SAT word list 15

disheveled(adj)

untidy

disinclination(n)

reluctance

disinter(v)

to take of out of grave or tomb

disinterested(adj)

unprejudiced

disparage(v)

to belittle

disparate(adj)

distinct

disparity(n)

difference; discrepancy

dispassionate(adj)

not influenced by strong feeling

dispel(v)

to scatter

disperse(v)

to break up into; to cause evaporate; to spread wide

disputatious(ajd)

controversial

disquiet(v)

to disturb

dissemble(v)

to hide under false appearance

disseminate(v)

to spread abroad

dissent(v)

to differ in opinion

dissident(adj)

rebellious; hold different opinion

dissimulate(v)

to dissemble; to pretend

dissipate(v)

to drive off

dissolute(adj)

debauched

dissonance(n)

lack of harmony

dissuade(v)

to persuade someone against something

distend(v)

to swell

distraught(adj)

frightened

diurnal(adj)

active during the day

divest(v)

to deprive from

divulge(v)

to make known

docile(adj)

easily manageable; obedient

dogged(adj)

marked by stubborn determination

dogmatic(adj)

adamant

doldrum(n)

blues; despondency

doleful(adj)

sad

dolt(n)

idiot

domicile(n)

home

dormer(n)

roof with an extended window

dossier(n)

files

dote(v)

to spoil

dowdy(adj)

shabby

downcast(adj)

dejected

drab(adj)

dull; monotony

dregs(n)

useless sediment on liquid

drivel(n)

nonsense

droll(adj)

whimsical; humerous

dross(n)

impurities on metal

drudgery(n)

menial labor

ductile(adj)

capable of being drawn out into thread or wire

dulcet(adj)

pleasing to the ear

duplicity(n)

contradictory doubleness of thought, speech or action