D Words Flashcards

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Desecrate

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Violate or destroy a holy site or any site

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Despondent

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Without or almost without hope

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Dexterous

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Skillful in physical movements, especially of the hands

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Diatribe

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Thunderous verbal attack

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Dilapidated

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In deplorable condition, decayed, ruined

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Disconcerting

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Causing an emotional disturbance

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Disgruntle

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Put into a bad mood or humor

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Deceptive

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Deceiving or misleading

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Detrimental

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causing harm or injury, damaging, harmful

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Dumbfounded

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Struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

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diagnostic

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A symptom or characteristic, to understand or discover

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Dubious

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Not convinced, open to doubt or suspicion

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Diplomacy

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Negotiation between nations, wisdom in handling public affairs

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Dupe

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To be tricked or swindled

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Dissipate

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Live a life of pleasure, spend frivolously and unwisely, use of alcohol consumption

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Disposition

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Usual mood, naturally acquired habit or characteristic, the act of getting rid of something, a standpoint

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Despotic

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Dictatorial

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Drudgery

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Hard laborious work

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Dogmatic

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Dictatorial, Opinionated

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Divergent

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Differing, to move apart

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Diabolical

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Evil or Cruel