D Flashcards
(100 cards)
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Dangle
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To hang loosely and swing
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Dated
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Old-fashioned, out of style
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Daunting
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Discouraging
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Debacle
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Disastrous collapse, total failure
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Debase
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To degrade or lower in quality or stature
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Debilitating
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Impairing strength or energy
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Debtor
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Someone who owes something to someone else
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Debunk
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To expose the falseness of
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Deceive
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Mislead, give false impression
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Decibel
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Unity of sound intensity
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Decisive
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Conclusive; capable of determining outcome
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Decorous
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Proper, well-behaved
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Deduction
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The drawing of a conclusion through logic
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Defective
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Faulty
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Defensive
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Protective
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Deferment
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The act of delaying
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Defiant
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Boldly resisting
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Deficit
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Inadequate, disadvantage
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Deft
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Skillful, dexterous
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Degradation
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Reduction in worth or dignity
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Delegate
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To give powers to another
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Delete
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Remove
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Deleterious
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Harmful, destructive, detrimental
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Deliberation
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Discussion or careful consideration of an issue
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Delineate
To portray, depict, or describe
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Demagogue
Leader or rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
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Demanding
Requiring much effort and attention
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Demean
To degrade, humiliate, or humble
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Demeanor
The way a person behaves
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Demolish
Destroy, damage severely
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Demolition
The act of destroying
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Demonize
To represent as evil
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Depose
To remove from a high position, as from a throne
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Derelict
Neglectful of one's obligations; abandoned
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Deride
To mock, ridicule, or make fun of
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Derivative
Copied or adapted; not original
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Desolate
Deserted, lifeless, barren
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Despotism
Dominance through threat of violence
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Destitution
Complete poverty
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Determine
To decide, to establish
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Detractor
One who belittles something else
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Devastate
Destroy; overwhelm, stun
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Devious
Shifty, not straightforward
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Devour
Eat greedily, consume
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Didactic
Excessively instructive
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Diffedent
Shy, lacking confidence
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Diffuse
Widely spread out
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Dignity
Poise and self respect
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Digression
The act of straying, an instance of straying
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Dilatory
Slow, tending to delay
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Diminish
To make smaller
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Dingy
Shabby, drab
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Disavow
To refuse to acknowledge
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Discern
To perceive something using the senses or intellect
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Disclose
To make known, to expose to view
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Discomfit
Make uneasy, embarrass
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Disconcert
Ruffle, upset one's self-possession
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Discord
Lack of agreement; inharmonious combination
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Discordance
State of disagreement
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Discourage
Dishearten, deprive of hope or spirit
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Discourse
Verbal exchange, conversation
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Doscourteous
Rude
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Discredit
To harm the reputation of, dishonor, or disgrace
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Discrepancy
Difference
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Discretion
Ability to judge on one's own
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Discretionary
Subject one's own judgement
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Disdain
To regard with scorn or contempt
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Disheveled
Marked by disorder, untidy
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Disingenuous
Not straightforward, insincere
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Disinterested
Unbiased
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Dismissal
Act of being fired or let out
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Disparage
To belittle, speak disrespectfully about
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Disparate
Dissimilar, different in kind
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Dispel
To drive out or scatter
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Display
To show, to exhibit, to present
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Disputant
Someone in an argument
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Disregard
Ignore
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Dissemble
To pretend, to disguise one's motives
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Disseminate
To spread far and wide
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Dissipate
To vanish; to pursue pleasure to excess
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Distant
Separate, far apart
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Distinctive
Distinguishing, characteristic
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Distortion
Misinterpretation; the act of twisting out of shape
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Distract
To cause to lose focus, to divert attention
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Divert
To turn aside, to distract
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Divination
Foretelling the future using supernatural means
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Divisive
Creating disunity or conflict
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Divulge
To make known
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Dogmatic
Rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated
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Dominant
Most prominent, exercising the most control
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Drab
Faded, dull, dreary
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Drawback
Disadvantage, inconvenience
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Drought
Long period of abnormally low rainfall
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Drub
Defeat soundly, beat
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Dual
Having two parts, double
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Dubious
Arousing doubt, doubtful
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Duplicate
An exact copy
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Duplicity
Deception, dishonesty, double-dealing
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Duration
Period of time that something lasts
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Dwarf
To make look small by comparison
