Vocabulary List

Ably: Skillfully or competently.

• Abolish: Cancel or put an end to.
• Abound: To exist in large numbers or amounts.
• Abrade: Scrape or wear away.
• Abreast (of): Side by side and facing the same way; alongside or level with something.
• Abridge: To shorten.
• Abrogate: Cancel or repeal a right; to avoid a responsibility.
• Abscond: To run off and hide.
• Abstemious: Moderate or sparing in eating and drinking; characterized by abstinence.
• Abstruse: Difficult to understand.
• Abundance: A large amount of something.
• Abysmal: Extremely bad.
• Accolade: Tribute, honor, or praise.
• Acclaim: Applaud or announce with great approval.
• Accordance: Agreement.
• Accost: To approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging way.
• Accoutre: Clothed or equipped with something noticeable or impressive.
• Accredit: To give credit or authority to.
• Accretion: Gradual growth in size or increase in amount.
• Accustomed: In the habit of or used to.
• Acerbity: Bitterness of speech and temper.
• Acoustic: Relating to sound or hearing.
• Acquaint: To make familiar.
• Acquiesce: To accept reluctantly without protest.
• Acquisition: The learning of a skill or quality; an asset or object bought.
• Acrid: Unpleasantly bitter or odor; sharp in manner or temper.
• Acrimonious: Angry and bitter.
• Acrimony: Anger and bitterness.
• Actuality: The state of existing in reality.
• Actuate: Cause (someone) to act in a particular way; motivate.
• Acuity: Sharpness of vision, thought, or hearing.
• Acumen: The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions.
• Adagio: In slow time.
• Addle: Make (someone) unable to think clearly; confuse.
• Adept: Thoroughly skilled; an expert.
• Adhere: Believe in and follow the practices of.
• Adjure: Urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something.
• Admonish: To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly.
• Adorn: To add beauty; to decorate.
• Adroit: Skillful; clever.
• Adulation: Praise or flattery that is excessive.
• Advantageous: Giving an advantage.
• Adverse: Not helpful; harmful.
• Adversity: A difficult or unpleasant situation.
• Affable: Friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to.
• Agglomeration: A mass or collection of things.
• Agile: Able to move quickly and easily.
• Akin: Related to or alike.
• Alacrity: Brisk and cheerful readiness, eagerness, willingness.
• Alienation: Feeling isolated and separated from everyone else.
• Alleviate: To relieve or make less suffering.
• Allot: Give or apportion to someone.
• Aloof: Cool and distant, reserved.
• Altercation: An angry argument.
• Ambiguous: Unclear or doubtful in meaning.
• Ambit: The range or limit covered by something.
• Ambivalence: Mixed feelings or emotions.
• Amble: To walk slowly.
• Adulatory: To praise or admire excessively; fawn on.
• Ameliorate: To improve, make better, correct a flaw.
• Amenity: Something that increases comfort.
• Amiable: Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.
• Amid: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• Amiss: Not quite right; inappropriate or out of place.
• Amity: A friendly relationship; friendship.
• Amply: Enough or more than enough.
• Anarchic: Lawless; out of control.
• Anathema: Something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.
• Anecdotal: Based on personal accounts rather than facts or research.
• Anfractuous: Full of twists and turns.
• Anguish: Severe mental or physical pain or suffering.
• Annex: To add to or incorporate.
• Annihilate: To destroy completely.
• Annul: Declare invalid.
• Anomaly: Abnormality.
• Anon: Soon, shortly.
• Antagonist: Opposed; hostile; aggressive.
• Antecede: Come before (something) in time, order, or position; precede.
• Anticlimax: A disappointing end to an exciting series of events.
• Antipathy: Strong dislike.
• Aversion: A strong dislike or disinclination.
• Apace: Swiftly, quickly.
• Apathetic: Feeling or showing little emotion.
• Apathy: A lack of feeling, emotion, or interest.
• Aperture: An opening, gap, or hole.
• Aplomb: Poise, assurance, great self-confidence.
• Apoplectic: Extremely angry; furious.
• Apprehend: To understand.
• Apprise: Inform or tell.
• Aptly: Appropriately; correctly; suitable.
• Arbitrary: Based on random choice or personal whim.
• Arcane: Understood by few; mysterious or secret.
• Archaic: Very old or old-fashioned.
• Archetype: A very typical example of a certain person or thing.
• Ardent: Very enthusiastic, impassioned.
• Arrant: Complete, utter.
• Arrogant: Overbearingly assuming; insolently proud.
• Arrogate: To claim or take without right.
• Artful: Skillful, clever, tricky, creative.
• Articulate: Able to speak clearly and expressively.
• Artless: Free of deceit or craftiness, natural, genuine.
• Askance: With an attitude of suspicion, distrust, or disapproval.
• Askew: Twisted to one side; crooked; wrong.
• Asperity: Roughness, severity; bitterness or harshness.
• Aspirant: Having ambitions to achieve something, typically a career.
• Assemblage: A collection or gathering of people or things.
• Assent: To express agreement.
• Assertive: Having or showing a confident and forceful personality.
• Assiduous: Showing great care and perseverance; hard-working.
• Assimilation: The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
• Assorted: Of various different sorts.
• Assuredly: Without a doubt, confidently.
• Astir: In a state of excited movement.
• Astute: Shrewd; clever; able to assess situations or people accurately.
• Attribute: Regard something as being caused by someone or something.
• Attrition: A wearing down over time.
• Attuned: Make receptive or aware.
• Audacious: Bold, adventurous, recklessly daring.
• Augment: To make larger, increase.
• Augur: To predict.
• Auspicious: Favorable; fortunate.
• Austere: Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance.
• Authoritative: Able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable.
• Avail: To be of use or benefit to; use, benefit, or value.
• Averse/ion: Having a deep-seated distaste; unwilling.
• Avid: Enthusiastic; extremely interested.
• Avow: To claim; to declare boldly; to admit.
• Awry: Away from the usual or expected course; amiss.
• Axiomatic: Not needed to be explained or unquestionable.
• Badinage: Humorous or witty conversation.
• Baleful: Threatening harm; menacing.
• Banal: Lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
• Banter: To exchange playful remarks, tease; playful and teasing talk.
• Barbaric: Savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal.
• Baseness: Lack of moral principles; bad character.
• Bashful: Shy, excessively timid, reluctant to draw attention.
• Bask: To lie in or be exposed to warmth.
• Bastardize: To lower in condition or worth; debase.
• Bated: In great suspense; very anxious or excited.
• Batter: To hit someone or something hard many times, causing serious damage.
• Beatific: Feeling or expressing blissful happiness.
• Beauteous: Beautiful.
• Bedeck: Decorate.
• Bedlam: A state or scene of uproar and confusion.
• Bedraggled: Dirty and disheveled.
• Befell: To happen or occur.
• Befitting: Appropriate to; suitable or proper for.
• Befuddled: Unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.
• Begrudge: To resent another's success; to envy.
• Beguiling: Charming, pleasing.
• Behest: A command or urgent request.
• Beholden: Owing thanks or having a duty to someone.
• Belabour: Attack (someone).
• Belated: Delayed.
• Belch: To burp.
• Beleaguer: Cause problems or difficulties for.
• Belligerent: Hostile and aggressive.
• Belie: Failed to give an impression of something or fail to fulfill an expectation.
• Bemuse: Puzzle, confuse, or bewilder (someone).
• Bemoan: Express discontent or sorrow over.
• Benevolence: Kindness, generosity, charity.
• Benign: Gentle and kindly.
• Berate: Scold or criticize (someone) angrily.
• Bereft: Deprived of or lacking something.
• Beseech: Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore.
• Beset: To trouble someone or something.
• Besmirch: To make dirty; to stain; to damage the reputation of.
• Bespeak: To be a signal for or a symptom of; express the need for.
• Bestial: Savage; brutal.
• Bestow: Confer or present.
• Betide: To happen to or befall.
• Betoken: Signify, indicate, or be a sign of.
• Betterment: The improvement of.
• Bewail: Express deep regret or sorrow over.
• Bewilder/ed: Cause (someone) to be bewildered.
• Bewitch: Enchant and delight (someone).
• Biased: Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something.
• Bide: Remain or stay somewhere.
• Bigot: Intolerant of differences in others.
• Biweekly: Happening every two weeks.
• Blanch: To whiten; to make pale.
• Blase: Bored because of frequent indulgence; unconcerned.
• Blatant: Done openly and unashamedly; lacking in subtlety.
• Blather: To talk nonsensically.
• Bleary: (of the eyes) unfocused from sleep or tiredness.
• Blench: To shrink or flinch; become pale.
• Blithe: Cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned.
• Blowsy: Coarse, untidy, and red faced.
• Blunder: A stupid or careless mistake.
• Bluster: To talk or act in a noisy and threatening way.
• Boastful: Bragging, arrogant.
• Bogus: Fake, fraudulent.
• Boisterous: Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.
• Bona fide: Genuine; sincere.
• Boorish: Rude; insensitive; bad mannered.
• Bountiful: Giving freely, generous; plentiful.
• Boycott: To refuse to buy, use, or participate in as a way of protesting.
• Brash: Self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way.
• Bravura: A display of daring; brilliant performance.
• Bravado: A bold manner intended to impress or intimidate.
• Brawn(y): Strong, muscular.
• Brazen: Bold and without shame.
• Breakneck: Dangerously or extremely fast.
• Brisk: Quick, active, and energetic.
• Brittle: Hard but liable to break easily.
• Brooding: Showing deep thought about something sad or worrying.
• Bruit: Spread a report or rumor widely.
• Brusque: Abrupt or offhand in speech or manner.
• Brutish: Savage and stupid.
• Bucolic: Characteristic of the countryside, rural.
• Bulbous: Fat, round, or bulging.
• Bulwark: A strong defense or protection.
• Bumptious: Conceited and arrogant; crudely and unpleasantly forward.
• Bungle: To act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness.
• Burdensome: Difficult to carry out or fulfill; taxing.
• Burgeon: To begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.
• Burlesque: Give an imitation that ridicules or mocks.
• Bustle: Move in an energetic or noisy manner.
• Cache: A hiding place.
• Cachet: The state of being respected or admired; prestige.
• Cadaverous: Very pale, thin, or bony.
• Cajole: To persuade with false promises and flattery.
• Calamity: An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
• Callous: Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
• Callow: Without experience; immature.
• Calumny: False accusation; slander to damage someone's reputation.
• Candid: Completely honest, straightforward.
• Candour: The quality of being honest and straightforward.
• Canny: Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; good judgement.
• Cantankerous: Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.
• Capacious: Spacious.
• Capitulate: To surrender.
• Capricious: Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior; impulsive.
• Captious: Ready to excessively find fault; given to petty criticism.
• Caricature: Exaggeration of characteristics to create a comic effect.
• Castigate: To criticize or punish severely.
• Catharsis: The process of releasing strong or repressed emotions.
• Catty: Deliberately hurtful in one's remarks; spiteful.
• Caustic: Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way.
• Cavil: Make petty or unnecessary objections.
• Cavort: Jump or dance around excitedly.
• Ceaseless: Constant and unending.
• Celerity: Swiftness, rapidity of motion or action.
• Censure: Harsh criticism or disapproval.
• Centralize: Concentrate (control) under a single authority.
• Centrally: In or towards the middle of something.
• Cessation: A stopping, either final or temporary.
• Chagrin: Annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated.
• Chary: Wary and cautious.
• Charisma: Charm.
• Chauvinism: Excessive or prejudiced support for one's own group or cause.
• Chide: To blame or scold.
• Chink: A narrow opening or crack.
• Chivalrous: Marked by honor, courtesy, and courage.
• Choleric: Bad-tempered or irritable.
• Chortle: Laugh in a noisy, gleeful way.
• Churlish: Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.
• Circuitous: Longer than the most direct way.
• Circumscribe: To limit.
• Circumspect: Wary and unwilling to take risks.
• Circumstantial: Suggesting something is true without proving it.
• Circumvent: Overcome; get around.
• Civility: Polite and courteous behavior.
• Clamber: Climb awkwardly or with difficulty.
• Clamour: A loud and confused noise.
• Clandestine: Secret or done secretively.
• Clarity: Clearness in thought or expression.
• Clement: Showing mercy or leniency; mild weather.
• Coalesce: To come together; to blend; to merge.
• Coarse: Rough in texture.
• Coax: To gently and persistently persuade.
• Codify: Arrange according to a plan or system.
• Coequal: Having equal status and levels of power.
• Coerce: Persuade by using force or threats.
• Coercive: Relating to or using force or threats.
• Cogent/cy: Clear, logical, and convincing.
• Cognizance: Knowledge, awareness, or notice.
• Cognizant: Having knowledge or being aware of.
• Cohere: Stick together, hold together firmly.
• Coherent: Logical and consistent.
• Coincide: Occur at the same time.
• Collate: Collect and combine.
• Colloquial: Language of ordinary/familiar conversation rather than formal speech/writing.
• Collocate: Set or arrange in a place or position.
• Colloquy: Talking together; conference; conversation.
• Collude: Cooperate in a secret or unlawful way to deceive or gain an advantage.
• Colonial: Relating to or characteristic of a colony.
• Coltish: Energetic but awkward.
• Combative: Ready or eager to fight or argue.
• Commensurate: Corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.
• Commerce: The buying and selling of goods and services.
• Commercialize: To manage in such a way as to achieve a profit.
• Commiserate: To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for.
• Commodious: Roomy, spacious.
• Commonality: The state of sharing features or attributes.
• Communicable: Able to be communicated with others.
• Compensate: Give something in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury.
• Complacence: Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings.
• Comely: Having a pleasing appearance.
• Complaisant: Eager to please; cheerfully complying.
• Complicit: Involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing.
• Comprise: To include or contain; to be made up of.
• Compulsive: Obsessive, fanatic.
• Compunction: Remorse, regret.
• Compute: To calculate; make sense.
• Conceptual: Related to or based on ideas.
• Conceptualize: To form a concept or idea.
• Concerted: Planned or coordinated; done with great effort.
• Concession: Something given up or yielded.
• Conciliate: Stop someone from being angry or discontented; placate.
• Concise: Giving a lot of information clearly in a few words.
• Comprehensible: Able to be grasped mentally; understandable.
• Concomitantly: At the same time.
• Concord: A state of agreement, harmony, unanimity.
• Concur: To be of the same opinion; to agree with.
• Concurrent: Occurring at the same time.
• Condemn: To express strong disapproval of.
• Condense: To make thicker or shorter.
• Condescend: Show that one feels superior.
• Condolence: An expression of sympathy.
• Condone: To forgive or overlook an offense.
• Conducive: Supportive; encouraging; helping to bring about.
• Confer: To discuss something with someone else; consult; to bestow.
• Confide/ing: To tell something secret or personal to someone trusted not to repeat it.
• Configuration/ate: A shape or outline; a method of arrangement.
• Conflate: To combine into one two or more sets of information, texts, and ideas.
• Conform: Comply with rules, standards, or laws.
• Confound: Cause surprise or confusion in (someone).
• Confute: Prove (a person, assertion, or accusation) to be wrong.
• Congenial: Getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant.
• Conglomerate/tion: A thing consisting of a number of different and distinct parts grouped together.
• Congregate: To gather together in a crowd or mass.
• Congruence: Agreement or harmony; compatibility.
• Congruent: Having the same size and shape; in agreement or harmony.
• Conjecture: An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
• Conjugate: To give forms of verbs in a fixed order.
• Conjunct: Joined together, combined, or associated.
• Conjuncture: A combination of events.
• Connote: Imply or suggest (an idea or feeling) in addition to the literal meaning.
• Conscientious: Diligent and careful.
• Conscience: Sense of right and wrong.
• Consciously: Intentionally, deliberate.
• Consecutive/ly: Following continuously in sequence.
• Conserve: Protect (something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction.
• Considerable: Fairly large in size or extent; worthy of attention.
• Conservatively: Behaving in a cautious way.
• Consign: Give, transfer, or deliver; hand over; commit.
• Consignment: A batch of goods destined for or delivered to someone.
• Consolation: Comfort received after a loss or disappointment.
• Consonance: Agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.
• Conspicuous: Easily seen or noticed; clearly visible.
• Conspire: To plan together secretly.
• Constancy: Faithfulness and dependability.
• Consternate: Filled with anxiety.
• Constitute: To make up the parts of; to compose.
• Constituent: Be a part of a whole.
• Constitutional: Relating to an established set of principles governing a state.
• Constitution: A written plan of government.
• Constrain: To force, compel; to restrain, hold back.
• Constraint: Limitation or restriction.
• Construe: To interpret or analyze something in a particular way.
• Contempraneous: Existing or occurring during the same time.
• Contempt: Scorn, extreme dislike or disdain, disrespect.
• Contemptible: Deserving of scorn; despicable.
• Contend: To fight, struggle; to compete; to argue.
• Contented: Feeling or expressing happiness or satisfaction.
• Contention: Assertion, claim, thesis. Struggling or competition; heated disagreement.
• Contentious: Causing or likely to cause argument; controversial.
• Content: In a state of peaceful happiness.
• Contextual: Related to or depending on surrounding content.
• Contextualise: Place or study in context.
• Contiguity: The state of bordering or being in contact with something.
• Contiguous: Side by side, touching.
• Continental: Relating to or characteristic of a continent.
• Contingent: Dependent, possible, subject to chance.
• Contractual: Agreed in a contract.
• Contradict: To express the opposite; deny the truth of a statement by asserting the opposite.
• Contradiction: A combination of statements, ideas, or features which are opposed to one another.
• Contrary: Opposite in nature, direction, or meaning.
• Contretemps: An embarrassing incident; a minor dispute.
• Contributory: Playing a part in bringing something about.
• Contrive: To plan cleverly; to devise.
• Contrite: Feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.
• Conundrum: A confusing and difficult problem or question.
• Convene: To call together, to assemble.
• Conversant: Knowledgeable about or experienced with/familiar with.
• Converse: Engage in conversation.
• Convey: Transport or carry to a place; communicate.
• Convivial: Friendly, lively, and enjoyable.
• Convolute/d: Complex and difficult to follow.
• Convulsive: Having or causing convulsions.
• Copious: Abundant; plentiful. Large in supply or quantity.
• Copiously: In large quantities.
• Correlation: A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.
• Correspondence: A close similarity, connection, or equivalence.
• Correspond: Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.
• Correspondent: A person who writes letters on a regular basis.
• Corresponding: Analogous or equivalent; comparable.
• Corroborate: Confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.
• Corroboration: Evidence that confirms or supports a statement, theory, or finding; confirmation.
• Corrode: Destroy or damage slowly by chemical action.
• Coruscate: Reflect brightly; be lively or brilliant.
• Cosset: To pamper; treat with great care.
• Countenance: A person's face or facial expression.
• Counterfeit: An imitation to deceive; not genuine, fake.
• Counterproductive: Having the opposite of the desired effect.
• Counteract: To neutralize, make ineffective.
• Countrified: Rural; reminiscent of the country.
• Courteous: Polite, respectful, or considerate in manner.
• Couth: Showing or having good manners or sophistication.
• Covenant: An agreement.
• Covertly: Secretly; in a concealed manner.
• Covert: Hidden, disguised; sheltered, secluded.
• Covet/ous: To wish for enviously; desire.
• Cower: To crouch or shrink away from in fear or shame.
• Crabby: Annoyed and irritable.
• Crabwise: Sideways to, towards.
• Cragged: Having a rough, rocky, and uneven surface.
• Crass: Showing no intelligence or sensitivity.
• Craven: Lacking in courage; cowardly.
• Credence: Belief or trust.
• Credibility: The quality of being trusted and believed in.
• Credible: Capable of being believed.
• Credulous: Too trusting; gullible.
• Crestfallen: Sad and disappointed.
• Crippling: Very serious, damaging.
• Croon: To sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice.
• Crowdsource: Obtain information by enlisting services of many people via the internet.
• Crucial: Extremely important.
• Cryptic: Puzzling, mysterious.
• Culinary: Related to cooking.
• Culpable: Deserving blame; guilty.
• Cultivated: Refined and well educated.
• Cumbersome: Clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving.
• Cumulative: Increasing by successive additions.
• Cunning: Cleverness; slyness.
• Curmudgeon/ly: Cranky person, usually old.
• Cursory: Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
• Curt: Short, rudely brief.
• Curtail: To cut short or reduce.
• Cyclic: Occurring in cycles; regularly repeated.
• Cynic: Someone who believes the worst.
• Cynical: Doubtful or distrustful of sincerity of human motives.
• Cipher: Code.
• Dabble: Work at in a nonserious fashion; splash around.
• Dainty: Delicately small and pretty.
• Damnable: Extremely bad or unpleasant.
• Damning: Strongly suggesting guilt or error.
• Dank: Unpleasantly damp or wet.
• Daunting: Intimidating.
• Dauntless: Showing fearlessness and determination.
• Dawdle: To waste time.
• Dazed: Very confused and unable to think clearly.
• Deaden: Make a noise or sensation less strong or intense.
• Debacle: Disaster; complete failure.
• Debar: To exclude, forbid, prevent.
• Debase: To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
• Debauch: Corrupt
• Debilitate: To weaken.
• Debility: Weakness; incapacity.
• Debonair: Pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished.
• Debrief: To question someone to explain purposes and methods.
• Debunk: To expose as false or hollowness.
• Decadent: Overly luxurious and lacking moral discipline.
• Deceit/ful: Dishonesty, deception.
• Deceptive: Misleading or dishonest.
• Decimate: To kill or destroy.
• Decisive: Conclusive; beyond doubt; showing determination.
• Declaim: To speak in a dramatic, impassioned, or blustering manner.
• Declaration: An official statement.
• Declassify: Declare something to no longer be secret.
• Decorous: Proper, in good taste.
• Decrepit: Old and feeble; worn-out, ruined.
• Decry: To criticize openly.
• Deduce: To draw a conclusion from fact; to infer.
• Deem: To think, believe or consider.
• Defame: To destroy the reputation of.
• Defeatist: A way of thinking in which a person expects to lose or fail
• Defective: Imperfect or faulty
• Defer: To put aside until later; to yield respectfully
• Deference: Respect; consideration
• Defiance: Open resistance; bold disobedience
• Defile: To make unclean, impure
• Definite: Certain
• Deflect: Cause something to change direction
• Deft: Quick and skillful
• Defunct: No longer existing or functioning
• Deign: Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
• Dejected: Downcast or sad; depressed
• Delectable: Delicious
• Delimit: Fix, mark, or define the boundaries of
• Delineate: To describe accurately
• Delirious: Experiencing uncontrolled excitement, emotion, or confusion
• Delude: To fool or deceive
• Deluge: Flood
• Delusive: Giving a false impression
• Demarcate: To clearly set or mark the boundaries of a group or area
• Demean: Cause loss of dignity; disrespect
• Demeanor: Behavior; manner of conducting oneself
• Demerit: A fault or disadvantage:
• Demise: Death
• Demonize: Portray as wicked and threatening
• Demoralize: Cause (someone) to lose confidence
• Demur: To question or oppose
• Demure: Quiet and modest
• Demystify: Make clear and easier to understand
• Denigrate: Criticize unfairly
• Denote: Be a sign of; indicate
• Dense: Stupid, thickheaded
• Denude: Strip of its covering
• Denunciation: Expression of strong disapproval made publicly
• Deplete: Diminish in number or quantity
• Deplorable: Deeply regrettable; unfortunate
• Deplore: To express regret or disapproval
• Deprave: To make (someone) immoral or wicked
• Depravity: Moral corruption; wickedness
• Deprecate: To express disapproval of
• Depreciate: To decrease in value
• Depredate: To prey upon, to plunder with violence if necessary.
• Deprive: To take away
• Depute: Transfer power to someone
• Deregulate: To reduce regulations
• Derelict: Abandoned, run-down, very poor condition
• Derisive: Ridiculing, mocking
• Derision: Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
• Derivation: Origin or source of something.
• Derive: To take or receive from a source
• Derogate: Cause to seem less serious; play down
• Desecrate: Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect:
• Desertion: Act of leaving or abandoning
• Desiccate: To dry out thoroughly
• Desolate: Deserted and lonely
• Despicable: Deserving hatred or contempt
• Despot: A ruler with absolute power
• Despondent: Sad, without hope, discouraged
• Destitute: Extremely poor and lacking the means to provide for oneself
• Desultory: Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm:
• Deteriorate: To make or become worse
• Deterrence: Discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
• Detest: To hate, dislike very much, loathe
• Detonate: To explode
• Detractor: Someone who belittles something else
• Detriment: Harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage
• Deviant: Differing from the norm
• Devise: To think out, plan, invent, create
• Devoid: Not having or using; lacking
• Dexterity: Skill in performing tasks
• Diaphanous: Lightweight and transparent
• Didactic: Intended to instruct; having moral instruction as a motive
• Diffident: Shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved
• Dignify: Make more seem worthy and impressive:
• Digress: To go off the subject
• Dilapidated: Falling apart or ruined
• Dilatory: Intended to delay
• Dilemma: A difficult situation or problem
• Diligence: Steadiness of effort; persistent hard work
• Diminutive: Very small
• Dire: Extremely serious or urgent
• Disabuse: Persuade someone that an idea is mistaken:
• Disagreeable: Not pleasant or enjoyable
• Disambiguate: To make clear
• Disavow: To deny responsibility for
• Disband: To break up
• Discern: To see clearly, recognize
• Discerning: Having or showing good judgement
• Discomfit: To embarrass and confuse
• Disconcert: To frustrate; confuse
• Disconsolate: Very unhappy and unable to be comforted
• Discordant: Disagreeable in sound, lacking in harmony, conflicting
• Discourteous: Impolite
• Discrepancy: A lack of compatibility; a difference; lack of agreement
• Discretionary: Left to one's own judgement
• Discursive: Passing aimlessly from subject to another
• Disenchant: Cause someone to be disappointed:
• Disengage: Separate; disconnect
• Disgorge: Pour something out.
• Disgruntled: Angry or dissatisfied
• Dishearten: Cause someone to lose determination or confidence:
• Disincentive: Something that prevents or discourages action
• Disinclination: A reluctance or lack of enthusiasm
• Disingenuous: Insincere; not genuine