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8th HMS D Words
8th Grade Heritage Middle School D Words
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| discourse | conversation, talk |
| disposition | one's habitual way of acting toward others or of thinking about things; nature |
| defiance | defying; standing up against authority and refusing to recognize or obey it; open resistance to power |
| demerit | fault or defect; a mark against a person's record for bad behavior or poor work |
| device | something invented, devised, or fitted for a particular use or special purpose |
| distinction | making a difference; distinguished from others; honor; sign of honor |
| disband | break up; dismiss from service; become scattered |
| discord | difference of opinion; disagreement; disputing |
| disregard | pay no attention to; take no notice of |
| debris | scattered fragments; ruins |
| disintegrate | break up; separate into small parts or bits |
| dispensary | place where medicines, medical care, and medical advice are given out |
| distort | pull or twist out of shpe; change the normal appearance of |
| demure | seeming more modest and proper than one really is; coy; bashful |
| discretion | good judgment; wise caution; great carefulness in speech or action |
| dishevel | disarrange or rumple hair or clothin |
| disreputable | having a bad reputation; not fit to be used or seen; in poor condition |
| decrepit | broken down or weakened by old age; old and feeble |
| deplete | reduce the fullness of; empty; exhaust |
| disperse | spread in different directions |