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1
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Daunt

A

Cause to lose courage

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Decorum

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Propriety in manners and conduct

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3
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Default

A

An option that is selected automatically

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Deference

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Courteous regard for people’s feelings

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Delineate

A

Represented accurately or precisely

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Denigrate

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Attack the good name and reputation of someone

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Deride

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Treat or speak with contempt

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Derivative

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A compound obtained from another compound

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Desiccate

A

Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless

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Desultory

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Marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

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Deterrent

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Something immaterial that interferes with action or progress

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12
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Diatribe

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Thunderous verbal attack

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13
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Dichotomy

A

A classification into two opposed parts or subclasses

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14
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Diffuse

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Spread out; not concentrated in one place

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Digression

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A message that departs from the main subject

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16
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Dirge

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A song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person

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Disabuse

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Free somebody from an erroneous belief

18
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Discerning

A

Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment

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Discordant

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Not in agreement or harmony

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Discredit

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The state of being held in low esteem

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Discrepancy

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A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions

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Discrete

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Constituting a separate entity or part

23
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Disingenuous

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Not straightforward or candid

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Disinterested

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Unaffected by concern for one’s own welfare

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Disjointed

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Taken apart at the points of connection

26
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Dismiss

A

Stop associating with

27
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Disparage

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Express a negative opinion of

28
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Disparate

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Fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind

29
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Dissemble

A

Behave unnaturally or affectedly

30
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Disseminate

A

Cause to become widely known

31
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Dissolution

A

Separation into component parts

32
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Dissonance

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Disagreeable sounds

33
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Distend

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Cause to expand as if by internal pressure

34
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Distill

A

Undergo condensation

35
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Diverge

A

Move or draw apart

36
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Divest

A

Take away possessions from someone

37
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Document

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A representation of a person’s thinking with symbolic marks

38
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Dogmatic

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Pertaining to a code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

39
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Dormant

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Inactive but capable of becoming active

40
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Dupe

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Fool or hoax

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