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SAT Lesson 05
SAT Vocab
Question | Answer |
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descry | to discover |
desecrate | damage holy place |
desiccate | to dry up |
desist | to stop |
desolate | lonely |
despicable | hateful |
despise | to score |
despoil | to rob |
despondent | depressed |
despot | dictator |
destitute | poor |
desuetude | extinction |
desultory | wandering subject to subject |
deter | to discourage |
detonate | explode |
detoxify | remove poison |
detract | to take away |
detriment | harm |
devastate | overwhelm |
deviate | to turn aside |
devious | sly |
devoid | completely without |
devotee | enthusiastic follower |
devout | religious |
dexterity | skill |
diabolical | cruel |
dialectic | logical discussion |
diaphanous | transparent |
diatribe | bitter criticism |
dichotomy | division into two parts |
diction | style of speaking |
dictum | positive statement |
didactic | teaching |
diffident | shy |
diffuse | to spread |
digress | to wander off |
dilapidated | broken down |
dilate | to expand |
dilatory | slow |
dilemma | troubling situation |
dilettante | dabble fine arts not expert |
diligent | hard-working |
diminutive | small |
dint | power |
dire | dreadful |
disarray | disorder |
disavow | to deny |
disburse | to pay out |
discern | to recognize |
disciple | a follower |
disclaimer | denial |
disclose | to reveal |
discomfiture | frustration |
disconcert | to upset embarrass |
disconsolate | without hope |
discordant | disagreeing |
discount | reduction |
discountenance | to disapprove of |
discourse | conversation |
discredit | disgrace |
discreet | cautious |
discrepancy | inconsistency |
discrete | separate |
discretion | good judgment |
discrimination | prejudice |
discursive | rambling |
disdain | to scorn |
disgruntled | unhappy |
dishearten | to depress |
disheveled | untidy |
disinter | to uncover |
disinterested | not prejudiced |
dismal | depressing |
dismantle | to take apart |
dismember | cut or pull off limbs |
disparage | to put down |
disparity | difference |
dispassionate | calm |
dispel | to drive away |
disperse | to scatter |
disputatious | fond of arguing |
disreputable | bad reputation |
dissection | cutting apart |
dissemble | to pretend |
disseminate | to scatter. to spread |
dissertation | a written essay |
dissension | disagreement |
dissident | disagreeing |
dissimulate | to hide feelings |
dissipate | to waste |
dissociate | to break ties with |
dissolute | immoral |
dissonant | out of harmony |
dissuade | to advise |
distend | to swell |
distort | to twist |
distraught | troubled |
diurnal | daily |
divergent | varying |
divers | several |