diurnal | a. daily; relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period |
diverge | v. vary; go in different directions from the same point |
divergence | n. difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction |
doctrinaire | a. unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding |
doff | v. take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard |
doggerel | n. poor verse; of crude or irregular construction |
dogmatic | a. stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid |
doldrums | n. period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity |
doleful | a. sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful |
domesticate | v. cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
draconian | a. extremely harsh; very severe, oppressive, or strict |
drawl | n. speaking with the slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit; lengthened, slow monotonous utterance |
dross | n. waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter |
ductile | a. easily influenced; flexible; pliable |
dunce | n. backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt |
duplicity | n. double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith. |
dwindle | v. shrink; reduce in size; become less |
ebullient | a. showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm |
eccentricity | n. oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center |
eclecticism | n. any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles |
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