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divergent
adj. different, deviating, (heretic)

eg. a divergent opinion
drab
adj. dull, boring, dowdy, not energetic, lank

eg. drab women, dressed in browns and greys
disingenuous
adj. insincere, deceptive, dishonest

eg. an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time
disinter
v. dig up, exhume, unearth, delve

eg. disinter the body and held an autopsy
disjointed
adj. lacking coherence, detached

eg. disjointed sentence
dislodge
v. remove (from power), shift (an object)

eg. dislodge a rock from the hill
dismantle
v. cut apart, break down, dismember

eg. The steel mill was dismantled piece by piece.
dismiss
v. remove from a position, depose, reject

eg. the boss want to dismiss some employees
disparity
n. difference, inequality

eg. the wide disparity between rich and poor
dispatch
n/v. send fast, hurry, expedition

ant. hold back, keep, prohibit
dispel
v. scatter, drive away, dissipate

eg. sunlight dispelled dark clouds
disperse
v. scatter, break up, diverge, dissolute, disband

eg. Police dispersed the protesters with tear gas.
disport
v. - enjoy urself by doing sth active
-amuse oneself

eg. The children disport in the garden
dissent
v. disagree, (protest)

eg. dissent to the laws of the country
dissident
adj. dissenting, rebellious, malcontent, (heretic)

eg. He have a dissident thought against the government
dissipate
v. scatter, dispel, eliminate

eg. sunlight dissipate the morning mist
dissolution
n. disintegration, dissolving process, breaking up, dissipation

eg. the dissolution of (barriers of class and race/ salt into water)
dissonance
n. discord, disharmony, dissension

eg. cognitive dissonance. Modern music is just dissonance to me
distend
v. expand, swell out, (dilate)

eg. the veins distend on his forehead
distill
v. purify, refine, sublimate

eg. Wine may be distilled into brandy
distinction
n. honor, discrimination, eminence, preeminence

distraught
adj. worried, troubled, upset

eg. distraught with terror
divest
v. strip, deprive

eg. i divest myself of my uniform
divulge
v. reveal, disclose a secret

eg. divulge a source of info
docket
n. agenda, program as for trial (in court)

eg. the murder case will be in docket nextweek
doctrine
n. particular principle, (creed), precept, platitude, tenet, propaganda

eg. Christian doctrine
doddering
adj. weak and shaky due to old age, dotage, decrepit (decrepitude)

eg. his mother was doddering and frail
doff
v. take off (a hat, clothes)

eg. a gentleman should doff his hat to a lady
dogged
adj. determined, pertinacious, tenacious, dour

eg. their dogged defence of the city
doleful
adj. mournful, sad, dolorous, downcast, disconsolate, funereal, lugubrious, despondent, melancholy, morose

eg. a doleful expression / face / song
dolt
n. stupid/oaf/pillock/ person, (dunce, dupe), stupe
domicile
n. home, residence, dwelling

eg. he built a modest dwelling near the pond
domineer
v. try to order sb, overpower, tyrannize

eg. her husband and mother-in-law domineer her.
don
v. put on
n. tag of a gentleman

eg. don an outfit
dormant
adj. sleeping, inactive, (latent)

ant. lively
dorsal
adj. relating to the back of an animal

eg. dorsal fin of a shark
dour
adj. - not cheerful, severe, hostile
- pertinacious, tenacious, dogged

eg. The city, drab and dour by day, is transformed at night.
douse
adj. throw water into sth, extinguish

eg. The car was doused in petrol and set alight.
dowdy
adj. unfashionable, drab, dour, obsolete, dull, unstylish

eg. a dowdy dress
drivel
v. keep talking silly or petty things
n. nonsense, silliness

eg. driveling idiot
dregs
n. sediment, no-dissolving solid, useless part, dross

eg. the dregs of society/coffee
dross
n. slag, waste matter, worthless impurities, (dregs, sediment), scoria

eg. The fire burns away the dross leaving the pure metal.
drudgery
n. hard boring work, (labor, chore), menial task
dubious
adj. doubtful, dubitable

ant. trustworthy, sure
ductile
adj. physically flexible, malleable, pliable , pliant, tensile

eg. copper is ductile, as it can be stretched
dulcet
adj. sweet-talking, wheedling, melodic, mellifluous

eg. I thought I recognized your dulcet tones
dumbfound
v. astonish, surprise, shock, astound

eg. His reply dumbfounded me.
dupe
v. fool, hoodwink, hoax
n. foolish people

eg. He was duped into giving them his credit card.
distant
adj. reserved or aloof, cold, (coy), reticent

eg. the distant horizon
dissuade
v. persuade not to do, discourage, dishearten
dissimulate
v. hide or disguise (attention, feeling), dissemble

eg. He has tried to dissimulate fear
dishearten
v. discourage, dissuade

eg. Don’t let this defeat dishearten you.
disheveled
adj. untidy
(dishevel: mess up)

eg. the wind disheveled ur appearance
disinterested
adj. unprejudiced, unbiased, dispassionate, evenhanded
disjunction
n. disunity, discord btw two things

eg. disjunction between the cultural norms of his home and his oversea university
dismember
v. cut into small parts

eg. a dismembered body was found in a truck
disparage
v. belittle, decry, (denigrate, deprecate, blacken)
disparate
adj. unrelated, basically different

eg. disparate results given by experiment
dispassionate
adj. impartial, not influenced by emotion, disinterested
dispirited
adj. lacking in spirit, listless, lackadaisical, lethargic

eg. She looked tired and dispirited.
disquisition
n. report, explanation
dissection
n. analysis, cutting apart to examine

eg. Your enjoyment of a novel can suffer from too much analysis and dissection.
dissemble
v. disguise, dissimilate, pretend

eg. She was a very honest person who was incapable of dissembling
disseminate
v. spread widely, publish (of knowledge), omnipresent

eg. Their findings have been widely disseminated.
dissertation
n. doctorate essay, thesis, treatise
diverse
adj. differing in characteristic, various, heterogeneous

eg. people from diverse cultures
diverge
v. go in different directions, spread

ant. converge, join
diurnal
adj. daily

eg. diurnal reading
diversion
n. change in direction or target, deflect

eg. he need a diversion from work after studying for few hour
divine
v. prophesy, foresee
adj. of god, oracular

eg. Let's pray for divine intervention from
God
docile
adj. obedient, easily managed, (meek, compliant)

eg. a docile lion
doctrinaire
adj. dogmatic, unyielding
(giao' dieu`)
dogmatic
adj. opinionated, doctrinal, arbitrary

eg. There is a danger of becoming too dogmatic about teaching methods
dolorous
adj. sorrowful, doleful, (dejected, downcast, disconsolate, disheartened, despondent)
dotage
n. old age, senility and unable to think clearly

eg. be in your dotage
dote
v. be excessively fond of

eg. she dotes on her grandchild
downcast
adj. depressed, disheartened, (dejected, despondent, disconsolate)
syn. dolorous, doleful

eg. A group of downcast men stood waiting for food.
draconian
adj. extreme severe, harsh

eg. draconian punishment
droll
adj. amusing in an odd way, jocular

eg. There was a droll, cynical expression on his face.
drone
n. male honey-bee
v. make noise like a bee

eg. A plane was droning in the distance
duplicity
n. deceit, double-dealing, deliberate deception
distrait
adj. inattentive, distracted
doggerel
n. clumsy or ridiculous poetry
dossier
n. file, document
dormer
n. window built in roof
doldrums
n. blues, depression
diversity
n. variety
diva
n. operatic singer
disquietude
n. anxiety, uneasiness
disputatious
adj. argumentative, fond of arguing
disinclination
n. unwillingness
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