Daunt-Dessicate Flashcards
Dearth
Lack
Scarcity
Daunt
To make fearful
To intimidate
Debacle
Violent breakdown
Sudden overthrow
Overwhelming defeat
Debauchery
Wild living
Excessive intemperance
Debilitate
To weaken
To cripple
Decadent
Decaying or decayed
Especially in terms of morals
Decimate
To kill or destroy a large part of
Decorous
Proper
In good taste
Orderly
Deduce
To conclude from the evidence
To infer
Defame
To libel or slander
To ruin the good name of
Deference
Submission to another’s will
Respect
Courtesy
Definitive
Conclusive
Providing the last word
Degenerate
To break down
To deteriorate
Deleterious
Harmful
Delineate
To describe accurately
To draw in outline
Delude
To deceive
Deluge
A flood
An inundation
Demagogue
A leader who uses prejudice to get more power
Denizen
Inhabitant
Depravity
Extreme wickedness or corruption
Deprecate
To express disapproval of
Deride
To ridicule
To laugh at contemptuously
Derogatory
Disapproving
Degrading
Desiccate
To dry out
