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Glossary Page D

dank     unpleasantly moist or wet

daresay     venture to say

dashboard

dashed     knocked, ruined, destroyed

dazed     stunned 

debris     something broken or destroyed, an accumulation of rock fragments   

decapitation     behead

deciphering      breaking the code

decontaminating     to rid of contamination

decree     an order having the force of law

defiantly      boldy defying

deftly     marked by facility and skill

dejectedly     cast down in spirti, made depressed

delude     misleading the mind or judgment

dementors     those with ability to drive others insane

demise     to transmit by succession or inheritance

deranged     mad, crazy, insane

derelict     someone or something that has been abandoned

derisive     exoressing ridicule or scorn

despairing    suffering utter loss of hope

despicable     deserving to be despised

detest     loathe, curse, denounce

Devil's Snare

devoid     being without the usual expected attribute

Diagon Alley     a wizard's shopping mall

diatribe     bitter and abusive speech

dilapidated    a structure or machine in very poor shape

dimwitted     a stupid or mentally slow person

dingbat     a typographical symbol such @ # & *

dingy    dirty, discolored, shabby or squalid

discomfited     put into a state of perplexity and embarassment

disconcerting      disturbing the composure of    

discreet     capable of preserving prudent silence  

discredit   lack of or loss of belief or confidence

disembarking       going ashore from a ship 

disgrace     a loss of face, grace, or honour  

dislodge     to drive out from a position of hiding, defense or advantage   

disillusion     the condition of being disenchanted

dismantled     the opposite of constructed

dismounted    got off the horse

dismissively     barring from attention or serious consideration

disobliging    to go counter to the wishes of others

disorientated     having lost bearings, sense of time, place or identity

disown     to refuse to acknowledge as one's own

dispersed      spread out, scattered

distracted    draw one's attention away towards something new

diversion   something that amuses or takes one's attention away

doddery    to progress feebly and unsteadily

dodgy     not sound, stable or reliable

doggedly     marked by stubborn determination

doleful   expressing grief

dormice   dormouse, a small old world rodent resembling a squirrel

downcast    low in spirit, dejected

downright      directed vertically downward

dragonfly

drawl    to speak slowly with vowels greatly prolonged

draught     draft, drafty

drawl     to speak slowly with the vowels elongate

dreading    feeling extreme reluctance to face impending challenges

dreadlocks

dregs     the bottom of the barrel

drenched      soaked

drought     a period with less than normal rainfall

drooling     saliva trickling from the mouth

drowsy     nodding off, falling to sleep due to fatigue or boredom

duel

dumbstruck    made silent by astonishment

dunderheads      blockheads, stupid persons

duress       unlawful constraint

dusk     the setting of the sun

dyed   to use dyes to change the colour of fabrics