v. indicate or specify; point out; assign a name or title to
E.g. I did not designate Mr. Irons as my representative, and as far as I know he acted on his own initiative and spoke for himself.
a. unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
E.g. The sounds of Nature are detailed with great delicacy in this appeal, and we see that the Alps are referred to as desolate regions.
v. decree or designate beforehand; fate
E.g. The eight elephants were to destine for zoos in Sydney and Melbourne have been in quarantine in Thailand since last October.
v. part; separate or disunite; disengage
E.g. He tried to detach the link from chain.
v. keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
E.g. The power to detain people without filing criminal charges against them is a dictatorial power.
v. keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting
E.g. He hopes a charge would not deter people from enjoying this great invention.
v. become worse; decline
E.g. The humanitarian situation in southeastern parts of the country continues to deteriorate, with increasing livestock deaths, serious shortage of water.
n. harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss
E.g. Any short-term detriment will be overwhelmed by the long-term utility of a station at Woolwich.
a. causing damage or harm; injurious
E.g. The candidate's acceptance of major financial contributions from a well known racist ultimately proved detrimental to his campaign, for he lost the backing of many of his early grassroots supporters.
v. ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
E.g. She says the disease has the potential to devastate Sudan, as HIV spreads quickly among the nation's youth.
v. turn away from a principle, norm; depart; diverge
E.g. Richard did not deviate from his daily routine: every day he set off for work at eight o'clock, had his sack lunch at 12:15, and headed home at the stroke of five.
v. form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
E.g. How clever he must be to devise such a devious plan!.
v. consume; eat greedily; destroy completely
E.g. He seemed to devour me with his flaming glance: physically, I felt, at the moment, powerless as stubble exposed to the draught and glow of a furnace: mentally, I still possessed my soul, and with it the certainty of ultimate safety.
v. analyze; examine; identify
E.g. How to diagnose a sick fish by their behavioral changes and what you can do to cure the illness.
n. graph; chart; figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement; plan
E.g. The pie diagram shows the level of spending on health in Japan.
n. vocabulary that is for a specific group of people
E.g. The immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English.
n. length of straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
E.g. The recommendations on dish diameter are based on the use of a perfectly shaped parabolic dish.
v. set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between
E.g. You can differentiate car parts by using different color markers; maybe you use one color for the left side and another for the right.
v. spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely
E.g. Hamilton wished to concentrate power; Jefferson to diffuse power.
a. in disrepair, run down; of very poor quality or condition
E.g. Rather than get discouraged, the architect saw great potential in the dilapidated house.
v. make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
E.g. I just had an eye exam and those eye drops that dilate your eyes makes things fuzzy!
a. assiduous; industrious; hard-working
E.g. It gratified all the vicious vanity that was in him; and so, instead of winning him, it only "set him up" the more and made him the more diligent to avoid betraying that he knew she was about.
v. weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
E.g. A couple of years back you very loudly opposed the creation of "60 MINUTES 2", I think, that it might dilute the brand that you helped build up.
v. dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
E.g. The only way to diminish mistakes is to bring competitors into the game.
n. loud, confused, harsh noise; loud, continuous, rattling or clanging sound
E.g. They were unable to sleep because of the din coming from the bar.
a. darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored
E.g. The only observation I have is the colors are a bit too gloomy and dingy.
n. one who is in charge to deal with others, like an ambassador, who is appointed to represent a government in relations with other governments
E.g. The diplomat solved the international problem by negotiating.
v. throw into disorder; break the array of.
E.g. Then the NASDAQ crash of 2000 left the US equity markets in disarray for more than a year.
v. throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
E.g. Right now, what we discard is an inherent part of what we consume.
v. detect; perceive
E.g. I discern in the course of the morning that Thornfield Hall was a changed place.
v. unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
E.g. I have no intention to disclose their names for security reason.
n. conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
E.g. Watching Tweedledum battle Tweedledee, Alice wondered what had caused this pointless discord.
n. lack of consistency; difference
E.g. The police noticed an obvious discrepancy in his description of the crime and did not believe him.
a. separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
E.g. The universe is composed of discrete bodies.
v. make a clear distinction; distinguish; make sensible decisions; judge wisely
E.g. It's not just a notion when 46 states can still discriminate against same-sex couples getting married.
v. view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
E.g. In the film Funny Face, the bookish heroine used to disdain fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests.
v. destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
E.g. The huge amount of work she had left to do might dismay her.
v. scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
E.g. The bright sunlight eventually might dispel the morning mist.
v. move away from each other; cause to separate; cause to become widely known
E.g. The police fired tear gas into the crowd to disperse the protesters.
v. move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
E.g. This war will displace lots of refugees from their villages.