| Word |
Definition |
| Derogatory | expressing a low opinion or negative criticism |
| Descry | to catch sight of |
| Desecrate | to profane; to violate the sanctity of |
| Desiccate | to dry up |
| Desolate | uninhabited; joyless |
| Desolate | to make barren; to make somebody feel sad |
| Desperado | reckless, violent criminal |
| Despise | to look on with scorn; to regard as worthless or distasteful |
| Despoil | to plunder |
| Despondent | depressed; gloomy |
| Despot | tyrant |
| Destitute | extremely poor |
| Desultory | lacking consistency: disconnected; disappointing in progress, quality; digressing at random |
| Detached | emotionally removed; calm and objective; physically separate |
| Determinate | having a fixed or of procedure |
| Determination | resolve; measurement or calculation; decision |
| Deterrent | something that discourages; hindrance |
| Detonation | explosion |
| Detraction | slandering; aspersion |
| Detrimental | harmful; damaging |
| Deviate | to turn away from (a principle, norm); to depart; to diverge |
| Devious | erratic; not straightforward |
| Devise | to think up; to invent; to plan |
| Devoid | lacking |
| Devolve | to transfer or delegate to another |
| Devotee | enthusiastic follower |
| Devout | pious |
| Dexterous | skillful |
| Diabolical | devilish |
| Diadem | crown |
| Dialectical | relating to art of debate; mutual or reciprocal |
| Diaphanous | sheer; transparent |
| Diatribe | an abusive criticism |
| Dichotomy | division into two opposed/contradictory groups; division into two parts |
| Dictum | authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim |
| Didactic | instructive; teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson |
| Die | device for stamping or impressing; mold |
| Diffidence | shyness |
| Diffuse | wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas) |
| Digression | wandering away from the subject |
| Dilapidated | ruin from age or neglect |
| Dilate | to expand |
| Dilatory | delaying |
| Dilemma | problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives |
| Dilettante | an admirer of the arts; amateur; dabbler |
| Diligence | steadiness of effort; persistent hard work |
| Dilute | to make less concentrated; to reduce in strength |
| Diminution | lessening; reduction in size |
| Din | continued loud noise |
| Dinghy | small boat |
| Dingy | dull; not fresh; cheerless |
| Dint | means; effort |
| Diorama | life-size, 3D scene from nature or history |
| Dire | warning of disaster; desperately urgent; extreme; oppressive |
| Dirge | hymn of lamentation |
| Disabuse | to correct a false impression; undeceive |
| Disapprobation | disapproval; condemnation |
| Disarray | a disorderly or untidy stat |
| Disavowal | denial; disclaiming |
| Disband | to dissolve; to disperse |
| Disburse | to pay out |
| Discernible | distinguishable; perceivable |
| Discerning | mentally quick and observant; having insight |
| Disclaim | to disown; renounce claim to |
| Disclose | to reveal |
| Discombobulated | confused; discomposed |
| Discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment; to defeat; to disconcert |
| Disconcert | to confuse; to upset; to embarrass |
| Disconsolate | sad |
| Discord | conflict; lack of harmony |
| Discordant | not harmonious; conflicting |
| Discount | disregard |
| Discourse | formal discussion; conversation |
| Discredit | to defame; to destroy confidence in; disbelieve |
| Discrepancy | lack of consistency; difference |
| Discrete | separate; unconnected |
| Discretion | prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances |
| Discriminating | able to see differences; prejudiced |
| Discursive | digressing; rambling |
| Disdain | to view with scorn or contempt |
| Disembark | to go ashore; to unload cargo from a ship |
| Disenfranchise | to deprive of a civil right |
| Disengage | to uncouple; to separate; to disconnect |
| Disfigure | to mar the appearance of; spoil |
| Disgorge | to surrender something; eject; vomit |
| Disgruntle | to make discontented |
