Word List 14 Flashcards by Anush Arvind

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Descry

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Catch sight of

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Descant

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Discuss fully

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Desecrate

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Destroy the sanctity of

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Desiccate

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Dry up

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Desolate

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Unpopulated
Rob of joy
Lay waste to
Forsake

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Despise

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Look on with scorn

Regard as worthless or distasteful

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Despoil

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Rob

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Despondent

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Depressed, gloomy

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Despot

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Tyrant

Harsh, authoritarian ruler

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Desultory

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Aimless

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Dialectical

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Relating to the art of debate

Mutual or reciprocal

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Diaphanous

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Transparent

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Dichotomy

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Split, branching into two parts

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Dictum

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Authoritative or weighty statement, maxim, saying

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Diffidence

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Shyness

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Diffuse

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Wordy, rambling

Spread out like gas

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Dilatory

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Delaying

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Determination

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Resolve, measurement or calculation

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Deterrent

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Something that discourages, hindrance

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Detraction

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Slandering, aspersion

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Devious

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Roundabout, erratic

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Devise

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Think up, invent

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Disband

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Disperse

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Dilettante

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Aimless follower of art

Amateur

Diminution

Lessening

Dint

Means, effort

Disabuse

Correct a false impression

Disaffected

Disloyal

Disapprobation

Disapproval, condemnation

Disavowal

Denial, disclaiming

Disburse

Pay out

Discombobulated

Confused

Discomfit

Defeat

Discomposure

Agitation

Disconcert

Confuse, upset, embarrass

Disconsolate

Sad

Discount

Disregard, dismiss

Discourse

Formal discussion

Discredit

Defame

Discrete

Separate

Discursive

Digressing

Disenfranchise

Deprive of a civil right

Disengage

Uncouple

Disgorge

Surrender something, eject, vomit

Disgruntle

Make discontented