SAT - D
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- dais
- platform
- dale
- valley
- dearth
- a scarcity or lack
- decant
- to pour off
- deciduous
- not permanent
- declaim
- to speak dramatically
- decry
- to speak out against
- defalcate
- to misuse funds, embezzle
- defamatory
- damaging another's reputation with false remarks
- deference
- respect
- deft
- skillful
- deify
- to idolize, to make godlike
- deign
- to lower oneself before an inferior
- deleterious
- harmful
- delineate
- to describe, depict
- demigod
- a person who is partly a god and partly human
- demography
- study of population trends
- demur
- to object, to take exception to
- demure
- shy
- denigrate
- to ruin the reputation of
- deplore
- to regret
- depose
- to remove from office
- deride
- to ridicule
- derision
- ridicule
- descry
- to discover
- desiccate
- to dry up, wither
- desist
- to cease or stop
- despoil
- to rob or plunder
- despot
- a dictator
- desuetude
- condition of disuse
- desultory
- wandering from subject to subjenct, rambling
- detriment
- harm, damage
- dexterity
- skill, cleverness
- diabolical
- devilish, cruel
- diadem
- crown
- dialectic
- logical discussion
- diaphanous
- transparent, very sheer
- dichotomy
- division into two parts
- dicker
- to bargain
- dicomfiture
- frusration, confusion
- dictum
- a positive statement
- diffident
- shy, modest
- dilapidated
- broken down, falling apart
- dilatory
- slow or late in doing things
- dilettante
- a dabbler in the fine arts
- dipsomaniac
- drunkard
- dirge
- a funeral song
- disburse
- to pay out
- disconcert
- to upset, embarass
- discordant
- disagreeing
- discountenance
- to disapprove of
- discursive
- rambling, wandering
- disinter
- to uncover, dig up
- disparage
- to belittle, put down
- disparity
- inequality, difference
- disputatious
- fond of arguing
- dissemble
- to conceal, pretend
- disseminate
- to scatter, spread
- dissident
- disagreeing
- dissimulate
- to hide one's feelings
- dissipate
- to waste, scatter
- dissolute
- immoral, unrestrained
- dissonant
- out of harmony
- distend
- to expand
- divers
- several
- divest
- to deprive
- docile
- obedient, submissive
- doff
- to throw off or away
- doggedly
- stubbornly
- dolorous
- mournful, sad
- domicile
- home, residence
- dotage
- feeblemindedness of old age
- doughty
- courageous, worthy
- doyen
- senior or eldest
- drivel
- childish nonsense
- droll
- amusing in an odd way
- dross
- waste matter
- dulcet
- pleasing to the ear