Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Wordlist 13 : D

Decimate -(V) : kill

Declivity -(n) : downslope

Decollete -(adj) : low necked

Decorum -(n) : propriety, orderliness in manner

Decrepitude -(n) : state of collapse caused by illness or cold

Defame -(v) : harm someone's reputation

Default -(n) : failure to act

Defection -(n) : desertion

Defer -(v) : delay till later

Deference -(n) : courteous regard for another's wish

Defile -(v) : pollute, profane

Defunct -(adj) : dead, no longer in use or existence

Degenerate -(v) : become worse, deteriorate

Deleterious -(adj) : harmful

Deliberate -(v) : consider, ponder

Delineate -(v) : portray, depict, sketch

Deluge -(n) : flood, rush

Delusion -(n) : false belief

Demented -(adj) : insane

Demise -(n) : death

Demographic -(adj) : related to population balance

Denigrate -(v) : blacken

Depravity -(n) : extreme corruption

Deranged -(adj) : insane

Deride -(v) : ridicule

Derision -(n) : ridicule

Derivative -(adj) : unoriginal




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