SAT Vocabulary Lesson # 10

Diminution – (n.) a lessening, make smaller

Discerning – (adj.) keenly aware, shrewd

Disdain – (n.) feeling of contempt, scorn

Dismantle – (v.) to pull down, take apart

Disparage – (v.) to discredit, to belittle

Disparity – (n.) lack of equality, difference

Disperse – (v.) to send in different directions

Disposition – (n.) nature, tendency

Dissipated – (adj.) indulging in sensual pleasure

Distraught – (adj.) state of conflict or confusion