D-Words Flashcards
Daunt
Cause to lose courage
Decorum
Propriety in manners and conduct
Default
An option that is selected automatically
Deference
Courteous regard for people’s feelings
Delineate
Represented accurately or precisely
Denigrate
Attack the good name and reputation of someone
Deride
Treat or speak with contempt
Derivative
A compound obtained from another compound
Desiccate
Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
Desultory
Marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
Deterrent
Something immaterial that interferes with action or progress
Diatribe
Thunderous verbal attack
Dichotomy
A classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
Diffuse
Spread out; not concentrated in one place
Digression
A message that departs from the main subject
Dirge
A song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person
Disabuse
Free somebody from an erroneous belief
Discerning
Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
Discordant
Not in agreement or harmony
Discredit
The state of being held in low esteem
Discrepancy
A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
Discrete
Constituting a separate entity or part
Disingenuous
Not straightforward or candid
Disinterested
Unaffected by concern for one’s own welfare
Disjointed
Taken apart at the points of connection
Dismiss
Stop associating with
Disparage
Express a negative opinion of
Disparate
Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
Dissemble
Behave unnaturally or affectedly
Disseminate
Cause to become widely known
Dissolution
Separation into component parts
Dissonance
Disagreeable sounds
Distend
Cause to expand as if by internal pressure
Distill
Undergo condensation
Diverge
Move or draw apart
Divest
Take away possessions from someone
Document
A representation of a person’s thinking with symbolic marks
Dogmatic
Pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
Dormant
Inactive but capable of becoming active
Dupe
Fool or hoax
