SAT- D Flashcards
Dangle
to hang loosely and swing
Dated
old-fashioned, out of style
Daunt
to discourage, intimidate
Daunting
discouraging
Dearth
lack,scarcity, insufficiency
Debacle
a sudden, disastrous collapse or defeat, a total, ridiculous failure
Debase
to degrade or lower in quality or stature
Debilitate
to weaken, enfeeble
Debilitating
impairing the strength or energy of
Debris
broken or destroyed remains
Debtor
someone that owes something to someone else
Debunk
to discredit, disprove
Deceive
give false impression
Decibel
unit of sound intensity
Deciduous
losing leaves in the fall, short-lived, temporary
Decisive
capable of determining outcome
Declaim
to speak loudly and vehemently
Declivity
downward slope
Decorous
proper tasteful socially correct
Decorum
appropriateness of behavior conduct or propriety
Decry
to belittle, to openly condemn
Deduction
the drawing of a conclusion through logic
Deface
to mark the appearance of, vandalize
Defamatory
injurious to the reputation
Defective
faulty
Deference
respect, courtesy
Deferential
respectful and polite in submissive way
Deferment
the act of delaying
Defiantly
boldly resisting
Deficit
inadequacy, disadvantage
Deft
skillful, dexterous
Degradation
reduction in worth or dignity
Delegate
to give powers to another
Deleterious
harmful, destructive, detrimental
Deliberation
careful consideration of an issue
Delineate
to portray, depict
Delineation
depiction, representation
Deluge
to submerge, overwhelm, flood
Demagogue
leader, rabble-rouser, usually using appeals to emotion or prejudice
Demean
to degrade, humiliate, humble
Demeanor
the way a person behaves
Demolish
destroy, damage severely
Demolition
the act of destroying
Demonize
to represent as evil
Demur
to express doubts or objections
Denigrate
to slur or blacken someone’s reputation
Denizen
inhabitant, a resident
Depose
to remove from a high position, as from a throne
Depravity
sinfulness, moral corruption
Deprecate
to belittle, disparage
Depreciate
to lose value gradually
Derelict
neglectful of one’s obligations, abandoned
Deride
to laugh at contemptuously, to make fun of
Derivative
copied or adapted
Derogate
to belittle, to disparage
Desecrate
to abuse something sacred
Desiccate
to dry completely, dehydrate
Desolate
lifeless, barren
Despondent
discouraged, dejected`
Despot
tyrannical ruler
Despotism
dominance through threat of violence
Destitute
very poor, poverty-stricken
Destitution
complete poverty
Desultory
at random, rambling, unmethodical
Determine
to decide
Detractor
someone who belittles something else
Devious
shifty, not straightforward
Devour
eat greedily
Dexterous
skilled physically or mentally
Diabolical
fiendish, wicked
Diametrically
in direct opposition
Diaphanous
allowing light to show through, delicate
Diatribe
bitter verbal attack
Dichotomy
division into two parts
Dictum
authoritative statement, popular saying
Didactic
excessively instructive
Diffidence
shyness, lack of confidence
Diffident
shy, lacking confidence
Diffuse
to spread out widely, to scatter freely, to disseminate
Dignity
self-respect
Digress
to turn aside, especially from the main point, to stray from the subject
Digression
the act of straying, an instance of straying
Dilapidated
in disrepair, run down
Dilate
to make larger, expand
Dilatory
slow, tending to delay
Dilettante
someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
Diluvial
pertaining to a flood
Diminish
to make smaller
Diminutive
small
Dingy
shabby, drab
Dirge
a funeral hymn or mournful speech
Disabuse
set right, free from error
Disavow
to refuse to acknowledge
Discern
to perceive something
Disclose
to make known, expose
Discomfit
to disconcert, to make one lose one’s composure
Disconcert
ruffle, upset one’s self-possession
Disconcerting
bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing
Discord
lack of agreement, in harmonious combination
Discordant
disagreeing, at variance
Discourse
verbal exchange, conversation
Discourteous
rude
Discredit
to harm the reputation of
Discrepancy
difference between
Discrete
individually distinct, separate
Discretion
ability to judge on one’s own
Discretionary
subject to one’s own judgement
Discursive
wandering from topic to topic
Disdain
to regard with contempt
Disheveled
marked by disorder, untidy
Disingenuous
giving a false appearance of simple frankness, misleading
Disinterested
fair-minded, unbiased
Dismissal
act of being fired or let out
Disparage
to belittle, speak disrespectfully about
Disparate
dissimilar, different in kind
Dispassionate
unaffected by bias or strong emotions, not personally or emotionally involved in something
Dispel
to drive out or scatter
Display
to show, to exhibit, to present
Disputant
someone in an argument
Disregard
ignore
Dissemble
to pretend, disguise one’s motives
Disseminate
to spread far and wide
Dissension
difference of opinion
Dissident
disagreeing with an established religious or political system
Dissipate
to scatter, to pursue pleasure to excess
Dissonance
a harsh and disagreeable combination, especialy of sounds
Distaff
the female branch of a family
Distant
separate, far apart
Distend
to swell, inflate, bloat
Distinctive
distinguishing characteristic
Distortion
misrpresentation, the act of twisting out of shape
Distract
to cause to lose focus, to divert attention
Dither
to act indecisively
Diurnal
daily
Divert
to turn aside, to distract
Divination
foretelling the future using supernatural means
Divine
to foretell or know by inspiration
Divisive
creating disunity or conflict
Divulge
to make known
Doctrinaire
rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality, dogmatic
Dogged
stubbornly persevering
Dogma
a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief
Dogmatic
rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated
Doleful
sad, mounted
Dominant
most prominent, exercising the most control
Dour
sullen and gloomy, stern and severe
Drab
faded, dull, dreary
Drawback
disadvantage, inconvenience
Droll
amusing in a wry, subtle way
Drought
long period of abnormally low rainfall
Drub
defeat soundly, beat
Dual
having two parts, double
Dubious
arousing doubt, doubtful
Dulcet
pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
Dupe
to deceive or a person who is easily deceived
Duplicate
an exact copy
Duplicity
deception, dishonesty, double-dealing
Duration
period of time that something lasts
Duress
threat of force or intimidation, imprisonment
Dyspeptic
suffering from indigestion, gloomy and irritable
