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| w/o a plan or purpose; disconnected; random aimless; disconnected; rambling; haphazard "Your speech was so desultory, I could not follow the logic in what you said," she complained |
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| relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the diddle of opposing extremes |
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| an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb |
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| intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic |
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| timid; lacking in self-confidence |
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| to stray from the main subject |
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| someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler |
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| to have insigt; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate |
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| prudent; judiciously reserved |
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| unconnected; separate; distinct |
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| to notice or point out the difference b/t 2 or more things; to discern; to differentiate |
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| not taking sides; unbiased |
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| to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way "Dis porridge is too hot," Goldilocks disparaged. |
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| different; incompatible; unequal |
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to spreadt he seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known
to dispense objects, such as seeds, newspapers; to distribute While making his stock boy walk the plank, the captain explained, "Dis seaman ate all of the supplies that he was supposed to disseminate." |
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| to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to cause to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to waste or squander |
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| the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration |
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| to swell; to extend a great deal |
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| to tell apart; to cause to stand out |
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