4000 CAE Vocabulary List

dabble:
v. splash liquid gently and playfully; undertake something without serious intent

dagger:
n. knife; a short pointed weapon with sharp edges

dainty:
n. delicately beautiful or charming; exquisite; gratification or pleasure taken in anything

damp:
a. humid; moist; slightly wet

dandy:
n. man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; something very good or agreeable

dangerous:
a. full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe

dangle:
v. hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion; swing, as something suspended loosely

dank:
a. disagreeably damp or humid; cold moisture; unpleasant humidity

darn:
v. mend, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by the needle; sew together with yarn or thread

dart:
v. move suddenly and rapidly

daunt:
v. frighten; abate the courage of; discourage

deadlock:
n. standstill resulting from the opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate

deadly:
a. fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death

debacle:
n. sudden downfall; complete disaster

debatable:
a. disputable; unsettled; open to doubt or debate

debate:
n. discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points

debauchery:
n. corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance; the excessive indulgence of the appetites

debrief:
v. to question someone after a military mission to obtain intelligence

debris:
n. remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

debut:
n. beginning or first attempt; first appearance before the public