Session 31 Flashcards

1
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Deference

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Submission to another’s will, respect, courtesy

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2
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Definitive

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Conclusive, providing the last word

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3
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Degenerate

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To break down, to deteriorate

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4
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Deleterious

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Harmful

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5
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Delineate

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To describe accurately, to draw in outline

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6
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Delude

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To deceive

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7
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Deluge

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A flood, an inundation

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8
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Demagogue

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Leader of the people, but he manipulates the public to support his aims

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9
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Denizen

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Inhabitant

To be denizen of a country is to live there

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10
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Depravity

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Extreme wickedness or corruption

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11
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Deprecate

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To express disapproval of

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12
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Deride

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To ridicule, to laugh at contemptuously

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