Prefix "D" and "Be" Flashcards

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Decry

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To criticize; denounce; condemn

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Depreciate

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To go down in value

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Despondent

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To feel down and discouraged, dejected and depressed

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Deleterious

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Things going down in the sense of being harmful, hurtful, and detrimental

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Belittle

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To make someone feel really little; to put someone down; to disparage

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Belie

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To lie in the sense of contradicting

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Dejected

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To feel discouraged; despondent and depressed

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Depressed

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To feel down (emotionally) despondent or dejected

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Denounce

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To put down by condemning or criticizing

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