121-140 Flashcards

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Depravity

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Base lack of morality; corruption

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Derogatory

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Expressing disdain; disapproving

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Despondency

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Loss of heart; loss of hope

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Despot

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Dictator; person who is domineering

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Dictum

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A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source

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Dilettante

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Someone who dabbles, not seriously; amateur

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Disdain

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A feeling or show of contempt

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Disparity

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Wide difference; inequality

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Disseminate

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To give out, spread widely; to make widely known

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Distend

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To swell; to swell up

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Dogmatic

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Stubbornly asserting an opinion as if it were proven fact

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Dossier

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A bundle of paper containing a detailed report or information

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Duplicity

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

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Ebullient

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Exuberant, effervescent; bubbling with excitement

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Echelon

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Level of authority or rank; step-like military formation

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Eclectic

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Chosen from a variety of sources

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Efface

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To erase; to obliterate by rubbing out

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Egalitarian

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Based on the equality of all people

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Eke

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To make a living with great effort or strain

20
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Denude

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To strip off covering or possessions; to make bare