List 13

Question 0

Declivity

Answer 0

N. Downward slope

Question 1

Decimate

Answer 1

V. Kill, usually one out of ten

Question 2

Décolleté

Answer 2

Adj. having a low-necked dress

Question 3

Defame

Answer 3

V. Harm someone’s reputation; malign; slander

Question 4

Defer

Answer 4

V. Delay till later; exempts temporarily; give in respectfully; submit

Question 5

Deference

Answer 5

N. Courteous regard for another’s wish

Question 6

Defray

Answer 6

V. Pay the costs of

Question 7

Deft

Answer 7

Adj. neat; skillful

Question 8

Defunct

Answer 8

Adj. Dead; no longer in use or existence

Question 9

Deign

Answer 9

V. Condescend; stoop

Question 10

Deleterious

Answer 10

Adj. harmful

Question 11

Delineate

Answer 11

V. Portray; depict; sketch

Question 12

Deluge

Answer 12

N. Flood; rush

Question 13

Demagogue

Answer 13

N. Person who appeals to people’s prejudice; false leader of the people

Question 14

Demur

Answer 14

V. Objects (because of doubts, scruples); hesitate

Question 15

Demure

Answer 15

Adj. grave; serious; coy

Question 16

Denigrate

Answer 16

V. Blacken

Question 17

Denouement

Answer 17

N. Outcome; final development of the plot of the play

Question 18

Depose

Answer 18

V. Dethrone; remove from office

Question 19

Deposition

Answer 19

N. Testimony under oath

Question 20

Depravity

Answer 20

N. Extreme corruption; wickedness

Question 21

Deprecate

Answer 21

V. Express disapproval of; protest against; belittle

Question 22

Depreciate

Answer 22

V. Lessen in value

Question 23

Depredation

Answer 23

N. Plundering

Question 24

Derelict

Answer 24

Adj. abandoned; negligent

Question 25

Deride

Answer 25

V. Ridicule; make fun of

Question 26

Derivative

Answer 26

Adj. unoriginal; derived from another source