| A | B |
| disapprobation (n) | disapproval |
| discerning (adj) | insightful; mentally sharp |
| discordant (adj) | not in harmony; disagreeing; quarrelsome |
| disparage (v) | to belittle; decry |
| disputatious (adj) | argumentative |
| disingenuous (adj) | lacking sincerity; giving false appearance of simple frankness |
| dissonance (n) | discord; harsh sound |
| cacophony (n) | harsh, unpleasant sound |
| dissemble (v) | disguise, simulate, conceal under some pretense |
| dissuade (v) | to advise against |
| disseminate (v) | to scatter, disperse throughout (like seeds) |
| corporal (adj) | relating to the body |
| corpulent (adj) | heavy-set, pudgy |
| incorporate (v) | to unite into a legal body |
| corporate (adj) | relating to a united legal body |
| per capita (Latin) | for each person; per person |
| decapitate (v) | to cut off the head |
| capitulate (v) | to give up, surrender |
| precipice (n) | steep drop, cliff |
| recapitulate (v) | to summarize |
| accord (n) | harmony, agreement |
| concord (n) | agreement |
| cordial (adj) | warm-hearted, polite |
| discord (n) | disagreement, lack of harmony |
| precipitate (v) | to cause or bring about; to fall into some condition |
| precipitous (adj) | very steep |
| emancipate (v) | to set free; enfranchise |
| manacles (n) | handcuffs, shackles |
| manicure (v) | to trim neatly and evenly |
| manure (n) | animal dung |
| manumission (n) | freedom from slavery |
| manumit (v) | to free from slavery |
| manuscript (n) | hand-written document |
| manifest (v) | to reveal, display, show clearly |
| manifestation (n) | revelation, indication |
| genuflect (v) | to kneel, bend at the knee |
| guttural (adj) | discribing a sound from the throat; marked by a strange, unpleasant sound |
| gutturalize (v) | to produce sound from the throat |
| capillary (n) | small, hairlike blood vessel |
| depilatory (n) | product which removes hair or wool |
| inoculate (v) | to give preventitive medicine; vaccinate |
| ocular (adj) | related to the eye |