SAT最常见的1000个词汇（D-1）

　　该词表中的词汇主要是针对美国学生挑选出来的，这1000个词汇是属于SAT考试中常出现但美国学生却不熟悉的词汇，因此该词表中的词汇难度较大。如果你是刚刚接触SAT的考生，最好不要立即使用该词表，推荐留在备考的最后阶段再使用。 

daunting (adj.) intimidating, causing one to lose courage (He kept delaying the
daunting act of asking for a promotion.)
dearth (n.) a lack, scarcity (An eager reader, she was dismayed by the dearth of classic
books at the library.)
debacle (n.) a disastrous failure, disruption (The elaborately designed fireworks show
turned into a debacle when the fireworks started firing in random directions.)

debase (v.) to lower the quality or esteem of something (The large raise that he gave
himself debased his motives for running the charity.)
debauch (v.) to corrupt by means of sensual pleasures (An endless amount of good wine
and cheese debauched the traveler.)
debunk (v.) to expose the falseness of something (He debunked her claim to be the
world’s greatest chess player by defeating her in 18 consecutive matches.)
decorous (adj.) socially proper, appropriate (The appreciative guest displayed decorous
behavior toward his host.)
decry (v.) to criticize openly (The kind video rental clerk decried the policy of charging
customers late fees.)
deface (v.) to ruin or injure something’s appearance (The brothers used eggs and
shaving cream to deface their neighbor’s mailbox.)
defamatory (adj.) harmful toward another’s reputation (The defamatory gossip
spreading about the actor made the public less willing to see the actor’s new movie.)
defer (v.) to postpone something; to yield to another’s wisdom (Ron deferred to Diane,
the expert on musical instruments, when he was asked about buying a piano.)
deferential (adj.) showing respect for another’s authority (His deferential attitude
toward her made her more confident in her ability to run the company.)
defile (v.) to make unclean, impure (She defiled the calm of the religious building by
playing her banjo.)
deft (adj.) skillful, capable (Having worked in a bakery for many years, Marcus was a
deft bread maker.)
defunct (adj.) no longer used or existing (They planned to turn the defunct schoolhouse
into a community center.)
delegate (v.) to hand over responsibility for something (The dean delegated the task of
finding a new professor to a special hiring committee.)
deleterious (adj.) harmful (She experienced the deleterious effects of running a
marathon without stretching her muscles enough beforehand.)
deliberate (adj.) intentional, reflecting careful consideration (Though Mary was quite
upset, her actions to resolve the dispute were deliberate.)
delineate (v.) to describe, outline, shed light on (She neatly delineated her reasons for
canceling the project’s funding.)

demagogue (n.) a leader who appeals to a people’s prejudices (The demagogue
strengthened his hold over his people by blaming immigrants for the lack of jobs.)
demarcation (n.) the marking of boundaries or categories (Different cultures have
different demarcations of good and evil.)
demean (v.) to lower the status or stature of something (She refused to demean her
secretary by making him order her lunch.)

demure (adj.) quiet, modest, reserved (Though everyone else at the party was dancing
and going crazy, she remained demure.)
denigrate (v.) to belittle, diminish the opinion of (The company decided that its
advertisements would no longer denigrate the company’s competitors.)
denounce (v.) to criticize publicly (The senator denounced her opponent as a greedy
politician.)
deplore (v.) to feel or express sorrow, disapproval (We all deplored the miserable
working conditions in the factory.)
depravity (n.) wickedness (Rumors of the ogre’s depravity made the children afraid to
enter the forest.)
deprecate (v.) to belittle, depreciate (Always over-modest, he deprecated his
contribution to the local charity.)
derelict (adj.) abandoned, run-down (Even though it was dangerous, the children
enjoyed going to the deserted lot and playing in the derelict house.)
deride (v.) to laugh at mockingly, scorn (The bullies derided the foreign student’s
accent.)
derivative (adj.) taken directly from a source, unoriginal (She was bored by his music
because she felt that it was derivative and that she had heard it before.)
desecrate (v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place (They feared that the
construction of a golf course would desecrate the preserved wilderness.)
desiccated (adj.) dried up, dehydrated (The skin of the desiccated mummy looked like
old paper.)
desolate (adj.) deserted, dreary, lifeless (She found the desolate landscape quite a
contrast to the hustle and bustle of the overcrowded city.)

despondent (adj.) feeling depressed, discouraged, hopeless (Having failed the first
math test, the despondent child saw no use in studying for the next and failed that
one too.)
despot (n.) one who has total power and rules brutally (The despot issued a death
sentence for anyone who disobeyed his laws.)
destitute (adj.) impoverished, utterly lacking (The hurricane destroyed many homes
and left many families destitute.)
deter (v.) to discourage, prevent from doing (Bob’s deｓｃｒｉｐｔion of scary snakes couldn’t
deter Marcia from traveling in the rainforests.)
devious (adj.) not straightforward, deceitful (Not wanting to be punished, the devious
girl blamed the broken vase on the cat.)
dialect (n.) a variation of a language (In the country’s remote, mountainous regions, the
inhabitants spoke a dialect that the country’s other inhabitants had difficulty
understanding.)
diaphanous (adj.) light, airy, transparent (Sunlight poured in through the diaphanous
curtains, brightening the room.)
didactic 1. (adj.) intended to instruct (She wrote up a didactic document showing new
employees how to handle the company’s customers.) 2. (adj.) overly moralistic (His

didactic style of teaching made it seem like he wanted to persuade his students not to
understand history fully, but to understand it from only one point of view.)
diffident (adj.) shy, quiet, modest (While eating dinner with the adults, the diffident
youth did not speak for fear of seeming presumptuous.)
diffuse 1. (v.) to scatter, thin out, break up (He diffused the tension in the room by
making in a joke.) 2. (adj.) not concentrated, scattered, disorganized (In her
writings, she tried unsuccessfully to make others understand her diffuse thoughts.)
dilatory (adj.) tending to delay, causing delay (The general’s dilatory strategy enabled
the enemy to regroup.)
diligent (adj.) showing care in doing one’s work (The diligent researcher made sure to
check her measurements multiple times.)
diminutive (adj.) small or miniature (The bullies, tall and strong, picked on the
diminutive child.)
dirge (n.) a mournful song, especially for a funeral (The bagpipers played a dirge as the
casket was carried to the cemetery.)