IELTS VOCABULARY | LEARN ENGLISH | ENGLISH VOCABULARY
Daring | adv. | Brave. |
Darkling Ad | v. | Blindly. |
Darwinism | n. | The Doctrine That Natural Selection Has Been The Prime Cause Of Evolution Of Higher Forms. |
Dastard | n. | A Base Coward. |
Datum | n. | A Premise, Starting-Point, Or Given Fact. |
Dauntless | adv. | Fearless. |
Day-Man | n. | A Day-Laborer. |
Dead-Heat | n. | A Race In Which Two Or More Competitors Come Out Even, And There Is No Winner. |
Dearth | n. | Scarcity, As Of Something Customary, Essential ,Or Desirable. |
Death’S-Head | n. | A Human Skull As A Symbol Of Death. |
Debase | v. | To Lower In Character Or Virtue. |
Debatable | adv. | Subject To Contention Or Dispute. |
Decaliter | n. | A Liquid And Dry Measure Of 10 Liters. |
Decalogue | n. | The Ten Commandments. |
Decameron | n. | A Volume Consisting Of Ten Parts Or Books. |
Decameter | n. | A Length Of Ten Meters. |
Decamp | v. | To Leave Suddenly Or Unexpectedly. |
Decapitate | v. | To Behead. |
Deceitful | adv. | Fraudulent. |
Deceive | v. | To Mislead By Or As By Falsehood. |
Decency | n. | Moral Fitness. |
Decimate | v. | To Destroy A Measurable Or Large Proportion Of. |
Decipher | v. | To Find Out The True Words Or Meaning Of, As Something Hardly Legible. |
Declamation | n. | A Speech Recited Or Intended For Recitation From Memory In Public. |
Declamatory | adv. | A Full And Formal Style Of Utterance. |
Decorous | adv. | Suitable For The Occasion Or Circumstances. |
Decoy | n. | Anything That Allures, Or Is Intended To Allures Into Danger Or Temptatio |
Decrepit | adv. | Enfeebled, As By Old Age Or Some Chronic Infirmity. |
Dedication | n. | The Voluntary Consecration Or Relinquishment Of Something To An End Or Cause. |
Deduce | v. | To Derive Or Draw As A Conclusion By Reasoning From Given Premises Or Principles. |
Deface | v. | To Mar Or Disfigure The Face Or External Surface Of. |
Defalcate | v. | To Cut Off Or Take Away, As A Part Of Something. |
Defamation | n. | Malicious And Groundless Injury Done To The Reputation Or Good Name Of Another. |
Defame | v. | To Slander. |
Deference | n. | Respectful Submission Or Yielding, As To Another’S Opinion, Wishes, Or Judgment. |
Defiant | adv. | Characterized By Bold Or Insolent Oppositio |
Deficiency | n. | Lack Or Insufficiency. |
Defraud | v. | To Deprive Of Something Dishonestly. |
Deify | v. | To Regard Or Worship As A God. |
Deign | v. | To Deem Worthy Of Notice Or Account. |
Deist | n. | One Who Believes In God, But Denies Supernatural Revelatio |
Deity | n. | A God, Goddess, Or Divine Perso |
Deject | v. | To Dishearten. |
Dejection | n. | Melancholy. |
Delectable | adv. | Delightful To The Taste Or To The Senses. |
Delectation | n. | Delight. |
Deliquesce | v. | To Dissolve Gradually And Become Liquid By Absorption Of Moisture From The Air. |
Delirious | adv. | Raving. |
Delude | v. | To Mislead The Mind Or Judgment Of. |
Deluge | v. | To Overwhelm With A Flood Of Water. |
Delusion | n. | Mistaken Conviction, Especially When More Or Less Enduring. |
Demagnetize | v. | To Deprive (A Magnet) Of Magnetism. |
Demagogue | n. | An Unprincipled Politicia |
Demeanor | n. | Deportment. |
Demented | adv. | Insane. |
Demerit | n. | A Mark For Failure Or Bad Conduct. |
Demise | n. | Death. |
Demobilize | v. | To Disband, As Troops. |
Demolish | v. | To Annihilate. |
Demonstrable | adv. | Capable Of Positive Proof. |
Demonstrate | v. | To Prove Indubitably. |
Demurrage | n. | The Detention Of A Vessel Beyond The Specified Time Of Sailing. |
Dendroid | adv. | Like A Tree. |
Dendrology | n. | The Natural History Of Trees. |
Denizen | n. | Inhabitant. |
Denominate | v. | To Give A Name Or Epithet To. |
Denomination | n. | A Body Of Christians United By A Common Faith And Form Of Worship And Discipline. |
Denominator | n. | Part Of A Fraction Which Expresses The Number Of Equal Parts Into Which The Unit Is Divided. |
Denote | v. | To Designate By Word Or Mark. |
Dentifrice | n. | Any Preparation Used For Cleaning The Teeth. |
Denude | v. | To Strip The Covering From. |
Denunciation | n. | The Act Of Declaring An Action Or Person Worthy Of Reprobation Or Punishment. |
Deplete | v. | To Reduce Or Lessen, As By Use, Exhaustion, Or Waste. |
Deplorable | adv. | Contemptible. |
Deplore | v. | To Regard With Grief Or Sorrow. |
Deponent | adv. | Laying Dow |
Depopulate | v. | To Remove The Inhabitants From. |
Deport | v. | To Take Or Send Away Forcibly, As To A Penal Colony. |
Deportment | n. | Demeanor. |
Deposition | n. | Testimony Legally Taken On Interrogatories And Reduced To Writing, For Use As Evidence In Court. |
Depositor | n. | One Who Makes A Deposit, Or Has An Amount Deposited. |
Depository | n. | A Place Where Anything Is Kept In Safety. |
Deprave | v. | To Render Bad, Especially Morally Bad. |
Deprecate | v. | To Express Disapproval Or Regret For, With Hope For The Opposite. |
Depreciate | v. | To Lessen The Worth Of. |
Depreciation | n. | A Lowering In Value Or An Underrating In Worth. |
Derelict | adv. | Neglectful Of Obligatio |
Derivation | n. | That Process By Which A Word Is Traced From Its Original Root Or Primitive Form And Meaning. |
Derivative | adv. | Coming Or Acquired From Some Origi |
Derive | v. | To Deduce, As From A Premise. |
Dermatology | n. | The Branch Of Medical Science Which Relates To The Skin And Its Diseases. |
Derrick | n. | An Apparatus For Hoisting And Swinging Great Weights. |
Descendant | n. | One Who Is Descended Lineally From Another, As A Child, Grandchild, Etc. |
Descendent | adv. | Proceeding Downward. |
Descent | n. | The Act Of Moving Or Going Downward. |
Descry | v. | To Discern. |
Desert | v. | To Abandon Without Regard To The Welfare Of The Abandoned |
Desiccant | n. | Any Remedy Which, When Applied Externally, Dries Up Or Absorbs Moisture, As That Of Wounds. |
Designate | v. | To Select Or Appoint, As By Authority. |
Desist | v. | To Cease From Action. |
Desistance | n. | Cessatio |
Despair | n. | Utter Hopelessness And Despondency. |
Desperado | n. | One Without Regard For Law Or Life. |
Desperate | adv. | Resorted To In A Last Extremity, Or As If Prompted By Utter Despair. |
Despicable | adv. | Contemptible. |
Despond | v. | To Lose Spirit, Courage, Or Hope. |
Despondent | adv. | Disheartened. |
Despot | n. | An Absolute And Irresponsible Monarch. |
Despotism | n. | Any Severe And Strict Rule In Which The Judgment Of The Governed Has Little Or No Part. |
Destitute | adv. | Poverty-Stricke |
Desultory | adv. | Not Connected With What Precedes. |
Deter | v. | To Frighten Away. |
Deterrent | adv. | Hindering From Action Through Fear. |
Detest | v. | To Dislike Or Hate With Intensity. |
Deviate | v. | To Take A Different Course. |
Devilry | n. | Malicious Mischief. |
Devout | adv. | Religious. |
Dexterity | n. | Readiness, Precision, Efficiency, And Ease In Any Physical Activity Or In Any Mechanical Work. |
Diabolic | adv. | Characteristic Of The Devil. |
Diacritical | adv. | Marking A Difference. |
Diagnose | v. | To Distinguish, As A Disease, By Its Characteristic Phenomena. |
Diagnosis | n. | Determination Of The Distinctive Nature Of A Disease. |
Dialect | n. | Forms Of Speech Collectively That Are Peculiar To The People Of A Particular District. |
Dialectician | n. | A Logicia |
Dialogue | n. | A Formal Conversation In Which Two Or More Take Part. |
Diaphanous | adv. | Transparent. |
Didactic | adv. | Pertaining To Teaching. |
Difference | n. | Dissimilarity In Any Respect. |
Differentia | n. | Any Essential Characteristic Of A Species By Reason Of Which It Differs From Other Species. |
Differential | adv. | Distinctive. |
Differentiate | v. | To Acquire A Distinct And Separate Character. |
Diffidence | n. | Self-Distrust. |
Diffident | adv. | Affected Or Possessed With Self-Distrust. |
Diffusible | adv. | Spreading Rapidly Through The System And Acting Quickly. |
Diffusion | n. | Dispersio |
Dignitary | n. | One Who Holds High Rank. |
Digraph | n. | A Union Of Two Characters Representing A Single Sound. |
Digress | v. | To Turn Aside From The Main Subject And For A Time Dwell On Some Incidental Matter. |
Dilate | v. | To Enlarge In All Directions. |
Dilatory | adv. | Tending To Cause Delay. |
Dilemma | n. | A Situation In Which A Choice Between Opposing Modes Of Conduct Is Necessary. |
Dilettante | n. | A Superficial Amateur. |
Dimly Ad | v. | Obscurely. |
Diphthong | n. | The Sound Produced By Combining Two Vowels In To A Single Syllable Or Running Together The Sounds. |
Diplomacy | n. | Tact, Shrewdness, Or Skill In Conducting Any Kind Of Negotiations Or In Social Matters. |
Diplomat | n. | A Representative Of One Sovereign State At The Capital Or Court Of Another. |
Disallow | v. | To Withhold Permission Or Sanction. |
Disbeliever | n. | One Who Refuses To Believe. |
Disburden | v. | To Disencumber. |
Disburse | v. | To Pay Out Or Expend, As Money From A Fund. |
Discard | v. | To Reject. |
Discernible | adv. | Perceivable. |
Disclaim | v. | To Disavow Any Claim To, Connection With, Or Responsibility To. |
Discolor | v. | To Stain. |
Discomfit | v. | To Put To Confusion. |
Discover | v. | To Get First Sight Or Knowledge Of, As Something Previously Unknown Or Unperceived. |
Discredit | v. | To Injure The Reputation Of. |
Discreet | adv. | Judicious. |
Discrepant | adv. | Opposite. |
Discriminate | v. | To Draw A Distinction. |
Discursive | adv. | Passing From One Subject To Another. |
Discussion | n. | Debate. |
Disenfranchise | v. | To Deprive Of Any Right Privilege Or Power |
Disengage | v. | To Become Detached. |
Disfavor | n. | Disregard. |
Disfigure | v. | To Impair Or Injure The Beauty, Symmetry, Or Appearance Of. |
Disinterested | adv. | Impartial. |
Disjunctive | adv. | Helping Or Serving To Disconnect Or Separate. |
Dislocate | v. | To Put Out Of Proper Place Or Order. |
Disown | v. | To Refuse To Acknowledge As One’S Own Or As Connected With Oneself. |
Disparage | v. | To Regard Or Speak Of Slightingly. |
Disparity | n. | Inequality. |
Dispel | v. | To Drive Away By Or As By Scattering In Different Directions. |
Dispensation | n. | That Which Is Bestowed On Or Appointed To One From A Higher Power. |
Displace | v. | To Put Out Of The Proper Or Accustomed Place. |
Dispossess | v. | To Deprive Of Actual Occupancy, Especially Of Real Estate. |
Disputation | n. | Verbal Controversy. |
Disqualify | v. | To Debar. |
Disrupt | v. | To Burst Or Break Asunder. |
Dissatisfy | v. | To Displease. |
Dissect | v. | To Cut Apart Or To Pieces. |
Dissection | n. | The Act Or Operation Of Cutting In Pieces, Specifically Of A Plant Or An Animal. |
Dissipate | v. | To Disperse Or Disappear. |
Dissipation | n. | The State Of Being Dispersed Or Scattered. |
Dissolute | adv. | Lewd. |
Dissonant | adv. | Harsh Or Disagreeable In Sound. |
Dissuade | v. | To Change The Purpose Or Alter The Plans Of By Persuasion, Counsel, Or Pleading. |
Dissuasion | n. | The Act Of Changing The Purpose Of Or Altering The Plans Of Through Persuasion, Or Pleading. |
Distemper | n. | A Disease Or Malady. |
Distend | v. | To Stretch Out Or Expand In Every Direction. |
Distensible | adv. | Capable Of Being Stretched Out Or Expanded In Every Directio |
Distention | n. | Expansio |
Distill | v. | To Extract Or Produce By Vaporization And Condensation. |
Distillation | n. | Separation Of The More Volatile Parts Of A Substance From Those Less Volatile. |
Distiller | n. | One Occupied In The Business Of Distilling Alcoholic Liquors. |
Distinction | n. | A Note Or Designation Of Honor, Officially Recognizing Superiority Or Success In Studies. |
Distrust | n. | Lack Of Confidence In The Power, Wisdom, Or Good Intent Of Any Perso |
Disunion | n. | Separation Of Relations Or Interests. |
Disyllable | n. | A Word Of Two Syllables. |
Diurnal | adv. | Daily. |
Divagation | n. | Digressio |
Diversity | n. | Dissimilitude. |
Divisible | adv. | Capable Of Being Separated Into Parts. |
Divisor | n. | That By Which A Number Or Quantity Is Divided. |
Divulge | v. | To Tell Or Make Known, As Something Previously Private Or Secret. |
Divulgence | n. | A Divulging. |
Docile | adv. | Easy To Manage. |
Docket | n. | The Registry Of Judgments Of A Court. |
Doe | n. | The Female Of The Deer. |
Dogma | n. | A Statement Of Religious Faith Or Duty Formulated By A Body Claiming Authority. |
Dogmatic | adv. | Making Statements Without Argument Or Evidence. |
Dogmatize | v. | To Make Positive Assertions Without Supporting Them By Argument Or Evidence. |
Dolorous | adv. | Expressing Or Causing Sorrow Or Pai |
Domain | n. | A Sphere Or Field Of Action Or Interest. |
Domesticity | n. | Life In Or Fondness For One’S Home And Family. |
Domicile | n. | The Place Where One Lives. |
Dominance | n. | Ascendancy. |
Dominant | adv. | Conspicuously Prominent. |
Dominate | v. | To Influence Controllingly. |
Domination | n. | Control By The Exercise Of Power Or Constituted Authority. |
Doubly Ad | v. | In Twofold Degree Or Extent. |
Dowry | n. | The Property Which A Wife Brings To Her Husband In Marriage. |
Drachma | n. | A Modern And An Ancient Greek Coi |
Dragnet | n. | A Net To Be Drawn Along The Bottom Of The Water. |
Dragoon | n. | In The British Army, A Cavalryma |
Drainage | n. | The Means Of Draining Collectively, As A System Of Conduits, Trenches, Pipes, Etc. |
Dramatist | n. | One Who Writes Plays. |
Dramatize | v. | To Relate Or Represent In A Dramatic Or Theatrical Manner. |
Drastic | adv. | Acting Vigorously. |
Drought | n. | Dry Weather, Especially When So Long Continued As To Cause Vegetation To Wither. |
Drowsy | adv. | Heavy With Sleepiness. |
Drudgery | n. | Hard And Constant Work In Any Menial Or Dull Occupatio |
Dubious | adv. | Doubtful. |
Duckling | n. | A Young Duck. |
Ductile | adv. | Capable Of Being Drawn Out, As Into Wire Or A Thread. |
Duet | n. | A Composition For Two Voices Or Instruments. |
Dun | v. | To Make A Demand Or Repeated Demands On For Payment. |
Dwindle | v. | To Diminish Or Become Less. |
Dyne | n. | The Force Which, Applied To A Mass Of One Gram For 1 Second, Would Give It A Velocity Of 1 Cm/S. |