desire
n. a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen |
despair
n. loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency |
detain
v. keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay |
devoid
a. completely lacking; barren or empty |
dexterity
n. right-handedness; readiness and grace in physical activity; skill and ease in using the hands; expertness in manual acts |
differ
v. be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished |
digest
v. break down; make more concise; convert food into absorbable substances |
diminish
v. dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so |
discard
v. throw out something from one's hand; get rid of |
discharge
v. relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off |
dismiss
v. stop considering; end employment or service of; discharge; refuse to accept or recognize |
displace
v. move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland |
disproportionate
a. unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else |
dispute
n. argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate |
disrupt
v. upset; throw into confusion or disorder |
dissolve
v. melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish |
distress
n. discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to |
distribute
v. hand out; disseminate; allocate |
document
v. provide written evidence; record in detail |
domesticate
v. cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
doting
a. weak-minded; foolishly loving and indulgent |
drab
a. dull; lacking color; lacking in liveliness, charm, or surprise |
drench
v. wet through and through; soak; put potion down throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly |
drought
n. dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall |
drowsy
a. dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention |
dual
a. expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two |
duplicate
n. one that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original; identical copy; facsimile |
dwell
v. live as a resident; exist in a given place or state |
ease
n. satisfaction; pleasure; entertainment; freedom from care |
economical
a. thrifty; saving; using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness |
edict
n. decree ,especially issued by a sovereign; official command |
effective
a. efficient; productive; producing a strong impression or response |
efficient
a. effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input |
elaborate
a. marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail |
elated
a. overjoyed; extremely happy and excited |
elevate
v. raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position |
elude
v. avoid cleverly; escape perception of |
embark
v. commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey |
emerge
v. come into prominence; spring up; appear |
employ
v. engage the services of; put to work; apply |
enchant
v. charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites |
enclose
v. include; surround on all sides; close in |
endanger
v. threaten; jeopardize; do something that may damage it or destroy it |
endow
v. grant; award; give qualities or abilities to |
enforce
v. put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence |
engross
v. occupy exclusively; absorb; acquire most or all of; write or print the final draft of; make large or larger |
engulf
v. absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely |
ensure
v. make sure or certain; insure; assure |
envy
n. malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred |
epidemic
n. outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent |
equator
n. the imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface into two hemispheres |
establish
v. set up or found; build |
estimate
v. judge to be probable; form an opinion about; evaluate |
eternal
a. forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite |
ethnic
a. relating to races; group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage |
excel
v. be superior; distinguish oneself |
expanse
n. patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky |
expedition
n. journey organized for a particular purpose |
expletive
n. interjection; word or phrase having no independent meaning; expression usually of surprise or anger |
export
v. sell or transfer abroad; send to another country for sale |
extensive
a. widespread; far-reaching; wide |
exterminate
v. eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill man |