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 |
|