Vocab day 9 part 1

Question 1

diaphanous

Answer 1

die-aa-fenous - diaphanous
thin, translucent, light, delicate
“she wore beautiful but diaphanous gown.”

Question 2

detraction

Answer 2

to belittle.

syn : belittlement, denigration, deprecation, depreciation, derogation, diminishment, disparagement, put-down

Question 3

deter

Answer 3

discourage (someone) from doing something by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.

Question 4

dissuade

Answer 4

persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.

Question 5

deterrent

Answer 5

a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
syn: deter, dissuade

Question 6

deride

Answer 6

to mock, ridicule

Question 7

desultory

Answer 7

1. disappointing, poor quality “Her efforts were desultory”.
2. not connected with the subject “He made a desultory comment, it as not connected to the subject at all”.
3. jumping from one thing to another, all over the place. “Her methods/thoughts were desultory”

Question 8

desuetude

Answer 8

disuse, a state of disuse.

Question 9

desiccate

Answer 9

to dry out

Question 10

derivative

Answer 10

derived from something, unoriginal

Question 11

diatribe

Answer 11

bitter verbal attack

Question 12

dichotomy

Answer 12

division into two usually contradicting parts

Question 13

diabuse

Answer 13

to free from a misconception

Question 14

discerning

Answer 14

showing good judgement.

syn : sagacious, judicious, shrewd, prudent, astute

Question 15

discrepancy

Answer 15

disparity, difference between

Question 16

discredit

Answer 16

to harm someone’s reputation, disgrace.

Question 17

discordant

Answer 17

not in tune

Question 18

discomfort

Answer 18

uneasy

Question 19

dirge

Answer 19

funeral hymn

Question 20

digression

Answer 20

the act straying from the main subject

Question 21

diffuse

Answer 21

to spread out

Question 22

diffidence

Answer 22

shyness , lack of confidence

Question 23

discrete

Answer 23

distinct.

“like discrete maths”

Question 24

discretion

Answer 24

quality of having good judgement(circumspection), freedom to act one one’s own will.

Question 25

disingenious

Answer 25

crafty "When a person starts a sentence with "i don't mean to appear disingenuous" one should be suspicious that the person might be just that"

Question 26

disinterested

Answer 26

1. not having the mind or feeling engaged. | 2. no longer interested

Question 27

disjointed

Answer 27

lack of orderly sequence

Question 28

dismiss

Answer 28

to reject

Question 29

diparage

Answer 29

to belillte

Question 30

diparate

Answer 30

difference, disimilar | syn: disparity

Question 31

dissemble

Answer 31

to hide one's true feeling

Question 32

disseminate

Answer 32

to spread widely, especially information.

Question 33

distill

Answer 33

to extract essential elements

Question 34

dissident

Answer 34

someone who disagrees with a belief

Question 35

doctraine

Answer 35

ross, | a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory

Question 36

divulge

Answer 36

to make known secrets

Question 37

divest

Answer 37

to rid, deprive

Question 38

diverge

Answer 38

to go in different directions

Question 39

dissonance

Answer 39

lack of harmony

Question 40

distend

Answer 40

swell out, | "people in advance stages of starvation often have distent bellies"

Question 41

distrait

Answer 41

preoccupied, inattentive

Question 42

dissolution

Answer 42

debauchary

Question 43

document

Answer 43

evidence in written form to support

Question 44

dogmatic

Answer 44

stating opinions without proof

Question 45

dormant

Answer 45

inactive

Question 46

dupe

Answer 46

trickry

Question 47

ebullient

Answer 47

enthusiastic

Question 48

eclectic

Answer 48

selecting from various sources

Question 49

effervescence

Answer 49

state of high spirits, bubbling of a gas

Question 50

effete

Answer 50

e - feet weak, but not physically as in tired but tired mentally/ weak mentally. an effete person is weak, this weakness is not a temporary weakness. its permanent.

Question 51

dross

Answer 51

something that has no value, worthless

Question 52

doggerel

Answer 52

poor verse, dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent. syn: brawdy