| A | B |
| diminution | a lessening |
| discerning | keenly perceptive; shrewd |
| disdain | a feeling of contempt for anything that is regarded as unworthy; scorn |
| dismantle | to pull down; to take apart |
| disparage | to discredit; to belittle |
| disparity | lack of equality; difference |
| disperse | to send off in different directions |
| disposition | nature; tendency |
| dissipated | indulging excessively in wasteful pleasures |
| distraught | in a state of mental conflict and confusion; distracted |