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Despot

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An absolute ruler

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Despondent

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Extremely depressed

Full of despair

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Destitute

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Extremely poor

Utterly lacking

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Desultory

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Without a plan or purpose
Disconnected
Random

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Dextrous

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Skillful

Adroit

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Dialectical

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Relating to discussions
Relating to rules or methods of reasoning
Approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes

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Dictum

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An authoritative saying
An adage
A maxim
A proverb

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Didactic

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Intended to teach
Pedantic
Morally instructive

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Diffident

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Timid

Lacking in self confidence

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Digress

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To stray from the main subject

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Dilettante

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Someone with superficial knowledge of the arts
Amateur
Dabbler

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Discern

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To have insight
Too see things clearly
To discriminate
To differentiate

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Discreet

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Prudent

Judiciously reserved

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Discrete

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Unconnected
Separate
Distinct

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Discriminate

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To notice or point out the difference between two things
To discern
To differentiate

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Disdain

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Arrogant scorn

Contempt

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Disinterested

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Not taking sides

Unbiased

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Disparage

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To belittle

To say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way

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Disparate

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Different
Incompatible
Unequal

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Disseminate

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To spread the seeds of something
To scatter
To make widely known

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Dissipate

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To thin out, drift away, or dissolve
To cause to thin out…
To waste or squander

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Dissolution

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The breaking up or dissolving of something into parts

Disintegration

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Distend

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To swell

To extend a great deal

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Distinguish

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To tell apart

To cause to stand out

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Docile

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Easily taught
Obedient
Easy to handle

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Doctrinaire

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Inflexibility committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality
Dogmatic

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Dogmatic

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Arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas

Stubbornly claiming that something is beyond dispute. Often a belief system.

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Domestic

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Having to do with the household or the family

Not foreign

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Dormant

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Inactive
As though asleep
Asleep

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Dubious

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Full of doubt

Uncertain

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Duplicity

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The act of being two-faced
Double-dealing
Deception