Difficult Words -D

Question 1

Daunt

Answer 1

To make fearful ,intimidate
The steepness of the mountain daunted the team of amateur climbers .

Question 2

Dearth

Answer 2

Lack ,scarcity

Question 3

Debacle

Answer 3

Violent breakdown ,sudden overthrow
A political debate would become a debacle of the candidates began screaming and throwing dinner rolls .

Question 4

Debauchery

Answer 4

excessiveindulgencein sex, alcohol, or drugs

Question 5

Debilitate

Answer 5

To weaken ,cripple
to make somebody’s body or mind weaker

Question 6

Decadent

Answer 6

Morally decaying or decayed

Question 7

Decimate

Answer 7

To kill or destroy a large part of it
To decimate an army,is to come close to wiping it off.

Question 8

Decorous

Answer 8

Proper ,in good taste ,orderly
To behave decorously is to behave with decorum .

Question 9

Deduce

Answer 9

To conclude from the evidence,to infer

Question 10

Defame

Answer 10

To ruin good name of

Question 11

Deference

Answer 11

Submission to another’s will,respect ,courtesy.
Out of deference to him, I lowered my head as he prayed.
Joe was being deferential,when he let her go first .

Question 12

Definitive

Answer 12

in a form that cannot be changed or that cannot be improved
This is the definitive version.

Question 13

Degenerate

Answer 13

to become worse, lower in quality, etc.
The calm discussion degenerated into a nasty argument

Question 14

Deleterious

Answer 14

Harmful

Question 15

Delineate

Answer 15

To describe accurately,to draw in outline

Question 16

Delude

Answer 16

To deceive
If he thinks he’s going to get rich quickly, he’s deluding himself.

Question 17

Deluge

Answer 17

Flood,inundation
Deluged by phone calls

Question 18

Denizen

Answer 18

Inhabitant

Question 19

Depravity

Answer 19

the state of being morally bad

Question 20

Deprecate

Answer 20

Express disapproval of
disparageorbelittle(something)
“This stinks”,is a deprecating remark .

Question 21

Deride

Answer 21

To ridicule,to laugh at
The boss derided his secretary ,so she poisoned him.

Question 22

Derogatory

Answer 22

Degrading

Question 23

Desiccate

Answer 23

To dry out
remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry.

“both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun”

Question 24

Despondent

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Extremely depressed ,full of despair

Question 25

Despot

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An absolute ruler,autocrat

Question 26

Destitute

Answer 26

Extremely poor

Question 27

Desulatory

Answer 27

Without a plan or purpose ,random, going from one subject to another in a half-hearted way. "the desultory conversation faded"

Question 28

Dialectical

Answer 28

a form of logical argumentation involving the progression of two opposing views, and a related philosophical concept of ideological evolution.

Question 29

Dictum

Answer 29

An adage

Question 30

Didactic

Answer 30

Intended to teach ,morally instructive His seemingly amusing talk ad a didactic purpose .

Question 31

Diffident

Answer 31

Timid ,lacking self confidence

Question 32

Digress

Answer 32

To stray from the main subject . After a lengthy digression , the professor returned to his speech .

Question 33

Dilettante

Answer 33

a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge. "a wealthy literary dilettante"

Question 34

Discern

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To have insight,to see things clearly I can discern whether a film will be good or not from the first image.

Question 35

Discreet

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careful in what you say and do so as not to cause embarrassment or difficulty for somebody I don’t want anyone to find out about our agreement, so please be discreet.

Question 36

Disdain

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the feeling that somebody/something is not good enough to be respected Monica felt that her boss always treated her ideas with disdain.

Question 37

Disinterested

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Unbiased, not taking sides

Question 38

Disparate

Answer 38

Different ,incompatible,unequal She had always seemed able to think along several lines at once, bringing oddly disparate facts together to make a pattern others missed.

Question 39

Disseminate

Answer 39

To make widely known ,to scatter

Question 40

Dissipate

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to slowly become less until it disappears; to make something weaker until it disappears The smoke dissipated

Question 41

Dissolution

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the official act of ending a marriage, a business agreement or a parliament

Question 42

Distend

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to swell or make something swell because of pressure from inside A distended belly is one of the symptoms of malnutrition.

Question 43

Docile

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Easily taught,easy to handle ,obedient .

Question 44

Doctrinaire

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Inflexibly commited to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality.

Question 45

Dogmatic

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being certain that your beliefs are right and that others should accept them, without considering

Question 46

Dormant

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Inactive ,asleep

Question 47

Dubious

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Full of doubt ,uncertain

Question 48

Duplicity

Answer 48

Act of being two faced ,deception . They were accused of duplicity in their dealings with both sides.