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VOCABULARY. Dif-fuse', to spread.

Dif-fu'-sion, act of spreading.

Dig-a-my, second marriage.

Di-lu'-cid, clear.

Di-lec-tion, love.

Dim-i-ca'-tion, a contest.

Di-mid'-i-a-tion, the act of halving.

Din-gle, a valley.

Di-o-rism, a definition.

Dip-sas, a snake whose bite creates great thirst.

Dis-as'-trous, ruinous.

Dis-as-si-du'-i-ty, indolence.

Dis-band, to separate.

Dis-cess'-ion, departure.

Dis-sev'-er, to sunder.

Dis-cind, to cut in parts.

Dis-com-mod-i-ty, inconvenience.

Dis-court-e-sy, want of courtesy.

Dis-per-sion, act of scattering.

Dis-pla'-cen-cy, displeasure.

Dis-qui'-e-tude, uneasiness.

Dis-sen-ti-ent, one who dissents.

Dis-ten-tion, act of bulging out or extending.

Di-ta-tion, act of growing rich.

Di-tion, ruling power.

Di-urnal, daily.

Di-urn-al-ist, a conductor of a newspaper.

Di'-u-turn-i-ty, duration.

Di-vest, to dispossess.

Di-vul-gate, to publish.

Diz-zard, a blockhead.

Do'-lent, mournful.

Dol-o-rif'-er-ous, grief-bringing.

Dōlt, a blockhead.

Do-main', a region of land.