D

Question 1

declaim

Answer 1

Speak in an impassioned, pompous, or oratorical manner; give a formal speech

Question 2

declivity

Answer 2

Downward slope

Question 3

delimit

Answer 3

Fix, mark, or define the boundaries of

Question 4

demagogue

Answer 4

A leader who lies and gains power by arousing the passions and especially prejudices of the people

Question 5

demur

Answer 5

Show reluctance or object, esp. for moral reasons

Question 6

desultory

Answer 6

Lacking consistency or order, disconnected, sporadic; going off topic

Question 7

diaphanous

Answer 7

Very sheer, fine, translucent

Question 8

dichotomy

Answer 8

Division into two parts or into two contradictory groups

Question 9

dictum

Answer 9

Formal or authoritative pronouncement; saying or proverb

Question 10

diffident

Answer 10

Lacking confidence, shy

Question 11

diffuse

Answer 11

Spread widely, disseminate (verb); dispersed, widely spread out, or wordy and going off-topic (adj)

Question 12

dilate

Answer 12

To become wider or make wider, cause to expand; to speak or write at length, elaborate upon

Question 13

dilatory

Answer 13

Slow, late; procrastinating or stalling for time

Question 14

dilettante

Answer 14

Person who takes up an art or activity for amusement only or in a superficial way

Question 15

dirge

Answer 15

A funeral or mourning song or poem

Question 16

discomfiting

Answer 16

Disconcerting, confusing, frustrating

Question 17

discordant

Answer 17

Harsh or inharmonious in sound; disagreeing, incongruous

Question 18

discrete

Answer 18

Separate, distinct, detached, existing as individual parts

Question 19

disparage

Answer 19

Belittle, put down

Question 20

disparate

Answer 20

Distinct, different

Question 21

dissemble

Answer 21

Mislead, conceal the truth, put on a false appearance of

Question 22

dissolution

Answer 22

Dissolving, the state of having been dissolved; breaking bonds or breaking up a group of people, disintegration; sinking into extreme hedonism, vice, and degradation

Question 23

distaff

Answer 23

Female, esp. relating to the maternal side of the family (adj); women or women’s work (noun); a staff that holds wool or flax for spinning (noun)

Question 24

distend

Answer 24

Swell, expand, stretch, bloat

Question 25

dither

Answer 25

Act indecisively (verb); a state of fear or trembling excitement (noun)

Question 26

diurnal

Answer 26

Occurring every day; happening in the daytime (rather than at night)

Question 27

doctrinaire

Answer 27

Person who applies doctrine in an impractical or rigid and close-minded way (noun); merely theoretical, impractical, or fanatical about other people accepting one’s ideas (adj)

Question 28

doff

Answer 28

Take off (such as clothes), put aside; remove one’s hat as a gesture

Question 29

dovetail

Answer 29

Join or fit together

Question 30

droll

Answer 30

Funny in an odd way

Question 31

dupe

Answer 31

Person who is easily fooled or used (noun); to fool or exploit (verb)