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dilate

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expand (Eg: In the dark- the pupils of your eyes dilate. )

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dilatory

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delaying (Eg: Your dilatory tactics may compel me to cancel the contract. )

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dilemma

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problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives (Eg: In this dilemma- he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice. )

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dilettante

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aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler (Eg: He was not serious in his painting; he was rather a dilettante. )

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diligence

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steadiness of effort; persisten hard work (Eg: Her employers were greatly impressed by her diligence and offered her a partnership in the firm. )

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dilute

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make less concentrated; reduce in strength (Eg: She preferred her coffee diluted with milk. )

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diminution

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lessening; reduction in size (Eg: The blockaders hoped to achieve victory as soon as the diminution of the enemy’s supplies became serious. )

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din

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continued loud noise (Eg: The din of the jackhammers outside the classroom window drowned out the lecturer’s voice. )

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dinghy

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small boat (often ship’s boat) (Eg: In the film Lifeboat- an ill-assorted group of passengers from a sunken ocean liner are marooned at sea in a )

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dingy

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dull; not fresh; cheerless (Eg: Refusing to be depressed by her dingy studio apartment- Bea spent the weekend polishing the floors and )

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dint

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means; effort (Eg: By dint of much hard work- the volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire. )

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diorama

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like-size- three-dimensional scene from nature or history (Eg: Because they dramatically pose actual stuffed animals against realistic painted landscapes- the dioramas at )

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dire

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disastrous (Eg: People ignored her dire predictions of an approaching depression. )

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dirge

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lament with music (Eg: The funeral dirge stirred us to tears. )

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disabuse

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correct a false impression; undeceive (Eg: I will attempt to diabuse you of your impression of my client’s guilt; I know he is innocent. )

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disaffected

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disloyal (Eg: Once the most loyal of Gorbachev’s supporters- Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly )

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disapprobation

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disapproval; condemnation (Eg: The conservative father viewed his daughter’s radical boyfriend with disapprobation. )

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disarray

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a disorderly or untidy state (Eg: After the New Year’s party- the once orderly house was in total disarray. )

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disavowal

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denial; disclaiming (Eg: His disavowal of his part in the conspiracy was not believed by the jury. )

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disband

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dissolve; disperse (Eg: The chess club disbanded after its disastrous initial season. )

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disburse

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pay out (Eg: When you disburse money on the company’s behalf- be sure to get a receipt. )

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discernible

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distinguishable; perceivable (Eg: The ships in the harbor were not discernible in the fog. )

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discerning

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mentally quick and observant; having insight (Eg: Because he was considered the most discerning member of the firm- he was assigned the most difficult )

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disclaim

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disown; renounce claim to (Eg: If I grant you this previlege- will you disclaim all other rights? )

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disclose

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reveal (Eg: Although competitors offered him bribes- he refused to disclose any information about his company’s )

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discombobulated

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confused; discomposed (Eg: The novice square dancer became so discombobulated that he wandered into wrong set. )

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discomfit

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put to rout; defeat; disconcert (Eg: This ruse will discomfit the enemy. )

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disconcert

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confuse; upset; embarrass (Eg: The lawyer was disconcerted by the evidence produced by her adversary. )

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disconcolate

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sad (Eg: The death of his wife left him disconsolate. )

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discordant

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inharmonious; conflicting (Eg: She tried to unite the discordant factions. )

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discount

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disregard (Eg: Be prepared to discount what he has to say about his ex-wife. )

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discourse

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formal disscussion; conversation (Eg: The young Plato was drawn to the Agora to hear the philosophical discourse of Socrates and his followers. )

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discredit

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defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve (Eg: )

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discrepancy

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lack of consistency; difference (Eg: The police noticed some discrepancies in his description of the crime and did not believe him. )

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discrete

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separate; unconnected (Eg: The universe is composed of discrete bodies. )

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discretion

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prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances (Eg: Use your discretion in this matter and do not discuss it with anyone. )

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discrimination

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ability to see differences; prejudice (Eg: They feared he lacked sufficient discrimination to judge complex works of modern art. )

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discursive

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digressing; rambling (Eg: They were annoyed and bored by her discursive remarks. )

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disdain

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treat with scorn or contempt (Eg: You make enemies of all you disdain. )

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disembark

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go ashore; unload cargo from a ship (Eg: Before the passengers could disembark- they had to pick up their passports from the ship’s purser. )

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disenfranchise

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deprive of a civil right (Eg: The imposition if the poll tax effectively disenfranchised poor Southern blacks- who lost their right to vote. )

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disengage

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uncouple; separate; disconnect (Eg: A standard movie routine involves the hero’s desperate attempt to disengage a railroad car from a moving )

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disfigure

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mar the appearance of; spoil (Eg: An ugly frown disfigured his normally pleasant face. )

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disgorge

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surrender something; efect; vomit (Eg: Unwilling to disgorge the cash he had stolen from the pension fund- the embezzler tried to run away. )

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disgruntle

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make discontented (Eg: The passengers were disgruntled by the numerous delays. )

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dishearten

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discourage (Eg: His failure to pass the bar exam disheartened him. )

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disheveled

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untidy (Eg: Your disheveled appearance will hurt your chances in this interview. )

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disinclination

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unwilingness (Eg: Some mornings I feel a great disinclination to get out of bed. )

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disingenuous

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not naive; sophisticated (Eg: )

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disinter

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dig up; unearth (Eg: They disinterred the body and held an autopsy. )

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disinterested

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unprejudiced (Eg: The only disinterested person in the room was the judge. )

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disjointed

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disconnected (Eg: His remarks were so disjointed that we could not follow his reasoning. )

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dislodge

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remove (forcible) (Eg: Thrusting her fist up under the choking man’s lower ribs- Margaret used the Heimlich maneuver to )

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dismantle

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take apart (Eg: When the show closed- they dismantled the scenery before restoring it. )

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dismember

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cut into small parts (Eg: When the Austrian Empire was dismembered- several new countries were established. )

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dismiss

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eliminate from consideration; reject (Eg: Believing in John’s love for her- she dismissed the notion that he might be unfaithful. )

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disparage

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belittle (Eg: Do not disparage anyone’s contribution; these little gifts add up to large sums. )

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disparate

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basically different; unrelated (Eg: It is difficult- if not impossible- to organize these disparate elements into a coherent whole. )

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disparity

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difference; condition of inequality (Eg: The disparity in their ages made no difference at all. )

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dispassionate

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calm; impartial (Eg: In a dispassionate analysis of the problem- he carefully examined the causes of the conflict and proceeded )

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dispatch

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speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed (Eg: Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch; he then sent a dispatch to headquarters- )

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dispel

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scatter; drive away; cause to vanish (Eg: The bright sunlight eventually dispelled the morning mist. )

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disperse

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scatter (Eg: The police fired tear gas into crowd to disperse the protesters. )

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dispirited

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lacking in spirit (Eg: The coach used all the tricks at his command to buoy up the enthusiasm of his team- which I had become )

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disport

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amuse (Eg: The popularity of Florida as a winter resort is constantly increasing; each year- thousands more disport )

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disputatious

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argumentative; fond of argument (Eg: People avoided discussing contemporary problems with him because of his disputatious manner. )

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disquisition

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a formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry (Eg: In his disquisition- he outlined the steps he had taken in reaching his conclusions. )

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dissection

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analysis; cutting apart in order to examine (Eg: The dissection of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students. )

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dissemble

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disguise; pretend (Eg: Even though John tried to dissemble his motive for taking modern dance- we all knew there not to dance )

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disseminate

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scatter (like seeds) (Eg: The invention of the radio helped propagandists to disseminate their favorite doctrines very easily. )

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dissent

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disagree (Eg: In a landmark Supreme Court decision- Justice Marshall dissented from the majority opinion. )

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dissertation

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formal essay (Eg: In order to earn a graduate degree from many of our universities- a candidate is frequently required to )

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dissident

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dissenting; rebellious (Eg: In the purge that followed the student demonstrations at Tianamen Square- the government hunted down )

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dissimulate

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pretend; conceal by feigning (Eg: She tried to dissimulate her grief by her exuberant attitude. )

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dissipate

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squander (Eg: The young man quickly dissipated his inheritance and was soon broke. )

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dissolution

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disintegration; looseness in morals (Eg: The profligacy and dissolution of life in Caligula’s Rome appall some historians. )

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dissonance

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discord (Eg: Some contemporary musicians deliberately use dissonance to achieve certain effects. )

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dissuade

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advise against (Eg: He could not dissuade his friend from joining the conspirators. )

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distant

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reserved or aloof; cold in manner (Eg: )

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distend

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expand;swell out (Eg: I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins distend on his forehead. )

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distill

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purify; refine; concentrate (Eg: A moonshiner distills mash into whiskey; an epigrammatist distills thoughts into quips. )

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distortion

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twisting out of shape (Eg: It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of this event because of the distortions and exaggerations )

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distrait

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absentminded (Eg: Because of his concentration on the problem- the professor often appeared distrait and unconcerned about )

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distraught

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upset; distracted by anxiety (Eg: The distraught parents frantically searched the ravine for their lost child. )

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diurnal

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daily (Eg: A farmer cannot neglect his diurnal tasks at any time; cows- for example- must be milked regularly. )

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diva

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operatic singer; prima donna (Eg: Although world famous as a diva- she did not indulge in fits of temerament. )

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diverge

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vary; go in different directionsfrom the same point (Eg: The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub. )

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divergent

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differing; deviating (Eg: The two witnesses presented the jury with remarkably divergent accounts of the same epipode. )

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diverse

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differing in some characteristics; various (Eg: There are diverse ways of approaching this problem. )

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diversion

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act of turning aside; pastime (Eg: After studying for several hours- he needed a diversion from work. )

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diversity

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variety; dissimilitude (Eg: The diversity of colleges in this country indicates that many levels of ability are being served. )

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divest

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strip; deprive (Eg: He was divested of his power to act and could no longer govern. )

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divine

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perceive intuitively; foresee the future (Eg: Nothing infuriated Tom more than Aunt Polly’s ability to divine when he was not telling the truth. )

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divulge

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reveal (Eg: I will not tell you this news because I am sure you will divulge it prematurely. )

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docile

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obedient; easily managed (Eg: As docile as he seems today- that old lion was once a ferocious- snarling beast. )

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docket

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program asfor trial; book where such entries are made (Eg: The case of Smith v. Jones was entered in the docket for July 15. )

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doctrinaire

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unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding (Eg: Weng had hoped that the student-led democracy movement might bring about change in China- but the )

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document

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provide written evidence (Eg: She kept all the receipts from her business trip in order to document her expenses for the firm. )

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doddering

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shaky; infirm from old age (Eg: Although he is not as yet a doddering and senile old man- his ideas and opinions no longer can merit the )

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doff

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take off (Eg: A gentleman used to doff his hat to a lady. )

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dogged

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determined;stubborn (Eg: Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert’s long- dogged pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean. )

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doggerel

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poorverse (Eg: Although we find occasional snatches of genuine poetry in her work- most of her writing is mere doggerel. )

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dogmatic

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positive; arbitrary (Eg: Do not be so dogmatic about that statement; it can be easily refuted. )

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doldrums

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blues; listlessness; slack period (Eg: Once the excitement of meeting her deadline was over- she found herself in the doldrums. )

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dolorous

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sorrowfrl (Eg: He found the dolorous lamentations of the bereaved family emotionally disturbing and he left as quickly as )

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dolt

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stupid person (Eg: I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead- I find myself addressing a pack of dolts. )

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domicile

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home (Eg: Althoughhis legal domicile was in New York City- his work kept him away from his residence for many )

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domineer

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rule over tyrannically (Eg: Students prefer teachers who guide- not ones who domineer. )

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don

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put on (Eg: When Clark Kent had to don his Superman outfit- he changed clothes in a convenient phone booth. )

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dormant

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sleeping; lethargic; torpid (Eg: Sometimes dormant talents in our friends surprise those of us who never realize how gifted our )

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dormer

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window projecting from roof (Eg: In remodeling the attic into a bedroom- we decided that we needed to put in dormers to provide sufficient )

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dorsal

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relating to the back of an animal (Eg: A shark may be identified by its dorsal fin- which projects above the surface of the ocean. )

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dossier

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file of documents on a subject (Eg: Ordered by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the senator- the FBI compiled a complete dossier. )

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dotage

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senility (Eg: In his dotage- the old man bored us with long tales of events in his childhood. )

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dote

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be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline (Eg: Not only grandmothers bore you with stories about their brilliant grandchildren; grandfathers dote on the )

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dour

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sullen; stubborn (Eg: The man was dour abd taciturn. )

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douse

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plunge into water; drench; extinguish (Eg: They doused each other with hoses and balloons. )

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dowdy

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slovenly; untidy (Eg: She tried to change her dowdy image by buying a fashionable new wardrobe. )

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downcast

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disheartened; sad (Eg: Cheerful and optimistic by nature- Beth was never downcast despite the difficulties she faced. )

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drab

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dull; lacking color; cheerless (Eg: The Dutch woman’s drab winter coat contrasted with the distinctive- colorful native costume she wore )

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dregs

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sediment; worthless residue (Eg: David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the dregs. )

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droll

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queer and amusing (Eg: He was a popular guest because his droll anecdotes were always entertaining. )

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drone

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idle person; male bee (Eg: Content to let his wife support him- the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a drone. )

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drone

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talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee (Eg: On a gorgeous day- who wants to be stuck in a classroom listening to the teacher drone? )

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dross

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waste matter; worhtless impurities (Eg: Many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross. )

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drudgery

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menial work (Eg: Cinderella’s fairy godmother rescued her from a life of drudgery. )

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dubious

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doubtful (Eg: He has the dubious distinction of being the lowest man in his class. )

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ductility

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malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out (Eg: Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ductility. )

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dulcet

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sweet sounding (Eg: The dulcet sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel. )

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dupe

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someone easily fooled (Eg: While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties- Sherlock Holmes was far more )

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deplicity

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double-dealing; hypocrisy (Eg: People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his duplicity in this affair- as he had always )

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duress

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forcible restraint- especially unlawfully (Eg: The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners’ demands were met. )

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dutiful

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respectful; obedient (Eg: The dutiful child grew up to be a conscientious adult aware of his civic obligations. )

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dwindle

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shrink; reduce (Eg: They spent so much money that their funds dwindled to nothing. )

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dynamic

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active; efficient (Eg: A dynamic government is necessary to meet the demands of a changing society. )

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dyspeptic

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suffering from indigestion (Eg: All the talk about rich food made him feel dyspeptic. )

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