diurnal:
a. daily; relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period | diverge:
v. vary; go in different directions from the same point |
divergence:
n. difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction | doctrinaire:
a. unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding |
doff:
v. take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard | doggerel:
n. poor verse; of crude or irregular construction |
dogmatic:
a. stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid | doldrums:
n. period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity |
doleful:
a. sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful | domesticate:
v. cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
draconian:
a. extremely harsh; very severe, oppressive, or strict | drawl:
n. speaking with the slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit; lengthened, slow monotonous utterance |
dross:
n. waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter | ductile:
a. easily influenced; flexible; pliable |
dunce:
n. backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt | duplicity:
n. double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith. |
dwindle:
v. shrink; reduce in size; become less | ebullient:
a. showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm |
eccentricity:
n. oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center | eclecticism:
n. any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles |
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