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Question 1

Denude

Answer 1

to strip off covering or possessions; to make bare

Question 2

Depravity

Answer 2

base lack of morality; corruption

Question 3

Derogatory

Answer 3

expressing disdain; disapproving

Question 4

Despondency

Answer 4

loss of heart; loss of hope

Question 5

Despot

Answer 5

dictator; person who is domineering

Question 6

Dictum

Answer 6

a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source

Question 7

Dilettante

Answer 7

someone who dabbles, not seriously; amateur

Question 8

Disdain

Answer 8

a feeling of show of contempt

Question 9

Disparity

Answer 9

wide difference; inequality

Question 10

Disseminate

Answer 10

to give out, spread widely; to make widely known

Question 11

Distend

Answer 11

to swell; to swell up

Question 12

Dogmatic

Answer 12

stubbornly asserting an opinion as if it were proven fact

Question 13

Dossier

Answer 13

a bundle of papers containing a detailed report or information

Question 14

Duplicity

Answer 14

deception by pretense of feeling; double-dealing, being two-faced

Question 15

Ebullient

Answer 15

exuberant, effervescent; bubbling with excitement

Question 16

Echelon

Answer 16

level of authority or rank; step like military formation

Question 17

Eclectic

Answer 17

chosen from a variety of sources

Question 18

Efface

Answer 18

to erase; to obliterate by rubbing out

Question 19

Egalitarian

Answer 19

based on the equality of all people

Question 20

Eke

Answer 20

to make a living with great effort or strain