| 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 |
What are idioms?
Idioms can be defined as a group of words having a meaning different from the individual meanings of each word in the group.