D And E Flashcards

1
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Dawdle

A

To lag behind

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2
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Decipher

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Figure it out

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3
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Deficient

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Not enough

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4
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Degrade

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To break something down slowly over time

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5
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Demur

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Politely say no or avoid it

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6
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Desolation

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Total abandonment, emptiness and destruction

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7
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Despoil

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The act of taking away anything of value

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8
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Deter

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To deter someone is to stop them from doing something

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9
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Disenfranchise

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Take someone’s right to vote or preventing them from using it

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10
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Disparity

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An inequality or difference between two things

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11
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Disseminate

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Pass out or ensure the spread of something (often as info)

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12
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Diverge

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Things diverge when they move apart

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13
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Doctrine

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Sincerely held belief often of the religious variety but also political or other beliefs

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14
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Doldrums

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A time which nothing happens / an area of water that is not moving

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15
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Domestic

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Related to the home

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16
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Dominion

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Control or authority over someone or something

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17
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Dubious

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Doubtful and uncertain

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18
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Earnest

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Serious

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19
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Eddy

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When water or air moves swiftly in a circular motion

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20
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Effectual

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The desired result has been achieved through that action

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21
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Efficacy

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How effective something is

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22
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Efficient

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Something done in the least amount of time and resources to the best result

23
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Embellish

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To add details to something (either verbally or physically)

24
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Emit

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Give off (emitted smell)

25
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Empathize

A

Feel what someone is feeling

26
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Endearing

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Pleasant/ warm

27
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Endeavor

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A try / to try

28
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Endow

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To give / rights given to people because of birth or citizenship

29
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Enhance

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Make it better or clearer

30
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Enterprise

A

Process of doing something difficult

31
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Entice

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To convince someone to do something through the promise of reward

32
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Entrenched

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To be dug in and refusing to move / stubborn on an idea

33
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Ephemeral

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Temporary

34
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Evince

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To show one’s feelings

35
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Expenditure

A

Spending of money or resources

36
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Explanatory

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Explains something (duh)

37
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Extensive

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Wide-spread or far reaching / thorough

38
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Feature

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Part of an item for specific use

39
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Feeble

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Weak

40
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Fetter

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To hold someone or something back from what they want to accomplish

41
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Fiscal

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Related to money and economy

42
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Florid

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Red or flushed

43
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Forum

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A location or meeting where people discuss thoughts and ideas

44
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Frantic

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Desperate/urgent

45
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Germinate

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Take something with potential and make it grow

46
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Glom

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To attach to something

47
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Glut

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A ridiculous amount of something you don’t even know what to do with it

48
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Grievance

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A complaint

49
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Haggle

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The process two people go through as they exchange offers back and forth to try and make a deal

50
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Ignominious

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Embarrassing/undignified

51
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Illegible

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Unable to be read/ understood

52
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Immured

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Enclosed / trapped /held against their will

53
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Impel

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Force or push someone to do something