Vocab D

Question 1

Daunt

Answer 1

v. to cause to lose courage

Question 2

Dearth

Answer 2

n. a lack in supply

Question 3

Debunk

Answer 3

v. to prove untrue

Question 4

Debutante

Answer 4

n. a young woman making her debut into society

Question 5

Declivity

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n. a downward slope

Question 6

Decorous

Answer 6

adj. proper and dignified

Question 7

Deject

Answer 7

v. to lower someone’s spirits; make down hearted

Question 8

Deleterious

Answer 8

adj. harmful

Question 9

Delineate

Answer 9

v. to outline

Question 10

Demagogue

Answer 10

n. a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices

Question 11

Demarcate

Answer 11

v. to set, mark, or draw boundaries

Question 12

Demur

Answer 12

v. to object

Question 13

Denigrate

Answer 13

v. to damage the reputation of

Question 14

Derelict

Answer 14

n. a person without a hoe, job, or property

Question 15

Deride

Answer 15

v. to ridicule

Question 16

Derivative

Answer 16

n. something that came from an original

Question 17

Desiccate

Answer 17

v. to dry up

Question 18

Despoiler

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n. a person who steals goods

Question 19

Despot

Answer 19

n. a ruler with complete power

Question 20

Destitute

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adj. completely wanting or lacking

Question 21

Desultory

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adj. disconnected and random

Question 22

Diaphanous

Answer 22

adj. sheet; nearly translucent

Question 23

Diatribe

Answer 23

n. bitter criticism; verbal attack

Question 24

Dictum

Answer 24

n. formal statement

Question 25

Didactic

Answer 25

adj. educational

Question 26

Diffident

Answer 26

adj. shy; reserved

Question 27

Dilatory

Answer 27

adj. intending to delay

Question 28

Dilettante

Answer 28

n. a person who engages in an activity without serious intentions or inquiry

Question 29

Dirge

Answer 29

n. a funeral song

Question 30

Disabuse

Answer 30

v. to free someone from false ideas

Question 31

Discern

Answer 31

v. to perceive or understand with sight or other senses

Question 32

Distain

Answer 32

n. a lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

Question 33

Disenfranchise

Answer 33

v. to deprive of voting rights

Question 34

Disillusion

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v. to free form false beliefs

Question 35

Disingenuous

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adj. insincere

Question 36

Disparage

Answer 36

v. to belittle or criticize

Question 37

Disparate

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adj. different and distinct

Question 38

Dissembler

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n. a person who conceals his real feeling by professing false beliefs

Question 39

Disseminate

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v. to spread widely

Question 40

Dissonance

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n. harsh, jarring sound

Question 41

Distaff

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n. the female part of the family

Question 42

Dither

Answer 42

v. to be indecisive

Question 43

Diurnal

Answer 43

adj. daily; daytime

Question 44

Divert

Answer 44

v. to turn away from a course

Question 45

Divine

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v. to predict using supernatural means

Question 46

doctrinaire

Answer 46

adj. impractical; insistent about one’s own theory

Question 47

Dogmatic

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adj. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles

Question 48

Draconian

Answer 48

adj. harsh and severe

Question 49

Droll

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adj. amusing; comical

Question 50

Dubious

Answer 50

adj. doubtful; questionable

Question 51

Dupe

Answer 51

v. to deceive

Question 52

Dyspeptic

Answer 52

adj. irritable and gloomy