glscz

1 derivative adj
not new or invented, but copied or taken from something else - used to show disapproval:
---------a derivative text

derivative n
---------1 something that has developed or been produced from something else

derivative of
---------Heroin is a derivative of morphine.

---------2 a type of financial investment:
the derivatives market

2 desiccate
des‧ic‧cat‧ed technical
---------1 desiccated food has been dried in order to preserve it

---------2 completely dry: desiccated soil

3 desultory adj formal
done without any particular plan or purpose:
They talked briefly in a desultory manner.
ทำโดยปราศจากการวางแผนหรือวัตถประสงค์ ประมาณว่าแบบกระทันหัน
—desultorily adverb

4 diatribe formal
a long speech or piece of writing that criticizes someone or something very severely
งานเขียนที่วิจารณ์อะไรซักอย่างแบบรุนแรงมาก (เขียนด่าแรงๆ)
diatribe against
a diatribe against contemporary American civilization

5 dichotomy
the difference between two things or ideas that are completely opposite

dichotomy between
a dichotomy between his public and private lives

6 diffidence adj
shy and not wanting to make people notice you or talk about you
เก็บตัวเงียบไม่ต้องการให้ใครพูดถึงหรือกล่าวถึงเรา
diffident manner/smile/voice etc
diffident about
He was diffident about his own success.

—diffidently adv
—diffidence n [uncountable]

7 diffuse v
---------1 [Vt & Vi] to make heat, light, liquid etc spread through something, or to spread like this
diffuse through/into/across
The pollutants diffuse into the soil.

---------2 [Vt & Vi] to spread ideas or information among a lot of people, or to spread like this:
Their ideas diffused quickly across Europe.

---------3 [Vt] to make a bad feeling or situation less strong or serious:
an attempt to diffuse his anger

—diffusion n [uncountable]

diffuse adj
---------1 spread over a large area:
The organization is large and diffuse.

---------2 using a lot of words and not explaining things clearly and directly:
His writing is diffuse and difficult to understand.

—diffuseness n[uncountable]

8 digress vt
to talk or write about something that is not your main subject:
Do you mind if I digress for a moment?
พูดหรือเขียนออกนอกเรื่อง น้ำท่วงทุ่งผักบุ่งโหลงเหลง
—digression n [uncountable and countable]
After several long digressions he finally reached the interesting part of the story.

9 dirge
---------1 a slow sad song sung at a funeral
เพลงสวดศพ
---------2 a song or piece of music that is too slow and boring

10 disabuse v
to persuade someone that what they believe is not true
ชักจูง/โน้มน้าวใจใครบางคนว่าที่เขาเชื่อมันไม่จริงน่ะ (บอกเค้าว่ามันไม่จริงน่ะ อย่าไปเชื่อเลย)
disabuse somebody of something
I tried to disabuse him of that notion.