Confusing Words List,
Group D

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D

daffynition, fictionary;
dairy, diary;
dam, damn;
dammed, damned;
dangle, tangle;
days, daze;
deadly, deathly;
dear, deer;
debar, disbar;
decadence, decadents;
decease, disease;
deceased, diseased;
decent, descent, dissent;
decimate, destroy, demolish;
decisive, incisive;
decompose, discompose;
decorum, propriety;
decree, degree;
deduce, deduct;
defer, differ;
deference, difference;
defective, deficient;
definite, definitive;
defensive, defensible;
defuse, diffuse;
deign, Dane;
delegate, relegate;
denounce, renounce;
dense, dents;
dependence, dependents;
deposition, disposition;
depravation, deprivation;
depraved, deprived;
deprecate, depreciate;
descendant, descendent;
descent, dissent;
desirable, desirous;
desperate, disparate, desperado;
dessert, desert, desert;
desolate, dissolute;
detract, distract;
device, devise;
deviser, devisor, divisor;
dew, do, due;
diagnosis, prognosis;
diced, minced;
dictionary, glossary, thesaurus;
dies, dice;
diffident, dissident;
differentiate, distinguish;
digest, digest;
digress, regress;
diminish, minimize;
dine, dyne;
dingy, dinghy;
dire, dyer;
direct, erect;
disapprove, disprove;
disaster, holocaust, tragedy;
disburse, disperse;
discomfort, discomfit, disconcert;
discreet, discrete;
discuss, discus, cuss;
disinterested, uninterested;
dispassionate, unimpassioned;
displace, misplace;
disposal, disposition;
dissidence, dissidents;
distinct, distinctive;
distracted, distrait, distraught;
divers, diverse;
divorce, divorcé, divorcee,
          divocée;
divulge, disclose;
doc, dock;
doe, dough, do;
does, does, doze;
done, dun;
dope, dupe;
douse, dowse;
dove, dove;
draft, draught;
droop, drupe;
dual, duel;
ducked, duct;
dye, die;
dyeing, dying;
dynamic, dynamite


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