D Flashcards
(161 cards)
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Dangle
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To hang loosely and swing
Synonyms: hang
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Dated
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Old-fashioned, out of style
Synonyms: obsolete
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Daunt
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To discourage, intimidate
Synonyms: consternate, demoralize, dishearten
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Daunting
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Discouraging
Synonyms: Dismaying
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Dearth
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Lack, scarcity, insufficiency
Synonyms: absence, shortage
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Debacle
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A sudden, disastrous collapse or defeat, a total ridiculous failure
Synonyms: crash, wreck
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Debase
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To degrade or lower in quality or stature
Synonyms: adulterate, defile, demean, denigrate
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Debilitate
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To weaken, enfeeble
Synonyms: devitalize, drain, enervate, exhaust, sap
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Debilitating
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Impairing the strength or energy of
Synonyms: weaken
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Debris
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Broken or destroyed remains
Synonyms: garbage
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Debtor
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Someone that owes something to someone else
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Debunk
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To discredit, disprove
Synonyms: belie, confute, contradict, controvert, explode
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Debutante
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Young woman making debut in high society
Synonyms: lady, maiden
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Deceive
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Give false impression
Synonyms: mislead
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Decorous
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Proper, tasteful, socially correct
Synonyms: appropriate, courteous, polite
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Deciduous
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Losing leaves in the fall, short-lived, temporary
Synonyms: ephemeral
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Decry
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To belittle, to openly condemn
Synonyms: depreciate, deride
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Declaim
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To speak loudly and vehemently
Synonyms: perorate, rant, rave
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Declivity
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Downward slope
Synonyms: decline, descent, grade, slant, tilt
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Defamatory
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Injurious to the reputation
Synonyms: libellous, slanderous
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Decorum
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Appropriateness of behavior or conduct, propriety
Synonyms: correctness, decency, etiquette, manners
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Decry
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To belittle, to openly condemn
Synonyms: depreciate, deride
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Deduction
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The drawing of a conclusion through logic
Synonyms: determination, inference
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Deface
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To mar the appearance of, vandalize
Synonyms: disfigure, impair, spoil
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Defamatory
Injurious to the reputation
Synonyms: libellous, slanderous
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Deficit
Inadequacy, disadvantage
Synonyms: deficiency
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Deference
Respect, courtesy
Synonyms: courtesy, homage
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Deferential
Respectful and polite in a submissive way
Synonyms: courteous, obsequious
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Deferment
The act of delaying
Synonyms: Detainment, holdup
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Defiantly
Boldly resisting
Synonyms: disobediently
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Deficit
Inadequacy, disadvantage
Synonyms: deficiency
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Deft
Skillful, dexterous
Synonyms: adept, adroit, expert
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Degradation
Reduction in worth or dignity
Synonyms: corruption, decline
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Delegate
To give powers to another
Synonyms: commission, deputize
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Deleterious
Harmful, destructive, detrimental
Synonyms: adverse, hurtful, inimical
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Deliberation
Careful consideration of an issue
Synonyms: discussion
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Demeanor
The way a person behaves
Synonyms: behavior
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Delineation
Depiction, representation
Synonyms: figuration, illustration, picture, portraiture
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Deluge
To submerge, overwhelm, flood
Synonyms: engulf, immerse, inundate, swamp, whelm
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Demagogue
Leader, rabble-rouser, usually using appeals to emotion or prejudice
Synonyms: agitator, inciter, instigator
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Demean
To degrade, humiliate, humble
Synonyms: debase
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Demeanor
The way a person behaves
Synonyms: behavior
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Demolish
Destroy, damage severely
Synonyms: raze, tear down
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Demolition
The act of destroying
Synonyms: decimation, annihilation
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Demonize
To represent as evil
Synonyms: vilify
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Demur
To express doubts or objections
Synonyms: expostulate, dissent, protest, remonstrate
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Denigrate
To slur or blacken someone's reputation
Synonyms: belittle, disparage, malign, slander, vilify
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Denizen
Inhabitant, a resident
Synonyms: dweller, occupant
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Deride
To laugh at contemptuously, to make fun of
Synonyms: ridicule
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Depravity
Sinfulness, moral corruption
Synonyms: corruption, debauchery, decadence, degradation, enormity
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Deprecate
To belittle, disparage
Synonyms: denigrate, discount, minimize
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Depreciate
To lose value gradually
Synonyms: lessen
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Derelict
Neglectful of one's obligations, abandoned
Synonyms: negligent
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Deride
To laugh at contemptuously, to make fun of
Synonyms: ridicule
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Derivative
Copied or adapted
Synonyms: unoriginal
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Derogate
To belittle, to disparage
Synonyms: detract
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Desecrate
To abuse something sacred
Synonyms: defile, degrade, profane
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Desiccate
To dry completely, dehydrate
Synonyms: evaporate, parch
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Desolate
Lifeless, barren
Synonyms: deserted
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Despondent
Discouraged, dejected
Synonyms: dejected, depressed, desolate, forlorn, sad
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Determine
To decide
Synonyms: establish, judge
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Despotism
Dominance through threat of violence
Synonyms: totalitarianism, tyranny
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Destitute
Very poor, poverty-stricken
Synonyms: broke, impecunious, insolvent, needy, penurious
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Destitution
Complete poverty
Synonyms: impoverishment, indigence
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Desultory
At random, rambling, unmethodical
Synonyms: chaotic
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Determine
To decide
Synonyms: establish, judge
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Detractor
Someone who belittles something else
Synonyms: critic
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Devious
Shifty, not straightforward
Synonyms: sly, beguiling
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Devour
Eat greedily
Synonyms: consume
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Dexterous
Skilled physically or mentally
Synonyms: adept, adroit, deft, nimble
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Diabolical
Fiendish, wicked
Synonyms: evil
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Diametrically
In direct opposition
Synonyms: opposite
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Diffidence
Shyness, lack of confidence
Synonyms: reticence, timidity
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Diatribe
Bitter verbal attack
Synonyms: fulmination, harangue, jeremiad, philippic, tirade
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Dichotomy
Division into two parts
Synonyms: bifurcation, distinction, opposition, split
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Dictum
Authoritative statement, popular saying
Synonyms: adage, aphorism, apothegm, decree, edict
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Didactic
Excessively instructive
Synonyms: educational, improving, moralistic
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Digression
The act of straying, an instance of straying
Synonyms: tangent
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Diffident
Shy, lacking confidence
Synonyms: unassertive
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Diffuse
To spread out widely, to scatter freely, to disseminate
Synonyms: disperse, soften
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Dignity
Self-respect
Synonyms: poise
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Digress
To turn aside, especially from the main point, to stray from the subject
Synonyms: deviate, wander
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Digression
The act of straying, an instance of straying
Synonyms: tangent
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Dilapidated
In disrepair, run down
Synonyms: decayed, fallen into partial ruin
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Dilate
To make larger, expand
Synonyms: amplify, develop, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate
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Dilatory
Slow, tending to delay
Synonyms: sluggish, tardy, unhurried
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Dilettante
Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
Synonyms: amateur, dabbler, tyro
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Diluvial
Pertaining to a flood
Synonyms: waterlogged
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Diminish
To make smaller
Synonyms: decrease
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Diminutive
Small
Synonyms: minuscule, short, tiny, wee
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Dingy
Shabby, drab
Synonyms: Dirty
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Dirge
A funeral hymn or mournful speech
Synonyms: elegy, lament
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Disabuse
Set right, free from error
Synonyms: correct, undeceive
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Disavow
To refuse to acknowledge
Synonyms: disclaim
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Discern
To perceive something
Synonyms: distinguish
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Discordant
Disagreeing, at variance
Synonyms: Cacophonous, dissonant, inharmonious
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Discomfit
To disconcert, to make one lose one's composure
Synonyms: embarrass
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Disconcert
Ruffle, upset one's self-possession
Synonyms: discomfit
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Disconcerting
Bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing
Synonyms: upsetting
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Discord
Lack of agreement, inharmonious combination
Synonyms: dissent, friction, strife
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Discordant
Disagreeing, at variance
Synonyms: Cacophonous, dissonant, inharmonious
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Discourse
Verbal exchange, conversation
Synonyms: discussion
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Discourteous
Rude
Synonyms: impolite
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Discredit
To harm the reputation of
Synonyms: dishonor, disgrace
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Discrepancy
Difference between
Synonyms: contrast, disagreement
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Discrete
Individually distinct, separate
Synonyms: unconnected, distinct
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Discretion
Ability to judge on one's own
Synonyms: choice
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Disinterested
Fair-minded, unbiased
Synonyms: impartial, unprejudiced
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Discursive
Wandering from topic to topic
Synonyms: rambling
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Disdain
To regard with contempt
Synonyms: scorn
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Disheveled
Marked by disorder, untidy
Synonyms: messy, scruffy
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Disingenuous
Giving a false appearance of simple frankness, misleading
Synonyms: insincere, tricky
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Disinterested
Fair-minded, unbiased
Synonyms: impartial, unprejudiced
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Dismissal
Act of being fired or let out
Synonyms: discharge, release
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Disparage
To belittle, speak disrespectfully about
Synonyms: denigrate, deride, derogate
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Disparate
Dissimilar, different in kind
Synonyms: unlike, unequal
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Dispassionate
Unaffected by bias or strong emotions, not personally or emotionally involved in something
Synonyms: disinterested, impartial
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Dispel
To drive out or scatter
Synonyms: dismiss, disperse
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Display
To show, to exhibit, to present
Synonyms: put on view, demonstrate
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Disputant
Someone in an argument
Synonyms: debater
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Dissipate
To scatter, to pursue pleasure to excess
Synonyms: carouse, consume, disperse, dissolve, squander
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Dissemble
To pretend, disguise one's motives
Synonyms: camouflage, cloak, conceal, feign
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Disseminate
To spread far and wide
Synonyms: circulate, diffuse, disperse
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Dissension
Difference of opinion
Synonyms: disagreement
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Dissident
Disagreeing with an established religious or political system
Synonyms: heretical
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Dissipate
To scatter, to pursue pleasure to excess
Synonyms: carouse, consume, disperse, dissolve, squander
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Dissonance
A harsh and disagreeable combination, especially of sounds
Synonyms: clash, contention, discord
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Distaff
The female branch of a family
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Distant
Separate, far apart
Synonyms: remote, isolated
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Distend
To swell, inflate, bloat
Synonyms: broaden, bulge
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Distinctive
Distinguishing characteristic
Synonyms: unique
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Distortion
Misrepresentation, the act of twisting out of shape
Synonyms: warp, deformation
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Distract
To cause to lose focus, to divert attention
Synonyms: sidetrack, engross
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Dither
To act indecisively
Synonyms: falter, hesitate, vacillate, waffle, waver
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Diurnal
Daily
Synonyms: daylight, daytime
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Divert
To turn aside, to distract
Synonyms: redirect, deflect
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Divination
Foretelling the future using supernatural means
Synonyms: prediction, forecast
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Divine
To foretell or know by inspiration
Synonyms: auger, foresee, intuit, predict, presage
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Dogmatic
Rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated
Synonyms: authoritative, doctrinaire, inflexible, obstinate
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Divulge
To make known
Synonyms: reveal, disclose
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Doctrinaire
Rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality, dogmatic
Synonyms: inflexible, dictatorial
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Dogged
Stubbornly persevering
Synonyms: tenacious, obstinate
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Dogma
A firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief
Synonyms: creed, doctrines, teaching, tenet
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Dogmatic
Rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated
Synonyms: authoritative, doctrinaire, inflexible, obstinate
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Doleful
Sad, mournful
Synonyms: dejected, woeful
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Dominant
Most prominent, exercising the most control
Synonyms: leading, main
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Dour
Sullen and gloomy, stern and severe
Synonyms: austere, strict, grave
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Drab
Faded, dull, dreary
Synonyms: plain, dingy
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Drawback
Disadvantage, inconvenience
Synonyms: downside, shortcoming
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Droll
Amusing in a wry, subtle way
Synonyms: comic, entertaining, funny, risible, witty
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Drought
Long period of abnormally low rainfall
Synonyms: lack, famine
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Drub
Defeat soundly, beat
Synonyms: hammer, whip
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Dual
Having two parts, double
Synonyms: twin, twofold
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Dubious
Arousing doubt, doubtful
Synonyms: uncertain, unsure
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Dulcet
Pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
Synonyms: agreeable, harmonious, melodious, sweet
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Dupe
To deceive or a person who is easily deceived
Synonyms: beguile, betray, bluff
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Duplicate
An exact copy
Synonyms: replacement, spare
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Duplicity
Deception, dishonesty, double-dealing
Synonyms: deceit, disloyalty
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Duration
Period of time that something lasts
Synonyms: length, extent
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Duress
Threat of force or intimidation, imprisonment
Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, constraint, pressure
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Dyspeptic
Suffering from indigestion, gloomy and irritable
Synonyms: melancholy, morose, solemn, sour
