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D Flashcards

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Daunt

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To make fearful; to intimidate

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Dearth

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Lack; scarcity

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Debacle

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Violent breakdown; sudden overthrow; overwhelming defeat

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Debauchery

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Wild living; excessive intemperance

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Debilitate

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To weaken; to cripple

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Decadent

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Decaying or decayed, especially in terms of morals

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Decimate

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To kill or destroy a large part of

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Decorous

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Proper; in good taste; orderly

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Deduce

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To conclude from the evidence; to infer

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Defame

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To libel or slander; to ruin the good name of

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Deference

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Submission to another’s will; respect; courtesy

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Definitive

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Conclusive; providing the last word

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Degenerate

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To break down; to deteriorate

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Delineate

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To describe accurately; to draw in outline

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Delude

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To deceive

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17
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Deluge

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A flood; an inundation

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Demagogue

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A leader who uses prejudice to get more power

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Denizen

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Inhabitant

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Depravity

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Extreme wickedness or corruption

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Deprecate

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To express disapproval of

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Deride

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To ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously

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Derogatory

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Disapproving; degrading

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Desiccate

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To dry out

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Despondent

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Extremely depressed; full of despaire

26
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Despot

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An absolute ruler; an autocrat

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Destitute

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Extremely poor; utterly lacking

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Desultory

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Without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random

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Dextrous

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Skillful; adroit

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Dialectical

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Relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes

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Dictum

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An authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb

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Diffident

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Timid; lacking in self-confidence

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Digress

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To stray from the main subject

34
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Dilettante

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Someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler

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Discern

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To have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate

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Discreet

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Prudent; judiciously reserved

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Discrete

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Unconnected; separate; distinct

38
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Discriminate

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To notice or point out the difference between two or more things; to discern; to differentiate

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Disdain

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Arrogant scorn; contempt

40
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Disinterested

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Not taking sides; unbiased

41
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Disparage

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To belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way

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Disparate

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Different; incompatible; unequal

43
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Disseminate

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To spread the seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known

44
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Dissipate

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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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Dissolution

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The breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration

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Distend

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To swell; to extend a great deal

47
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Distinguish

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To tell apart; to cause to stand out

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Docile

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Easily taught; obedient; easy to handle

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Doctrinaire

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Inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic

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Dogmatic

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Arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute

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Domestic

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Having to do with the household or family; not foreign

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Dormant

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Inactive; as though asleep; asleep

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Dubious

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Full of doubt; uncertain

54
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Duplicity

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The act of being two faced; double-dealing; deception

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