intermediate

Vocabulary: D

27 words starting with D at the intermediate level

Debacle

A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.

Fiascofailurecatastrophe

Debilitating

(Of a disease or condition) making someone very weak and infirm.

Weakeningdrainingenervating

Decadent

Characterized by or reflecting a state of moral or cultural decline; luxuriously self-indulgent.

Dissolutecorruptdegenerate

Decorum

Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety.

Proprietydecencycorrectness

Deflect

Similar to: deviate

Deviate

Deft

Neatly skillful and quick in one's movements.

Skillfuladeptadroit

Demur

To raise doubts or objections or show reluctance.

Objectprotestcavil

Deprecate

mock : 농담으로 남의 모습이나 동작을 흉내내다

Derivative

(Of an artist or work of art) imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason.

Imitativeunoriginalcopied

Derogatory

Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.

Disparagingcriticalinsulting

Desultory

Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm.

Casualhalf-heartedlukewarm

Diatribe

A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

Tiradeharangueonslaught

Diffuse

(Verb) To spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people. (Adj) Spread out over a large area; not concentrated.

(V) Disseminatescatter(Adj) Verbose

Digress

To leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing.

Deviatedriftstray

Diminutive

Extremely or unusually small.

Tinypetiteminute

Discomfit

To make (someone) feel uneasy, confused, or embarrassed.

Embarrassabashunsettle

Discord

Disagreement between people.

Conflictfrictionstrife

Discursive

Digressing from subject to subject.

Ramblingdigressivemeandering

Disparage

To regard or represent as being of little worth.

Belittledenigratedeprecate

Disperse

To distribute or spread over a wide area.

Scatterdisseminatediffuse

Displace

To take over the place, position, or role of (someone or something).

Replacesupplantremove

Dissent

The expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held.

Disagreementoppositionobjection

Dogged

Having or showing tenacity and grim persistence.

Tenaciousdeterminedresolute

Don

Quixote는 스페인의 작가 Cervantes의 소설 낙천적인”은 다혈질의 예이다.

Dormant

(Of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.

Asleepsleepingresting

Draconian

(Of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe.

Harshseverestrict

Dwindling

Gradually diminishing in size, amount, or strength.

Decreasingshrinkingwaning

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