desperate (des'per-at), hopeless
dessert (de-zurt'), fruit, pastry, etc., served at the close of a meal
destined to be let loose (des'tind), fated to be free
diamond (di'a-mund), precious stone
diminished (di-min'isht); made less
diminutive (di-min'u-tiv), tiny
directly (di-rekt'li), at once
disaster (diz-as'ter), great trouble
discloses (dis-kloz'ez), lets be seen
discover (dis-kuv'er), find out