Vocabulary Words - Third Grade - D:

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• damp
  (n.) Slightly wet.
  
  
• dare
  (v.) To have enough courage to do something difficult.
  (v.) To bet a person to do something difficult.
  
  
• dash
  (v.) To go somewhere very quickly.
  (n.) A small amount of something.
  
  
• dead
  (adj.) Not living.
  
  
• dear
  (adj.) Loved or important.
  
  
• death
  (n.) The end of a person's or animal's life.
  
  
• deep
  (adj.) Far down from the top or surface.
  
  
• deer
  (n.) A four-legged animal that lives in the wild; the males have antlers (horns) on their heads.
  
  
• defeat
  (v.) To win a victory over someone else.
  (n.) When someone loses against someone else.
  
  
• defend
  (v.) To protect someone or something against an attack.
  (v.) In a sporting event, to try to stop an opponent from scoring.
  
  
• deliver
  (v.) To take something somewhere.
  
  
• demand
  (n.) Something that people want.
  (v.) To ask for strongly.
  
  
• dentist
  (n.) A person whose job is to clean and fix people's teeth.
  
  
• depend
  (v.) To trust or rely on.
  
  
• destroy
  (v.) To ruin something or damage it beyond repair.
  
  
• devil
  (n.) An evil being; a demon.
  (n.) Someone who behaves badly.
  
  
• dial
  (v.) To press buttons or turn a knob on a telephone to make call; to tune in a radio station.
  
  
• dike
  (n.) A bank of earth that keeps out water.
  
  
• dine
  (v.) To eat dinner.
  
  
• dirt
  (n.) Earth, soil, or any substance that makes things not clean.
  
  
• disc
  (n.) A flat circle which may hold music or data.
  (n.) Cartilage between the bones of the spine.
  
  
• ditch
  (n.) A long narrow hole in the ground.
  
  
• dizzy
  (adj.) Having the feeling of not being able to balance yourself, especially after spinning around or because you feel sick.
  
  
• dodge
  (v.) To move quickly out of the way of something.
  
  
• doesn't
  (conjunction) Contraction of does not.
  
  

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