Quizs Vocab Test 6

Dissuade

• To encourage; promote; support

• To obstruct; hinder; deter

• To clarify; explain; elucidate

• To initiate; commence; start

Diffract

• To cause to separate into parts, especially light

• To combine different elements into one

• To reflect light in a straight line

• To absorb light completely

Dishearten

• bewildering

• perplexing

• slightly disturbing

• exhilarating

Deride

• To praise and admire

• To mock, ridicule, make fun of

• To support and encourage

• To ignore or overlook

Disinterment

• Exhumation; removal of a body from a grave

• Burial; placing a body in a grave

• Cremation; reducing a body to ashes

• Interment; the act of placing a body in a grave

Dissemble

• Disguise

• Reveal

• Expose

• Uncover

Dirge

• A type of dance

• A funeral hymn

• A joyful song

• A type of poem

Disconcerting

• Confusing and unsettling

• Calm and reassuring

• Exciting and thrilling

• Boring and uninteresting

Dissension

• Slight or offend

• Agree or support

• Encourage or uplift

• Unite or bond

Disseminate

• To gather and collect

• To spread far and wide

• To analyze and interpret

• To restrict and limit