D words

Question 1

Decorum***

Answer 1

(n) proper behavior

Question 2

Default

Answer 2

(v) to fail to act

Question 3

Deference***

Answer 3

(n) respect; regard for another’s wish

Question 4

Delineate***

Answer 4

(v) to represent or depict

Question 5

Demotic***

Answer 5

(adj) pertaining to people

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Demur***

Answer 6

(adj) pertaining to people

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Denigrate***

Answer 7

(v) to slur someone’s reputation

Question 8

Denouement***

Answer 8

(n) outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature – “day-new-mah”

Question 9

Deride

Answer 9

(v) to mock

Question 10

Derivative***

Answer 10

(n) something derived; unoriginal

Question 11

Desiccate***

Answer 11

(v) to dry completely

Question 12

Desultory***

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(adj) random; disconnected; rambling

Question 13

Diaphanous

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(adj) transparent; fine-textured; insustantial; vague

Question 14

Diatribe***

Answer 14

(n) bitter verbal attack

Question 15

Dichotomy***

Answer 15

(n) division into two usually contradictory parts

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Diffidence***

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(n) shyness; lack of confidence

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Diffuse***

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(v) to spread out

Question 18

Dirge

Answer 18

(n) funeral hymn

Question 19

Disabuse***

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(v) to free from a misconception

Question 20

Discerning

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(adj) perceptive; exhibiting keen insight and good judgement

Question 21

Discomfit

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(v) to make uneasy; disconcert – “dis” = not … “com” = comfortable

Question 22

Discordant***

Answer 22

(adj) not in tune

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Discrepancy***

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(n) difference between

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Discrete***

Answer 24

(adj) constituting a sperate thing; distinct

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Disingenuous***

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(adj) not candid; crafty

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Disinterested***

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(adj) unprejudiced; objective

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Dismiss***

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(v) put away from consideration; reject

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Disparage***

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(v) to belittle

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Disparate***

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(adj) dissimilar

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Dissemble***

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(v) to pretend; disguise one's motive

Question 31

Disseminate***

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(v) to spread; scatter; disperse

Question 32

Dissolution***

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(n) disintegration; debauchery

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Dissonance***

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(n) discord; lack of harmony

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Distrait

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(adj) inattentive; preoccupied

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Divest

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(v) to strip; deprive; rid -- think of "divestment" = to get rid of a certain investment

Question 36

Divulge

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(v) to make known something that is secret

Question 37

Doctrinaire***

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(adj) relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding

Question 38

Doggerel

Answer 38

(n) poor verse

Question 39

Dogmatic***

Answer 39

(adj) stating opinions without proof

Question 40

Dross

Answer 40

(n) waste; worthless matter; trivial matter