D List Vocabulary

Question 1

a fingerprint

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dactylogram

Question 2

a daffodil

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daffodowndilly

Question 3

scarcity that makes dear; famine; inadequate supply

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dearth

Question 4

a tumultuous breakup by ice in a river, a great disaster; a complete failure

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debacle

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weakening

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debilitating

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gentle, courteous, charming (look/appearance)

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debonair

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to expose the sham or falseness of

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debunk

Question 8

to depreciate (as a coin) officially or publicly; to express strong disapproval of publicly

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decry

Question 9

the act of throwing something or someone out a window

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defenestration

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characterized by facility and skill

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deft

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free of constraint, nonchalant; being free and easy; extended w/toe pointed in preparation for a ballet step; (attitude)

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dégagé

Question 12

harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way

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deleterious

Question 13

to laugh at contemptuously; to subject to usually bitter or contemptuous ridicule

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deride/derisive/derision

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prescribed or required by fashion, etiquette, or custom

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de rigueur

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loose material that results directly from disintegration; miscellaneous remnants; accumulation of stuff

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detritus

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of, relating to, or constituting a diameter, located at the diameter; completely opposed; being at opposite extremes

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diametrically

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hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence; distrustful, reserved, unassertive, restrained in manner

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diffident; diffidence

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a narrow, forested valley

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dingle

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force, power, blow, stroke (n.); to impress or drive in w/ force, to make a dent (v.)

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dint

Question 20

having two nostrils

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dirhinous

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to free from error, fallacy, or misconception

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disabuse

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barefoot

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discalceate

Question 23

lacking in candor; giving a false appearance of simple

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disingenuous

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degrading in rank/reputation

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disparaging/disparage/disparagement

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containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements; markedly distinct in quality or character

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disparate

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to take away the peace or tranquility of

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disquieting

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causing grief or affliction, full of grief

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doleful

Question 28

ambiguity of meaning arising from language that lends itself to more than one interpretation

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double entendre

Question 29

marked by fearless resolution

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doughty

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stern, harsh, obstinate, unyielding; sullen, gloomy

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dour

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senior member of a body or group; oldest examples of a category

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doyen/doyenne

Question 32

of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him; cruel, severe

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draconian