Word List 07 Deck 2 Page 4 Flashcards

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Diffidence

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Shyness

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Dilation

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Process of becoming wider

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Disapprobation

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Disapproval

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Discern

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To recognize

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5
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Disinterested

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Neutral

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6
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Disposition

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Mood

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7
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Dissolution

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The breaking into parts or pieces

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Ditty

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Simple song

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Dogged

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Persistent

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Dotard

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Stupid person

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Drawl

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To speak slowly

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12
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Dulcet

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Pleasant-sounding

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Eclectic

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From many sources

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14
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Efface

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To erase

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Effusion

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Act of freely expressing feeling or thought

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Elocution

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Art of speaking well, especially in public

17
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Emancipated

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Freed

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Embroil

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To get involved in an argument

19
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Enamored

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In love with

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Engender

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To produce

21
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Entomology

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Study of insects

22
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Envenom

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To make bitter

23
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Equestrian

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Related to horseback riding

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Esoteric

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Understood only by a few people