Deck 14

Question 1

denomination

Answer 1

a classification, a category name

Question 2

denote

Answer 2

to signify, to indicate, to mark

Question 3

deploy

Answer 3

• to station soldiers or armaments strategically

- to arrange strategically

Question 4

depose

Answer 4

to remove from office or position of power

Question 5

depravity

Answer 5

extreme wickedness or corruption

Question 6

deprecate

Answer 6

to express disapproval of

Question 7

depredate

Answer 7

to prey upon, to plunder

Question 8

deride

Answer 8

to ridicule, to laugh at contemptuously

Question 9

derelict

Answer 9

• in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect

- a person without a home, job, or property

Question 10

desiccate

Answer 10

to dry out

Question 11

desist

Answer 11

to stop doing something

Question 12

despondent

Answer 12

extremely depressed, full of despair

Question 13

destitute

Answer 13

extremely poor, utterly lacking

Question 14

desultory

Answer 14

without a plan or purpose, disconnected, random

Question 15

devout

Answer 15

• deeply religious

- fervent

Question 16

dialectical

Answer 16

• relating to discussions

- relating to the rules and methods of reasoning

Question 17

diatribe

Answer 17

a bitter and abusive denunciation

Question 18

dichotomy

Answer 18

division into two parts

Question 19

dictum

Answer 19

decree, dictate, command, an adage, maxim or proverb

Question 20

dilettante

Answer 20

someone with superficial knowledge of the arts, an amateur, a dabbler

Question 21

diminution

Answer 21

the act or process of diminishing, reduction

Question 22

dirge

Answer 22

a funeral song

Question 23

disaffect

Answer 23

to cause to lose affection, to alienate or estrange

Question 24

discern

Answer 24

to have insight, to see things clearly, to discriminate, to differentiate

Question 25

disclaim

Answer 25

to deny any claim, to renounce