D And E Flashcards

(53 cards)

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Dawdle

A

To lag behind

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Decipher

A

Figure it out

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3
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Deficient

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Not enough

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4
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Degrade

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To break something down slowly over time

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5
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Demur

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Politely say no or avoid it

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Desolation

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Total abandonment, emptiness and destruction

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Despoil

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The act of taking away anything of value

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Deter

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To deter someone is to stop them from doing something

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Disenfranchise

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Take someone’s right to vote or preventing them from using it

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Disparity

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An inequality or difference between two things

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Disseminate

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Pass out or ensure the spread of something (often as info)

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Diverge

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Things diverge when they move apart

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13
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Doctrine

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Sincerely held belief often of the religious variety but also political or other beliefs

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Doldrums

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A time which nothing happens / an area of water that is not moving

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Domestic

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Related to the home

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Dominion

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Control or authority over someone or something

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Dubious

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Doubtful and uncertain

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18
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Earnest

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Serious

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Eddy

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When water or air moves swiftly in a circular motion

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20
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Effectual

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The desired result has been achieved through that action

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Efficacy

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How effective something is

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Efficient

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Something done in the least amount of time and resources to the best result

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Embellish

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To add details to something (either verbally or physically)

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Emit

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Give off (emitted smell)

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Empathize
Feel what someone is feeling
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Endearing
Pleasant/ warm
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Endeavor
A try / to try
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Endow
To give / rights given to people because of birth or citizenship
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Enhance
Make it better or clearer
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Enterprise
Process of doing something difficult
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Entice
To convince someone to do something through the promise of reward
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Entrenched
To be dug in and refusing to move / stubborn on an idea
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Ephemeral
Temporary
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Evince
To show one’s feelings
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Expenditure
Spending of money or resources
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Explanatory
Explains something (duh)
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Extensive
Wide-spread or far reaching / thorough
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Feature
Part of an item for specific use
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Feeble
Weak
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Fetter
To hold someone or something back from what they want to accomplish
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Fiscal
Related to money and economy
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Florid
Red or flushed
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Forum
A location or meeting where people discuss thoughts and ideas
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Frantic
Desperate/urgent
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Germinate
Take something with potential and make it grow
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Glom
To attach to something
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Glut
A ridiculous amount of something you don’t even know what to do with it
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Grievance
A complaint
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Haggle
The process two people go through as they exchange offers back and forth to try and make a deal
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Ignominious
Embarrassing/undignified
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Illegible
Unable to be read/ understood
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Immured
Enclosed / trapped /held against their will
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Impel
Force or push someone to do something