AT Word List 10 #4 Flashcards
1
Q
Diorama
A
miniature scene in three dimensions
2
Q
Disburse
A
to pay out money
3
Q
Disdain
A
to look down upon
4
Q
Disparity
A
difference
5
Q
Dissension
A
act of disagreeing
6
Q
Disten
A
to stretch; to extend
7
Q
Docile
A
gentle; obedient
8
Q
Domineer
A
to boss around
9
Q
Downplay
A
to reduce in importance
10
Q
Dross
A
useless material
11
Q
Edifice
A
a large building
12
Q
Effrontery
A
open rudeness
13
Q
Elegy
A
song or poem for the dead
14
Q
Elusive
A
hard to cath; evasive
15
Q
Embellishment
A
decoration
16
Q
Empiricism
A
practice of relying on observation and experience
17
Q
Encompass
A
to include
18
Q
Entail
A
to involve
19
Q
Enumeration
A
numbered list
20
Q
Epochal
A
important; pertaining to a particular period of history
21
Q
Erudition
A
knowledge acquired from books
22
Q
Ethereal
A
not physical; spiritual
23
Q
Evocative
A
bringing out a reaction; stimulation
24
Q
Execrable
A
very bad
