desiccate : moisture :: detoxify : poison
desiccated : dehydration :: abraded : friction
desiccation : moisture :: deceleration : velocity
desiccant : dry :: caustic : eat away
desiccant : dryness :: emollient : suppleness
desiccant : moisture :: cleanse : dirt
desiccant : moisture :: cleanser : dirt
desiccant : moisture :: offbeat : bathetic
desiccant : moisture :: respite : labor
desiccate �� add water to
desiccate �� drench
desiccate �� hydrate
desiccated �� sodden

appellation : designate :: foreword : introductory

despair : hope :: abandon : inhibition (��)
despair : hopeful :: stupor : alert

vituperate : despise :: lionize : admire
despise �� extol
despise �� relish
despise �� revere
despise �� reverence
despise �� venerate

despondent : depressed :: expert : skilled
despondent : depressed :: masterful : skilled
despondent : depressed :: saturnine : gloomy (=)
despondent : discourage :: livid : angry
despondent : discouraged :: livid : angry (>)
despondent �� elate
despondent �� elated
despondent �� sanguine

destroyed �� extant

detach �� adhere
detach �� affix
detach �� tether
detached �� rabid

kidnap : detainment :: bribery : inducement
kidnap : detainment :: extortion : retribution
detain �� manumit

deterioration �� amelioration
deterioration �� improvement

deterrence �� inducement

detract �� extol
detractor �� apologist
detractor �� proponent

debris : destroy :: ash : burn
detritus �� valuable mass
detritus �� valuable product

bodybuilding : self-development :: ascetic : self-denial
development �� relapse
seminal �� hampering further development

concerted �� individually devised

dabbler : devoted :: martinet : leniency
devoted : zealous :: careful : fastidious (<)
fanatic : devoted :: prude : proper (>)
idolatrous : devoted :: zealous : enthusiastic
sanctimonious : devoted :: unctuous : earnest
devotional : reverence :: elegiac : sorrow (=)

religion : devoutness :: canon : orthodoxy (=)
religion : devoutness :: criterion : orthodoxy
devoutness �� impiety

dextrous �� clumsy
dextrous �� maladroit

diabolical �� benefic
diabolical �� benevolent
diabolical �� seraphic

diagnose : treat :: proofread : correct

diatribe : abuse :: burlesque : mockery
diatribe : abuse :: declamation : grandiloquence
diatribe : discourse :: lullaby : song
diatribe �� encomium
diatribe �� laudatory piece of writing

budge : diehard :: palter : candor
diehard : budge :: hidebound : innovation
diehard : budge :: vagary : predict
diehard : conservative :: manic : excitement
diehard : conservative :: peeved : annoyed

friable �� difficult to crumb
friable �� difficult to crumble
pliable �� difficult to crumble

friable �� difficult to destroy

friable �� difficult to pulverize

diffident �� avid
diffident �� bold
diffident �� brassy
diffident �� brazen
diffident �� courageous
diffident �� expansive
diffident �� nerved
diffident �� nervy
pontificate �� speak diffidently
pontificate �� suggest diffidently

finger : digit :: fang : tooth

digress : excursive :: reiterate : redundant (=)
digress : subject :: stray : group
digress : topic :: detour : route
digress : topic :: errant : standard
digress : topic :: stray : group
digress : topic :: veer : direction
topic : digress :: course : veer
aside : digression :: ad-lib : impromptu (=)
aside : digression :: overture : introduction
aside : digression :: summary : excerpt
digression : theme :: aberration : course
digressive : subject :: stray : group
digressive : topic :: aberrant : standard
digressive : topic :: detour : route
digressive : topic :: errant : standard
digressive : topic :: random : pattern
digressive : topic :: stray : group

dilapidated �� restored
dilapidated �� still in use

dilatoriness �� agility
dilatoriness �� alacrity

dilettante : commitment :: nonentity : consequence
dilettante : superficial :: partisan : bias
dilettante : superficiality :: partisan : bias

diligent : effort :: deception : deceptive
diligent : effort :: malicious : ill will
diligent : effort :: malign : ill will

concentrate �� dilute solution

diminution �� augment
diminution �� augmentation
diminution �� wax

diocesan �� ecumenical

equivocate : direct :: fawn : imperious
goad : direct :: exhort : suggest
labyrinthine : direct :: ribald : seemly (��)
circuitous : directness :: immaterial : relevance
circuitous : directness :: irresolute : decision
equivocate : directness :: elaborate : sketchy
equivocate : directness :: fawn : imperiousness
labyrinthine : directness :: threadbare : novelty (��)
labyrinthine : directness :: timeworn : novelty (��)
serpentine : directness :: recondite : placidity
direct �� circuitous
direct �� oblique
direct �� sinuous
direct �� tortuous
direct �� wry
circumlocution �� direct encounter
circumlocutory �� direct encounter ǰ�����ġ
circumspect �� direct encounter ǰ�����ġ
circumvent �� direct encounter
circumvention �� direct encounter
directness �� labyrinth
inveigle �� request directly
skirt �� pass the center directly
tacit �� directly expressed

tacit �� directly expressed

dirge : grief :: hymn : praise
dirge : grief :: paean : joy
dirge : grief :: paean : praise
dirge : grief :: polemic : contention
dirge : music :: elegy : poetry
dirge : solemn :: polemic : contentious
dirge : song :: elegy : poem

disaccustom �� acclimate

disaffected : contented :: insubordinate : submissive
disaffected : contentment :: anxious : serenity
disaffected : contentment :: dishonest : integrity
disaffected : contentment :: dubious : commitment
disaffected : contentment :: dubious : conviction
disaffected : rebel :: officious : meddle
disaffected �� beloved
disaffected �� content
disaffected �� contented
disaffected �� win over

disaggregate �� coalesce
disaggregate �� join together

disappoint �� entrance
disappoint �� entrancing
disappointed �� entrancing

disapprobation �� accolade
disapprobation �� plaudit
cachet �� mark of disapprobation

disarm �� bait
disarm �� put on guard
disarmed �� bait

disavow �� affirm

disbeliever �� credence

discern : acute :: believe : gullible
insight : discern :: mettle : endure
discernable : manifest :: audible : stentorian (<)
discernable : obvious :: audible : stentorian (<)
discernible : manifest :: palatable : savory (=)
indiscernible : vision :: abstruse : comprehension
obfuscating : indiscernible :: verifiable : plausible
obfuscation : indiscernible :: rationalization : plausible
discerner : acute :: epicure : discriminating
acumen �� unable to discern
undiscerned �� perspicacious

discernment �� lack of insight
indiscernment �� perspicacity
perspicacious �� lack of discernment

martinet : disciplined :: zealot : eager
disciplined �� obstreperous
disciplined �� unruly