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dissident

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n. person who disagrees about beliefs, etc.

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dissolution

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n. disintegration; debauchery

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dissonance

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n. discord; lack of harmony

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distend

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v. to expand; swell out

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distill

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v. extract the essential elements

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distrait

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adj. inattentive; preoccupied

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diverge

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v. to vary; go in different directions fro the same point

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divest

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v. to strip; deprive; rid

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divulge

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v. to make known something that is secret

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doctrinaire

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adj. relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding

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