Day 2 Flashcards
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cupidity
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greed
2
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dearth
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scarcity
3
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debonair
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urbane and suave; amiable; cheerful and carefree
4
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decadence
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decay
5
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deluge
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flood or rush
6
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denouement
A
outcome
7
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depose
A
dethrone
8
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depredation
A
plundering
9
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derivative
A
unoriginal; obtained from another source
10
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descry
A
catch sight of
11
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desiccate
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to dry up
12
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despoil
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to strip of valuables or rob
13
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despot
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tyrant; harsh
14
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desuetude
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state of disuse
15
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desultory
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aimless; haphazard; digressing at random
16
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detraction
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slandering or aspersion
17
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dialectical
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delating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal
18
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diatribe
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bitter scolding
19
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dichotomy
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split; branching into two parts
20
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dictum
A
authoritative and weighty statement
21
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didactic
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teaching; instructional
22
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diffidence
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shyness
23
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dilettante
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aimless follower of the arts
amateur
24
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dint
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means; effort
25
disabuse
to correct a false impression
26
disaffected
dissatisfied with the people in authority and no longer willing to support them
27
discomfit
to defeat or disconcert
28
disconsolate
sad
29
discursive
digressing, rambling
30
disenfranchise
to deprive of a civil right
31
disquisition
a formal systematic inquiry or explanation of one
32
dissemble
to disguise, pretend
33
dissident
dissenting or rebellious
34
dissimulate
to pretend or conceal by feigning
35
divest
to strip or deprive
36
doctrinaire
unable to compromise about points of doctrine
37
dossier
file of documents on a subject
38
dotage
senility
39
drivel
nonsense; foolishness
40
droll
queer and amusing
41
ebullient
showing excitement or enthusiasm
42
ecclesiastic
pertaining to the church
43
effete
lacking vigor; worn out; sterile
44
effrontery
impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve
45
elegy
poem expressing lamentation
46
embroil
throw into confusion
47
emissary
agent or messenger
48
endemic
prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country
49
enervate
weaken
50
enfranchise
to admit the rights of citizenship
51
engender
to cause or produce
52
enjoin
to command or order or forbid
53
enrapture
to please inensely
54
enterprising
full of initiative
55
entree
entrance; a way in
56
epigram
witty thought or saying
57
episodic
loosely connected
58
epithet
word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
59
equable
tranquil; steady or uniform
60
equanimity
calmness of temperament or composure
61
equitable
fair or impartial
62
equivocate
lie or mislead
63
escapade
prank or flighty conduct
64
eschew
avoid
65
espouse
to adopt or support
66
essay
to make an attempt at or to test
67
euphony
sweet sound
68
evanescent
fleeting or vanishing
69
evince
to show clearly
70
evenhanded
impartial or fair
71
exacting
etremely demanding
72
excoriate
to scold with biting harhness
73
execrable
very bad
74
execrate
to curse
75
exegesis
explanation
76
exigency
urgent situation
77
exonerate
to acquit
78
expatiate
to talk at length
79
expiate
to make amends for a sin
