SAT- D Flashcards
(160 cards)
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Dangle
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to hang loosely and swing
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Dated
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old-fashioned, out of style
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Daunt
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to discourage, intimidate
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Daunting
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discouraging
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Dearth
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lack,scarcity, insufficiency
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Debacle
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a sudden, disastrous collapse or defeat, a total, ridiculous failure
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Debase
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to degrade or lower in quality or stature
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Debilitate
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to weaken, enfeeble
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Debilitating
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impairing the strength or energy of
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Debris
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broken or destroyed remains
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Debtor
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someone that owes something to someone else
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Debunk
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to discredit, disprove
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Deceive
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give false impression
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Decibel
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unit of sound intensity
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Deciduous
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losing leaves in the fall, short-lived, temporary
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Decisive
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capable of determining outcome
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Declaim
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to speak loudly and vehemently
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Declivity
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downward slope
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Decorous
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proper tasteful socially correct
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Decorum
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appropriateness of behavior conduct or propriety
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Decry
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to belittle, to openly condemn
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Deduction
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the drawing of a conclusion through logic
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Deface
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to mark the appearance of, vandalize
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Defamatory
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injurious to the reputation
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Defective
faulty
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Deference
respect, courtesy
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Deferential
respectful and polite in submissive way
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Deferment
the act of delaying
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Defiantly
boldly resisting
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Deficit
inadequacy, disadvantage
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Deft
skillful, dexterous
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Degradation
reduction in worth or dignity
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Delegate
to give powers to another
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Deleterious
harmful, destructive, detrimental
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Deliberation
careful consideration of an issue
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Delineate
to portray, depict
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Delineation
depiction, representation
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Deluge
to submerge, overwhelm, flood
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Demagogue
leader, rabble-rouser, usually using appeals to emotion or prejudice
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Demean
to degrade, humiliate, humble
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Demeanor
the way a person behaves
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Demolish
destroy, damage severely
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Demolition
the act of destroying
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Demonize
to represent as evil
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Demur
to express doubts or objections
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Denigrate
to slur or blacken someone's reputation
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Denizen
inhabitant, a resident
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Depose
to remove from a high position, as from a throne
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Depravity
sinfulness, moral corruption
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Deprecate
to belittle, disparage
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Depreciate
to lose value gradually
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Derelict
neglectful of one's obligations, abandoned
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Deride
to laugh at contemptuously, to make fun of
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Derivative
copied or adapted
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Derogate
to belittle, to disparage
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Desecrate
to abuse something sacred
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Desiccate
to dry completely, dehydrate
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Desolate
lifeless, barren
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Despondent
discouraged, dejected`
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Despot
tyrannical ruler
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Despotism
dominance through threat of violence
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Destitute
very poor, poverty-stricken
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Destitution
complete poverty
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Desultory
at random, rambling, unmethodical
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Determine
to decide
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Detractor
someone who belittles something else
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Devious
shifty, not straightforward
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Devour
eat greedily
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Dexterous
skilled physically or mentally
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Diabolical
fiendish, wicked
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Diametrically
in direct opposition
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Diaphanous
allowing light to show through, delicate
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Diatribe
bitter verbal attack
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Dichotomy
division into two parts
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Dictum
authoritative statement, popular saying
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Didactic
excessively instructive
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Diffidence
shyness, lack of confidence
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Diffident
shy, lacking confidence
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Diffuse
to spread out widely, to scatter freely, to disseminate
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Dignity
self-respect
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Digress
to turn aside, especially from the main point, to stray from the subject
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Digression
the act of straying, an instance of straying
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Dilapidated
in disrepair, run down
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Dilate
to make larger, expand
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Dilatory
slow, tending to delay
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Dilettante
someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Diluvial
pertaining to a flood
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Diminish
to make smaller
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Diminutive
small
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Dingy
shabby, drab
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Dirge
a funeral hymn or mournful speech
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Disabuse
set right, free from error
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Disavow
to refuse to acknowledge
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Discern
to perceive something
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Disclose
to make known, expose
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Discomfit
to disconcert, to make one lose one's composure
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Disconcert
ruffle, upset one's self-possession
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Disconcerting
bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing
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Discord
lack of agreement, in harmonious combination
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Discordant
disagreeing, at variance
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Discourse
verbal exchange, conversation
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Discourteous
rude
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Discredit
to harm the reputation of
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Discrepancy
difference between
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Discrete
individually distinct, separate
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Discretion
ability to judge on one's own
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Discretionary
subject to one's own judgement
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Discursive
wandering from topic to topic
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Disdain
to regard with contempt
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Disheveled
marked by disorder, untidy
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Disingenuous
giving a false appearance of simple frankness, misleading
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Disinterested
fair-minded, unbiased
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Dismissal
act of being fired or let out
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Disparage
to belittle, speak disrespectfully about
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Disparate
dissimilar, different in kind
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Dispassionate
unaffected by bias or strong emotions, not personally or emotionally involved in something
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Dispel
to drive out or scatter
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Display
to show, to exhibit, to present
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Disputant
someone in an argument
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Disregard
ignore
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Dissemble
to pretend, disguise one's motives
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Disseminate
to spread far and wide
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Dissension
difference of opinion
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Dissident
disagreeing with an established religious or political system
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Dissipate
to scatter, to pursue pleasure to excess
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Dissonance
a harsh and disagreeable combination, especialy of sounds
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Distaff
the female branch of a family
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Distant
separate, far apart
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Distend
to swell, inflate, bloat
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Distinctive
distinguishing characteristic
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Distortion
misrpresentation, the act of twisting out of shape
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Distract
to cause to lose focus, to divert attention
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Dither
to act indecisively
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Diurnal
daily
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Divert
to turn aside, to distract
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Divination
foretelling the future using supernatural means
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Divine
to foretell or know by inspiration
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Divisive
creating disunity or conflict
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Divulge
to make known
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Doctrinaire
rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality, dogmatic
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Dogged
stubbornly persevering
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Dogma
a firmly held opinion, especially a religious belief
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Dogmatic
rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated
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Doleful
sad, mounted
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Dominant
most prominent, exercising the most control
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Dour
sullen and gloomy, stern and severe
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Drab
faded, dull, dreary
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Drawback
disadvantage, inconvenience
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Droll
amusing in a wry, subtle way
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Drought
long period of abnormally low rainfall
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Drub
defeat soundly, beat
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Dual
having two parts, double
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Dubious
arousing doubt, doubtful
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Dulcet
pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
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Dupe
to deceive or a person who is easily deceived
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Duplicate
an exact copy
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Duplicity
deception, dishonesty, double-dealing
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Duration
period of time that something lasts
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Duress
threat of force or intimidation, imprisonment
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Dyspeptic
suffering from indigestion, gloomy and irritable
