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Section 6-All D's (46 total) Flashcards

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1
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Damp (v)

A

to diminish the intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling

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Daunt (v)

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to intimidate or dismay; make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive

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Daunting

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seeming difficult to deal with in anticipation; intimidating

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dauntless

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fearless

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Dismay

A

cause (someone) to feel distress

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Dearth (n)

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smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack of something

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Debacle (n)

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rout, fiasco, complete failure

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Rout

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a disorderly retreat of defeated troops

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Fiasco

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a thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way

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Decorum (n)

A

politeness or appropiateness of conduct or behavior; etiquette

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de-

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down, away

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decorous

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something marked by decorum

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Deleterious (adj)

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injurious; harmful; causing damage

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Demur (v)

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to question or oppose; raise doubts or show reluctance

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Denigrate (v)

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blacken, belittle, sully, defame, disparage, criticize unfairly

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niger (latin)

A

Black

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Denouement (n)

A

An outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot; ending, close, conclusion, climax

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Deprecate (v)

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to disparage or belittle; express disapproval of

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Self-deprecate

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to belittle yourself or accomplishments

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Depredate (v)

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to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner

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Depredations

A

attacks, or ravages

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Derision (n)

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scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment, mockery

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Derivative (adj)

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unoriginal, obtained from another source

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Desiccate (v)

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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull, lacking interest, passion, or energy

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Desuetude (n)

A

disuse

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Desultory (adj)

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random; thoughtless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose, unenthusiastic

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Detraction (n)

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slandering, verbal attack, aspersion; to take away; belittle

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Diaphanous (adj)

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transparent, gauzy; light, delicate

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Dia-

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through, across

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Gauzy

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thin, resembling gauze

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Diatribe (n)

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A harsh denunciation

32
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Didactic (adj)

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intended to teach to teach or instruct

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Die (n)

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a tool used for shaping, molding into a particular shape

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Diffident (adj)

A

reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence

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Diffidence (n)

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a lack of confidence

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Dilate (v)

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to become wider or more open; to speak or write about something in length

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Dilatory (adj)

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causing delay, procrastination

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Dilettante (n)

A

One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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Dilettantish (effort or interest)

A

is one that is frivolous or superficial

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Din (n)

A

loud sustained noise; cacophony

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Dirge (n)

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a mournful song or poem for the dead; describing something that sounds like a funeral lament

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Disabuse (v)

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to undeceive; to set right; persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken

43
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Discomfit (v)

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to defeat, put down, embarass

44
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Discordant (abj)

A

conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound, disagreeing

45
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Discretion (n)

A

caustious reserve in speech; ability to make responsible decisions

46
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Disinterested (adj)

A

free from self-interest; unbiased

47
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Uninterested

A

uncaring

48
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Disparage (v)

A

To slight or belittle

49
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Disparaging Remarks

A

comments that express a negative, usually dismissive, opinion of something, or someone

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Disparate (adj)

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fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Dissemble (v)

A

to disguise or conceal; to mislead; conceal ones treu motives, feelings, or beliefs

52
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Dissolution (n)

A

disintegration, looseness in morals

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Disintegration

A

the process of losing cohesion or strength

54
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Dissolute

A

licentious, libertine; lax in morals

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Licentious

A

promiscous

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Libertine

A

a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or sense of responsibility. Especially in sexual matters

57
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Dissonance (n)

A

lack of harmony; conflict (mainly in music)

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Distrait (v)

A

distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety

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Distraught

A

extremely agitated with emotion

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Divulge (v)

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to disclose something secret

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Doggerel (n)

A

trivial, poorly constructed verse or words

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Dogmatic (adj)

A

Authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive of principles, which often cannot be proved; stubbornly opinionated

63
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Dogma

A

a statement of ideas that is considered to be absolutely true

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Dross (n)

A

slag, waste or foreign matter, surface scum, worthless, rubbish

65
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Dross (n)

A

slag, waste or foreign matter, surface scum, worthless, rubish

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Dulcet (adj)

A

melodious, harmonious, mellifluous, sweet & soothing

67
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Dupe (n or v)

A

one who is deceived

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Dynamo (n)

A

generator; forceful, energetic person

69
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Dynamo (technical)

A

a generator of current

70
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Dunamis (Greek)

A

power

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