13-15 Flashcards
(107 cards)
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decimate
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kill
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declivity
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downward slope
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decorum
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propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners
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decrepitude
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state of collapse or weakness caused by illness or old age
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decry
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express strong disapproval of; condemn openly
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default
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failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present
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defection
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desertion
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defer
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give in respectfully; delay till later
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deference
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courteous regard for another’s wish
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defoliate
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destroy leaves
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defray
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provide for the payment of
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defrock
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strip a priest/minister of church authority
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deft
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neat; skillful
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deify
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turn into a god; idolize
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deign
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condescend; stoop
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deleterious
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harmful
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delineate
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portray; depict
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demagogue
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person who appeals to people’s prejudice
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demeanor
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behavior; bearing
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demotic
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of or pertaining to the people
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demur
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raise an objection; hesitate
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denigrate
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blacken; defame
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denizen
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inhabitant or resident
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denounce
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condemn; criticize
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depose
dethrone
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deposition
testimony under oath
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depravity
extreme corruption; wickedness
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deprecate
express disapproval of
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derelict
negligent; neglectful of duty
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deride
ridicule; treat with contempt
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derivative
unoriginal; obtained from another source
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descry
catch sight of
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dessicate
dry up
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desperado
reckless, desperate outlaw
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despoil
plunder
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despot
tyrant; authoritarian
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desultory
aimless; haphazard
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detraction
slandering; aspersion
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devolve
deputize; pass or be passed to others
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diadem
crown
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dichotomy
division into two opposite parts
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dictum
authoritative and weighty statement; maxim
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didactic
intended to teach a moral lesson
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diffidence
shyness; timidity
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digression
wandering away from the subject
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dilatory
delaying; tending to delay
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dilettante
aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge
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din
continued loud noise
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dingy
dirty and dull
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dint
means; effort
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dirge
funeral song
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disabuse
correct a false impression
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disaffected
disloyal
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disburse
pay out
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disclaim
disown; renounce claim to
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discombobulated
discomposed; confused
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discomfit
frustrate; put to rout; defeat
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disconcert
confuse; ubset
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disconsolate
hopelessly sad
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discredit
defame; disgrace
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discursive
digressing; rambling
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disenfranchise
deprive of a civil right
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disgorge
surrender something; eject; vomit
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disgruntle
make discontented
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disingenuous
not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
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disinter
dig up; unearth
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disparage
belittle
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disparate
basically different; unrelated
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disparity
difference
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dispel
scatter; drive away
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disport
amuse
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disquietude
uneasiness; anxiety
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disquisition
long formal speech or report
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dissemble
disguise; hide the real nature of
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disseminate
distribute; spread; scatter
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dissident
dissenting; rebellious
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dissimulate
pretend; conceal by feigning
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dissipate
squander; waste foolishly
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dissuade
persuade not to do; discourage
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distend
expand; swell out
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distrait
absentminded; distracted
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diurnal
daily; occuring during the daytime
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divest
strip; deprive (right); dispossess
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docket
a calendar or list of cases for trial or people having cases pending
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doctrinaire
unable to compromise about points of doctrine
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indoctrinate
cause to accept a doctrine without questioning
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doddering
shaky; inform from old age
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doff
take off
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dogged
determined; stubbornly perservering
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doggerel
poor verse
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dogmatic
opinionated; holding stubbornly to one's opnion
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doldrums
blues; listlessness
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dolt
slow-thinking stupid person
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domineer
rule over tyrannically
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don
put on
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dormer
window projecting upright from roof
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dotage
senility; feeblemindedness of old age
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dote
be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
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dour
sullen; gloomy
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downcast
disheartened; dejected
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draconian
extremely severe
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dregs
sediment in a liquid; worthless residue
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drivel
nonsense; foolishness
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dross
waste matter; worthless impurities
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drudgery
hard unpleasant work
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dulcet
sweet sounding; pleasing to the ear
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dumbfound
astonish
