| Word |
Definition |
| Dishearten | to discourage |
| Disheveled | untidy |
| Disinclination | unwillingness |
| Disingenuous | insincere; pretending to be sophisticated |
| Disinter | to dig up; unearth |
| Disinterested | unprejudiced |
| Disjointed | disconnected |
| Disjunction | an act or state of separation; disunity |
| Dislodge | to remove (forcibly) |
| Dismantle | to take apart |
| Dismember | to cut into small parts |
| Dismiss | to eliminate from consideration; to reject |
| Disparage | to belittle |
| Disparate | basically different; unrelated |
| Disparity | difference; condition of inequality |
| Dispassionate | unaffected by passion; impartial |
| Dispatch | speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed |
| Dispel | to disperse; to drive away; to cause to vanish |
| Disperse | to scatter |
| Dispirited | lacking in spirit |
| Disport | to amuse |
| Disputatious | argumentative; fond of arguing |
| Disquietude | uneasiness; anxiety |
| Disquisition | a formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry |
| Dissection | analysis; cutting apart in order to examine |
| Dissemble | to disguise; to pretend |
| Disseminate | to distribute; to spread; to scatter (like seeds) |
| Dissent | to disagree |
| Dissertation | formal essay |
| Dissident | dissenting; rebellious |
| Dissipate | to squander; to waste; to scatter |
| Dissolution | disintegration; looseness in morals |
| Dissonance | discord; opposite of harmony |
| Dissuade | to persuade not to do; discourage |
| Distant | reserved or aloof; cold in manner |
| Distend | to expand; to swell out |
| Distill | to purify; to refine; to concentrate |
| Distinction | honor; contrast; discrimination |
| Distort | to twist out of shape |
| Distrait | absentminded |
| Distraught | upset; distracted by anxiety |
| Diurnal | daily |
| Diva | operatic singer; prima donna |
| Diverge | to vary; to go in different directions from the same point |
| Divergent | differing; deviating |
| Diverse | of a different form, character; various |
| Diversion | act of turning aside; a distraction: a pastime |
| Diversity | variety; dissimilitude |
| Divest | to strip; to deprive |
| Divulge | to reveal |
| Docile | obedient; easily managed |
| Docket | a list of cases in court for trial; a book of trial entries |
| Doctrinaire | dogmatic (opinionated); unyielding; unable to compromise about points of doctrine |
| Doctrine | teachings in general; particular principle taught |
| Document | to provide written evidence |
| Doddering | shaky or trembling, as from old age <a doddering old woman> |
| Doff | to take off <doff his hat to a lady> |
| Dogged | determined; persistent in effort; stubborn <a dogged worker> |
| Doggerel | poor verse |
| Dogmatic | opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal |
| Doldrums | state of inactivity or stagnation; blues: a dull, listlessness, depressed mood; slack period |
| Dolorous | sorrowful |
| Dolt | a stupid person; blockhead |
| Domicile | home |
| Domineer | to rule over arbitrarily; tyrannize |
| Don | to put on |
| Dormant | state of inactivity; sleeping; lethargic; latent (present but not visible <latent ability>) |
| Dormer | window projecting from roof |
| Dorsal | pertaining to, or situated on the back or dorsum |
| Dossier | a collection of files on a subject |
| Dotage | a period of senile decay |
| Dote | to be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline |
| Dour | sullen; stubborn |
| Douse | to plunge into water; drench; extinguish |
| Dowdy | untidy (slovenly); old fashion |
| Downcast | dishearten; sad |
| Drab | dull; lacking color; cheerless |
| Draconian | extremely severe <Draconian forms of punishment.> |
| Dregs | sediment; worthless residue |
| Drivel | nonsense; foolishness |
| Droll | queer and amusing |
| Drone | idle person; male bee |
| Drone | to talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee |
| Dross | waste matter; worthless impurities |
| Drudgery | menial work |
| Dubious | questionable; filled with doubt |
| Ductile | malleable; flexible; pliable |
| Dulcet | pleasant to the ear; melodious; sweet sounding <dulcet sound |
| Dumbfound | to astonish |
| Dupe | someone easily fooled |
| Duplicity | double-dealing; hypocrisy |
| Dither | to act nervously or indecisively; to vacillate |
