D-Words

Question 1

Daunt

Answer 1

Cause to lose courage

Question 2

Decorum

Answer 2

Propriety in manners and conduct

Question 3

Default

Answer 3

An option that is selected automatically

Question 4

Deference

Answer 4

Courteous regard for people’s feelings

Question 5

Delineate

Answer 5

Represented accurately or precisely

Question 6

Denigrate

Answer 6

Attack the good name and reputation of someone

Question 7

Deride

Answer 7

Treat or speak with contempt

Question 8

Derivative

Answer 8

A compound obtained from another compound

Question 9

Desiccate

Answer 9

Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

Question 10

Desultory

Answer 10

Marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

Question 11

Deterrent

Answer 11

Something immaterial that interferes with action or progress

Question 12

Diatribe

Answer 12

Thunderous verbal attack

Question 13

Dichotomy

Answer 13

A classification into two opposed parts or subclasses

Question 14

Diffuse

Answer 14

Spread out; not concentrated in one place

Question 15

Digression

Answer 15

A message that departs from the main subject

Question 16

Dirge

Answer 16

A song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person

Question 17

Disabuse

Answer 17

Free somebody from an erroneous belief

Question 18

Discerning

Answer 18

Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment

Question 19

Discordant

Answer 19

Not in agreement or harmony

Question 20

Discredit

Answer 20

The state of being held in low esteem

Question 21

Discrepancy

Answer 21

A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

Question 22

Discrete

Answer 22

Constituting a separate entity or part

Question 23

Disingenuous

Answer 23

Not straightforward or candid

Question 24

Disinterested

Answer 24

Unaffected by concern for one’s own welfare

Question 25

Disjointed

Answer 25

Taken apart at the points of connection

Question 26

Dismiss

Answer 26

Stop associating with

Question 27

Disparage

Answer 27

Express a negative opinion of

Question 28

Disparate

Answer 28

Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

Question 29

Dissemble

Answer 29

Behave unnaturally or affectedly

Question 30

Disseminate

Answer 30

Cause to become widely known

Question 31

Dissolution

Answer 31

Separation into component parts

Question 32

Dissonance

Answer 32

Disagreeable sounds

Question 33

Distend

Answer 33

Cause to expand as if by internal pressure

Question 34

Distill

Answer 34

Undergo condensation

Question 35

Diverge

Answer 35

Move or draw apart

Question 36

Divest

Answer 36

Take away possessions from someone

Question 37

Document

Answer 37

A representation of a person’s thinking with symbolic marks

Question 38

Dogmatic

Answer 38

Pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

Question 39

Dormant

Answer 39

Inactive but capable of becoming active

Question 40

Dupe

Answer 40

Fool or hoax