list 13 Flashcards by yeran xu

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Deciduous

A

Falling off as leaves

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Decimate

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Kill, usually one out of ten

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Decipher

A

Interpret secret code

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Declivity

A

Downward slope

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Décolleté

A

低肩露颈的服装

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Decorum

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Propriety, orderliness and good taste in manner

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Decoy

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Lure or bait

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Decrepit

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Worn out by age

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Decrepitude

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State of collapse caused by illness or old age

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Deface

A

Disfigure

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Defame

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Harm one’s reputation

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Default

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Failure to act

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Defeatist

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Attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as natural outcome

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Defer

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Delay till later, making plans until they hear from their draft board, give in respectfully

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Deference

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Courteous regard for another’s wish

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Defile

A

Pollute

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Defiance

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Refusal to yield, resistance

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Definitive

A

Final, complete

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Deflect

A

Turn aside

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Defoliate

A

Destroy leaves

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Defray

A

Pay the costs

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Deft

A

Neat, skillfully

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Defunct

A

Dead, no longer in use or existence

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Degenerate

A

Become worse

Degradation

Humiliation, debasement

Deify

Turn into god

Deign

Condescend, stoop

Delectable

Delightful, delicious

Demoniac

Flendish

Demur

Object

Demure

Grave, serious, coy

Demystify

Clarify

Denigrate

Blacken

Denizen

Inhabitant or resident

Denotation

Meaning, distinguish by name

Denouement

Outcome, final development of the plot of a play

Deplore

Regret,disapprove of

Deploy

散开，部署

Depose

Dethrone, remove from office

Deposition

Testimony under oath

Depravity

Extreme corruption

Deprecate

抗议，蔑视

Depreciate

Lessen in value

Depredation

Plundering

Deranged

Insane

Derelict

Abandoned, negligent

Derivative

Unoriginal

Dermatologist

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