SAT Vocab 7 Flashcards
demonstrator n.
One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner.
demulcent n.
Any application soothing to an irritable surface.
demurrage n.
the detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailing.
dendroid adj.
Like a tree.
dendrology n.
The natural history of trees.
denizen n.
Inhabitant.
denominate v.
To give a name or epithet to.
denomination n.
A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline.
denominator n.
Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided.
denote v.
To designate by word or mark.
denouement n.
That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.
denounce v.
To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium.
dentifrice n.
Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth.
denude v.
To strip the covering from.
denunciation n.
The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment.
deplete v.
To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste.
deplorable adj.
Contemptible.
deplore v.
To regard with grief or sorrow.
deponent adj.
Laying down.
depopulate v.
To remove the inhabitants from.
deport v.
To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony.
deportment n.
Demeanor.
deposition n.
Testimony legally taken on interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court.
depositor n.
One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited.
depository n.
A place where anything is kept in safety.
deprave v.
To render bad, especially morally bad.
deprecate v.
To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite.
depreciate v.
To lessen the worth of.
depreciation n.
A lowering in value or an underrating in worth.
depress v.
To press down.
depression n.
A falling of the spirits.
depth n.
Deepness.
derelict adj.
Neglectful of obligation.
deride v.
To ridicule.
derisible adj.
Open to ridicule.
derision n.
Ridicule.
derivation n.
That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning.
derivative adj.
Coming or acquired from some origin.
derive v.
To deduce, as from a premise.
dermatology n.
The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases.
derrick n.
An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights.
descendant n.
One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc.
descendent adj.
Proceeding downward.
descent n.
The act of moving or going downward.
descry v.
To discern.
desert v.
To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned.
desiccant n.
Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds.
designate v.
To select or appoint, as by authority.
desist v.
To cease from action.
desistance n.
Cessation.
despair n.
Utter hopelessness and despondency.
desperado n.
One without regard for law or life.
desperate adj.
Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
despicable adj.
Contemptible.
despite prep.
In spite of.
despond v.
To lose spirit, courage, or hope.
despondent adj.
Disheartened.
despot n.
An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
despotism n.
Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
destitute adj.
Poverty-stricken.
desultory adj.
Not connected with what precedes.
deter v.
To frighten away.
deteriorate v.
To grow worse.
determinate adj.
Definitely limited or fixed.
determination n.
The act of deciding.
deterrent adj.
Hindering from action through fear.
detest v.
To dislike or hate with intensity.
detract v.
To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation.
detriment n.
Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss.
detrude v.
To push down forcibly.
deviate v.
To take a different course.
devilry n.
Malicious mischief.
deviltry n.
Wanton and malicious mischief.
devious adj.
Out of the common or regular track.
devise v.
To invent.
devout adj.
Religious.
dexterity n.
Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work.
diabolic adj.
Characteristic of the devil.
diacritical adj.
Marking a difference.
diagnose v.
To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena.
