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Usage

• dilatory

  Someone or something that is dilatory is slow and causes delay.

• dilapidated

  A dilapidated building, vehicle, etc. is old, broken-down, and in very bad condition.

• divest

  If you divest someone of power, rights, or authority, you take those things away from them.

• digress

  When you digress while speaking or writing, you temporarily depart or stray from the central focus or topic at hand.

• directive

  When you are given a directive, you are given an instruction or order that directs you to do something.

• dispersal

  A dispersal of something is its scattering or distribution over a wide area.

• divergent

  Divergent opinions differ from each other; divergent paths move apart from one another.

• diversion

  When you create a diversion, you cause someone to turn aside momentarily from what they are doing by distracting them.

• diverse

  A diverse group is made up of various and different things.

• digest

  If you are digesting your food, it is being broken down by your stomach and intestines so that your body can use it.