| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 139 | |||
| 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 |