"D" - 500 SAT words Flashcards by Gayoung Park

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dauntless

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courageous

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dearth

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scarcity

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debacle

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a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco

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debilitate

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to weaken

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debunk

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prove wrong

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decimate

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destroy a large percentage/part of

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decorum

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order/politeness

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deference

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humble submission/respect

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degradation

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humiliation

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deleterious

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causing harm/damage

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delineate

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describe/portray (something) precisely

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demonstrative

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(of a person) tending to show feelings, especially affection, openly

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demure

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reserved, modest, and shy (typically used of a woman)

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demystify

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make clear and comprehensible

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denigrate

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criticize unfairly

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depose

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dethrone

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depravity

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moral corruption

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deprecate

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express disapproval of

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depreciation

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decrease in value

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deride

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make fun of

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derivative

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not original

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derogatory

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belittling

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desecration

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violate the sacredness of

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despondent

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in low spirits from loss of hope/courage

despot

ruler of absolute power (typically cruel/oppressive)

destitute

without the basic necessities of life

deterrent

hinderance/impediment

devoid

entirely lacking/free from

didactic

(often excessively) morally instructive

diffident

modest/shy because of lack of self-confidence

diffuse

spread out

digress

stray from the subject at hand

dilatory

tending to waste time

diminutive

extremely/unusually small

dire

urgent/dreadful

discern

perceive

discomfited

disappointed/defeated

discount

disregard

disheartening

discouraging

disillusionment

disenchantment/disappointment

disingenuous

insincere

disparage

regard/represent as being of little worth

dispassionate

unemotional

dispel

make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear

disputatious

quarrelsome

disquiet

anxiety

disseminate

spread (especially information) widely

distate

dislike/aversion

divergent

different/conflicting

divisive

creating conflict

divulge

make known

doctrine

religious, political, or philosophical principles/teachings

dogmatic

tending to force one's own opinions on others

dormant

inactive

dupe

deceive

duplicitous

deliberately deceptive