D Vcab Flashcards
doleful
sad/unhappy
debonair
(of a man)dressing and acting in an appealing way, fashionable, attractive and confident, charming, elegant
decadent
- having low moral, great love of pleasure, money, fame. 2. decaying
deceitful
not honest, having a tendency to deceive.
decipher
decode,translate
decorum
proper and good behavior/manners
decrepit
- wasted away 2.worn-out 3. weak
de facto
actually, actual
defamation
the act of saying false things to make people have a bad opinion of someone or something.
defer
- delay 2.obey, usually due to respect
deficit
amount less than needed, shortage, deficiency in amount or quality, lack of something. (not enough)
defraud
to get something by deception
delirious
- not be able to think or speak clearly because of fever or illness 2. wild excitement
denigrate
- to say something very critical and often unfair things 2. to make something seem less important or valuable 3.defame
denounce
- to publicly state that someone or something is wrong. 2. to report to the police for illegal or immoral acts
derange
- to disturb 2.to make something untidy (disarrange) 3.to make insane
despise
to dislike very much, to regard as worthless.
detest
to dislike very much, to regard as worthless.
digress
- to speak or write something different from the main topic 2. to divert attention
dire
awful
discern
- to see hear or notice with difficult effort
2. understand, figure out
disheveled
not neat or tidy, marked by disorder
disparage
- to describe as unimportant, weak, bad etc.
2. degrade
disseminate
to cause something to go to many people, spread
doctrine
- a set of ideas that are taught or believed to be true
- law that is followed
- a statement of government policy especially in international relations
duress
force or threats meant to make someone do something
debilitate
weaken
debunk
to prove false
deft
skillful
divulge
reveal
duplicitous
deceptive in words or action
