| A | B |
| Dearth | lack of something |
| Deft | demonstrating skill and cleverness : |
| Deleterious | causing harm or damage |
| delude | deceive; fool |
| deluge | a severe flood. |
| diminutive | extremely or unusually small |
| disparage | regard or represent as being of little worth political candiate |
| dissonance | lack of harmony among musical notes |
| Divergent | ending to be different or develop in different directions interuptations |
| Divisive | tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people : the highly divisive issue of abortion. |
| Dynamic | positive in attitude and full of energy and new ideas : she's dynamic and determined. |