Word List 14 Flashcards by Anush Arvind | Brainscape

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Descry

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Catch sight of

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Descant

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Discuss fully

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Desecrate

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Destroy the sanctity of

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Desiccate

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Dry up

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Desolate

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Unpopulated
Rob of joy
Lay waste to
Forsake

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Despise

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Look on with scorn

Regard as worthless or distasteful

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Despoil

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Rob

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Despondent

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Depressed, gloomy

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Despot

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Tyrant

Harsh, authoritarian ruler

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Desultory

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Aimless

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Dialectical

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Relating to the art of debate

Mutual or reciprocal

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Diaphanous

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Transparent

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Dichotomy

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Split, branching into two parts

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Dictum

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Authoritative or weighty statement, maxim, saying

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Diffidence

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Shyness

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Diffuse

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Wordy, rambling

Spread out like gas

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Dilatory

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Delaying

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Determination

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Resolve, measurement or calculation

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Deterrent

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Something that discourages, hindrance

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Detraction

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Slandering, aspersion

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Devious

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Roundabout, erratic

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Devise

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Think up, invent

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Disband

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Disperse

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Dilettante

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Aimless follower of art

Amateur

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Diminution

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Lessening

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Dint

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Means, effort

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Disabuse

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Correct a false impression

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Disaffected

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Disloyal

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Disapprobation

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Disapproval, condemnation

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Disavowal

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Denial, disclaiming

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Disburse

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Pay out

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Discombobulated

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Confused

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Discomfit

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Defeat

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Discomposure

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Agitation

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Disconcert

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Confuse, upset, embarrass

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Disconsolate

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Sad

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Discount

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Disregard, dismiss

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Discourse

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Formal discussion

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Discredit

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Defame

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Discrete

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Separate

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Discursive

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Digressing

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Disenfranchise

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Deprive of a civil right

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Disengage

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Uncouple

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Disgorge

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Surrender something, eject, vomit

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Disgruntle

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Make discontented