D Vcab

Question 1

doleful

Answer 1

sad/unhappy

Question 2

debonair

Answer 2

(of a man)dressing and acting in an appealing way, fashionable, attractive and confident, charming, elegant

Question 3

decadent

Answer 3

1. having low moral, great love of pleasure, money, fame. 2. decaying

Question 4

deceitful

Answer 4

not honest, having a tendency to deceive.

Question 5

decipher

Answer 5

decode,translate

Question 6

decorum

Answer 6

proper and good behavior/manners

Question 7

decrepit

Answer 7

1. wasted away 2.worn-out 3. weak

Question 8

de facto

Answer 8

actually, actual

Question 9

defamation

Answer 9

the act of saying false things to make people have a bad opinion of someone or something.

Question 10

defer

Answer 10

1. delay 2.obey, usually due to respect

Question 11

deficit

Answer 11

amount less than needed, shortage, deficiency in amount or quality, lack of something. (not enough)

Question 12

defraud

Answer 12

to get something by deception

Question 13

delirious

Answer 13

1. not be able to think or speak clearly because of fever or illness 2. wild excitement

Question 14

denigrate

Answer 14

1. to say something very critical and often unfair things 2. to make something seem less important or valuable 3.defame

Question 15

denounce

Answer 15

1. to publicly state that someone or something is wrong. 2. to report to the police for illegal or immoral acts

Question 16

derange

Answer 16

1. to disturb 2.to make something untidy (disarrange) 3.to make insane

Question 17

despise

Answer 17

to dislike very much, to regard as worthless.

Question 18

detest

Answer 18

to dislike very much, to regard as worthless.

Question 19

digress

Answer 19

1. to speak or write something different from the main topic 2. to divert attention

Question 20

dire

Answer 20

awful

Question 21

discern

Answer 21

1. to see hear or notice with difficult effort

2. understand, figure out

Question 22

disheveled

Answer 22

not neat or tidy, marked by disorder

Question 23

disparage

Answer 23

1. to describe as unimportant, weak, bad etc.

2. degrade

Question 24

disseminate

Answer 24

to cause something to go to many people, spread

Question 25

doctrine

Answer 25

1. a set of ideas that are taught or believed to be true 2. law that is followed 3. a statement of government policy especially in international relations

Question 26

duress

Answer 26

force or threats meant to make someone do something

Question 27

debilitate

Answer 27

weaken

Question 28

debunk

Answer 28

to prove false

Question 29

deft

Answer 29

skillful

Question 30

divulge

Answer 30

reveal

Question 31

duplicitous

Answer 31

deceptive in words or action