D

• dearth - scarcity
• decant - to pour
• decrepit - elderly, worn out from age
• deference - respect, submission
• deleterious - harmful
• demagogue - agitator
• desecrate - to disrespect
• desiccate - to dry out
• desist - stop, cease, or abstain
• despot - a ruler with absolute power (D)
• diatribe - bitter verbal attack
• didactic - to instruct
• diffident - shy, lacks self-confidence
• dilatory - slow, unhurried, tardy
• dilettante - amateur
• dirge - funeral hymn, mouric music
• discomfit - to embarrass
• disconsolate - unhappy, doleful
• disingenuous - insincere
• disparage - to belittle
• dissembler - hypocrite
• dossolute - unprincipled, promiscuous
• diurnal - daily
• dolorous - doleful, distressed
• draconian - strict rules
• dregs - remnant, leftovers
• ductile - pliable
• duplicitous - deceitful