| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 136 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| despair | noun | She was filled with despair and fear. | gloom |
| verb | Don't despair because of the trouble. | lose hope | |
| desperate | adj. | He was a desperate criminal. | wretched |
| adj. | We made a desperate attempt to free. | bold | |
| despise | verb | They will despise you for that. | hate |
| despite | prep. | We will go despite the problems. | regardless of |
| dessert | noun | We will eat pie for dessert. | pie, cake, etc. |
| destination | noun | Our destination is New York. | target |
| destine | verb | The plan is destined to fail. | preordained |
| destiny | noun | Success is my personal destiny. | fate |
| destroy | verb | We shall destroy the enemy. | crush |
| verb | The car was destroyed by an accident. | demolished | |