D

Question 1

daunt

Answer 1

dishearten (intimidate, frighten, cow)

Question 2

decorum

Answer 2

appropriateness in behavior, orderliness and good taste in manners (propriety, correctness, politeness)

Question 3

definitive

Answer 3

providing a final, complete answer (exhaustive, conclusive, authoritative)

Question 4

deleterious

Answer 4

injurious to health (harmful, destructive, detrimental, damaging, pernicious)

Question 5

denigrate

Answer 5

attack the reputation of or deny the importance of (blacken, belittle)

Question 6

derisive

Answer 6

scornfully mocking (ridiculing, sarcastic, scoffing, scornful)

Question 7

derivative

Answer 7

lacking in originality (copied, imitative, unoriginal)

Question 8

desiccate

Answer 8

remove moisture from (dry up, preserve by removing, moisture, dehydrate, drain)

Question 9

desultory

Answer 9

lacking a definite plan, method, or purpose (aimless, haphazard, unfocused, disappointing in performance)

Question 10

diatribe

Answer 10

bitter, accusatory verbal attack (tirade, harangue)

Question 11

dichotomy

Answer 11

branching into two parts - especially contradictory or mutually opposed parts (division, split, duality)

Question 12

didactic

Answer 12

intended to teach or convey information (instructional, moralizing, edifying, preachy)

Question 13

diffidence

Answer 13

lack of self-confidence (shyness, reserve, unassertiveness, self-doubt)

Question 14

dilatory

Answer 14

tending to procrastinate or cause delay (tardy, slow, procrastinating)

Question 15

disabuse

Answer 15

free someone from an erroneous belief of false impression (undeceive, disillusion)

Question 16

disinterested

Answer 16

without any selfish motive or interest (unbiased, impartial, neural, dispassionate)

Question 17

disparate

Answer 17

fundamentally different (dissimilar, unrelated, unlike, distinct)

Question 18

dissemble

Answer 18

conceal facts, motives, or intentions, hide behind a false appearance (dissimulate, pretend, feign)

Question 19

dissonance

Answer 19

jarring, inharmonious sound (cacophony, disagreement, discord)

Question 20

distend

Answer 20

expand from internal pressure (swell up, inflate, balloon)

Question 21

divine

Answer 21

perceive intuitively or through an insight (infer, deduce, discern)

Question 22

dogmatic

Answer 22

positive in asserting one’s opinion - especially when it is unwarranted (opinionated, arbitrary, dictatorial, doctrinal)

Question 23

dormant

Answer 23

marked by a lack of activity, temporarily quiet, as if sleeping (inactive, quiescent, latent)