List14 Flashcards by yeran xu | Brainscape

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Derogatory

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Expressing a low opinion

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Descant

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Discuss fully

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Descry

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Catch sight of

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Desecrate

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Profane,亵渎

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Desiccate

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Dry up

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Despise

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Look on with scorn, regard as worthless or distaste for

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Despondent

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Depressed, gloomy

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Despot

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暴君

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Destitute

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Extremely poor

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Desultory

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Aimless, haphazard,digressing at random

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Detached

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Emotionally removed, calm and objective

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Detergent

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Cleaning agent

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Determination

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Resolve, measurement or calculation, decision

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Deterrent

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Something that discourage

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Detonation

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Explosion

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Detraction

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Slandering, aspersions

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Detrimental

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Harmful, damaging

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Deviate

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Turn away from(a principle, norm)

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Devious

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Roundabout, not straightforward

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Devotee

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Enthusiastic follower

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Devout

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Pious

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Dexterous

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Skillful

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Diabolical

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Devilish

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Discomfit

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Put to rout

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Discomposure

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Agitation, loss of poise

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Disconcert

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Confuse

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Disconsolate

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Sad

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Discord

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Conflict

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Discordant

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Not harmonious,

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Discount

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Disregard

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Discourse

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Formal discussion, conversation

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Discredit

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Defame, destroy confidence in, disblieve

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Discrepancy

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Lack of consistency, difference

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Discrete

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Separate, unconnected

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Discretion

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Prudence, ability to adjust actions to circumstances

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Discriminating

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Able to see differences, prejudiced

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Discursive

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Digressing, rambling

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Disembark

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Go ashore, unload cargo from aship

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Disenfranchise

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Deprive of a civil right

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Disgorge

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吐出，涌出，呕吐

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Disgruntle

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Make discontented

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Disjointed

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Disconnected

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Disheveled

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Untidy

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Disinclination

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Unwillingness

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Disinter

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Dig up, unearth

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Disinterested

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Unprejudiced

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Dislodge

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Remove(forcibly)

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Dismantle

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Take apart

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Dismember

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Cut into small parts

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Disparity

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Difference, condition of inequality