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<p>DECILVITY</p>

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<p>DECLIVITY downward slope</p>

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<p>DELETERIOUS</p>

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<p>DELETERIOUS harmful, destructive, detrimental</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DELUGE</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DELUGE flood</p>

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<p>DEMAGOGUE</p>

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<p>DEMAGOGUE leader or rabble-rouser who usually uses appeals to emotion or prejudice </p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DENIGRATE</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DENIGRATE to slur or blacken someone’s reputation</p>

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<p>DESCRY</p>

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<p>DESCRY to discover or reveal</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DIAPHANOUS</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DIAPHANOUS allowing light to show through; delicate</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DICTUM</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DICTUM authoritative statement; popular saying</p>

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<p>DIDACTIC</p>

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<p>DIDACTIC excessively instructive</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DILUVIAL</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DILUVIAL relating to a flood</p>

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<p>DIMINUTIVE</p>

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<p>DIMINUTIVE small</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DISCOMFIT</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DISCOMFIT to cause perplexity and embarrassment</p>

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<p>DISTAFF</p>

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<p>DISTAFF the female branch of a family</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DITHER</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DITHER to move or act confusedly or without clear purpose</p>

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<p>DIURNAL</p>

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<p>DIURNAL daily</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DOCTRINAIRE</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DOCTRINAIRE rigidly devoted to theories</p>

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<p>DOLOR</p>

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<p>DOLOR sadness</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DOUGHTY</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DOUGHTY courageous</p>

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<p>DROLL</p>

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<p>DROLL amusing in a wry, subtle way</p>