Everyday Barron's Wordlist 1301-1325
dormer N. window projecting upright from roof; CF. sleeping room dorsal adj. relating to the back of an animal; Ex. dorsal fin dossier N. file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back dotage N. senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage dote V. be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline dour adj. sullen; gloomy; stubborn sullen adj. silently showing ill humor or resentment; dark; gloomy brood V. sit on in order to hatch; think deeply or worry anxiously; N: the young of certain animals; group of young birds hatched at one time douse V. plunge into water or liquid; dip; immerse; drench; wet throughly; extinguish; throw water over; dowse dowdy adj. untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman downcast adj. disheartened; dejected; sad; directed downward drab adj. dull; lacking color; cheerless ; Ex. drab coat/life draconian adj. extremely severe; Ex. draconian punishment; CF. Draco: Athenian politician dregs N. sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue drivel adj. nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense dribble N. flow or fall in drops; let saliva flow out slowly from the mouth; move a ball; drip V. fall or let fall in drops; shed drops; N: action or sound of falling in drops; liquid that falls in drops trickle flow in drops or in a thin stream; N. droll adj. queer and amusing queer adj. strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal drone N. idle person who lives on other people's work; male bee drone N.. talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee; drudgery N. hard unpleasant work; menial work drudge V. do drudgery; N: person who drudges
