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Vocab day 9 part 1 Flashcards

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1
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diaphanous

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die-aa-fenous - diaphanous
thin, translucent, light, delicate
“she wore beautiful but diaphanous gown.”

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detraction

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to belittle.

syn : belittlement, denigration, deprecation, depreciation, derogation, diminishment, disparagement, put-down

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deter

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discourage (someone) from doing something by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.

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dissuade

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persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action.

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deterrent

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a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something.
syn: deter, dissuade

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deride

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to mock, ridicule

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desultory

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  1. disappointing, poor quality “Her efforts were desultory”.
  2. not connected with the subject “He made a desultory comment, it as not connected to the subject at all”.
  3. jumping from one thing to another, all over the place. “Her methods/thoughts were desultory”
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desuetude

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disuse, a state of disuse.

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9
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desiccate

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to dry out

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derivative

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derived from something, unoriginal

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diatribe

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bitter verbal attack

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dichotomy

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division into two usually contradicting parts

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diabuse

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to free from a misconception

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discerning

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showing good judgement.

syn : sagacious, judicious, shrewd, prudent, astute

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discrepancy

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disparity, difference between

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discredit

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to harm someone’s reputation, disgrace.

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discordant

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not in tune

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discomfort

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uneasy

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dirge

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funeral hymn

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digression

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the act straying from the main subject

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diffuse

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to spread out

22
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diffidence

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shyness , lack of confidence

23
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discrete

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distinct.

“like discrete maths”

24
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discretion

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quality of having good judgement(circumspection), freedom to act one one’s own will.

25
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disingenious

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crafty
“When a person starts a sentence with “i don’t mean to appear disingenuous” one should be suspicious that the person might be just that”

26
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disinterested

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  1. not having the mind or feeling engaged.

2. no longer interested

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disjointed

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lack of orderly sequence

28
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dismiss

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to reject

29
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diparage

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to belillte

30
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diparate

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difference, disimilar

syn: disparity

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dissemble

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to hide one’s true feeling

32
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disseminate

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to spread widely, especially information.

33
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distill

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to extract essential elements

34
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dissident

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someone who disagrees with a belief

35
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doctraine

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ross,

a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory

36
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divulge

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to make known secrets

37
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divest

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to rid, deprive

38
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diverge

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to go in different directions

39
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dissonance

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lack of harmony

40
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distend

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swell out,

“people in advance stages of starvation often have distent bellies”

41
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distrait

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preoccupied, inattentive

42
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dissolution

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debauchary

43
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document

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evidence in written form to support

44
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dogmatic

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stating opinions without proof

45
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dormant

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inactive

46
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dupe

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trickry

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ebullient

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enthusiastic

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eclectic

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selecting from various sources

49
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effervescence

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state of high spirits, bubbling of a gas

50
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effete

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e - feet
weak, but not physically as in tired but tired mentally/ weak mentally.
an effete person is weak, this weakness is not a temporary weakness. its permanent.

51
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dross

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something that has no value, worthless

52
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doggerel

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poor verse, dealing with sexual matters in a comical way; humorously indecent.
syn: brawdy

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