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Question 1

Demur

Answer 1

to express doubts or objections

-protest, expostulate, remonstrate

Question 2

Demagogue

Answer 2

a leader or rabble-rouser, usually one appealing to emotion or prejudice
-instigator, inciter, agitator

Question 3

Deleterious

Answer 3

subtly or unexpectedly harmful

-adverse, hurtful, inimical, injurious

Question 4

Deference

Answer 4

respect; courtesy

-homage, honor, obeisance, veneration

Question 5

Deface

Answer 5

to mar the appearance of; to vandalize

-disfigure, impair, spoil

Question 6

Decorum

Answer 6

appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety

-decency, etiquette, manners, seemliness

Question 7

Decorous

Answer 7

proper; tasteful; socially correct

-appropriate, courteous, polite, comme il faut

Question 8

Declivity

Answer 8

a downward slope

-decline, descent, grade, slant, tilt

Question 9

Debutante

Answer 9

a young woman making debut in high society

-lady, maiden

Question 10

Dyspeptic

Answer 10

suffering from indigestion; gloomy and irritable

-acerbic; melancholy, morose, solemn, sour

Question 11

Dupe

Answer 11

to deceive

-beguile, betray, cozen, fool, mislead, trick

Question 12

Droll

Answer 12

amusing in a wry, subtle way

-comic, entertaining, funny, witty

Question 13

Dogmatic

Answer 13

ditatorial in one’s opinions

-authoritarian, bossy, domineering, overbearing, imperious

Question 14

Dogma

Answer 14

a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief

-creed, doctrine, teaching, tenet

Question 15

Doctrinaire

Answer 15

rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic
-dictatorial, inflexible

Question 16

Divine

Answer 16

to foretell or know by inspiration

-auger, foresee, intuit, predict, presage

Question 17

Diurnal

Answer 17

active or occurring during the day

-daylight, daytime

Question 18

Dither

Answer 18

to act confusedly or without clear purpose

-falter, hesitate, waffle, waver, vacillate

Question 19

Distend

Answer 19

to swell, inflate, or bloat

-broaden, bulge

Question 20

Distaff

Answer 20

the female branch of a family

-maternal

Question 21

Dissonance

Answer 21

a harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds

-clash, discord, dissent, friction, variance

Question 22

Dissemble

Answer 22

to present a false appearance; to disguise one’s real intentions or character
-act, affect, assume, fake, dissimulate

Question 23

Disparate

Answer 23

fundamentally different; entirely unlike

-different, dissimilar, diverse, variant

Question 24

Discern

Answer 24

to perceive or recognize

-descry, detect, differentiate, separate

Question 25

Disabuse

Answer 25

to set right; to free from error

-correct, undeceive

Question 26

Dirge

Answer 26

a funeral hymn or mournful speech

-elegy, lament

Question 27

Dilettante

Answer 27

someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
-amateur, dabbler, tyro

Question 28

Dictum

Answer 28

an authoritative statement

-adage, aphorism, decree, edict

Question 29

Dilatory

Answer 29

intended to delay

-dragging, slow, tardy, slow-going, lagging

Question 30

Dilate

Answer 30

to make larger; to expand

-amplify, develop, enlarge, expatiate

Question 31

Diffident

Answer 31

lacking self-confidence

-bashful, coy, demure, modest, self-effacing, shy, timid

Question 32

Diatribe

Answer 32

an abusive, condemnatory speech

-fulmination, harangue, invective, tirade, jeremiad, malediction

Question 33

Diaphanous

Answer 33

allowing light to show through; delicate

-sheer, gauzy, tenuous, translucent

Question 34

Desultory

Answer 34

jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

-aimless, erratic, random, unplanned, haphazard

Question 35

Desiccate

Answer 35

to dry out thoroughly

-dehydrate, dry, parch

Question 36

Deride

Answer 36

to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock

-gibe, jeer, ridicule, scoff, taunt