Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Notes on 2007-08-11~2007-08-12

diurnal, relating to occuring in a 24-hour period, daily; active during the daytime
ditty, a simple song, vs ballad
dismay
divagate, to wander or drift about

more:
disheveled vs bedraggled
disinter, to dig up from a grave, to bring public notice
disjunct, disjunction, disjunctive
dislodge, lodge
disparage
disparate, disparity
disport, to amuse oneself in a light frolicsome manner
disposed
disposition
disquisition
disseminate
dissent, assent
dissident, one who disagrees, dissenter
dissipate, dissipated, dissipation
distend, distension
distrait
distraught
distress, stress
diva
devest, devestiture
divulge
dock
dodder
doggerel
doldrums
dole, doleful, dolorous
doodle
dorsal
dote, doting, dotage
dour
dawdy

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Lucy discovered to her dismay that she was pregnant. (I am kind of dismayed if I can't talk to tangtang for a whole day.)

He looked across at Jackson, doodling on his notebook. (Google has several doodle pages, quite funny.)

He is the toughest military ruler yet and has responded harshly to any dissent.