| A | B |
|---|
| corroborate | to support with evidence, confirm a claim |
| decorum | conformity to accepted norms of behavior |
| defile | to make unclear or impure, desecrate |
| demonstrative | an open display of feelings |
| demystify | to make clear and thus less baffling |
| desolate | lonely, uninhabited |
| desultory | marked by a lack of a plan or purpose, lacking direction |
| dilatory | tending to delay or procrastinate |
| disabuse | to rid of false ideas, enlighten, free from error |
| disdain | to look on with scorn |
| disingenuous | giving a false appearance of simple frankness hence calculating and crafty |
| disparage | to run down, belittle, speak poorly of |
| diversion | something that diverts or amuses |
| divulge | to make known, reveal |
| docile | easy to manage, malleable |
| dogmatic | very stubborn adherence to beliefs |
| eclectic | selecting from a wide variety of sources, methods, or styles |
| effervescent | to give off bubbles and thus be bubbly, exuberant |
