How to use this word list: (1) Read the list silently at first and understand the meaning of the words; and (2) To practice your pronunciation, read the words and their definitions, or the words only, at your full speaking volume.
Parts of speech: n. (noun) - a name word; (verb) - an action word; ad. (adjective/adverb) - a describing word; prep. (preposition) - a word used to show a relation; pro. (pronoun) - a word used in place of a noun; conj. (conjunction) - a joining word
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- dam - n. a wall built across a river to hold back flowing water
- damage - v. to cause injury or destruction; n. harm; hurt or injury, usually to things
- dance - v. to move the body and feet to music; n. a series of steps, usually to music
- danger - n. a strong chance of suffering injury, damage or loss
- dark - ad. having little or no light (“The room was dark.”)
- date - n. an expression of time; a day, month and year
- daughter - n. a person's female child
- day - n. twenty-four hours; the hours of sunlight
- dead - ad. not living
- deaf - ad. not able to hear
- deal - v. to have to do with (“The talks will deal with the problem of pollution.”); to buy or sell (“Her company deals in plastic.”)
- debate - v. to argue for or against something; n. a public discussion or argument
- debt - n. something that is owed; the condition of owing
- decide - v. to choose; to settle; to judge
- declare - v. to say; to make a statement
- decrease - v. to make less in size or amount
- deep - ad. going far down; a long way from top to bottom
- defeat - v. to cause to lose in a battle or struggle; n. a loss; the condition of having lost
- defend - v. to guard or fight against attack; to protect
- deficit - n. a shortage that results when spending is greater than earnings, or imports are greater than exports
- define - v. to give the meaning of; to explain
- degree - n. a measure of temperature
- delay - v. to decide to do something at a later time; to postpone; to cause to be late
- delegate - n. one sent to act for another; one who represents another
- demand - v. to ask by ordering; to ask with force
- democracy - n. the system of government in which citizens vote to choose leaders or to make other important decisions
- demonstrate - v. to make a public show of opinions or feelings (“The crowd demonstrated in support of human rights.”); to explain by using examples (“The teacher demonstrated the idea with an experiment.”)
- denounce - v. to accuse of being wrong or evil; to criticize severely
- deny - v. to declare that something is not true; to refuse a request
- depend - v. to need help and support
- deplore - v. to regret strongly; to express sadness
- deploy - v. to move forces or weapons into positions for action
- depression - n. severe unhappiness; a period of reduced business and economic activity during which many people lose their jobs
- describe - v. to give a word picture of something; to give details of something
- desert - n. a dry area of land
- design - v. to plan or create plans for
- desire - v. to want very much; to wish for
- destroy - v. to break into pieces; to end the existence of
- detail - n. a small part of something; a small piece of information
- develop - v. to grow; to create; to experience progress
- device - n. a piece of equipment made for a special purpose
- dictator - n. a ruler with complete power
- die - v. to become dead; to stop living; to end
- diet - n. usual daily food and drink
- different - ad. not the same
- difficult - ad. not easy; hard to do, make or carry out
- dig - v. to make a hole in the ground
- dinner - n. the main amount of food eaten at a usual time (“The family had its dinner at noon.”); a special event that includes food (“The official dinner took place at the White House.”)
- diplomat - n. a person who represents his or her government in dealing with another government
- direct - v. to lead; to aim or show the way (“He directed me to the theater.”); ad. straight to something; not through some other person or thing (“The path is direct.”)
- direction - n. the way (east, west, north, south); where someone or something came from or went to
- dirt - n. earth or soil
- disappear - v. to become unseen; to no longer exist
- disarm - v. to take away weapons; to no longer keep weapons; to make a bomb harmless by removing its exploding device
- discover - v. to find or learn something
- discuss - v. to talk about; to exchange ideas
- disease - n. a sickness in living things, often caused by viruses, germs or bacteria
- dismiss - v. to send away; to refuse to consider
- dispute - v. to oppose strongly by argument; n. an angry debate
- dissident - n. a person who strongly disagrees with his or her government
- distance - n. the amount of space between two places or objects (“The distance from my house to your house is two kilometers.”)
- dive - v. to jump into water head first
- divide - v. to separate into two or more parts
- do - v. to act; to make an effort
- doctor - n. a person trained in medicine to treat sick people
- document - n. an official piece of paper with facts written on it, used as proof or support of something
- dog - n. a small animal that often lives with humans
- dollar - n. United States money, one hundred cents
- door - n. an opening for entering or leaving a building or room
- down - ad. from higher to lower; in a low place
- dream - v. to have a picture or story in the mind during sleep; n. a picture or story in the mind during sleep; a happy idea about the future
- drink - v. to take liquid into the body through the mouth
- drive - v. to control a moving vehicle
- drop - v. to fall or let fall; to go lower
- drown - v. to die under water
- drug - n. anything used as a medicine or in making medicine; a chemical substance used to ease pain or to affect the mind
- dry - ad. not wet; without rain
- during - ad. through the whole time; while (something is happening)
- dust - n. pieces of matter so small that they can float in the air
- duty - n. one’s job or responsibility; what one must do because it is right and just
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