Lesson 17   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
disseminate
dissent
dissociate
distaste
distinct
distinction
distinctive
diurnal
diverge
divert
divulge
domestic
domineer
dormant
droll
drowsy
dunce
dune
duplicity
durable
duration
dutiful
dwindle
dynamic
eccentric
 
 


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      dunce 1. a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt; dizzard; booby; dodunk
___________________________ 2. to rule or exercise power in an arrogant or arbitrary manner; tyrannize; prevail; reign; predominate
___________________________ 3. to disagree with or reject something, esp. prevailing or official views, doctrines, customs, or the like; vary
___________________________ 4. serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing; proper
___________________________ 5. able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring; permanent; perduring
___________________________ 6. constantly active or changing, usu. in productive ways; working; functioning
___________________________ 7. of or belonging to the daytime (opposed to nocturnal); daily; quotidian
___________________________ 8. particularly fond of the home or maintaining a home; family
___________________________ 9. to become or cause to become gradually smaller or less until almost nothing remains; diminish; shrink; lessen; taper
___________________________ 10. deceitfulness in speech or conduct; speaking or acting in two different ways concerning the same matter with intent to deceive; double-dealing; dissimulation; cunning
___________________________ 11. to subject to dissociation; disengage; disconnect; detach
___________________________ 12. to disclose or reveal (something private, secret, or previously unknown); mouth; give; blab
___________________________ 13. distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes fol. by from); discrete; several
___________________________ 14. resulting from or characterized by a sleepy or lethargic condition; snoozy; nodding
___________________________ 15. to turn aside or from a path or course; deflect; whip; sheer
___________________________ 16. the recognizing or noting of differences; discrimination; otherness; dissimilitude; dissimilarity
___________________________ 17. in a state of temporary inactivity or rest; suspended or slowed down; potential; prepatent; latent
___________________________ 18. dislike or repugnance; indisposition; displeasure; disliking
___________________________ 19. a mound or hill of sand built up by the action of wind.
___________________________ 20. to spread widely, as though scattering seed; strew; radiate
___________________________ 21. wryly amusing or humorous; funny; farcical; laughable
___________________________ 22. the state or quality of existing within time; continuation; endurance; persistence
___________________________ 23. not adhering to the recognized or accepted manner, behavior, or thinking; unconventional; peculiar.
___________________________ 24. to differ in opinion, character, form, etc.; deviate; depart; swerve
___________________________ 25. carrying out one's duties or responsibilities as required or expected; regardful; duteous