D Flashcards

(12 cards)

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Demur

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Question or oppose

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Debacle

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Fiasco, complete failure

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Depredate

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Plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner

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Desuetude

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Disuse

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Diffident

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Reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence

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Dilatory

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Causing delay, procrastinating

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Dilettante

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One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or branch of knowledge

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Disabuse

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To undeceived; to set right

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Discomfit

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Defeat, put down

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Discordant

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Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound

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Dissemble

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To disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Distrait

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Distracted; absent-minded, especially due to anxiety

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