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| Definition | |
|---|---|
| Dalai Lama |
The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. |
| debate |
Noun: An argument or discussion of opposing views or different ideas. Verb: To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. (debates, debating, debated) |
| deface |
Verb: To damage or spoil the appearance of something. (defaces, defacing, defaced) |
| default |
Noun: A selection made automatically or without thought, ususally due to lack of another choice. |
| deficiency |
Noun: Inadequacy or incompleteness; missing something. |
| dehydrated |
Adjective: Dry; suffering from lack of water. |
| delegation |
Noun: A group of people who represent the interests of a larger group. |
| deliberate |
Adjective: Intentional; on purpose. |
| delinquency |
Noun: Misconduct or criminal behavior. |
| demonstrate |
Verb: To display; to show; to prove. (demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstrated) |
| denounce |
Verb: To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse. (denounces, denouncing, denounced) |
| dense |
Adjective: Crowded with information. |
| deny |
Verb: To refuse to admit; to say something is false. (denies, denying, denied) |
| dependent |
Noun: A person who legally relies on another person for financial support. |
| deport |
Verb: To force a person who is not a citizen to leave a country. (deports, deported, deporting) |
| depression |
Noun: A state of mind producing serious, long-term unhappiness or inability to visualize a happy future. |
| deprivation |
Noun: The act of taking something away or denying someone something. |
| descent |
Noun: Lineage or hereditary derivation. |
| destiny |
Noun: Fate; that to which a person is destined. |
| detain |
Verb: To be held back; to be placed into police custody. (detains, detaining, detained) |
| detainee |
Noun: A person imprisoned or held in custody, especially for political reasons. |
| determined |
Adjective: Dedicated to following a course of action; decided; resolute. |
| detract |
Verb: To take away; to withdraw or remove. (detracts, detracting, detracted) |
| detriment |
Noun: A cause of harm or damage. |
| devoted |
Adjective: Dedicated; committed to something. |
| devotion |
Noun: Feelings of strong dedication. |
| devout |
Adjective: Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious. |
| dialect |
Noun: A particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. |
| dichotomy |
Noun: A division into or distinction between two groups that differ greatly. |
| dictator |
Noun: A ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has gained power by force. |
| diplomat |
Noun: An official representative of a government that represents that government when interacting with a separate government. |
| disciplinarian |
Noun: One who punishes others for bad behavior or teaches others to obey authority. |
| discipline |
Verb: To punish for bad behavior; to teach someone to obey authority. (disciplines, disciplining, disciplined) |
| discriminate |
Verb: To make decisions based on fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.. (discriminates, discriminating, discriminated) |
| discrimination |
Noun: Unfair treatment of an individual or group based on their religion, ethnicity, or other reason. |
| displace |
Verb: To move something or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland (displaces, displacing, displaced). |
| distinct |
Adjective: Noticeably different; different from one another. |
| distorted |
Adjective: Twisted; deformed; misshapen. |
| distracted |
Adjective: Having one's attention diverted; preoccupied. |
| distribute |
Verb: To divide into portions and hand out. (distributes, distributing, distributed) |
| diverse |
Adjective: Different. |
| diversity |
Noun: The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness; variety. |
| document |
Noun: An official paper that provides proof of something, like birth or citizenship. Verb: To record. (documents, documenting, documented) |
| documentation |
Noun: Proof of something in the form of documents or papers. |
| dorm |
Noun: Short for dormitory, a building or part of a building which houses students, soldiers, monks, etc., who sleep there and use communal facilities. |
| dormant |
Adjective: Inactive; asleep; suspended. |
| dowry |
Noun: Property or payment given by a wife or her family to a husband at the time of marriage. |
| draft |
Verb: To conscript a person, force a person to serve in the military. (drafts, drafting, drafted) |
| drive |
Verb: To motivate; to provide an incentive for; to compel. (drives, driving, drove, driven) |
| drought |
Noun: A long period of time when no rain falls. |