Words beginning with D Flashcards

(54 cards)

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Cacophonous

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Sounding discordant; terrible and generally unpleasant to listen to; the opposite of euphonious

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Cadaver

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Corpse

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Cajole

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To coax

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Callous

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Unfeeling; unsympathetic

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Calumniate

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To slander

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Calumny

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Slander; defamation

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Candor

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Frankness; candidness

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Cantankerous

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Ill-natured; quarrelsome

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Capacious

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Spacious

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Capitulate

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To surrender

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Captious

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Fault-finding

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Carrion

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Rotting flesh

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Castigate

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To punish

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Cathartic

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Cleansing; allowing a release of tension or emotion

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Caustic

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Burning; characterized by a bitter wit

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Cauterize

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To burn tissue

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Cavil

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To raise unnecessary or trivial objections

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Celerity

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Swiftness; speed

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Celibacy

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Condition of being celibate

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20
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Celibate

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Without sex; unmarried

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Censor

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To remove inappropriate stuff (v.)

Someone who censors things (n.)

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Censure

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To criticize; blame

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Cerebration

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Chargin

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Embarrassment

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Chaos
State of utter confusion
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Charlatan
Quack; someone who pretends he's someone he's not
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Chaste
Pure; unspoiled; virginal
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Chicanery
Trickery
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Chimerical
Far out; bizarre; really heady
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Choleric
Hot-tempered; easily made "hot under the collar"
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Churlish
Boorish; rude
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Ciliated
Having tiny hairs
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Circumspect
Prudent; cautious
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Clemency
Mildness of temper—especially leniency toward an enemy or in sentencing a criminal
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Cogent
Clear, logical; well thought-out
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Cogitated
To think about deeply and carefully
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Cognizant
Fully informed and aware; conscious
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Comely
Attractive; agreeable
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Comestible
Food
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Commensurate
Equal; proportionate
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Commiserate
To sympathize; be miserable together
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Comport
To behave in a particular way
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Compunction
Strong uneasiness caused be guilt
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Concupiscence
Sexual desire; lust; sensuality
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Concurrent
At the same time
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Congenital
Existing at birth
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Conjecture
Statement made without adequate evidence
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Conjugal
Pertaining to marriage
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Contort
Twist; bend
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Contrition
Remorse; repentance; bitter regret felt owing to wrongdoing
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Controversial
Of, relating to, or causing dispute
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Convoke
To call together; assemble
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Corporal
Of the body; bodily
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Cache
Hiding place