| A | B |
|---|
| Contemptuous | (adj) scornful, disdainful |
| Convergence | (n.) the state of separate elements joining or coming together |
| Deliberation | (n.) discussion or careful consideration of an issue |
| Debacle | (n.) disastrous collapse, total failure |
| Debunk | (v.) to expose the falseness of |
| Deferment | (n.) the act of delaying |
| Curtail | (v.) to shorten |
| Delineate | (v.) to portray, depict, describe |
| Demean | (v.) to degrade, humiliate, humble |
| Derelict | (adj.) neglectful of one's obligations; abandoned |
| Dilatory | (adj.) slow, tending to delay |
| Didactic | (adj.) excessively instructive |
| Disputant | (n.) someone in an argument |
| Disparage | (v.) to belittle, speak disrespectfully about |
| Discrepancy | (n.) difference between |
| Dogmatic | (adj.) rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated |
| Eclectic | (adj.) made up elements from different sources |
| Erratic | (adj.) unpredictable, inconsistent |
| Extant | (adj.) still in existence |
| Exacerbate | (v.) to aggravate, intensify the bad qualities of |
