D Flashcards

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Dearth

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Lack of something

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Dalliance

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Flirtatious affair; trifling wasting of time

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Debauchery

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Dissoluteness; immoral behavior

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Debilitating

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Weakening

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Debunk

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Show something to be false

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Decry

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Criticize something/someone

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Defector

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Political emigrant

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Deferential

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Showing respect

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Deferment

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Postponement of conscription into army

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Defoliate

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Strip or lose leaves

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Delimit

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Establish limits or boundaries or something

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Delineate

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Describe/outline something

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Demagogue

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Emotive dictator; gains control by appealing to people’s emotions and prejudice rather than rationality

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Demure

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Looking shyly modest

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Denigrate

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Disparage and belittle

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Denizen

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Resident; habitual visitor

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Denote

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Mean/refer to something

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Denude

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Strip area by erosion

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Deplorable

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Extremely unacceptable

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Deprecate

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Condemn something/someone

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Deride

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Ridicule

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Derivative

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Unoriginal

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Despoil

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Plunder; rob

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Despondent
Discouraged
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Despot
Absolute ruler
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Destitution
Extreme poverty
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Dexterity
Physical skill; quick wits
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Diaphanous
Transparent; insubstantial
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Dichotomy
Division between two separate or contradictory groups; something with contradicting qualities
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Didactic
Fond of instructing/advising others, even when unwanted
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Diffident
Lacking self confidence
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Dilapidated
In disrepair
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Dilettante
Dabbler in art or knowledge
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Diminutive
Very small
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Dingy
Dirty or faded
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Dirge
Funeral hyme
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Disapprobation
Condemnation
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Discomfit
Make unsettled or confused
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Discourse
Serious speech or piece of writing
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Discrete
Completely separate
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Discursive
Lengthy with digressions
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Disinterested
Impartial; free from bias or self interest
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Disjointed
Confusingly fragmented
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Disparage
Criticize
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Dispassionate
Calmly objective; not influenced by emotions or personal feelings
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Dispatch
Efficient speed
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Disposition
Personality
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Disputant
Someone involved in an argument or legal dispute
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Dissemble
Put on false appearance
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Disseminate
Spread
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Dissension
Disagreement
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Dissolute
Indulging in vice
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Dissonance
Unpleasant noise
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Distend
Swell up; expand/inflate
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Divest
To strip, deprive, dispose of
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Divulge
reveal something
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Docket
List of future court cases
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Doctor
To tamper with/falsify
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Doctrinaire
Determined to use a theory
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Dogmatic
Stubborn; expressing rigid opinions
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Dour
Severe/unfriendly
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Dowager
Widow with husband's title/property; woman of status
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Dramatist
Playwright
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Droll
Oddly amusing
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Drub
To defeat an opponent comprehensively
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Drudgery
Distasteful, dull, hard work
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Duress
Use of force or threat to make someone do something