Word Power Made Easy - D words

Abhay K.
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  1. daunt
    cause to lose courage
  2. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  3. debauchery
    a wild gathering
  4. debilitate
    make weak
  5. decadent
    relating to indulgence in something pleasurable
  6. decimate
    kill in large numbers
  7. decorous
    characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste
  8. deduce
    reason from the general to the particular
  9. defame
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  10. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  11. definitive
    clearly formulated
  12. degenerate
    a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
  13. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  14. delineate
    represented accurately or precisely
  15. delude
    be dishonest with
  16. deluge
    a heavy rain
  17. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  18. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  19. depravity
    moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
  20. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  21. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  22. derogatory
    expressive of low opinion
  23. desiccate
    lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
  24. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  25. despot
    a cruel and oppressive dictator
  26. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  27. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  28. dialectical
    relating to reasoning by the exchange of logical arguments
  29. dictum
    an authoritative declaration
  30. didactic
    instructive, especially excessively
  31. diffident
    showing modest reserve
  32. digress
    wander from a direct or straight course
  33. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  34. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
  35. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  36. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  37. discriminate
    marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions
  38. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  39. disinterested
    unaffected by concern for one's own welfare
  40. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  41. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  42. disseminate
    cause to become widely known
  43. dissipate
    cause to separate and go in different directions
  44. dissolution
    separation into component parts
  45. distend
    cause to expand as if by internal pressure
  46. distinguish
    mark as different
  47. docile
    easily handled or managed
  48. doctrinaire
    a stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions
  49. dogmatic
    pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
  50. domestic
    of or relating to the home
  51. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
  52. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  53. duplicity
    the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith
Created on Sat May 19 00:54:14 EDT 2012

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