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v. consume; eat greedily; destroy completely He seemed to devour me with his flaming glance: physically, I felt, at the moment, powerless as stubble exposed to the draught and glow of a furnace. |
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diagnose |
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v. analyze; examine; identify the cause of something How to diagnose a sick fish by their behavioral changes and what you can do to cure the illness. |
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diagram |
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n. graph; chart; figure or drawing made to illustrate a statement; plan The pie diagram shows the level of spending on health in Japan. |
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dialect |
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n. vocabulary that is for a specific group of people The immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English. |
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diameter |
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n. length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference The recommendations on dish diameter are based on the use of a perfectly shaped parabolic dish. |
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differentiate |
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v. set apart; distinguish; perceive or show the difference in or between You can differentiate car parts using different color markers; maybe you use one color for the left side and another for the right. |
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diffuse |
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v. spread out widely; scatter freely; pour out and cause to spread freely Hamilton wished to concentrate power; Jefferson to diffuse power. |
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dilapidated |
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a. in disrepair, run-down; of very poor quality or condition Rather than get discouraged, the architect saw great potential in the dilapidated house. |
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dilate |
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v. make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen I just had an eye exam, and that eye drops that dilate your eyes make things fuzzy! |
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diligent |
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a. assiduous; industrious; hard-working It gratified all the vicious vanity in him, so instead of winning him, it only set him up the more and made him the more diligent to avoid betraying what he knew. |
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dilute |
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v. weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water A couple of years back, you very loudly opposed the creation of '60 MINUTES 2'; I think it might dilute the brand you helped build up. |
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diminish |
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v. dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so The only way to diminish mistakes is to bring competitors into the game. |
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din |
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n. loud, confused, harsh noise; loud, continuous, rattling, or clanging sound They were unable to sleep because of the din coming from the bar. |
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dingy |
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a. darkened with smoke and grime; dirty or discolored The only observation I have is the colors are a bit too gloomy and dingy. |
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diplomat |
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n. one who is in charge to deal with others, like an ambassador, who is appointed to represent a government The diplomat solved the international problem by negotiating. |
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disarray |
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v. throw into disorder; break the array of. Then the NASDAQ crash of 2000 left the US equity markets in disarray for more than a year. |
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discard |
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v. throw out something from one's hand; get rid of Right now, what we discard is an inherent part of what we consume. |
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discern |
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v. detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear I discern in the course of the morning that Thornfield Hall was a changed place. |
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disclose |
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v. unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view I have no intention to disclose their names for security reasons. |
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discord |
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n. conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things Watching Tweedledum battle Tweedledee, Alice wondered what had caused this pointless discord. |