D And E Flashcards
Dawdle
To lag behind
Decipher
Figure it out
Deficient
Not enough
Degrade
To break something down slowly over time
Demur
Politely say no or avoid it
Desolation
Total abandonment, emptiness and destruction
Despoil
The act of taking away anything of value
Deter
To deter someone is to stop them from doing something
Disenfranchise
Take someone’s right to vote or preventing them from using it
Disparity
An inequality or difference between two things
Disseminate
Pass out or ensure the spread of something (often as info)
Diverge
Things diverge when they move apart
Doctrine
Sincerely held belief often of the religious variety but also political or other beliefs
Doldrums
A time which nothing happens / an area of water that is not moving
Domestic
Related to the home
Dominion
Control or authority over someone or something
Dubious
Doubtful and uncertain
Earnest
Serious
Eddy
When water or air moves swiftly in a circular motion
Effectual
The desired result has been achieved through that action
Efficacy
How effective something is
Efficient
Something done in the least amount of time and resources to the best result
Embellish
To add details to something (either verbally or physically)
Emit
Give off (emitted smell)
Empathize
Feel what someone is feeling
Endearing
Pleasant/ warm
Endeavor
A try / to try
Endow
To give / rights given to people because of birth or citizenship
Enhance
Make it better or clearer
Enterprise
Process of doing something difficult
Entice
To convince someone to do something through the promise of reward
Entrenched
To be dug in and refusing to move / stubborn on an idea
Ephemeral
Temporary
Evince
To show one’s feelings
Expenditure
Spending of money or resources
Explanatory
Explains something (duh)
Extensive
Wide-spread or far reaching / thorough
Feature
Part of an item for specific use
Feeble
Weak
Fetter
To hold someone or something back from what they want to accomplish
Fiscal
Related to money and economy
Florid
Red or flushed
Forum
A location or meeting where people discuss thoughts and ideas
Frantic
Desperate/urgent
Germinate
Take something with potential and make it grow
Glom
To attach to something
Glut
A ridiculous amount of something you don’t even know what to do with it
Grievance
A complaint
Haggle
The process two people go through as they exchange offers back and forth to try and make a deal
Ignominious
Embarrassing/undignified
Illegible
Unable to be read/ understood
Immured
Enclosed / trapped /held against their will
Impel
Force or push someone to do something