Vocab List D
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- dainty
- delicate, sweet
- daunt
- to discourage, intimidate
- dearth
- lack, scarcity, insufficiency
- debase
- to degrade or lower in quality or stature
- debauch
- to corrupt, seduce from virtue or duty; indulge
- debilitate
- to weaken, enfeeble
- debunk
- to discredit, disprove
- debutante
- young woman making debut in high society
- decapitate
- to behead
- decathlon
- athletic contest with ten events
- deciduous
- losing leaves in the fall; short-lived, temporary
- declivity
- downward slope
- decorous
- proper, tasteful, socially correct
- decorum
- proper behavior, etiquette
- decry
- to belittle, openly condemn
- deface
- to mar the appearance of, vandalize
- defamatory
- slanderous, injurious to the reputation
- defendant
- person required to answer a legal action or suit
- deferential
- respectful and polite in a submissive way
- defile
- to dirty, spoil; to disgrace, dishonor
- definitive
- clear-cut, explicit or decisive
- deflation
- decrease, depreciation
- deform
- to disfigure, distort
- deft
- skillful, dexterous
- defunct
- no longer existing, dead, extinct
- delectable
- appetizing, delicious
- delegate
- to give powers to another
- deleterious
- harmful, destructive, detrimental
- delineation
- depiction, representation
- delta
- tidal deposit at the mouth of a river
- deluge
- flood
- deluge (v)
- to submerge, overwhelm
- demagogue
- leader, rabble-rouser, usually using appeals to emotion or prejudice
- demarcation
- borderline; act of defining or marking a boundary or distinction
- demean
- to degrade, humiliate, humble
- demographics
- data relating to study of human population
- demote
- to reduce to a lower grade or rank
- demotion
- lowering in rank or grade
- demur
- to express doubts or objections
- demystify
- to remove mystery from, clarify
- denigrate
- to slur or blacken someone's reputation
- denounce
- to accuse, blame
- denude
- to make bare, uncover, undress
- denunciation
- public condemnation
- depict
- to describe, represent
- deplete
- to use up, exhaust
- deplore
- to express or feel disapproval of; regret strongly
- deploy
- to spread out strategically over an area
- depose
- to remove from a high position, as from a throne
- depravity
- sinfulness, moral corruption
- deprecate
- to belittle, disparage
- depreciate
- to lose value gradually
- deride
- to mock, ridicule, make fun of
- derivative
- copied or adapted; not original
- derive
- to originate; take from a certain source
- derogate
- to belittle, disparage
- desecrate
- to abuse something sacred
- desiccate
- to dry completely; dehydrate
- desist
- to stop doing something
- despondent
- feeling discouraged and dejected
- despot
- tyrannical ruler
- destitute
- very poor, poverty-striken
- desultory
- at random, rambling, unmethodical
- deter
- to discourage; prevent from happening
- determinate
- having defined limits; conclusive
- detrimental
- causing harm or injury
- deviate
- to stray, wander
- deviation
- departure, exception, anomaly
- devoid
- totally lacking
- devout
- deeply religious
- dexterous
- skilled physically or mentally
- diabolical
- fiendish; wicked
- dialect
- regional style of speaking
- diaphanous
- allowing light to show through; delicate
- diatribe
- bitter verbal attack
- dichotomy
- division into two parts
- dictum
- authoritative statement; popular saying
- didactic
- excessively instructive
- differentiate
- to distinguish between two items
- diffidence
- shyness, lack of confidence
- diffract
- to cause to separate into parts, especially light
- diffuse
- widely spread out
- digress
- to turn aside; to stray from the main point
- dilapidated
- in disrepair, run down, neglected
- dilate
- to enlarge, swell, extend
- dilatory
- slow, tending to delay
- diluvial
- relating to a flood
- diminutive
- small
- diplomacy
- discretion, tact
- dirge
- funeral hymn
- disaffected
- discontented and disloyal
- disarray
- clutter, disorder
- disband
- to break up
- disbar
- to expel from legal profession
- disburse
- to pay out
- discern
- to perceive something obscure
- disclaim
- to deny, disavow
- disclose
- to confess, divulge
- disconcerting
- bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing
- discordant
- harsh-sounding, badly out of tune
- discredit
- to dishonor or disgrace
- discredited
- disbelieved, discounted; disgraced, dishonored
- discrepancy
- difference between
- discretionary
- subject to one's own judgment
- discursive
- wandering from topic to topic
- disdain
- to regard with scorn and contempt
- disdainful
- contemptuous, scornful
- disengaged
- disconnected, disassociated
- disgorge
- to vomit, discharge violently
- disheveled
- untidy, disarranged, unkempt
- disinclined
- averse, unwilling, lacking desire
- disparage
- to belittle, speak disrespectfully about
- disparate
- dissimilar, different in kind
- disparity
- contrast, dissimilarity
- dispassionate
- free from emotion; impartial, unbiased
- dispel
- to drive out or scatter
- dispense
- to distribute, administer
- dispense with
- to suspend the operation of, do without
- disperse
- to break up, scatter
- dispirit
- to dishearten, make dejected
- disrepute
- disgrace, dishonor
- dissemble
- to pretend, disguise one's motives
- disseminate
- to spread far and wide
- dissension
- difference of opinion
- dissipate
- to scatter; to pursue pleasure to excess
- dissociate
- to separate; remove from an association
- dissonant
- harsh and unpleasant sounding
- dissuade
- to persuade someone to alter original intentions
- distend
- to swell, inflate, bloat
- distraught
- very worried and distressed
- distrust
- disbelief and suspicion
- dither
- to move or act confusedly or without clear purpose
- diurnal
- daily
- divine (v)
- to foretell or know by inspiration
- divisive
- creating disunity or conflict
- docile
- tame, willing to be taught
- doctrinaire
- rigidly devoted to theories
- dogmatic
- rigiedly fixed in opinion, opinionated
- doleful
- sad, mournful
- dolt
- idiot, dimwit, foolish person
- domineer (v)
- to rule over something in a tyrannical way
- donor
- benefactor, contributor
- dormant
- at rest, inactive, in suspended animation
- dotard
- senile old person
- doting
- excessively fond, loving to excess
- dour
- sullen and gloomy; stern and severe
- dowry
- money or property given by a bride to her husband
- draft (v)
- to plan, outline; to recruit, conscript
- drivel
- stupid talk, slobber
- droll
- amusing in a wry, subtle way
- dross
- waste produced during metal smelting; garbage
- dulcet
- pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
- dupe (v)
- to deceive, trick
- dupe (n)
- fool, pawn
- duplicity
- deception, dishonesty, double-dealing
- durability
- strength, sturdiness
- duration
- period of time that something lasts
- duress
- threat of force or intimidation; imprisonment
- dyspeptic
- suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable