1105 | daring | adj. | Brave. |
1106 | darkling | adv. | Blindly. |
1107 | Darwinism | n. | The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms. |
1108 | dastard | n. | A base coward. |
1109 | datum | n. | A premise, starting-point, or given fact. |
1110 | dauntless | adj. | Fearless. |
1111 | day-man | n. | A day-laborer. |
1112 | dead-heat | n. | A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner. |
1113 | dearth | n. | Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable. |
1114 | death's-head | n. | A human skull as a symbol of death. |
1115 | debase | v. | To lower in character or virtue. |
1116 | debatable | adj. | Subject to contention or dispute. |
1117 | debonair | adj. | Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner. |
1118 | debut | n. | A first appearance in society or on the stage. |
1119 | decagon | n. | A figure with ten sides and ten angles. |
1120 | decagram | n. | A weight of 10 grams. |
1121 | decaliter | n. | A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters. |
1122 | decalogue | n. | The ten commandments. |
1123 | Decameron | n. | A volume consisting of ten parts or books. |
1124 | decameter | n. | A length of ten meters. |
1125 | decamp | v. | To leave suddenly or unexpectedly. |
1126 | decapitate | v. | To behead. |
1127 | decapod | adj. | Ten-footed or ten-armed. |
1128 | decasyllable | n. | A line of ten syllables. |
1129 | deceit | n. | Falsehood. |
1130 | deceitful | adj. | Fraudulent. |
1131 | deceive | v. | To mislead by or as by falsehood. |
1132 | decency | n. | Moral fitness. |
1133 | decent | adj. | Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress. |
1134 | deciduous | adj. | Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc. |
1135 | decimal | adj. | Founded on the number 10. |
1136 | decimate | v. | To destroy a measurable or large proportion of. |
1137 | decipher | v. | To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible. |
1138 | decisive | ad. | Conclusive. |
1139 | declamation | n. | A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public. |
1140 | declamatory | adj. | A full and formal style of utterance. |
1141 | declarative | adj. | Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation. |
1142 | declension | n. | The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender. |
1143 | decorate | v. | To embellish. |
1144 | decorous | adj. | Suitable for the occasion or circumstances. |
1145 | decoy | n. | Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation. |
1146 | decrepit | adj. | Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity. |
1147 | dedication | n. | The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause. |
1148 | deduce | v. | To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles. |
1149 | deface | v. | To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of. |
1150 | defalcate | v. | To cut off or take away, as a part of something. |
1151 | defamation | n. | Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another. |
1152 | defame | v. | To slander. |
1153 | default | n. | The neglect or omission of a legal requirement. |
1154 | defendant | n. | A person against whom a suit is brought. |
1155 | defensible | adj. | Capable of being maintained or justified. |
1156 | defensive | adj. | Carried on in resistance to aggression. |
1157 | defer | v. | To delay or put off to some other time. |
1158 | deference | n. | Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment. |
1159 | defiant | adj. | Characterized by bold or insolent opposition. |
1160 | deficiency | n. | Lack or insufficiency. |
1161 | deficient | adj. | Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount. |
1162 | definite | adj. | Having an exact signification or positive meaning. |
1163 | deflect | v. | To cause to turn aside or downward. |
1164 | deforest | v. | To clear of forests. |
1165 | deform | v. | To disfigure. |
1166 | deformity | n. | A disfigurement. |
1167 | defraud | v. | To deprive of something dishonestly. |
1168 | defray | v. | To make payment for. |
1169 | degeneracy | n. | A becoming worse. |
1170 | degenerate | v. | To become worse or inferior. |
1171 | degradation | n. | Diminution, as of strength or magnitude. |
1172 | degrade | v. | To take away honors or position from. |
1173 | dehydrate | v. | To deprive of water. |
1174 | deify | v. | To regard or worship as a god. |
1175 | deign | v. | To deem worthy of notice or account. |
1176 | deist | n. | One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation. |
1177 | deity | n. | A god, goddess, or divine person. |
1178 | deject | v. | To dishearten. |
1179 | dejection | n. | Melancholy. |
1180 | delectable | adj. | Delightful to the taste or to the senses. |
1181 | delectation | n. | Delight. |
1182 | deleterious | adj. | Hurtful, morally or physically. |
1183 | delicacy | n. | That which is agreeable to a fine taste. |
1184 | delineate | v. | To represent by sketch or diagram. |
1185 | deliquesce | v. | To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air. |
1186 | delirious | adj. | Raving. |
1187 | delude | v. | To mislead the mind or judgment of. |
1188 | deluge | v. | To overwhelm with a flood of water. |
1189 | delusion | n. | Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring. |
1190 | demagnetize | v. | To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism. |
1191 | demagogue | n. | An unprincipled politician. |
1192 | demeanor | n. | Deportment. |
1193 | demented | adj. | Insane. |
1194 | demerit | n. | A mark for failure or bad conduct. |
1195 | demise | n. | Death. |
1196 | demobilize | v. | To disband, as troops. |
1197 | demolish | v. | To annihilate. |
1198 | demonstrable | adj. | Capable of positive proof. |
1199 | demonstrate | v. | To prove indubitably. |
1200 | demonstrative | adj. | Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts. |
1201 | demonstrator | n. | One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner. |
1202 | demulcent | n. | Any application soothing to an irritable surface |
1203 | demurrage | n. | the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing. |
1204 | dendroid | adj. | Like a tree. |
1205 | dendrology | n. | The natural history of trees. |
1206 | denizen | n. | Inhabitant. |
1207 | denominate | v. | To give a name or epithet to. |
1208 | denomination | n. | A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline. |
1209 | denominator | n. | Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided. |
1210 | denote | v. | To designate by word or mark. |
1211 | denouement | n. | That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up. |
1212 | denounce | v. | To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium. |
1213 | dentifrice | n. | Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth. |
1214 | denude | v. | To strip the covering from. |
1215 | denunciation | n. | The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment. |
1216 | deplete | v. | To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste. |
1217 | deplorable | adj. | Contemptible. |
1218 | deplore | v. | To regard with grief or sorrow. |
1219 | deponent | adj. | Laying down. |
1220 | depopulate | v. | To remove the inhabitants from. |
1221 | deport | v. | To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony. |
1222 | deportment | n. | Demeanor. |
1223 | deposition | n. | Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court. |
1224 | depositor | n. | One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited. |
1225 | depository | n. | A place where anything is kept in safety. |
1226 | deprave | v. | To render bad, especially morally bad. |
1227 | deprecate | v. | To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite. |
1228 | depreciate | v. | To lessen the worth of. |
1229 | depreciation | n. | A lowering in value or an underrating in worth. |
1230 | depress | v. | To press down. |
1231 | depression | n. | A falling of the spirits. |
1232 | depth | n. | Deepness. |
1233 | derelict | adj. | Neglectful of obligation. |
1234 | deride | v. | To ridicule. |
1235 | derisible | adj. | Open to ridicule. |
1236 | derision | n. | Ridicule. |
1237 | derivation | n. | That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning. |
1238 | derivative | adj. | Coming or acquired from some origin. |
1239 | derive | v. | To deduce, as from a premise. |
1240 | dermatology | n. | The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases. |
1241 | derrick | n. | An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights. |
1242 | descendant | n. | One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc. |
1243 | descendent | adj. | Proceeding downward. |
1244 | descent | n. | The act of moving or going downward. |
1245 | descry | v. | To discern. |
1246 | desert | v. | To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned |
1247 | desiccant | n. | Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds. |
1248 | designate | v. | To select or appoint, as by authority. |
1249 | desist | v. | To cease from action. |
1250 | desistance | n. | Cessation. |
1251 | despair | n. | Utter hopelessness and despondency. |
1252 | desperado | n. | One without regard for law or life. |
1253 | desperate | adj. | Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair. |
1254 | despicable | adj. | Contemptible. |
1255 | despite | prep. | In spite of. |
1256 | despond | v. | To lose spirit, courage, or hope. |
1257 | despondent | adj. | Disheartened. |
1258 | despot | n. | An absolute and irresponsible monarch. |
1259 | despotism | n. | Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part. |
1260 | destitute | adj. | Poverty-stricken. |
1261 | desultory | adj. | Not connected with what precedes. |
1262 | deter | v. | To frighten away. |
1263 | deteriorate | v. | To grow worse. |
1264 | determinate | adj. | Definitely limited or fixed. |
1265 | determination | n. | The act of deciding. |
1266 | deterrent | adj. | Hindering from action through fear. |
1267 | detest | v. | To dislike or hate with intensity. |
1268 | detract | v. | To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation. |
1269 | detriment | n. | Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss. |
1270 | detrude | v. | To push down forcibly. |
1271 | deviate | v. | To take a different course. |
1272 | devilry | n. | Malicious mischief. |
1273 | deviltry | n. | Wanton and malicious mischief. |
1274 | devious | adj. | Out of the common or regular track. |
1275 | devise | v. | To invent. |
1276 | devout | adj. | Religious. |
1277 | dexterity | n. | Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work. |
1278 | diabolic | adj. | Characteristic of the devil. |
1279 | diacritical | adj. | Marking a difference. |
1280 | diagnose | v. | To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena. |
1281 | diagnosis | n. | Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease. |
1282 | dialect | n. | Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district. |
1283 | dialectician | n. | A logician. |
1284 | dialogue | n. | A formal conversation in which two or more take part. |
1285 | diaphanous | adj. | Transparent. |
1286 | diatomic | adj. | Containing only two atoms. |
1287 | diatribe | n. | A bitter or malicious criticism. |
1288 | dictum | n. | A positive utterance. |
1289 | didactic | adj. | Pertaining to teaching. |
1290 | difference | n. | Dissimilarity in any respect. |
1291 | differentia | n. | Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species. |
1292 | differential | adj. | Distinctive. |
1293 | differentiate | v. | To acquire a distinct and separate character. |
1294 | diffidence | n. | Self-distrust. |
1295 | diffident | adj. | Affected or possessed with self-distrust. |
1296 | diffusible | adj. | Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly. |
1297 | diffusion | n. | Dispersion. |
1298 | dignitary | n. | One who holds high rank. |
1299 | digraph | n. | A union of two characters representing a single sound. |
1300 | digress | v. | To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter. |
1301 | dilapidated | pa. | Fallen into decay or partial ruin. |
1302 | dilate | v. | To enlarge in all directions. |
1303 | dilatory | adj. | Tending to cause delay. |
1304 | dilemma | n. | A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary. |
1305 | dilettante | n. | A superficial amateur. |
1306 | diligence | n. | Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken. |
1307 | dilute | v. | To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something. |
1308 | diminution | n. | Reduction. |
1309 | dimly | adv. | Obscurely. |
1310 | diphthong | n. | The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds. |
1311 | diplomacy | n. | Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters. |
1312 | diplomat | n. | A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another. |
1313 | diplomatic | adj. | Characterized by special tact in negotiations. |
1314 | diplomatist | n. | One remarkable for tact and shrewd management. |
1315 | disagree | v. | To be opposite in opinion. |
1316 | disallow | v. | To withhold permission or sanction. |
1317 | disappear | v. | To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being. |
1318 | disappoint | v. | To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of. |
1319 | disapprove | v. | To regard with blame. |
1320 | disarm | v. | To deprive of weapons. |
1321 | disarrange | v. | To throw out of order. |
1322 | disavow | v. | To disclaim responsibility for. |
1323 | disavowal | n. | Denial. |
1324 | disbeliever | n. | One who refuses to believe. |
1325 | disburden | v. | To disencumber. |
1326 | disburse | v. | To pay out or expend, as money from a fund. |
1327 | discard | v. | To reject. |
1328 | discernible | adj. | Perceivable. |
1329 | disciple | n. | One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine. |
1330 | disciplinary | adj. | Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority. |
1331 | discipline | v. | To train to obedience. |
1332 | disclaim | v. | To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to. |
1333 | discolor | v. | To stain. |
1334 | discomfit | v. | To put to confusion. |
1335 | discomfort | n. | The state of being positively uncomfortable. |
1336 | disconnect | v. | To undo or dissolve the connection or association of. |
1337 | disconsolate | adj. | Grief-stricken. |
1338 | discontinuance | n. | Interruption or intermission. |
1339 | discord | n. | Absence of harmoniousness. |
1340 | discountenance | v. | To look upon with disfavor. |
1341 | discover | v. | To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived. |
1342 | discredit | v. | To injure the reputation of. |
1343 | discreet | adj. | Judicious. |
1344 | discrepant | adj. | Opposite. |
1345 | discriminate | v. | To draw a distinction. |
1346 | discursive | adj. | Passing from one subject to another. |
1347 | discussion | n. | Debate. |
1348 | disenfranchise | v. | To deprive of any right privilege or power |
1349 | disengage | v. | To become detached. |
1350 | disfavor | n. | Disregard. |
1351 | disfigure | v. | To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of. |
1352 | dishabille | n. | Undress or negligent attire. |
1353 | dishonest | adj. | Untrustworthy. |
1354 | disillusion | v. | To disenchant. |
1355 | disinfect | v. | To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases. |
1356 | disinfectant | n. | A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases. |
1357 | disinherit | v. | To deprive of an inheritance. |
1358 | disinterested | adj. | Impartial. |
1359 | disjunctive | adj. | Helping or serving to disconnect or separate. |
1360 | dislocate | v. | To put out of proper place or order. |
1361 | dismissal | n. | Displacement by authority from an office or an employment. |
1362 | dismount | v. | To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like. |
1363 | disobedience | n. | Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction. |
1364 | disobedient | adj. | Neglecting or refusing to obey. |
1365 | disown | v. | To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself. |
1366 | disparage | v. | To regard or speak of slightingly. |
1367 | disparity | n. | Inequality. |
1368 | dispel | v. | To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions. |
1369 | dispensation | n. | That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power. |
1370 | displace | v. | To put out of the proper or accustomed place. |
1371 | dispossess | v. | To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate. |
1372 | disputation | n. | Verbal controversy. |
1373 | disqualify | v. | To debar. |
1374 | disquiet | v. | To deprive of peace or tranquillity. |
1375 | disregard | v. | To take no notice of. |
1376 | disreputable | adj. | Dishonorable or disgraceful. |
1377 | disrepute | n. | A bad name or character. |
1378 | disrobe | v. | To unclothe. |
1379 | disrupt | v. | To burst or break asunder. |
1380 | dissatisfy | v. | To displease. |
1381 | dissect | v. | To cut apart or to pieces. |
1382 | dissection | n. | The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal. |
1383 | dissemble | v. | To hide by pretending something different. |
1384 | disseminate | v. | To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown. |
1385 | dissension | n. | Angry or violent difference of opinion. |
1386 | dissent | n. | Disagreement. |
1387 | dissentient | n. | One who disagrees. |
1388 | dissentious | adj. | Contentious. |
1389 | dissertation | n. | Thesis. |
1390 | disservice | n. | An ill turn. |
1391 | dissever | v. | To divide. |
1392 | dissimilar | adj. | Different. |
1393 | dissipate | v. | To disperse or disappear. |
1394 | dissipation | n. | The state of being dispersed or scattered. |
1395 | dissolute | adj. | Lewd. |
1396 | dissolution | n. | A breaking up of a union of persons. |
1397 | dissolve | v. | To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture. |
1398 | dissonance | n. | Discord. |
1399 | dissonant | adj. | Harsh or disagreeable in sound. |
1400 | dissuade | v. | To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading. |
1401 | dissuasion | n. | The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading. |
1402 | disyllable | n. | A word of two syllables. |
1403 | distemper | n. | A disease or malady. |
1404 | distend | v. | To stretch out or expand in every direction. |
1405 | distensible | adj. | Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction. |
1406 | distention | n. | Expansion. |
1407 | distill | v. | To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation. |
1408 | distillation | n. | Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile. |
1409 | distiller | n. | One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors. |
1410 | distinction | n. | A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies. |
1411 | distort | v. | To twist into an unnatural or irregular form. |
1412 | distrain | v. | To subject a person to distress. |
1413 | distrainor | n. | One who subjects a person to distress. |
1414 | distraught | adj. | Bewildered. |
1415 | distrust | n. | Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person. |
1416 | disunion | n. | Separation of relations or interests. |
1417 | diurnal | adj. | Daily. |
1418 | divagation | n. | Digression. |
1419 | divergent | adj. | Tending in different directions. |
1420 | diverse | adj. | Capable of various forms. |
1421 | diversion | n. | Pastime. |
1422 | diversity | n. | Dissimilitude. |
1423 | divert | v. | To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established. |
1424 | divertible | adj. | Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established. |
1425 | divest | v. | To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment. |
1426 | divination | n. | The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden. |
1427 | divinity | n. | The quality or character of being godlike. |
1428 | divisible | adj. | Capable of being separated into parts. |
1429 | divisor | n. | That by which a number or quantity is divided. |
1430 | divulge | v. | To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret. |
1431 | divulgence | n. | A divulging. |
1432 | docile | adj. | Easy to manage. |
1433 | docket | n. | The registry of judgments of a court. |
1434 | doe | n. | The female of the deer. |
1435 | dogma | n. | A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority. |
1436 | dogmatic | adj. | Making statements without argument or evidence. |
1437 | dogmatize | v. | To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence. |
1438 | doleful | adj. | Melancholy. |
1439 | dolesome | adj. | Melancholy. |
1440 | dolor | n. | Lamentation. |
1441 | dolorous | adj. | Expressing or causing sorrow or pain. |
1442 | domain | n. | A sphere or field of action or interest. |
1443 | domesticity | n. | Life in or fondness for one's home and family. |
1444 | domicile | n. | The place where one lives. |
1445 | dominance | n. | Ascendancy. |
1446 | dominant | adj. | Conspicuously prominent. |
1447 | dominate | v. | To influence controllingly. |
1448 | domination | n. | Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority. |
1449 | domineer | v. | To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance. |
1450 | donate | v. | To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause. |
1451 | donator | n. | One who makes a donation or present. |
1452 | donee | n. | A person to whom a donation is made. |
1453 | donor | n. | One who makes a donation or present. |
1454 | dormant | adj. | Being in a state of or resembling sleep. |
1455 | doublet | n. | One of a pair of like things. |
1456 | doubly | adv. | In twofold degree or extent. |
1457 | dowry | n. | The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage. |
1458 | drachma | n. | A modern and an ancient Greek coin. |
1459 | dragnet | n. | A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water. |
1460 | dragoon | n. | In the British army, a cavalryman. |
1461 | drainage | n. | The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc. |
1462 | dramatist | n. | One who writes plays. |
1463 | dramatize | v. | To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner. |
1464 | drastic | adj. | Acting vigorously. |
1465 | drought | n. | Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither. |
1466 | drowsy | adj. | Heavy with sleepiness. |
1467 | drudgery | n. | Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation. |
1468 | dubious | adj. | Doubtful. |
1469 | duckling | n. | A young duck. |
1470 | ductile | adj. | Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread. |
1471 | duet | n. | A composition for two voices or instruments. |
1472 | dun | v. | To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment. |
1473 | duplex | adj. | Having two parts. |
1474 | duplicity | n. | Double-dealing. |
1475 | durance | n. | Confinement. |
1476 | duration | n. | The period of time during which anything lasts. |
1477 | duteous | adj. | Showing submission to natural superiors. |
1478 | dutiable | adj. | Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty. |
1479 | dutiful | adj. | Obedient. |
1480 | dwindle | v. | To diminish or become less. |
1481 | dyne | n. | The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s. |
Friday, 7 May 2010
Vocabulary builder D
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