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Question 1

damp

Answer 1

v. to diminish the intensity or check something (such as sound or feeling)

Question 2

daunt

daunting

dauntless

Answer 2

v. to intimidate, to dismay
adj. dismaying, disheartening
adj. fearless, undaunted, intrepid

Question 3

dearth

Answer 3

n. smallness of quantity or number;

scarcity or lacking

Question 4

debacle

Answer 4

n. rout, fiasco, complete failure

Question 5

decorum

decorus

Answer 5

n. politness or appropriateness of behavior

adj. having polite/appropriate behavior

Question 6

decorum

decorous

Answer 6

n

Question 7

deletrious (del uh TEER ee us)

Answer 7

adj. injurious; harmful

Question 8

demur

Answer 8

v.t o question or oppose

Question 9

denigrate

denigrating

denigration

Answer 9

v. to betlittle or defame
adj. belittling, defaming
n. act of belittling or defaming

Question 10

denouement (day noo MA)

Answer 10

n. outcome or solution;

the unraveling of a plot

Question 11

deprecate (DE pir kayt)

self-deprecating

Answer 11

v. to disparage or belittle

adj. belittling yourself or your accomplishments

Question 12

depredate (DE pruh dayt)

depredation

Answer 12

v. to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy;
to explot in a predatory manner

n. attacks, or ravages

Question 13

derision (di RI zhun)

deride

Answer 13

n. scorn, ridicule, contempuous treatment

v. to express contempt

Question 14

derivative

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adj. unorginia, obtained from another source

Question 15

dessicate

dessicated

Answer 15

v. to dehyrdrate, to dry out

adj. dehydrated, dried

Question 16

desuetude (DES wi tood)

Answer 16

n. disuse

Question 17

desultory

Answer 17

adj. random;
thoughtless;
marked by a lack of plan or purpose

Question 18

detraction

Answer 18

n. slandering, verbal attack, aspersion

Question 19

diaphanous (dy AF u nus)

Answer 19

adj. transparent, gauzy

Question 20

diatribe

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n. harsh denunciation

Question 21

didactic

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adj. intended to teach or instructg

Question 22

die

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n. took used for shaping

Question 23

diffident

diffidence

Answer 23

adj. reserved or shy;
lackng self-confidence

n. a lack of confidence

Question 24

digress

digression

Answer 24

v. t o stray from the point or go off on a tangent

n. something that has digressed

Question 25

dilate

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v. to become wider or more open

Question 26

dilatory

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adj. causing delay, procrastinating

Question 27

dilettante (DIL uh tahnt)

dilettantish/ dilettanteish

Answer 27

n. one with amateurish interest in arts or a branch of knowledge
adj. frivolous or superficial

Question 28

din

Answer 28

n. loud, sustained noise, cacophony

Question 29

dirge (durj)

Answer 29

n. mournful song or poem for the dead

Question 30

disabuse

Answer 30

v. to undeceive; to set right

Question 31

discomfit

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v.t o defeat or put down

Question 32

discordant

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adj. conflicting;

dissonant or harsh sounding

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discretion

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n. cautious reserve in speech;

ability to make responsible decisions

Question 34

disinterested

*NOTE: different than uninterested = uncaring

Answer 34

dadj. free from self-interest;

unbiased

Question 35

disparage

disparaging

Answer 35

v. to slight or belittle

adj. negative or belittling

Question 36

disparate

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adj. distinct or dissimilar

Question 37

dissemble

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v. to disguise or conceal;

to mislead

Question 38

dissolution

dissolute

Answer 38

n. disintegration;
looseness in morals

adj. licentious, libertine

Question 39

dissonance

dissonant

Answer 39

n. lack of harmony;

conflict

Question 40

distrait

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v. to distract or be absent-minded (esp. due to anxiety)

Question 41

divulge

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v. to disclose a secret

Question 42

doggrerel (DAW guh rul)

Answer 42

n. trivial, porrly constructed verse

Question 43

dogmatic

dogma

Answer 43

adj. arrogantly or authoritatively assertive or principles that can’t be proved;
stubbornly opinionated

n. idea that’s considered absolutely true (usually religious)

Question 44

dross

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n. waste or impurity

Question 45

dulcet

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adj. melodious, harmonious

Question 46

dupe

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n. one who’s deceived

v. to be deceived

Question 47

dynamo

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n. forceful and energetic person;

the generator