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Words that start with the letter D

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Daring

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adj. Brave

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Darkling

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adv. Blindly

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Darwinism

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n. The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms

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Dastard

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n. A base coward

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Datum

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n. A premise, starting-point, or given fact

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Dauntless

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adj. Fearless

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Day-man

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n. A day-laborer

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Dead-heat

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n. A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner

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Dearth

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n. Scarcity, as of something customary, essential, or desirable

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Death’s-Head

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n. A human skill as a symbol of death

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Debase

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v. To lower in character or virtue

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Debatable

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adj. Subject to contention or dispute

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Debonair

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adj. Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner

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Debut

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n. A first appearance in society or on the stage

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Decagon

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n. A figure with ten sides and ten angles

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Decagram

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n. A weight of 10 grams

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Decaliter

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n. A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters

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Decalogue

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n. The ten commandments

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Decameron

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n. A volume consisting of ten parts or books

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Decameter

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n. A length of ten meters

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Decamp

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v. To leave suddenly or unexpectedly

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Decapitate

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v. To behead

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Decapod

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adj. Ten-footed or ten-armed

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Decasyllable

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n. A line of ten syllables

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Deceit

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n. Falsehood

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Deceitful

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adj. Fraudulent

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Deceive

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v. To mislead by or as by falsehood

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Decency

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n. Moral fitness

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Decent

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adj. Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress

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Deciduous

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adj. Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc..

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Decimal

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adj. Founded on the number 10

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Decimate

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v. To destroy a measurable or large proportion of

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Decipher

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v. To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible

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Decisive

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ad. Conclusive

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Declamation

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n. A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public

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Declamatory

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adj. A full and formal style of utterance

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Declarative

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adj. Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation

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Declension

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n. The change of endings in nouns

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Declension

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adj. To express their different relations of gender

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Decorate

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v. To embellish

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Decorous

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adj. Suitable for the occasion or circumstances

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Decoy

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n. Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation

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Decrepit

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adj. Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity

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Dedication

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n. The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end of cause

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Deduce

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v. To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles

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Deface

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v. To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of

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Defalcate

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v. To cut off or take away, as a part of something

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Defamation

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n. Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another

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Defame

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v. To slander

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Default

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n. The neglect or omission of a legal requirement

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Defendant

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n. A person against whom a suit is brought

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Defensible

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adj. Carried on in resistance to aggression

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Defer

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v. To delay or put off to some other time

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Deference

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n. Respectful submission or yielding, as to another’s opinion, wishes, or judgment

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Defiant

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adj. Characterized by bold or insolent opposition

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Deficiency

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n. Lack or insufficiency

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Deficient

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adj. Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount

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Definite

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adj. Having an exact signification or positive meaning

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Deflect

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v. To cause to turn aside or downward

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Deforest

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v. To clear of forests

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Deform

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v. To disfigure

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Deformity

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n. A disfigurement

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Defraud

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v. To deprive of something dishonestly

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Defray

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v. To make payment for

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Degeneracy

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n. A becoming worse

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Degeneracy

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n. A becoming worse

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Degenerate

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v. To become worse or inferior

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Degradation

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n. Diminution, as of strength or magnitude

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Degrade

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v. To take away honors or position from

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Dehydrate

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v. To deprive of water

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Deify

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v. To regard or worship as a god

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Deign

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v. To deem worthy of notice or account

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Deist

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n. One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation

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Deity

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n. A god, goddess, or divine person

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Deject

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v. To dishearten

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Dejection

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n. Melancholy

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Delectable

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adj. Delightful to the taste or the senses

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Delectation

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n. Delight

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Deleterious

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adj. Hurtful, morally, or physically

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Delicacy

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n. That which is agreeable to a fine taste

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Delineate

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v. To represent by sketch or diagram

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Deliquesce

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v. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air

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Delirious

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adj. Raving

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Delude

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v. To mislead the mind or judgment of

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Deluge

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v. To overwhelm with a flood of water

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Delusion

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n. Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring

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Demagnetize

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v. To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism

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Demagogue

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n. An unprincipled politician

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Demeanor

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n. Deportment

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Demented

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adj. Insane

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Demerit

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n. A mark for failure or bad conduct

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Demise

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n. Death

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Demobilize

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v. To disband, as troops

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Demolish

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v. To annihilate

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Demonstrable

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adj. Capable of positive proof

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Demonstrate

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v. To prove indubitably

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Demonstrative

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adj. Inclined to strong exhibition of feeling or thoughts

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Demonstrator

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n. One who proves in a convincing and conclusive manner

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Demulcent

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n. Any application soothing to an irritable surface

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Demurrage

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n. The detention of a vessel beyond the specified time of sailling

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Dendroid

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adj. Like a tree

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Dendrology

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n. The natural history of trees

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Denizen

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n. Inhabitant

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Denominate

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v. To give a name or epithet to

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Denomination

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n. A body of Christians united by a common faith and form of worship and discipline

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Denominator

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n. Part of a fraction which expresses the number of equal parts into which the unit is divided

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Denote

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v. To designate by word or mark

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Denouement

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n. The part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up

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Denounce

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v. To point out or publicly accuse as deserving of punishment, censure, or odium

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Dentifrice

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n. Any preparation used for cleaning the teeth

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Denude

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v. To strip the covering from

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Denunciation

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n. The act of declaring an action or person worthy of reprobation or punishment

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Deplete

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v. To reduce or lessen, as by use, exhaustion, or waste

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Deplorable

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adj. Contemptible

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Deplore

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v. To regard with grief or sorrow

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Deponent

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adj. Laying down

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Depopulate

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v. To remove the inhabitants from

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Deport

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v. To take or send away forcibly, as to a penal colony

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Deportment

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n. Demeanor

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Deposition

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n. Testimony legally taken or interrogatories and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court

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Depositor

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n. One who makes a deposit, or has an amount deposited

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Depository

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n. A place where anything is kept in safety

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Deprave

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v. To render bad, especially moral bad

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Deprecate

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v. To express disapproval or regret for, with hope for the opposite

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Depreciate

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v. To lessen the worth of

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Depreciation

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n. A lowering in value or an underrating in worth

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Depress

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v. To press down

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Depression

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n. A falling of the spirits

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Depth

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n. Deepness

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Derelict

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adj. Neglectful of obligation

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Deride

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v. To ridicule

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Derisible

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adj. Open to ridicule

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Derision

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n. Ridicule

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Derivation

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n. That process by which a word is traced from its original root or primitive form and meaning

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Derivative

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adj. Coming or acquired from some origin

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Derive

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v. To deduce, as from a premise

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Dermatology

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n. The branch of medical science which relates to the skin and its diseases

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Derrick

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n. An apparatus for hoisting and swinging great weights

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Descendant

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n. One who is descended lineally from another, as a child, grandchild, etc…

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Descendent

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adj. Proceeding downward

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Descent

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n. The act of moving or going downward

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Descry

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v. To dsicern

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Desert

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v. To abandon without regard to the welfare of the abandoned

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Desiccant

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n. Any remedy which, when applied externally, dries up or absorbs moisture, as that of wounds

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Designate

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v. To select or appoint, as by authority

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Desist

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v. To cease from action

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Desistance

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n. Cessation

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Despair

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n. Utter hopelessness and despondency

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Desperado

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n. One without regard for law or life

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Desperate

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adj. Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair

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Despicable

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adj. Contemptible

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Despite

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prep. In spite of

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Despond

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v. To lose spirit, courage, or hope

153
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Despondent

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adj. Disheartened

154
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Despot

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n. An absolute and irresponsible monarch

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Despotism

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n. Any severe and strict rule in which the judgement of the governed has little or no part

156
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Desitute

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adj. Poverty-Stricken

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Desultory

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adj. Not connected with what precedes

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Deter

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v. To frighten away

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Deteriorate

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v. To grow worse

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Determinate

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adj. Definitely limited or fixed

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Determination

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n. The act of deciding

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Deterrent

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adj. Hindering from action through fear

163
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Detest

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v. To dislike or hate with intensity

164
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Detract

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v. To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation

165
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Detriment

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n. Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss

166
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Detrude

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v. To push down forcibly

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Deviate

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v. To take a different course

168
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Devilry

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n. Malicious mischief

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Deviltry

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n. Wanton and malicious mischief

170
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Devious

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adj. Out of the common or regular track

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Devise

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v. To invent

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Devout

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adj. Religious

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Dexterity

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n. Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work

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Diabolic

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adj. Characteristic of the devil

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Diacritical

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adj. Marking a difference

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Diagnose

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v. To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena

177
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Diagnosis

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n. Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease

178
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Dialect

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n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district

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Dialectician

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n. A logician

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Dialogue

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n. A formal conversation in which two or more take part

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Diaphanous

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adj. Transparent

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Diatomic

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adj. Containing only two atoms

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Diatribe

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n. A bitter or malicious criticism

184
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Dictum

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n. A positive utterance

185
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Didactic

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adj. Pertaining to teaching

186
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Difference

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n. Dissimilarity in any respect

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Differentia

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n. Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species

188
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Differential

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adj. Distinctive

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Differentiate

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v. To acquire a distinct and separate character

190
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Diffidence

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n. Self-distrust

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Diffident

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adj. Affected or possessed with self-distrust

192
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Diffusible

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adj. Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly

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Diffusion

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n. Dispersion

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Dignitary

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n. One who holds high rank

195
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Digraph

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n. A union of two characters representing a single sound

196
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Digress

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v. To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter

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Dilapidated

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pa. Fallen into decay or partial ruin

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Dilate

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v. To enlarge in all directions

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Dilatory

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adj. Tending to cause delay

200
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Dilemma

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n. A situation in which a choice between opposing modes of conduct is necessary

201
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Dilettante

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n. A superficial amateur

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Diligence

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n. Careful and persevering effort to accomplish what is undertaken

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Dilute

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v. To make more fluid or less concentrated by admixture with something

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Diminution

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n. Reduction

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Dimly

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adj. Obscurely

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Diphthong

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n. The sound produced by combining two vowels in to a single syllable or running together the sounds

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Diplomacy

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n. Tact, shrewdness, or skill in conducting any kind of negotiations or in social matters

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Diplomat

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n. A representative of one sovereign state at the capital or court of another

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Diplomatic

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adj. Characterized by special tact in negotiations

209
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Diplomatist

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n. One remarkable for tact and shrewd management

210
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Disagree

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v. To be opposite in opinion

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Disallow

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v. To withhold permission or sanction

212
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Disappear

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v. To cease to exist, either actually or for the time being

213
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Disappoint

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v. To fail to fulfill the expectation, hope, wish, or desire of

214
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Disapprove

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v. To regard with blame

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Disarm

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v. To deprive of weapons

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Disarrange

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c. To throw out of order

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Disavow

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v. To disclaim responsibility for

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Disavowal

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Disbeliever

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n. One who refuses to believe

220
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Disburden

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v. To disencumber

221
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Disburse

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v. To pay out or expend, as money from a fund

222
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Discard

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v. To reject

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Discernible

A

adj. Perceivable

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Disciple

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n. One who believes the teaching of another, or who adopts and follows some doctrine

225
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Disciplinary

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adj. Having the nature of systematic training or subjection to authority

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Discipline

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v. To train to obedience

227
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Disclaim

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v. To disavow any claim to, connection with, or responsibility to

228
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Discolor

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v. To stain

229
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Discomfit

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v. To put to confusion

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Discomfort

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n. The state of being positively uncomfortable

231
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Disconnect

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v. To undo or dissolve the connection or association of

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Disconsolate

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adj. Grief-stricken

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Discontinuance

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n. Interruption or intermission

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Discord

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n. Absence of harmoniousness

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Discountenance

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v. To look upon with disfavor

236
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Discover

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v. To get first sight or knowledge of, as something previously unknown or unperceived

237
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Discredit

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v. To injure the reputation of

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Discreet

A

adj. Judicious

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Discrepant

A

adj. Opposite

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Discriminate

A

v. To draw a distinction

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Discursive

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adj. Passing from one subject to another

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Discussion

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Disenfranchise

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v. To deprive of any right privilege or power

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Disengage

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v. To become detached

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Disfavor

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n. Disregard

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Disfigure

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v. To impair or injure the beauty, symmetry, or appearance of

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Dishabille

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n. Undress or negligent attire

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Dishonest

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adj. Untrustworthy

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Disillusion

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v. To disenchant

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Disinfect

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v. To remove or destroy the poison of infectious or contagious diseases

251
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Disinfectant

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n. A substance used to destroy the germs of infectious diseases

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Disinherit

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v. To deprive of an inheritance

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Disinterested

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adj. Impartial

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Disjunctive

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adj. Helping or serving to disconnect or separte

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Dislocate

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v. To put out of proper place or order

256
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Dismissal

A

n. Displacement by authority from an office or an employment

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Dismount

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v. To throw down, push off, or otherwise remove from a horse or the like

258
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Disobedience

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n. Neglect or refusal to comply with an authoritative injunction

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Disobedient

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adj. Neglecting or refusing to obey

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Disown

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v. To refuse to acknowledge as one’s own or as connected with oneself

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Disparage

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v. To regard or speak of slightingly

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Disparity

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n. Inequality

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Dispel

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v. To drive away by or as by scattering in different directions

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Dispensation

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n. That which is bestowed on or appointed to one from a higher power

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Displace

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v. To put out of the proper or accustomed place

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Dispossess

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v. To deprive of actual occupancy, especially of real estate

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Disputation

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n. Verbal controversy

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Disqualify

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v. To debar

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Disquiet

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v. To deprive of peace or tranquility

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Disregard

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v. To take no notice of

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Disreputable

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adj. Dishonorable or disgraceful

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Disrepute

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n. A bad name or character

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Disrobe

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v. To unclothe

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Disrupt

A

v. To burst or break asunder

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Dissatisfy

A

v. To displease

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Dissect

A

v. To cut apart or to pieces

277
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Dissection

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n. The act or operation of cutting in pieces, specifically of a plant or an animal

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Dissemble

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v. To hide by pretending something different

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Disseminate

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v. To sow or scatter abroad, as seed is sown

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Dissension

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n. Angry or violent difference of opinion

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Dissent

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n. Disagreement

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Dissentient

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n. One who disagrees

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Diseentious

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adj. Contentious

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Dissertation

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Disservice

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n. An ill turn

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Dissever

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v. To divide

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Dissimilar

A

adj. Different

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Dissipate

A

v. To disperse or disappear

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Dissipation

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n. The state of being dispersed or scattered

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Dissolute

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Dissolution

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n. A breaking up of a union of persons

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Dissolve

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n. To liquefy or soften, as by heat or moisture

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Dissonance

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n. Discord

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Dissonant

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adj. Harsh or disagreeable in sound

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Dissuade

A

v. To change the purpose or alter the plans of by persuasion, counsel, or pleading

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Dissuasion

A

n. The act of changing the purpose of or altering the plans of through persuasion, or pleading

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Disyllable

A

n. A word of two syllables

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Distemper

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n. A disease or malady

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Distend

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v. To stretch out of expand in every direction

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Distensible

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adj. Capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction

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Distention

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n. Expansion

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Distill

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v. To extract or produce by vaporization and condensation

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Distillation

A

n. Separation of the more volatile parts of a substance from those less volatile

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Distiller

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n. One occupied in the business of distilling alcoholic liquors

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Distinction

A

n. A note or designation of honor, officially recognizing superiority or success in studies

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Distort

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v. To twist into an unnatural or irregular form

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Distrain

A

v. To subject a person to distress

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Distrainor

A

n. One who subjects a person to distress

309
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Distraught

A

adj. Bewildered

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Distrust

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n. Lack of confidence in the power, wisdom, or good intent of any person

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Disunion

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n. Separation of relations or interests

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Diurnal

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adj. Daily

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Divagation

A

n. Digression

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Divergent

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adj. Tending in different directions

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Diverse

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adj. Capable of various forms

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Diversion

A

n. Pastime

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Diversity

A

n. Dissimilitude

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Divert

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v. To turn from the accustomed course or a line of action already established

319
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Divertible

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adj. Able to be turned from the accustomed course or a line of action already established

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Divest

A

v. To strip, specifically of clothes, ornaments, or accouterments or disinvestment

321
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Divination

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n. The pretended forecast of future events or discovery of what is lost or hidden

322
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Divinity

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n. The quality or character of being godlike

323
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Divisible

A

adj. Capable of being separated into parts

324
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Divisor

A

n. That by which a number or quantity is divided

325
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Divulge

A

v. To tell or make known, as something previously private or secret

326
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Divulgence

A

n. A divulging

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Docile

A

adj. Easy to manage

328
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Docket

A

n. The registry of judgments of a court

329
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Doe

A

n. The female of the deer

330
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Doogma

A

n. A statement of religious faith or duty formulated by a body claiming authority

331
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Dogmatic

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adj. Making statements without argument or evidence

332
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Dogmatize

A

v. To make positive assertions without supporting them by argument or evidence

333
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Doleful

A

adj. Melancholy

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Dolesome

A

adj. Melancholy

335
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Dolor

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n. Lamentation

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Dolorous

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adj. Expressing or causing sorrow or pain

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Domain

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n. A sphere or field of action or interest

338
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Domesticity

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n. Life in or fondness for one’s home and family

339
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Domicile

A

n. The place where one lives

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Dominance

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n. Ascendancy

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Dominant

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adj. Conspicuously prominent

342
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Dominate

A

v. To influence controllingly

343
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Domination

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n. Control by the exercise of power or constituted authority

344
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Domineer

A

v. To rule with insolence or unnecessary annoyance

345
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Donate

A

v. To bestow as a gift, especially for a worthy cause

346
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Donator

A

n. One who makes a donation or present

347
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Donee

A

n. A person to whom a donation is made

348
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Donor

A

n. One who makes a donation or present

349
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Dormant

A

adj. Being in a state of or resembling sleep

350
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Doublet

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N. One of a pair of like things

351
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Doubly

A

adv. In twofold degree or extent

352
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Dowry

A

n. The property which a wife brings to her husband in marriage

353
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Drachma

A

n. A modern and an ancient Greek coin

354
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Dragnet

A

n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of the water

355
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Dragoon

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n. In the British army, a cavalryman

356
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Drainage

A

n. The means of draining collectively, as a system of conduits, trenches, pipes, etc…

357
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Dramatist

A

n. One who writes plays

358
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Dramatize

A

v. To relate or represent in a dramatic or theatrical manner

359
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Drastic

A

adj. Acting vigorously

360
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Drought

A

n. Dry weather, especially when so long continued as to cause vegetation to wither

361
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Drowsy

A

adj. Heavy with sleepiness

362
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Drudgery

A

n. Hard and constant work in any menial or dull occupation

363
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Dubious

A

adj. Doubtful

364
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Duckling

A

n. A young duck

365
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Ductile

A

adj. Capable of being drawn out, as into wire or a thread

366
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Duet

A

n. A composition for two voices or instruments

367
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Dun

A

v. To make a demand or repeated demands on for payment

368
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Duplex

A

adj. Having two parts

369
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Duplicity

A

n. Double-dealing

370
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Durance

A

n. Confinement

371
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Duration

A

n. The period of time during which anything lasts

372
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Duteous

A

adj. Showing submission to natural superiors

373
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Dutiable

A

adj. Subject to a duty, especially a customs duty

374
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Dutiful

A

adj. Obedient

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Dwindle

A

v. To diminish or become less

376
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Dyne

A

n. The force which, applied to a mass of one gram for 1 second, would give it a velocity of 1 cm/s

English Vocab (9 decks)

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