| distort | twist out of shape; give a false account of; misrepresent; N. distortion |
| distract | take (one's attention) off something; upset emotionally; make anxious; ADJ. distracted |
| distrait | absentminded; distracted |
| distraught | upset; distracted by anxiety; very anxious and troubled almost to the point of madness; Ex. distraught with grief/worry |
| diurnal | daily; occurring during the daytime |
| diva | operatic singer; prima donna |
| diverge | vary; go in different directions from the same point; ADJ. divergent: differing; deviating |
| diverse | differing in some characteristics (from each other); various; N. diversity: | variety; dissimilitude; lack of resemblance |
| diversion | act of turning aside; pastime; V. divert: turn aside from a course; distract; amuse |
| divest | strip (as of clothes); deprive (as of rights); dispossess; N. divestiture(divestment) |
| divine | perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination |
| divulge | reveal |
| docile | obedient; easily managed; submissive |
| docket | program as for trial; book where such entries are made; list of things to be done; agenda; label fixed to a package listing contents or directions; V: describe in a docket |
| doctrinaire | unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding; marked by inflexible attachment to a doctrine without regard to its practical difficulties |
| doctrine | teachings in general; particular principle (religious, legal, etc.) taught; dogma; tenet; ADJ. doctrinal |
| document | provide written evidence (for a claim); record with documents; N. |
| doddering | shaky; infirm from old age; V. dodder |
| doff | take off; OP. don |
| dogged | determined; stubborn; stubbornly persevering; tenacious; Ex. Inspector Javert's dogged pursuit of Jean Valjean |
| doggerel | poor verse |
| dogmatic | opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opinion; arbitrary; doctrinal |
| doldrums | blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums |
| dolorous | sorrowful; N. dolor |
| dolt | slow-thinking stupid person; CF. dull |
| domicile | home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one's domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain. |
| dominant | exercising the most influence; high and easily seen; stronger than the other part of a system; not recessive |
| dominate | control; rule; enjoy a commanding position in; overlook from a height; 郴妨促焊促 |
| domineer | rule over tyrannically |
| don | put on; OP. doff |
| doom | condemnation to a severe penalty; ruin; fate (esp. a tragic or ruinous one); V. |
| dormant | sleeping; temporarily inactive; lethargic; latent |
| dormer | window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room |
| dorsal | relating to the back of an animal; Ex. dorsal fin |
| dossier | file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back |
| dotage | senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage |
| dote | be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline |
| dour | sullen; gloomy; stubborn |
| douse | plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse |
| dowdy | untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman |
| downcast | disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward |
| dowry | money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage |
| dowse | use a divining rod to search for underground water or minerals |
| doze | sleep lightly; nap |
| drab | dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab coat/life |
| draconian | extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician |
| draft | first rough form; conscription; draught; V: make a draft of; conscript |
| drama | prose or verse composition to be performed by actors; play; exciting and unusual situation |
| drastic | strong; violent and severe; Ex. drastic changes/measures |
| draught | current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time |
| draw | choosing of a lot or card |
| dregs | sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue |
| dribble | flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; N. |
| drip | fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops |
| drivel | nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense |
| droll | queer and amusing |
| drone | talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; N. |
| droop | bend or hang downward; become weakened; Ex. His shoulders drooped with tiredness; N. |
| dross | waste matter; worthless impurities |
| drudge | do drudgery; N: person who drudges |
| drudgery | hard unpleasant work; menial work |
| dubious | questionable; (of something) causing doubt; (of someone) filled with doubt; N. dubiety |
| ductile | malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled |
| dulcet | sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear; melodious |
| dull | (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V. |
| dumbfound(dumfound) | astonish (making dumb); ADJ. dumbfounded, dumfounded, dumbstruck |
| dummy | imitation of a real object used as a substitute; effigy |
| dupe | someone easily fooled or deceived; V: deceive |
| duplicity | double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous |
| duration | length of time something lasts |
| duress | forcible restraint, especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress |
| dutiful(duteous) | (of people or their behavior) respectful; obedient (filled with a sense of duty) |
| dwindle | shrink; reduce gradually |
| dynamic | energetic; vigorously active |
| dynamo | generator for producing electricity; energetic person |
| dys- | abnormal; impaired |
| dysentery | inflammatory disorder of the lower intestinal tract |
| dyslexia | word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read |
| dyspeptic | suffering from indigestion; N. dyspepsia: indigestion; difficulty in digesting food |
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