| A | B |
|---|
| dais | a raised platform |
| daunt | to intimidate or frighten |
| dearth | scarcity; paucity |
| debase | to lower in status or character |
| decoy | a lure or bait |
| defenestration | the act of throwing someone or something out a window. |
| delude | to decive |
| demur | to refuse; to turn down, especially in a hesitating manner |
| demure | modest; reserved; sometimes coy |
| deplete | to lessen the supply of |
| depraved | morally corrupt; debased; perverted |
| derangement | severe mental disorder; insanity |
| derogate | to detract; to take away; to cause to seem inferior |
| descry | to catch sight of something that is difficult to see |
| desultory | aimless; disconnecting; rambling |
| deter | to prevent or discourage from happening |
| devoid | completely lacking; empty; without |
| dexterous | skillful in the use of the body, especially the hands |
| diabolical | fiendish; devilish; nastily scheming |
| diaphanous | gauzy; translucent; see-through (not transparent) |
