| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 125 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| dark | adj. | She had a dark look on her face. | sullen |
| darling | noun | The little girl was a darling. | sweetheart |
| dash | noun | He made a dash after his wife. | run |
| verb | Thank you but I must dash now. | go | |
| noun | He put a dash between the two names. | punctuation mark | |
| date | noun | The date is December 3, 1987. | calendar time |
| noun | My date is a pretty young girl. | companion | |
| noun | The dates grow in hot climates. | fruit | |
| daughter | noun | Her daughter was 12 years old. | female offspring |
| dawn | noun | The dawn on Mt. Emei is beautiful. | sunrise |
| verb | It dawned on him what the answer was. | occurred | |
| day | noun | The day was a bright sunny clear one. | dawn to dusk |
| noun | It will take one day to finish. | 24 hours | |