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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 70 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| diagram | noun | The diagram showed how to do fix it. | drawing |
| dial | noun | There were two dials on the radio. | knobs |
| verb | Dial the police telephone number. | call | |
| dialect | noun | In China there are many dialects. | languages |
| dialogue | noun | We had a pleasant dialogue together. | talk |
| diameter | noun | The tree diameter was 3 meters. | across a circle |
| diamond | noun | She wore a diamond on her finger. | jewel |
| diary | noun | He kept a diary of each day's events. | journal |
| dictate | verb | We will dictate exactly what we want. | decree |
| dictation | noun | He gave dictation to the secretary. | said aloud |
| dictator | noun | Hitler was an evil dictator. | tyrant |
| dictionary | noun | He looked up words in a dictionary. | lexicon |
| die | noun | You will die if you don't eat well. | expire |
| diet | noun | His diet forbid him eating pork. | fare |
| differ | verb | The plans differ in many ways. | contrast |
| difference | noun | The difference is not so large. | variation |
| noun | We have had differences with them. | disagreements | |
| different | adj. | We will ride in different cars. | separate |
| adj. | We own different kinds of cars. | unlike | |
| difficult | adj. | These are difficult days ahead. | troublesome |
| adj. | That is a difficult way to do it. | hard | |
| difficulty | noun | The difficulty is getting to work. | problem |
| dig | verb | You must dig for gold to find it. | mine |
| digest | verb | Walking will help digest your food. | absorb |
| noun | We want a digest of the experiment. | summary | |
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