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dictum

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a proverb

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didactic

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intended to teach

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diffident

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shy

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diffuse

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to cause to spread out

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digress

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to stray out from the main subject

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dilapidated

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broken-down

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dilate

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to make larger

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dilemma

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two or more choices, but two are either very good or very bad like trolley

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dilettante

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someone with superficial knowledge of something

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diminution

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the act of diminishing: reduction

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dire

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desperate

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dirge

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a funeral song

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disaffect

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to cause to lose affection

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disarray

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disorder

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discern

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to have insight

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disclaim

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to renounce

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discomfit

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to confuse

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disconcert

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to upset

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discourse

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conversation

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discreet

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prudent; careful and circumspect in one’s speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage.

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discrepancy

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difference

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discrete

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seperate

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discriminate

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to notice a difference

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discursive

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digressing from subject to subject

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disdain

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hate

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disgruntle

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to make sulky and dissatisfied

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disinformation

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purposeful false info

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disinterest

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unbiased

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dismal

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causing dread

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dismay

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to fill with dread

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disparage

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to belittle

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disparate

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different

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dispassionate

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calm

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disperse

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to scatter

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dispirit

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to discourage

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disposition

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characteristic attitude

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disproportionate

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too much or too little

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disquiet

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to make uneasy

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dissemble

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to conceal the real nature

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disseminate

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to spread the seed

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dissent

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to disagree

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disservice

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a harmful action

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dissident

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a person who disagrees

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dissipate

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to thin out

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dissolution

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the breaking up

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dissuade

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to persuade not to

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distend

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to swell

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distinct

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seperate

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distinguish

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to tell apart

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diurnal

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occuring every day