| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| discourage | to make someone feel that what he is doing is not worth while so that he will stop trying |
| discover | to find out; to see something for the first time |
| discovery | something which has been found out |
| discuss | to talk about |
| discussion | an argument or talk with other people |
| disease | illness; sickness |
| disengage | to free from engagement, detach, release |
| disgrace | shame |
| disguise | to change your appearance by wearing different clothes, a wig of a false moustache, so that people do not recognize you |
| disgust | a feeling of dislike so strong that it makes you feel sick |
| dish | a plate for food |
| dishonest | the opposite of honest |
| disinclination | want of desire or affection |
| dislike | the opposite of like |
| dismay | fear; a feeling of being upset and sad |
| dismiss | to send someone away or tell him they can leave |
| dispatch | to despatch, settle; kill |
| disrupt | to shatter, break in pieces |
| distance | the length of space between two places |
| distant | far away. A far-off place is distant |
| distemper | an illness which young dogs get. The same word also means a kind of paint used on walls in rooms |
| distinct | separate; clearly seen or heard |
| distress | a feeling of great pain, sorrow or worry |
| district | a part of a town or country |
| disturb | to interrupt or cause trouble |
| disturbance | a noisy interruption, as when people upset a meeting by shouting out |
| ditch | a very long narrow trench which is dug in the ground to drain water away |
| divan | a couch |
| dive | to plunge headfirst into water or down through the air |
| diver | someone who goes down into very deep water |
| divert | to turn aside, distract, amuse |
| divide | to separate into parts |
| dizzy | feeling that your head is spinning round and round; giddy |
| do | to perform or make |
| dock | a place where ships are unloaded or repaired |
| doctor | someone who helps you to get better when you are ill |
| dodge | to jump quickly to one side so as not to bump into something |
| dogma | a principle, a doctrine, a tenet |
| doleful | sad, gloomy, dreary |
| doll | a toy made to look like a person |
| dome | a curved roof like half a ball |
| domino | a small oblong piece of wood either painted black with white dots or white with black dots. You play a game with dominoes |
| donate | to present a gift, subscribe, bestow |
| doneky | an animal like a small horse with long ears |
| doodle | to draw or scribble while thinking about or doing something else |
| door | a kind of barrier which has to be opened to go in or out of a building or room. It is usually made of wood and fitted with a handle |
| doorstep | the step just outside a doorway |
| doorway | the frame into which a door is fitted |
| dormitory | a big room with lots of beds |
| dormouse | a kind of mouse with a furry tail, rather like a squirrel |
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.