• Meaning – A raised platform, as in for lecture, prize distribution.

• Synonyms - stage, podium, rostrum.

• Antonyms – // comment if you know.
  

• Usage – She went on to the dais to take prize.

02. DALLY / DAWDLE

• Meaning – To waste time, to trifle.

• Synonyms – Dawdle, timepass, waste-time, linger, loiter, hang, trifle.
  

• Antonyms - hasten, hurry, step up.
  

• Usage – He was dallying instead of studying for GRE.
  

03. DANK

• Meaning – unpleasantly humid, Slightly wet.

• Synonyms – damp, moist.
  

• Antonyms – dry, parched.

• Usage – They huddled together into the dank forest.
  

04. DAPPER

• Meaning – Neatly dressed; trim.

• Synonyms – neat, nice, smart, trim, stylish, dainty.

• Antonyms – unstylish, untidy, dishevelled, dirty, ungroomed.
  

• Usage – A dapper man.
  

05. DAUB

• Meaning – To cover or smear with a soft adhesive substance such as plaster, grease, or mud.

• Synonyms – smear, plaster, cover, paint, smirch.
  

• Antonyms – // Comment if you know.
  

• Usage – Man apply an extra daub of colour.
  

06. DAUNT

• Meaning – To abate the courage of; discourage.

• Synonyms – discourage, dismay, shake, frighten, scare, terrify, intimidate.

• Antonyms – support, encourage, inspire, comfort, cheer.

• Usage - Isn’t that a daunting task?
  

07. DEADLOCK

• Meaning – A standstill resulting from the opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions.

• Synonyms -impasse, stalemate, standstill, dead end, stand-off, full-stop.
  

• Antonyms – agreement, breakthrough.

• Usage – Climate talks ended in a deadlock at Copenhegen.
  

08. DEADPAN

• Meaning – A blank, expressionless face.

• Synonyms -expressionless, poker-faced, inexpressive, impassive.

• Antonyms – comical, expressive.

• Usage – The deadpan expression of the smiley.
  

09. DEARTH

• Meaning – A scarce supply,  Shortage of food.

• Synonyms – lack, scarcity, shortage, insufficiency, need.

• Antonyms – sufficient, abundant, excess, plenty.

• Usage – A dearth of rain.
  

10. DEBACLE

• Meaning – A sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall.

• Synonyms – disaster, catastrophe, fiasco, rout.

• Antonyms – boon, miracle, wonder.
  

• Usage - The climate change conference in Copenhagen was a debacle.
  

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