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Deposition

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Testimony under oath

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Depose

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To dethrone, remove from office

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Deprecate

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To express disapproval of, protest. MLK deprecated against discrimination.

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Depredation

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Plundering. Depredation of invaders

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Deranged

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Insane

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Derelict

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Abandoned, negligent

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Derogatory

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Expressing a low opinion

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Descant

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To discuss fully

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Descry

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To catch sight of. We could barely descry the enemy vessels.

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Despoil

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To plunder. Act of depredation

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Despondent

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Depressed, gloomy

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Nonchalance

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Indifference, no fucks given

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Nondescript

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Undistinctive, ordinary

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Nonentity

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Person of no importance, nonexistence

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Numismatist

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A person who collects coins

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Obfuscate

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To confuse, muddle

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Oblique

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Indirect, slanting

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Acrimonious

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Bitter in words or manner

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Addle

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To muddle, drive crazy, become rotten

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Adulation

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Flattery

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Advent

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Arrival. Advent of technology

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Adventitious

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Accidental, casual