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Word Smart - "D"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| daunt | (v) to make fearful; to intimidate |
| dearth | (n) lack; scarcity |
| debacle | (n) violent breakdown; sudden overthrow; overwhelming defeat |
| debauchery | (n) wild living; excessive intemperance |
| debilitate | (v) to weaken; to cripple |
| decadent | (adj) decaying or decayed, especially in terms of morals |
| decimate | (v) to kill or destroy a large part of |
| decorous | (adj) proper; in good taste; orderly |
| deduce | (v) to conclude from the evidence; to infer |
| defame | (v) to libel or slander; to ruin the good name of |
| deference | (n) submission to another's will; respect; courtesy |
| definitive | (adj) conclusive; providing the last word |
| degenerate | (v) to break down; to deteriorate |
| deleterious | (adj) harmful |
| delineate | (v) to describe accurately; to draw in outline |
| delude | (v) to deceive |
| deluge | (n) a flood; an inundation |
| demagogue | (n) a leader of the people, but more a rabble rouser |
| denizen | (n) inhabitant |
| depravity | (n) extreme wickedness or corruption |
| deprecate | (v) to express disapproval of |
| deride | (v) to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously |
| derogatory | (adj) disapproving; degrading |
| desiccate | (v) to dry out |
| despondent | (adj) extremely depressed; full of despair |
| despot | (n) an absolute ruler; an autocrat |
| destitute | (adj) extremely poor; utterly lacking |
| desultory | (adj) without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random |
| dextrous | (adj) skillful; adroit |
| dialectical | (adj) relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes |
| dictum | (n) an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb |
| didactic | (adj) intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic |
| diffident | (adj) timid; lacking in self-confidence |
| digress | (v) to stray from the main subject |
| dilettante | (n) someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler |
| discern | (v) to have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate |
| discreet | (adj) prudent; judiciously reserved |
| discrete | (adj) unconnected; separate; distinct |
| discriminate | (v) to notice or point out the difference between two or more things; to discern; to differentiate |
| disdain | (n) arrogant scorn; contempt |
| disinterested | (adj) not taking sides; unbiased |
| disparage | (v) to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way |
| disparate | (adj) different; incompatible; unequal |
| disseminate | (v) to spread the seeds of somehting; to scatter; to make widely known |
| dissipate | (v) to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to cause to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to waste or squander |
| dissolution | (n) the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration |
| distend | (v) to swell; to extend a great deal |
| distinguish | (v) to tell apart; to cause to stand out |
| docile | (adj) easily taught; obedient; easy to handle |
| doctrinaire | (adj) inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic |
| dogmatic | (adj) arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute |
| domestic | (adj) having to do with the household or family; not foreign |
| dormant | (adj) inactive; as though asleep; asleep |
| dubious | (adj) full of doubt; uncertain |
| duplicity | (n) the act of being two-faced; double-dealing; deception |
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