Please don’t contaminate the food with your dirty hands.

VOCABULARY LIST #4

1) Contaminate

ContaminatePlease don’t contaminate the food with your dirty

hands.

Definition: make dirty or impure; pollute

2) Conviction

ConvictionThroughout the trial the lawyer stated his case

with great conviction.

Definition: firmly held belief

3) Dawdle

DawdleDo not dawdle on your way to school.

Definition: move slowly; waste time

4) Dearth

DearthThere is a dearth of funds in my bank account, so

I will not be going to the Milli Vanilli Concert tonight.

Definition: lack or scarcity of something

5) Debilitate

DebilitateThe amount of penalties that the Chargers

committed during the game debilitated their chances of winning.

Definition: weaken; enfeeble

6) Deference

DeferenceOut of deference for my parents, I decided not to throw a party at their house when they were out

of town.

Definition: respect; honor

7) Deleterious

DeleteriousSmoking cigarettes is deleterious to your health.

Definition: harmful; damaging

8) Despotism

DespotismDespotism does not exist in our country because

we have a system of checks and balances.

Definition: tyranny; abuse of power

9) Digression

DigressionDuring the lecture, the speaker began a

digression into irrelevant details.

Definition: act of wandering/deviation

10) Dilapidated

DilapidatedThe dilapidated house on the corner has not been

inhabited for years.

Definition: ruined due to neglect

11) Revere

RevereMs. Curtis was revered by all the students in her

English 11 class.

Definition: courteous regard