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Dearth

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Lack

Scarcity

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Daunt

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To make fearful

To intimidate

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Debacle

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Violent breakdown
Sudden overthrow
Overwhelming defeat

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Debauchery

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Wild living

Excessive intemperance

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Debilitate

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To weaken

To cripple

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Decadent

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Decaying or decayed

Especially in terms of morals

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Decimate

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To kill or destroy a large part of

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Decorous

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Proper
In good taste
Orderly

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Deduce

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To conclude from the evidence

To infer

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Defame

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To libel or slander

To ruin the good name of

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Deference

A

Submission to another’s will
Respect
Courtesy

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Definitive

A

Conclusive

Providing the last word

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Degenerate

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To break down

To deteriorate

13
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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Delineate

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To describe accurately

To draw in outline

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Delude

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To deceive

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Deluge

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A flood

An inundation

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Demagogue

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A leader who uses prejudice to get more power

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Denizen

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Inhabitant

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Depravity

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Extreme wickedness or corruption

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Deprecate

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To express disapproval of

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Deride

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To ridicule

To laugh at contemptuously

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Derogatory

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Disapproving

Degrading

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Desiccate

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To dry out