amusing
- drone
- n; idle person; male bee
- dross
- n; waste matter
- drudgery
- menial work
- dubious
- adj; questionable; filled with doubt
- dulcet
- adj; sweet sounding
- duplicitous
- adj; double-dealing; hypocritical
- duress
- n; forcible restraint; especially unlawfully
- dutiful
- adj; respectful; obedient
- dyspeptic
- adj; suffering from indigestion
- dissonance
- n; discord; opposite of harmony and consonance