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Dance or musical performance
 Recital
Dangers or problems that are hidden or not obvious at first
 Pitfall
Dark and dirty : not fresh or clean
 Dingy
Dark and underground prisons in castles
 Dungeon
Date or time when something must be finished : the last day, hour, or minute on that something will be accepted
 Deadline
Days when day and night are of the same length
 Equinox
Dead bodies of animals
 Carcass
Dead persons who leave the grave at night to bite and suck the blood of living people
 Vampire
Decayed mixture of plants (such as leaves and grass) that is used to improve the soil in a garden
 Compost
Decayed with usually a very bad or disgusting smell
 Putrid
Deceiving or to trick (someone) to persuade (someone) by telling lies
 Con(v)
Deep unconscious state, usually lasting a long time and caused by serious illness or injury
 Coma
Deep, wet sand into which heavy objects sink easily
 Quicksand
Deeply religious : devoted to a particular religion
 Devout
Defeating (someone or something) easily and Throughly
 Trounce
Defeating and gaining control of (someone or something) by the use of force
 Subjugate
Defeating or tricking (someone) by being more intelligent or clever
 Outsmart
Delay doing something until a later time because one does not want to do it, because one is lazy
 Procrastinate
Describing (someone or something) as unimportant, weak, bad, etc
 Disparage
Designed or intended to teach people something
 Didactic
Desire to cause harm to another person
 Malice
Determined not to change one's opinion or attitude; difficult to deal with, remove, etc.
 Stubborn
Developing friendlier relations between countries or groups of people who have been enemies
 Rapprochement
Dictionary of the special terms in a particular field or job
 Glossary
Die because one is unable to breathe
 Suffocate
Difference between two opposite things : a division into two opposite groups
 Dichotomy
Difference especially between things that should be the same
 Discrepancy
Difficult and unpleasant to do or deal with
 Onerous
Difficult to handle, control, or deal with because of being large, heavy, or complex
 Unwieldy
Difficult to understand : having or seeming to have a hidden meaning
 Cryptic
Dilemma or difficult circumstances from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions
 Catch 22
Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree
 Lineage
Disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
 Anticlimax
Disease or disorder that involves a particular group of signs and symptoms
 Syndrome
Disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world
 Pandemic
Disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surrounding
 Camouflage
Dishonest or immoralpersons
 Sleaze
Displaying wealth, knowledge, etc., in a way that is meant to attract attention, admiration, or envy
 Ostentatious
Distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, measured in degrees
 Longitude
Distance of a place north or south of the equator (= the line around the world dividing north and south), measured in degrees
 Latitude
Doing activities for fun or enjoyment
 Play off
Doing better than (someone or something) : to be more successful than (someone or something)
 Outdo
Doing something that is not allowed : to disobey a command or law
 Transgress
Doctor's opinion about how someone will recover from an illness or injury
 Prognosis
Done or given because one wants to and not because one is forced to
 Voluntary
Dramatic works in which all or most of the words are sung to music; works of this type as an art form or entertainment
 Opera
Drawing or pictures that show only the shape of an object
 Outline
Dull and ordinary
 Mundane
Dull or socially ineptperson, especially someone who is excessively studious
 Spod