Word List 13 Flashcards
(30 cards)
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Décolleté
A
Having a low necked dress
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Decimate
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Kill, usually 1 out of 10
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Decorum
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Propriety, orderliness and good taste in manners.
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Deducible
A
Derived by reasoning
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Default
A
Failure to act
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Defection
A
Desertion
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Defer
A
Delay till later, exempt temporarily, give in respectfully, submit.
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Deference
A
Courteous regard for another wish.
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Defray
A
Pay the cost of.
9
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Defuse
A
Remove the fuse of a bomb, reduce or eliminate threat.
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Dehydrate
A
Remove water from
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Deign
A
Condescend, stoop
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Delectable
A
Delightful, delicious
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Deleterious
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Harmful
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Delineate
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Portray, depict
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Delude
A
Deceive
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Deluge
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Flood, rush
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Demagogue
A
False leader of people.
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Demoniac
A
Fiendish
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Demur
Verb
A
Object
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Demure
A
Grave, serious
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Denigrate
A
Blacken
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Denizen
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Inhabitant, resident
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Denotation
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Meaning
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Denouement
Outcome
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Deplore
Regret
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Deploy
Spread out troops in an extended though shallow battle line.
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Depose
Dethrone
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Deposition
Testimony under oath
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Depravity
Extreme corruption.
