| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| daffodil | a yellow spring flower shaped rather like a trumpet |
| daft | foolish or silly |
| dagger | a short sword |
| dahlia | a garden plant with brightly coloured flowers |
| daily | every day |
| dainty | pretty; delicate |
| dairy | a place where milk, butter and cheese are kept |
| daisy | a small field flower with white or pink petals around a yellow centre |
| dale | low ground between hills; a small valley |
| dam | a special kind of wall which checks a flow of water |
| damage | harm or injury |
| damnation | eternal punishment in Hell, Condemnation |
| damp | slightly wet |
| dance | to move in time to music |
| dandelion | a wild plant with bright yellow flowers |
| dandy | a man who spends a lot of time on his clothes and the way he looks |
| danger | risk; the opposite of safety |
| dangerous | not safe |
| dangle | to hang loose, hover about a person |
| dare | to have the courage to do something |
| daring | full of courage; plucky |
| dark | without light. When the sun goes down, the sky grows dark |
| darling | someone dearly loved. We may call a person or animal we love, darling |
| darn | to mend a hole by sewing it over with wool or cotton |
| dart | a kind of small arrow thrown by hand |
| dartboard | the target at which you aim in the game of darts |
| dash | to rush suddenly. The same word also means a short straight line in writing, like this |
| date | a time when something happens; a certain hour, day, month or year. The same word also means a sweet sticky fruit with a stone |
| daughter | a female child of a father and a mother |
| daunt | to discourage, intimidate, frighten |
| daw | a bird of the crow kind |
| dawn | the first light of day |
| day | the time between sunrise and sunset |
| dazed | being confused or bewildered |
| dazzle | to blind someone for a short time by suddenly shining a strong bright light into his eyes |
| dead | without life |
| deaf | not able to hear |
| deal | an amount. The same word also means to do business with |
| dealing | conduct, behaviour |
| dear | much loved, precious. The same word also means highly priced |
| death | the end of life |
| debt | what someone owes to someone else |
| decay | to become rotten or to fall into ruins |
| decease | death |
| deceive | to make someone believe something that is not true; to cheat |
| decent | proper; acceptable to most people |
| decide | to make up your mind; to settle something |
| decimal | decisive conclusive, absolute, deciding |
| deck | the flooring on a boat of ship |
| deck chair | a folding chair used for resting out of doors |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.