| Question |
Answer |
| disquietude |
uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious |
| disquisition |
formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report |
| dissection |
analysis; cutting apart in order to examine |
| dissemble |
disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend |
| disseminate |
distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds) |
| dissension |
disagreement of opinions causing strife within a group |
| dissent |
disagree |
| dissertation |
formal essay; treatise |
| dissident |
dissenting (with an opinion, a group, or a government); rebellious; N. |
| dissimulate |
pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble |
| dissipate |
squander; waste foolishly; scatter |
| dissolution |
disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life |
| dissonance |
discord |
| dissuade |
persuade not to do; discourage; N. dissuasion |
| distant |
reserved or aloof; cold in manner; Ex. distant greeting; ADV. distantly |
| distend |
expand; swell out |
| distill |
refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation); concentrate; separate the most important parts from; Ex. distill fresh water from sea water; CF. brew |
| distinct |
clearly different; clearly noticed |
| distinction |
honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction |
| distinctive |
clearly different from others of the same kind |
| distort |
twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N. distortion |
| distract |
take (one's attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted |
| distrait |
absentminded; distracted |
| distraught |
upset; distracted by anxiety; very anxious and troubled almost to the point of madness; Ex. distraught with grief/worry |
| diurnal |
daily; occurring during the daytime |
| diva |
operatic singer; prima donna |
| diverge |
vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating |
| diverse |
differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: | variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance |
| diversion |
act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse |
| divest |
strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment) |
| divine |
perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination |
| divulge |
reveal |
| docile |
obedient; easily managed; submissive |
| docket |
program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket |
| doctrinaire |
unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties |
| doctrine |
teachings in general; particular principle (religious, legal, etc.) taught; dogma; tenet; ADJ. doctrinal |
| document |
provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N. |
| doddering |
shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder |
| doff |
take off; OP. don |
| dogged |
determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean |
| doggerel |
poor verse |
| dogmatic |
opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal |
| doldrums |
blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums |
| dolorous |
sorrowful; N. dolor |
| dolt |
slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull |
| domicile |
home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one's domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain. |
| dominant |
exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive |
| domineer |
rule over tyrannically |
| don |
put on; OP. doff |
| doom |
condemnation to a severe penalty; ruin; fate (esp. a tragic or ruinous one); V. |
| dormant |
sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent |
| dormer |
window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room |
| dorsal |
relating to the back of an animal; Ex. dorsal fin |
| dossier |
file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back |
| dotage |
senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage |
| dote |
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline |
| dour |
sullen; gloomy; stubborn |
| douse |
plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse |
| dowdy |
untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman |
| downcast |
disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward |
| dowry |
money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage |
| dowse |
use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals |
| doze |
sleep lightly; nap |
| drab |
dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab coat/life |
| draconian |
extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician |
| draft |
first rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscript |
| drama |
prose or verse composition to be performed by actors; play; exciting and unusual situation |
| drastic |
strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic changes/measures |
| draught |
current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time |
| draw |
choosing of a lot or card |
| dregs |
sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue |
| dribble |
flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N. |
| drip |
fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops |
| drivel |
nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense |
| droll |
queer and amusing |
| drone |
talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; N. |
| droop |
bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N. |
| dross |
waste matter; worthless impurities |
| drudge |
do drudgery; N: person who drudges |
| drudgery |
hard unpleasant work; menial work |
| dubious |
questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety |
| ductile |
malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled |
| dulcet |
sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear; melodious |
| dull |
(of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V. |
| dumbfound(dumfound) |
astonish (making dumb); ADJ. dumbfounded, dumfounded, dumbstruck |
| dummy |
imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy |
| dupe |
someone easily fooled or deceived; V: deceive |
| duplicity |
double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous |
| duration |
length of time something lasts |
| duress |
forcible restraint, especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress |
| dutiful(duteous) |
(of people or their behavior) respectful; obedient (filled with a sense of duty) |
| dwindle |
shrink; reduce gradually |
| dynamic |
energetic; vigorously active |
| dynamo |
generator for producing electricity; energetic person |
| dys- |
abnormal; impaired |
| dysentery |
inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract |
| dyslexia |
word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read |
| dyspeptic |
suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food |
| earmark |
set aside (money or time) for a particular purpose |
| earn |
gain for the performance of service or labor; gain (something that one deserves); deserve |
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