Webster Essential Vocabulary

detest(di TEST) vt. to intensely dislike; to abhor; to hate

• President George H. W. Bush shocked many growers when he announced
  that he detestedbroccoli.


• Most people detesthaving to visit the dentist’s office.
  [-ed, -ing] [Syn. hate]
  deuterium(doo TEAR ee uhm) n. an isotope of hydrogen (atomic weight of
  2.014, symbol D) used in nuclear reactors


• Deuteriumoxide is known as heavy water.


• Regular hydrogen has a single proton in its nucleus; deuterium’snucleus
  has a proton and a neutron.
  deviance(DEE vee ins) n. a turning away from what is usual or what is accepted
  as being normal


• Pouring orange juice over your breakfast cereal would definitely be consid-
  ered a deviancefrom the norm.


• Devianceis not necessarily a negative thing, as proven by the Wright broth-
  ers at Kitty Hawk in 1903.
  [Syn. variance]

Quick Review #97.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

270 Essential Vocabulary

1. debilitating


2. decimate


3. defamation


4. deficiency


5. degenerate


6. demise


7. demographic


8. denigrate


9. derelict


10. desiccant


11. desiccate


12. desultory


13. detest


14. deuterium


15. deviance

a. hydrogen

b. depraved

c. preserve

d. hate

e. slander

f. variance

g. statistic

h. dryer

i. negligent

j. death

k. random

l. disparage

m. weakening

n. shortage

o. destroy