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Question 1

deface

Answer 1

mar; disfigure

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defalcate

Answer 2

embezzle

Question 3

defame

Answer 3

harm someone’s reputation; malign; speak evil of ; slander

Question 4

default

Answer 4

failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present

Question 5

defeatist

Answer 5

resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome

Question 6

defect

Answer 6

shortcoming

Question 7

defection

Answer 7

desertion

Question 8

defer

Answer 8

give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily

Question 9

deference

Answer 9

courteous regard for another’s wish; courteous yielding to another’s wish or opinion ( showing respect )

Question 10

defiance

Answer 10

refusal to yield; resistance

Question 11

defile

Answer 11

pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane’ desecrate

Question 12

definitive

Answer 12

most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite

Question 13

deflect

Answer 13

turn aside; turn away from a straight course

Question 14

defoliate

Answer 14

destroy leaves ; deprive of leaves ( by the use of chemicals )

Question 15

defray

Answer 15

provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of ; pay

Question 16

defrock

Answer 16

strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock

Question 17

deft

Answer 17

neat; skillful

Question 18

defunct

Answer 18

dead; no longer in use or existence

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degenerate

Answer 19

become worse in quality; deteriorate

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degradation

Answer 20

humiliation; debasement ; degeneration

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dehydrate

Answer 21

remove water from; dry of

Question 22

deify

Answer 22

turn into a god; make a god of; idolize

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deign

Answer 23

condescend; stoop

Question 24

delete

Answer 24

erase; strike out

Question 25

deleterious

Answer 25

harmful

Question 26

deliberate

Answer 26

consider; ponder