Word List 15 Flashcards by Joseline lu

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Dishearten

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Discourage; cause to lose courage or hope

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Disheveled

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Untidy

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Disinclination

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Unwillingness

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Disingenuous

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Lacking genuine candor; insincere

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Disinter

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Dig up; unearth

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Disinterested

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Unprejudiced

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Disjointed

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Disconnected

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Dislodge

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Remove (forcibly)

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Dismantle

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Take apart

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Dismay

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Discourage; frighten

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Dismember

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Cut into small parts

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Dismiss

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Put away from consideration

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Disparage

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Belittle

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Disparate

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Basically different; unrelated

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Disparity

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Difference; condition of inequality

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Dispassionate

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Calm; impartial

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Dispatch

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Speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed

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Dispel

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Scatter; drive away

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Disperse

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Scatter

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Dispirited

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Lacking in spirit

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Disputatious

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Argumentative; fond of arguing

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Disquiet

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Make uneasy or anxious

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Dissection

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Analysis

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Dissemble

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Disguise; pretend

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Disseminate

Distribute; scatter; spread

Dissent

Disagree

Dissertation

Formal essay

Dissident

Dissenting; rebellious

Dissimulate

Pretend; conceal by feigning

Dissipate

Squander; waste; scatter

Dissolute

Loose in morals

Dissolution

breaking of a union

Dissonance

Discord

Dissuade

Persuade not to do; discourage

Distant

Reserved or aloof; cold in manner

Distend

Expand; swell cut

Distill

Extract the essence

Distinction

Honor; contrast

Distort

Twist out of shape

Distraught

Upset; distracted by anxiety

Diurnal

Daily

Diva

Operatic singer

Diverge

Vary; go in different directions from the same point

Diversion

Act of turning aside

Divest

Strip; deprive of

Divine

Foresee the future

Divulge

Reveal

Docile

Obedient

Doctrinaire

Unable to compromise about points of doctrine

Doctrine

Teachings

Doff

Take off

Dogged

Determined; stubborn

Doggerel

Poor verse

Dogmatic

Opinionated

Doldrums

Blues; listlessness

Doleful

Sorrowful

Dolt

Stupid person

Domicile

Home

Domineer

Rule over tyrannically

Don

Put on

Dormant

Sleeping; lethargic

Dormer

window projecting from roof

Dossier

File of documents on a subject

Dote

Be excessively fond of

Dowdy

Slovenly; untidy

Downcast

Disheartened; sad

Drab

Dull

Draconian

Extremely severe

Dregs

Sediment; worthless residue

Drivel

Nonsense

Droll

Queer and amusing

Drone

Idle person; male bee

Dross

Waste matter

Drudgery

Menial work

Dubious

Questionable; filled with doubts

Ductile

Malleable; flexible

Dulcet

Sweet sounding

Dumbfound

Astonish

Dupe

Someone easily fooled

Duplicity

Double-dealing; hypocrisy