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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 63 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| dark | adj. | She had a dark look on her face. | sullen |
| darling | noun | The little girl was a darling. | sweetheart |
| dash | noun | He made a dash after his wife. | run |
| verb | Thank you but I must dash now. | go | |
| noun | He put a dash between the two names. | punctuation mark | |
| date | noun | The date is December 3, 1987. | calendar time |
| verb | My date is a pretty young girl. | companion | |
| verb | We dated for a year before marriage. | courted | |
| daughter | noun | Her daughter was 12 years old. | female offspring |
| dawn | noun | The dawn on Mt. Emei is beautiful. | sunrise |
| verb | It dawned on him what the answer was. | occurred | |
| day | noun | The day was a bright sunny clear one. | dawn to dusk |
| noun | It will take one day to finish. | 24 hours | |
| daylight | noun | The daylight is best for working. | dawn to dusk |
| dazzle | verb | He'll dazzle you with his knowledge. | amaze |
| dead | adj. | There was a dead man on the street. | deceased |
| deadly | adj. | He has a deadly disease. | fatal |
| deaf | adj. | He was deaf to all our pleas. | heedless |
| adj. | A deaf man can not hear sounds. | can't hear | |
| deafen | verb | Loud music will deafen anyone. | destroy hearing |
| deal | verb | We will deal the cards and play. | distribute |
| verb | He gave us a very good deal. | bargain | |
| verb | You must deal fairly with customers. | treat | |
| dean | noun | He was the dean of the college. | director |
| dear | adj. | She was a dear friend to all of us. | beloved |
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