English 10X Vocab List 7

Question 1

Depreciate

Answer 1

Verb

• Reduce the value
• Belittle or disparage

Question 2

Deprecate

Answer 2

Verb

- Express disapproval

Question 3

Devastation

Answer 3

Noun

• Great destruction or damage
• Severe or overwhelming amount if shock or grief

Question 4

Devious

Answer 4

Adjective

• Showing a skillful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals
• Longer and less direct than the most straightforward way

Question 5

Devoid

Answer 5

Adjective

- Entirely lacking or free from

Question 6

Devout

Answer 6

Adjective

• Having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment
• Totally committed to a cause it belief

Question 7

Depraved

Answer 7

Adjective

- Morally Corrupt

Question 8

Dictum

Answer 8

Noun

- A short statement that expresses a general truth or principle

Question 9

Didactic

Answer 9

Adjective

• Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
• I the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way

Question 10

Diffident

Answer 10

Adjective

- Modest it shy because of a lack of self-confidence

Question 11

Diffuse

Answer 11

Verb
- Spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people
- Cause (light) to glow faintly by dispersing it over a large area
Adjective
- Spread out over a large area; not concentrated
- (of disease) not localized in the body
- Lacking clarity or conciseness

Question 12

Digression

Answer 12

Noun

- A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

Question 13

Dilemma

Answer 13

Noun

- A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially undesirable ones

Question 14

Dilettante

Answer 14

Noun

• A person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge
• A person with an amateur interest in the arts

Question 15

Discerning

Answer 15

Verb

• Perceive or recognize (something)
• Distinguish (someone or something) with difficulty by sight or with the other senses

Question 16

Disconcert

Answer 16

Verb

- Disturb the composure if, unsettle

Question 17

Disconsolate

Answer 17

Adjective

• without consolation or comfort; unhappy
• (of a place or thing) causing or showing complete lack or comfort; cheerless

Question 18

Discursive

Answer 18

Adjective

• Digressing from subject to subject
• (of a style of speech or writing) fluent and expansive rather than formulaic or abbreviated

Question 19

Disinclined

Answer 19

Adjective

- Unwilling; reluctant

Question 20

Disparity

Answer 20

Noun

- A great difference