Vocabulary Flashcards by Gabriel Cabrera

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Depravity

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Moral corruption, wickedness

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Denued

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To strip off coverings or possessions

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Derogatory

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Disapproving and negative

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Despondency

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Woods of heart, or hope

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Despot

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A totalitarian dictator

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Dictum

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A formal pronouncement from a formal source

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Dilettante

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Someone who dabbles, or is not serious

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Disdain

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A feeling or show of contempt

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Disparity

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Significant inequality, or difference

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Disseminate

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To give out, spread, or make widely known

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Distend

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To swell up

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Dogmatic

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The stubborn assertion of an opinion as a fact

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Dossier

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A bundle of papers containing a detailed report

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Duplicity

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Deception by being two faced, and double dealing

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Ebullient

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Exuberant, bubbling with excitement

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Echelon

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A level of authority or rank

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Eclectic

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Chosen from a variety of sources

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Efface

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To obliterate by rubbing out

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Egalitarian

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Having to do with the equality of all people

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Eke

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To make a living with a great effort