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daunting

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intimidating, causing one to lose courage

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dearth

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a lack, scarcity

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debacle

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a disastrous failure, disruption

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debase

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to lower the quality or esteem of something

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debauch

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to corrupt by means of sensual pleasures

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debunk

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to expose the falseness of something

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decorous

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socially proper, appropriate

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decry

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to criticize openly

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defer

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to postpone something; to yield to another’s wisdom

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deferential

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showing respect for another’s authority

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defile

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to make unclean, impure

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deft

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skillful, capable

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defunct

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no longer used or existing

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deleterious

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harmful

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delineate

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to describe, outline, shed light on

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demagogue

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a leader who appeals to a people’s prejudices

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demarcation

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the marking of boundaries or categories

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demean

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to lower the status or stature of something

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demure

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quiet, modest, reserved

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denigrate

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to belittle, diminish the opinion of

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denounce

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to criticize publicly

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deplore

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to feel or express sorrow, disapproval

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depravity

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wickidness

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deprecate

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to belittle, depreciate

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derelict

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abandoned, run-down

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deride

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to laugh at mockingly, scorn

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derivative

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taken directly from a source, unoriginal

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disaffected

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rebellious, resentful of authority

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desiccated

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dried up, dehydrated

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discomfit

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to thwart, baffle

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deter

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to discourage, prevent from doing

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diaphanous

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light, airy, transparent

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diffident

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shy, quiet, modest

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desecrate

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to violate the sacredness of a thing or place

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diffuse

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to scatter, thin out, break up

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dilatory

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tending to delay, causing delay

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diligent

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showing great care in one's work

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destitute

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impoverished, utterly lacking

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dirge

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a mournful song, especially for a funeral

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disavow

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to deny knowledge of or responsibility for

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disparate

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sharply differing, containing sharply contrasting elements

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discrepancy

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difference, failure of things to correspond

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desolate

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deserted, dreary, lifeless

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discretion

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the quality of being reserved in speech or action; good judgment

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disdain

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to scorn, hold in low esteem

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discursive

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rambling, lacking order

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discern

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to perceive, detect

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dispatch

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to send off to accomplish a duty

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dissent

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to disagree

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disparage

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to criticize or speak ill of

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disgruntled

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upset, not content

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disheartedned

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feeling a loss of spirit or morale

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dispel

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to drive away, scatter

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despot

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one who has total power and rules brutally

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disrepute

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a state of being held in low regard

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dissemble

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to conceal, fake

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disseminate

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to spread widely

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dissipate

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to disappear, cause to disappear

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dither

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to be indecisive

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dissonance

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lack of harmony or consistency

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duress

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hardship, threat

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dour

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stern, joyless

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dissuade

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to persuade someone not to do something

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distend

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to swell out

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divulge

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to reveal something secret

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dogmatic

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aggressively and arrogantly certain about unproved principles