daily adj. occurring on a regular basis

daily n. newspaper that is published 5 to 7 times a week

damage n. injury; harm

damage v. to cause harm; to cause injury; to destroy partly

dampen v. to make damp; to deaden, restrain, or depress

dash n. punctuation¹ mark indicating a break in a sentence; hyphen; bit; drop; pinch; rush; sprint²; onset³; race; vigor⁴; spirit

dash v. to move with sudden speed; to bolt; to shatter; to hurl⁵; to cast

date n. day, month and year according to the calendar; interview; meeting

deadline n. time when a project; assignment; task or job must be completed or turned in

deafening⁶ adj. to make deaf, especially momentarily by a loud noise; to make soundproof

deal n. agreement; business transaction; exchange; amount

deal v. to give; to provide; to offer; to distribute; to supply; to direct; to take care; to sell; to trade

dealer⁷ n. supplier; seller; merchant; agent; sales representative

dealing⁸ n. manner of doing business; behavior; distribution; giving out

debase v. to lower in character, quality, or value; degrade

debate n. argument; dispute; discussion; conversation

debate v. to argue; to discuss; to consider; to ponder

debris⁹ n. rubble¹⁰; ruins; wreckage¹¹; fragments

debt n. obligation; something owed (i.e. money)

debut¹² n. opening of a show; first public appearance

debut v. to perform for the first time; to make one's premiere performance

decade n. ten years; group of tens

deceive v. to cause to believe what is not true; mislead

declaration n. statement; proclamation; announcement

declare v. to proclaim; to make a statement; to make a full statement of (one's taxable or dutiable property)

decline n. downward; descent; slope; ebb¹³

decline v. to refuse; to go down; to decrease; to fall

decorate v. to furnish, provide, or adorn¹⁴ with something ornamental¹⁵; embellish¹⁶; to confer a medal or other honor on

decrease n. decline; reduction; lessening¹⁸

decrease v. to reduce; to lessen¹⁷; to decline

dedicate v. to devote to; to set apart for; to inscribe¹⁹ (a book, poem, song, story etc.) to someone

dedication²⁰ n. devotion; inscription²¹ (in a book, poem, etc.)

deduce v. to reach (a conclusion) by reasoning; to infer from a general principle; reason deductively

deduction²² n. the act of deducting²³; subtraction²⁴; an amount that is or may be deducted²⁵; the drawing of a conclusion by reasoning

defamation²⁶ n. The act of defaming; calumny²⁷

default n. failure to perform a duty; failure to pay on time; failure to appear in court; option on a computer which is automatically selected

default v. to fail to perform a duty; to fail to pay on time; to fail to appear in court

defect n. deficiency; flaw

defect v. to desert; to abandon; to change sides

defense²⁸ n. protection; security; rampart; shield

deference²⁹ n. submission³⁰ or courteous³¹ yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgment³² of another; courteous respect

define v. to explain; to clarify; to limit; to set boundaries

definition n. explanation; meaning; interpretation³³ (as of a word or term)

deform³⁴ v. to spoil the natural form of; misshape; to spoil the beauty or appearance of; disfigure

degrade v. to reduce in grade, rank, or status; demote; to lower in dignity; dishonor or disgrace; to lower in moral or intellectual character; debase

degree n. rank; extent; unit of measurement of temperature and angles; academic title received after completing a program of studies at a university or college, i.e.: MBA (Master of Business Administration)

deject v. to lower the spirits of; dishearten

delay n. postponement³⁶; hindrance³⁷; hold-up; stopping; lingering

delay v. to postpone³⁵; to hinder; to linger; to move slowly; to loiter

delegate n. representative; deputy; agent; participant of a conference, convention; seminar etc.

delegate v. to authorize³⁸; to appoint as representative; to pass a duty or responsibility on to someone else

delete v. to remove totally; to erase³⁹; to eliminate

deliberate adj. intentional⁴⁰; purposeful; methodical

delicious adj. tasty; having a pleasant taste or smell

delineate v. to draw or trace the outline of; sketch⁴¹ out; to represent pictorially⁴²; depict⁴³; to depict in words or gestures; describe

deliver v. to convey; to give; to bring; to distribute; to express

delivery n. distribution; liberation; transference

delude⁴⁴ v. to deceive the mind or judgment of

demeanor⁴⁵ n. behavior; conduct; bearing; appearance

demographics n. study of the statistical⁴⁶ characteristics of a population

demolish⁴⁷ v. to destroy; to ruin; to tear down; to remove

demonstrate v. to exhibit; to present; to display emotion; to display public opinion (through a protest march, meeting or any other action); to show or illustrate⁴⁸ something through example, or physical demonstrations⁵⁰

demonstration⁴⁹ n. exhibition; explanation; showing; display of public opinion (through a protest march, meeting or any other action); emotional display

denial n. refusal to accept; refusal to believe; refusal to recognize; act of denying

denominator n. shared characteristic; common feature; number below the line in a fraction (Mathematics)

denounce v. to condemn⁵¹ openly as being evil or reprehensible⁵²; to accuse formally

dense⁵³ adj. compact; having a high mass per unit volume; close

density⁵⁴ n. compactness; closeness

deny v. to say that something is not true; to refuse; to renounce⁵⁵

depart v. to leave; to go away; to go in a different direction; to die

departure n. leaving; going away; opposite of arrival

depend v. to rely on; to trust; to be dependent upon; to be supported by

dependent adj. relying on; needing (the help or support of another person); conditional⁵⁶; contingent⁵⁷

depict v. to describe; to illustrate; to characterize; to portray⁵⁸; to elucidate⁵⁹

deplete⁶⁰ v. to decrease the fullness of; use up or empty out

deplore⁶¹ v. to feel or express strong disapproval⁶² of; condemn; to express sorrow or grief over

deploy⁶³ v. to be spread out or arranged strategically (of troops, etc.); to move into a position of readiness and availability

deposit n. sum of money that has been put in a bank for safekeeping; partial payment; pledge

deposit v. to put a sum of money in a bank for safekeeping; to pay in part; to set down

deprivation⁶⁴ n. a removal of rank or office; a removal of rank or office; a removal of rank or office

deprive v. to take something away from; to keep from possessing or enjoying; deny; to remove from office

deregulate v. to free from regulation, especially to remove government regulations from

deregulation n. process of removing something from government control; transferal of ownership from government to private hands; privatization

dereliction n. willful neglect, as of duty or principle; the act of abandoning; abandonment

deride⁶⁵ v. to speak of or treat with contemptuous mirth

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