v. fall apart; become reduced to components, fragments, or particles
E.g. Officers worry Iraqi Army will disintegrate after U.S. draws down.
a. causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
E.g. Fleming said he had left his party because of a dismal lack of democracy in party structures.
v. disarrange; disorder; destroy the organization; make less organized
E.g. It takes a short while to disorganize a team in critical situation.
v. distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
E.g. I was told that occasionally there is no medication to dispense, sometimes because of a lack of money but other times because of no drugs available in our remote area.
v. move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
E.g. This war will displace lots of refugees from their villages.
v. exhibit; present or hold up to view; show; demonstrate; give evidence of; manifest
E.g. The airport authorities decided to remove all Christmas trees because a Jewish rabbi threatened to sue them if they didn't also display a menorah.
v. get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange
E.g. Do not use them to dispose of household trash.
v. ignore; discount; take no notice of
E.g. Another, who had sat on the search committee, said they might disregard their artistic expertise.
n. discredit; dishonor; the state of being held in low esteem
E.g. Because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute.
n. lack of respect for; disrespectful mental attitude
E.g. He's angry with me for my disrespect, and also for misusing the some words.
v. distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
E.g. By their use of the Internet, propagandists have been able to disseminate their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.
n. formal essay; paper written by candidate for doctoral degree at university
E.g. In order to earn a graduate degree from many of our universities, a candidate is frequently required to prepare a dissertation on some scholarly subject.
a. far in space or time; cold in manner
E.g. His distant greeting made me feel unwelcome from the start.
a. expressing aversion or dislike; disagreeable
E.g. Yet, after all, as a friend and companion, I hope never to become quite distasteful to my dear master.
v. give off liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
E.g. And if you feel you must distill the history from the fiction, then you are welcome to do research of your own.
n. excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
E.g. A slave, of course, in distinction from a free woman, is not permitted complaints.
ad. in a distinctive manner; in a way that is notable for its difference; plainly
E.g. They plan to visit a distinctively conservative district of the county.
v. cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
E.g. No need to distract from the center ring of this circus.
n. discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
E.g. Nations have been in distress from the days of Julius Caesar.
v. hand out; disseminate; allocate
E.g. They are planning to buy some main firms that distribute gas to European consumers.
n. disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder
E.g. The disturbance comes just as India's government is trying to reform the country's police services.
v. distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
E.g. The UN Security Council should threaten sanctions against those who divert cocoa revenue into West African conflicts.
n. end a marriage; legal dissolution of a marriage
E.g. Does that mean that the well-known and often-quoted statistic of 50% of all marriages end in divorce is no longer true?
a. having or causing a whirling sensation
E.g. I am a bit dizzy from the effort of writing and distributing, and receiving the responses.
n. film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; of or derived from documents
E.g. Therefore, I have decided not to submit this film for consideration for the best documentary Oscar.
n. large slender game fish widely distributed in warm seas; various marine cetacean mammals
E.g. If a dolphin is an intelligent agent, would we not include it as a likely candidate?
n. field; territory over which rule or control is exercised; networked computers that share a common address
E.g. Our cat knows who the queen of the domain is.
a. house-hold; of or relating to the home ; within the country or home
E.g. Only a substantial increase in the price of domestic fuel will make local refineries more profitable.
v. grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
E.g. It says malnutrition rates are close to emergency levels and is calling on the public to donate money for clean water, medicine and sanitation.
n. grant; act of giving to a fund or cause
E.g. However, viewers can watch it online or download the film for free by clicking here - a donation is highly recommended.
n. giver; one that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund
E.g. Medical workers on trial face criminal charges that range from professional recklessness to illegal sale of donor blood.
a. distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
E.g. Alice was rather doubtful whether she ought not to lie down on her face like the three gardeners.
n. draw out; flow out; waste
E.g. If there is brain drain from a particular country, it can scarcely develop.
n. emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid
E.g. Look at the report and be prepared to be shocked by the photo of the main drainage canal.
n. disadvantage or inconvenience; shortcoming; refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes
E.g. The main drawback is that the lawn could sink as the old turf rots, so you need to build it up a little higher than you might otherwise, to allow for shrinkage.
n. fearful or distasteful anticipation; terror; horror
E.g. While the seamen, pointing fingers, shrink in dread, and cry, 'Turn back!”
a. gloomy; dismal; dark, colorless, or cheerless
E.g. Boston has had a fair share of cold, rainy and just plain dreary weather over the last couple of months
v. float; moving aimlessly; wander
E.g. The girl saw her balloon drift eastward and disappeared finally.
n. driving; a force impelling or urging forward; impulse
E.g. Our drift is to the south-east, or south-south-east, at the rate of at least two miles an hour.
n. dry period; aridity; long period of abnormally low rainfall
E.g. The fires have taken hold because of drought and an infestation of bark beetle, which has left millions of dead trees.