Vocab 121-140

Question 0

Depravity

Answer 0

Base lack of morality; corruption

Question 1

Denude

Answer 1

To strip off covering or possessions; to make bare

Question 2

Derogatory

Answer 2

Expressing disdain; disapproving

Question 3

Despondency

Answer 3

Loss of heart; loss of hope

Question 4

Despot

Answer 4

Dictator; person who is domineering

Question 5

Dictum

Answer 5

A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source

Question 6

Dilettante

Answer 6

Someone who dabbles, not seriously; amateur

Question 7

Disdain

Answer 7

A feeling or show of contempt

Question 8

Disparity

Answer 8

Wide difference; inequality

Question 9

Disseminate

Answer 9

To give out, spread widely; to make widely known

Question 10

Distend

Answer 10

To swell; to swell up

Question 11

Dogmatic

Answer 11

Stubbornly asserting an opinion as if it were proven fact

Question 12

Dossier

Answer 12

A bundle of papers containing a detailed report or information

Question 13

Duplicity

Answer 13

Deception by pretense of feeling; double-dealing, being two-faced

Question 14

Ebullient

Answer 14

Exuberant, effervescent; bubbling with excitement

Question 15

Echelon

Answer 15

Level of authority or rank; steplike military formation

Question 16

Eclectic

Answer 16

Chosen from a variety of sources

Question 17

Efface

Answer 17

To erase; to obliterate by rubbing out

Question 18

Egalitarian

Answer 18

Based on the equality of all people

Question 19

Eke

Answer 19

To make a living with great effort or strain