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Question 1

deference

Answer 1

respectful submission; yielding to the authority or opinion of another; put off

Question 2

deflect

Answer 2

cause to curve; turn aside, esp. from a straight course; avoid

Question 3

delineate

Answer 3

mark the outline of; sketch; describe in detail

Question 4

denigrate

Answer 4

belittle, attack the reputation of

Question 5

deride

Answer 5

mock, scoff at, laugh at contemptuously

Question 6

desiccate

Answer 6

thoroughly dried up, dehydrated

Question 7

detached

Answer 7

impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof

Question 8

diatribe

Answer 8

bitter, abusive attack or criticism; rant

Question 9

didactic

Answer 9

intended to instruct; teaching, or teaching a moral lesson

Question 10

disabuse

Answer 10

free someone from a mistake in thinking

Question 11

discerning

Answer 11

having good judgment or insight; able to distinguish mentally

Question 12

discrepancy

Answer 12

difference or inconsistency

Question 13

discriminating

Answer 13

judicious, discerning, having good judgment or insight (as an adj. positive spin; as a verb, negative spin)

Question 14

disingenuous

Answer 14

insincere, not genuine

Question 15

disjointed

Answer 15

disconnected, not coherent, jerky

Question 16

dispassionate

Answer 16

unbiased, not having a selfish or personal motive; calm, lacking emotion

Question 17

dispatch

Answer 17

speed, promptness; send off or deal with in a speedy way

Question 18

disperse

Answer 18

scatter, spread widely, cause to vanish