ISEE Lower Level Vocabulary > Group 6
Delightful
Adjective: charming
Deluge
Noun: a severe flood; Verb: to inundate with a great quantity
Demand
Verb: to ask with authority
Democracy
Noun: a system of government guided by the populous or its representatives
Denial
Noun: the declaration something is untrue
Dense
Adjective: closely compacted in substance
Depend
Verb: to rely on
Deplete
Verb: to use up the supply of
Deposit
Verb: to put or set down in a specific place
Descent
Noun: an action of moving downward; the origin of a person
Deserve
Verb: do something that is worthy of reward or punishment
Designate
Verb: appoint someone to a specific position
Desperate
Adjective: a feeling or sense that something is so bad it is impossible to fix
Destination
Noun: the place someone is traveling to
Destroy
Verb: to attack something to such an extent that it no longer exists
Detach
Verb: to disengage something and remove it
Detect
Verb: to discover the presence of something
Deteriorate
Verb: to become progressively worse
Device
Noun: a thing made or adapted for a particular purpose
Devise
Verb: to plan by careful thought
Diagram
Noun: a simplified drawing of information
Dialogue
Noun: conversation between two or more people
Diary
Noun: a book someone keeps track of events in their life
Dilate
Verb: make or become wider; to speak or write at length on a subject
Diligent
Adjective: showing care in one’s work or duties
Dimension
Noun: an aspect of a situation that is measurable
Diminish
Verb: to make or become less
Direct
Verb: control the operation of; Adjective: moving along the shortest path
Disability
Noun: a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s abilities
Discipline
Verb: to train someone to obey the rules through punishment
