From Disburse to Dyspepsia

1. Disburse – to pay money to somebody from a large amount that has been collected for a purpose; “The disbursement of funds”
2. Disclaim – stating publicly that you have no knowledge of something or that you are not responsible for something; to give up your right to something such as property or title; renounce “He disclaimed any responsibility”.
3. Discomfit – to make somebody feel confused or embarrassed; discomfiture (N); “A good teacher never makes her children feel discomfiture”.
4. Discompose – to disturb somebody and make them feel anxious; disconcert; disturb
5. Discombobulated – discomposed; confused and a little annoyed
6. Disconcert – to make somebody feel anxious, confused or embarrassed; discomfit; “his answer rather discomfited her”
7. Discretion – the freedom of power to decide what should be done in a particular situation; prudence in speech or action; freedom to act on one’s own; “Discretion of Girija”
8. Discursive – a style of writing or speaking moving from one point to another without any strict structures
9. Disdain – contempt; the feeling that somebody is not good enough to deserve your respect or attention
10. Disembark – opposite of embark; to leave a vehicle, especially a ship or an aircraft, at the end of journey; “I disembarked Buddha Air at 5 PM”.
11. Disfigure – deface; to spoil the appearance of a person or thing “the bulging front gum of my mouth has disfigured me”
12. Disgorge – vomit; cause to flow solid
13. Disgruntle – make discontented; the passengers were disgruntled by numerous delays
14. Disingenuous- not ingenuous; not sincere; artful; “Students are required to give ingenuous answers as far as possible”
15. Disinter – unearth a dead body; opposite of inter
16. Disparate – basically different; unrelated
17. Dispassionate – not influenced by emotion; “a dispassionate observer”
18. Dispel – to make something, especially a feeling or belief go away or disappear; “His speech dispelled any fears about his health”
19. Disport – disport yourself means “enjoy yourself” by doing something active.
20. Disquiet – unease; feeling or unhappy or worry
21. Disquisition – a long complicated speech of written report on a particular subject
22. Dissection – to analyze by cutting into parts; “Dracula tried to dissect the dead body of Lucy pretending that he would know the real cause of her death”
23. Dissemble – to hide real feelings or intention often pretending to have different one; disguise; dissimulate
24. Dissent – disagree; opposite of consent; dissenter is the one who disagrees
25. Dissident – rebellious; a person who disagrees with government
26. Dissipate – to gradually become weaker until it disappears; to waste time or money, especially by not planning the best way of using; squander
27. Dissolution – the act of officially ending a marriage, business agreement; dissolve
28. Distend – to swell because of pressure from inside; “starving children with huge distend bellies”; distention of stomach during pregnancy
29. Distraught – extremely upset or anxious so that cannot think clearly
30. Diurnal – opposite or nocturnal
31. Diva – prima donna; a famous woman singer
32. Divest – to remove clothes; to get rid of something; to take something away from somebody or something; “after her illness she was divested of much of her responsibilities”
33. Divulge – reveal; to leak out the secret information; nobody divulged the real identity of Dracula to Jonathan Hacker
34. Docile – quiet and easy to control; obedient; easily managed; a docile child
35. Docket – docket sheet; a list of cases to be dealt with in a particular court; agenda
36. Doddering – senile walking; he was doddering with a help of cane
37. Doff – to take off your hat, especially to show respect to somebody or something
38. Dogged – stubborn; determined
39. Doldrums – the state of feeling sad or depressed; a lack of activity or improvement; stagnation
40. Dole – money paid by the state to unemployed people; alms is the money paid to poor
41. Doleful – mournful;
42. Dolorous – feeling or showing great sadness
43. Domineer – rule over tyrannically (tyrannize)
44. Don – a teacher at the university; the leader of a group of criminals; to put on clothes “he divested sweeter and donned shirts”
45. Dormer – window projecting from roof
46. Dossier – folder of documents on a subject “we have a dossier for filing case against violation of child rights”
47. Dotage – be in your dotage; “the people in Nepal are consigned in their dotage”
48. Dour – not pleasant; not lively; sullen; stubborn “the game became a dour struggling with both men determined to win”
49. Douse – to stop a fire from burning by pouring water over it; plunge into water; drench; extinguish; “Boys doused girls with water balloons”
50. Dowdy – unattractive; not fashionable woman; drab
51. Drab – dull; uninteresting; “she was dressed in drab color
52. Draconian – extremely severe; draconian punishment
53. Dregs – sediment; worthless residue; “a lot of dregs remained after the wine was decanted”
54. Drivel – silly, nonsense; don’t talk drivel
55. Droll – queer and amusing; “he was a popular guest because his droll anecdotes were always entertaining”
56. Drone – ideal person who does no good work; male bee; talk dully; “the chairman droned for an hour; an aircraft droned over head.
57. Dross – waste matter, we can get dross when raw gold is assayed; “many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross”
58. Drudgery – menial work, hard labor; work of servant; “Cinderella’s fairy grandmother rescued her from a life of drudgery”
59. Ductile – malleable; flexible; pliable, docile
60. Dulcet – mellifluous; sweet sounding
61. Dupe – someone easily fooled
62. Duress – forcible restraint, especially unlawful; threats or force used to make somebody do something; intimidate; bully
63. Dyspepsia – indigestion