List 27&28 Flashcards
Debonair
Charming
Debility
Weakness or feebleness
Debris
The remains of sth broken
Debunk
To expose the false claims
Decant
To pour off gently
Decency
正派
Decoy
To lure or bait
Decree
命令
Defuse
使失去危险性
Delectation
Delight
Delinquent
Falling to do what duty requires
Delirium
精神错乱
Delve
To investigate for information
Demeanour
Outward behavior
Demented
Insane
Dentures
假牙
Depraved
Morally bad, corrupt
Depravity
Act of robbing
Deprivation
Removal from an office
Depute
为…代理
Deracinate
To pull up by roots
Dereliction
State of being deserted
Derogate
To lower in esteem
Desiccate
To dry completely
Desideratum
Something needed and wanted
Desist
To cease to proceed or act
Desolate
Left alone
Despoil
To rob
Destitute
Being without , lacking
Desuetude
Discontinuance from use
Detergent
清洁剂
Detonate
To cause a bomb to explode
Devise
To invent
Diaphanous
精致的,半透明的
Diatribe
抨击
Dictum
格言 声明
Digress
Quality that deserves respect
Dilapidate
To bring into a condition of decay
Dillydally
磨蹭
Dimple
酒窝
Disburse
To pay out
Discrepancy
Lack of agreement
Discretionary
Left to one’s own judgment
Disengage
To release from something engaged
Disfranchise
To deprive of the rights
Dishevel
To throw into disorder disarray
Disinter
To unearth
Disparity
Inequality , difference
Dispatch
To send off or out promptly
Dispense
To distribute in portions
Disport
To indulge in amusement
Disruptive
制造混乱的
Dissimulate
To hide one’s feelings by pretense
Dissolute
放荡的
Dither
To act indecisively
Divagate
To wander about
Doleful
Full of sorrow or sadness
Dote
To be foolish
Dour
Gloomy, sullen
Douse
To extinguish
Dowdy
Not neat or stylish
Draconian
Extremely
Draggy
拖拉的,极为讨厌的
Drawl
To speak slowly
Drivel
To talk nonsense
Drub
To beat severely
Dulcet
Pleasant to hear
Ebullience
High spirits
Effeminate
Having the quality generally attribute to women
Effulgent
Of great brightness
Eidetic
Extraordinarily accurate
Ejaculate
To eject from a living body
Elated
High spirits
Elegy
挽歌
Elixir
Panacea
Emaciate
To become very thin
Emanate
To come out from a source
Embroil
To involve in conflict
Emerald
翡翠
Emissary
A secret agent
Emolument
报酬,薪水
Encomiast
赞美者
Endearing
Resulting in affection
Enfetter
束缚
Engulf
To flow over and enclose
Enormity
Great wickedness
Enrapture
To fill with delight
Ensconce
To shelter
Ensnare
To take in a snare
Ensue
To happen afterwards
Enthrall
Charm
Entourage
Group of attendants, surroundings
Entreat
To make an earnest request
Entwine
Twist together
Enunciate
To pronounce clearly
Envisage
To face , confront
Epideictic
夸耀的
Epidermis
The out most layer of the skin
Epigram
Witty statement
Epithet
贬低人的短语或形容词
Equable
Not varying or fluctuating
Equine
Characteristic of a horse
Escalation
State of being more intense
Espionage
The act of spying
Espy
To catch sight of
Etch
蚀刻
Eugenic
优生学
Evict
To force out
Exalt
To praise