English Vocab D

Question 1

: To take part in an activity in a casual or superficial way.

Answer 1

Dabble

Question 2

: To make someone feel intimidated or apprehensive.

Answer 2

Daunt

Question 3

: To weaken someone or something.

Answer 3

Debilitate

Question 4

: To figure out or understand something that is difficult to read or understand.

Answer 4

Decipher

Question 5

: Showing resistance or disobedience.

Answer 5

Defiant

Question 6

: Done consciously and intentionally; also means to think about something carefully.

Answer 6

Deliberate

Question 7

: The way a person behaves or presents themselves.

Answer 7

Demeanor

Question 8

: To publicly declare something to be wrong or evil.

Answer 8

Denounce

Question 9

: To represent or show something in a picture, story, or other forms of art.

Answer 9

Depict

Question 10

: A place that is empty and deserted; feeling sad and lonely.

Answer 10

Desolate

Question 11

: Showing careful and persistent effort in work or duties.

Answer 11

Diligent

Question 12

: To make something smaller or less important.

Answer 12

Diminish

Question 13

: Careful and circumspect in one’s speech or actions, especially to avoid causing offense.

Answer 13

Discreet

Question 14

: To regard or represent as being of little worth.

Answer 14

Disparage

Question 15

: Showing a great deal of variety; very different.

Answer 15

Diverse

Question 16

: To gradually become smaller or weaker.

Answer 16

Dwindle

Question 17

: Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.

Answer 17

Dynamic

Question 18

: An imagined place where everything is unpleasant or bad, often seen as a totalitarian or environmentally degraded society.

Answer 18

Dystopia

Question 19

: Careful and persistent work or effort.

Answer 19

Diligence

Question 20

: To impress deeply; to shine brightly.

Answer 20

Dazzle