D Flashcards
Dearth
an insufficient quantity or number
In those arid deserts, they suffered from thirst as well as from dearth of provisions.
Dauntless
invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Debacle
a sudden and violent collapse
Big failure
Absolute disaster. “Prom was a debacle”
Debilitate
to make it weaker.
A bad flu may debilitate your powers of concentration,
Deleterious
Harmful to living things
If something is deleterious, it does harm or makes things worse. Smoking has obvious deleterious effects on your health, not to mention your social life.
Descry
To spot something!
Diaphanous
So thin that light gets through
Often of clothes
Diatribe
Thunderous verbal critical speech
you ask your friend a seemingly innocuous question, like “Do you like hot dogs?” and she unleashes a diatribe about the evils of eating meat.
Diffident
lacking self-confidence
He had exceedingly good parts, but was somewhat diffident and bashful.
dilettante
Amateur, one pretends to be better than they are.
Disenfranchise
deprive of voting rights
Disgruntled
In a state of sulky dissatisfaction
Disingenuous
adj
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness. Insincere.
Disinter
dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
Disparage
express a negative opinion of
Dispassionate
Objective, unbiased
Disposition
N
Ones usual mood
Disseminate
To cause to become widely known
To spread information widely
Dissimulate
To cover up true feelings
Dissipated
A
Lost moral center, absorbed in gambling and drink.
dissolute
Unrestrained by convention and morality.
Divest
To get rid of, dispose of.
Docile
Easily managed
Doleful
A
Down in the dumps
