"D" words - Part 1

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  1. daft
    foolish or mentally irregular
  2. daunting
    discouraging through fear
  3. deadlock
    a situation in which no progress can be made
  4. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  5. debris
    the remains of something that has been destroyed
  6. debunk
    expose while ridiculing
  7. deceit
    the quality of being fraudulent
  8. decree
    a legally binding command or decision
    deemed
  9. deem
    judge or regard in a particular way
  10. defame
    charge falsely or with malicious intent
  11. defer
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  12. deft
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  13. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  14. deign
    do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
  15. deleterious
    harmful to living things
  16. delineation
    a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
  17. delude
    be dishonest with
  18. deluge
    a heavy rain
  19. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  20. denizen
    a plant or animal naturalized in a region
  21. denouement
    the outcome of a complex sequence of events
  22. deposition
    the act of putting something somewhere
  23. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  24. derelict
    a person without a home, job, or property
  25. deregulate
    lift the authoritative rules on
  26. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  27. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  28. derogatory
    expressive of low opinion
  29. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  30. desecrate
    violate the sacred character of a place or language
  31. despatch
    the act of sending off something
  32. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  33. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  34. diaphragm
    a muscular partition in the chest used in respiration
    Stomach area OR camera lens
  35. dilapidated
    in a state of decay, ruin, or deterioration
  36. diminutive
    very small
  37. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
  38. discrete
    constituting a separate entity or part
  39. discretion
    power of making choices unconstrained by external agencies
  40. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  41. disparage
    express a negative opinion of
  42. disparate
    fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
  43. dissonance
    disagreeable sounds
  44. divergent
    tending to move apart in different directions
  45. divisive
    causing or characterized by disagreement or disunity
  46. doppelganger
    a person who is almost identical to another
  47. douse
    wet thoroughly
  48. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  49. duce
    leader
  50. ductile
    capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
  51. duct
    an enclosed conduit for a fluid
  52. dynamic
    characterized by action or forcefulness of personality
Created on Mon Sep 12 10:22:36 EDT 2011 (updated Mon Sep 12 13:19:05 EDT 2011)

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