"D-" Vocabulary

Question 1

Damp

Answer 1

To diminish in intensity (v)

Question 2

Daunt

Answer 2

To intimidate or dismay (v)

Question 3

Dearth

Answer 3

Smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack (n)

Question 4

Debacle

Answer 4

Rout; fiasco; complete failure (n)

Question 5

Debunk

Answer 5

To expose as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated (v)

Question 6

Decorum

Answer 6

Politeness or appropiateness of conduct or behavior (n)

Question 7

Deleterious

Answer 7

Injurious; harmful (adj)

Question 8

Demur

Answer 8

To question or oppose (v)

Question 9

Denigrate

Answer 9

Blacken; belittle; defame (v)

Question 10

Denouement

Answer 10

An outcome or solution (n)

Question 11

Deprecate

Answer 11

To disparage or belittle (v)

Question 12

Depredate

Answer 12

To plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy (v)

Question 13

Derision

Answer 13

Scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment (n)

Question 14

Derivative

Answer 14

Obtained from another source (adj)

Question 15

Desiccate

Answer 15

To dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or duff (v)

Question 16

Desuetude

Answer 16

Disuse (n)

Question 17

Desultory

Answer 17

Random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan (adj)

Question 18

Detraction

Answer 18

Slandering; verbal attack; aspersion (n)

Question 19

Diaphanous

Answer 19

Transparent, gauzy (adj)

Question 20

Diatribe

Answer 20

Harsh denouncement (n)

Question 21

Didactic

Answer 21

Intended to teach or instruct (adj)

Question 22

Diffident

Answer 22

Reserved, shy; lacking in self-confidence (adj)

Question 23

Digress

Answer 23

To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent (v)

Question 24

Dilate

Answer 24

To become wider or more open (v)

Question 25

Dilatory

Answer 25

Causing delay, procrastination (adj)

Question 26

Dilettante

Answer 26

One with an amateurish or superficial interest in a field (n)

Question 27

Din

Answer 27

Loud sustained noise (n)

Question 28

Dirge

Answer 28

A mournful song or poem for the dead (n)

Question 29

Disabuse

Answer 29

To undeceive; to set right (v)

Question 30

Discomfit

Answer 30

To defeat, put down (v)

Question 31

Discordant

Answer 31

Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound (adj)

Question 32

Discretion

Answer 32

Cautious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions (n)

Question 33

Disinterested

Answer 33

Free from self-interest; unbiased (adj)

Question 34

Disparage

Answer 34

To slight or belittle (v)

Question 35

Disparate

Answer 35

Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar (adj)

Question 36

Dissemble

Answer 36

To disguise or conceal; to mislead (v)

Question 37

Dissolution

Answer 37

Disintergration, looseness in morals (n)

Question 38

Dissonance

Answer 38

Lack of harmony; conflict (n)

Question 39

Distrait

Answer 39

Distracted; absentminded, especially due to anxiety (v)

Question 40

Divulge

Answer 40

To disclose something secret (v)

Question 41

Doctrinaire

Answer 41

Fanatical; merely theoretical; impractical (adj)

Question 42

Doggerel

Answer 42

Trivial, poorly constructed verse (n)

Question 43

Dogmatic

Answer 43

Authoritatively and or aggroantly assertive of principles, which cannot be proved; stubbornly opinionated (adj)

Question 44

Dross

Answer 44

Slag, wast or foreign matter, impurity (n)

Question 45

Dulcet

Answer 45

Melodious, harmonious, mellifluous (adj)

Question 46

Dupe

Answer 46

One who is deceived (n)

Question 47

Dynamo

Answer 47

generator; forceful, energetic person (n)