V3

Question 0

Deference

Answer 0

N. Submission or courteous yielding

“He held his round in deference to his father”

Question 1

Dearth

Answer 1

N. Lack, scarcity

He failed because of dearth of skill

Question 2

Depict

Answer 2

V. To show, create a picture of

He depict to explain his understanding of the word depict

Question 3

Deprecation

Answer 3

V. Belittlement

The young man felt the deprivation of the other competitors

Question 4

Depredation

Answer 4

N. The act of preying upon or plundering

There was a depredation of human interference and effected their habitat

Question 5

Descry

Answer 5

V. To make clear, to say

She went to descry her opinions about the cause

Question 6

Desiccate

Answer 6

V. To dry out thoroughly

There he was to desiccate the dishes

Question 7

Diatribe

Answer 7

N. A bitter abusive denunciation

He made a diatribe against the senator

Question 8

Diffident

Answer 8

Lacking self confidence, modest

She was a diffident woman after all her accomplishments

Question 9

Disabuse

Answer 9

To free a person from falsehood or error

We had to disabuse her of the notion that she was invited

Question 10

Disparaging

Answer 10

Belittling

Adj. they were disparaging the old man

Question 11

Dispassionate

Answer 11

Adj. calm, objective; unbiased

The man had no standpoint in political views he was dispassionate about it

Question 12

Dissemble

Answer 12

V. To conceal ones real motive; to feign

She had the ability to dissemble her nervousness

Question 13

Dogged

Answer 13

Adj. stubborn or determined: “her dogged pursuit of the degree eventually paid off”

Question 14

Dogmatic

Answer 14

Adj. relying upon doctrine or dogma, as opposed to evidence

They had no clear evidence but they were using documents as a dogmatic source to back up their point