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D Flashcards

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Dearth

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Lack of something

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Dalliance

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Flirtatious affair; trifling wasting of time

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Debauchery

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Dissoluteness; immoral behavior

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Debilitating

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Weakening

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Debunk

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Show something to be false

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Decry

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Criticize something/someone

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Defector

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Political emigrant

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Deferential

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Showing respect

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Deferment

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Postponement of conscription into army

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Defoliate

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Strip or lose leaves

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Delimit

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Establish limits or boundaries or something

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Delineate

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Describe/outline something

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Demagogue

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Emotive dictator; gains control by appealing to people’s emotions and prejudice rather than rationality

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Demure

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Looking shyly modest

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Denigrate

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Disparage and belittle

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Denizen

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Resident; habitual visitor

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Denote

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Mean/refer to something

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Denude

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Strip area by erosion

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Deplorable

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Extremely unacceptable

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Deprecate

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Condemn something/someone

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Deride

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Ridicule

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Derivative

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Unoriginal

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Despoil

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Plunder; rob

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Despondent

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Discouraged

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Despot

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Absolute ruler

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Destitution

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Extreme poverty

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Dexterity

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Physical skill; quick wits

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Diaphanous

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Transparent; insubstantial

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Dichotomy

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Division between two separate or contradictory groups; something with contradicting qualities

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Didactic

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Fond of instructing/advising others, even when unwanted

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Diffident

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Lacking self confidence

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Dilapidated

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In disrepair

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Dilettante

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Dabbler in art or knowledge

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Diminutive

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Very small

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Dingy

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Dirty or faded

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Dirge

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Funeral hyme

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Disapprobation

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Condemnation

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Discomfit

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Make unsettled or confused

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Discourse

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Serious speech or piece of writing

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Discrete

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Completely separate

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Discursive

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Lengthy with digressions

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Disinterested

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Impartial; free from bias or self interest

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Disjointed

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Confusingly fragmented

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Disparage

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Criticize

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Dispassionate

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Calmly objective; not influenced by emotions or personal feelings

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Dispatch

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Efficient speed

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Disposition

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Personality

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Disputant

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Someone involved in an argument or legal dispute

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Dissemble

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Put on false appearance

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Disseminate

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Spread

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Dissension

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Disagreement

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Dissolute

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Indulging in vice

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Dissonance

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Unpleasant noise

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Distend

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Swell up; expand/inflate

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Divest

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To strip, deprive, dispose of

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Divulge

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reveal something

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Docket

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List of future court cases

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Doctor

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To tamper with/falsify

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Doctrinaire

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Determined to use a theory

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Dogmatic

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Stubborn; expressing rigid opinions

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Dour

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Severe/unfriendly

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Dowager

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Widow with husband’s title/property; woman of status

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Dramatist

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Playwright

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Droll

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Oddly amusing

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Drub

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To defeat an opponent comprehensively

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Drudgery

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Distasteful, dull, hard work

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Duress

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Use of force or threat to make someone do something

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