4000 Eiken Vocabulary List

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

dampen:
v. moisten; lessen in force or effect

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

daring:
a. bold; brave and taking risks

dart:
v. move suddenly and rapidly

data:
n. collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem

date:
v. mark the time of; assign a date to

dated:
a. old-fashioned; obsolete

dawn:
n. time each morning at which daylight first begins; beginning; start

dawning:
n. first light of day; first advent or appearance

dazzling:
a. bright or brilliant; extremely attractive or exciting

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

deaf:
a. unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; unwilling to hear or listen; regardless; not to be persuaded

deal:
n. part or portion; share;  indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent;  distribution; arrangement

dean:
n. a dignitary or presiding officer; head in the faculty of some colleges or universities

dearth:
n. scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops

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

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

debt:
n. liability; obligation; money or goods or services owed by one person to another

decadent:
a. self-indulgent; moral decay