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dais

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a low platform

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daub

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spread crudely or roughly on a surface

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dearth

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a lack, scarcity

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debauch

example: an endless amount of dearth wine and expensive cheese debauched the traveller

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to corrupt morally, by means of sensual pleasure

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debilitated

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to weaken, enfeeble or enervate

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debonair

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carefree, cheerful and self-assured

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debunk

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to expose the falseness of a claim

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decadence

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moral or cultural deterioration

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deciduous

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fleeting, transitory

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declaim

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speak or utter rhetorically

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decorum (n.) or decorous (adj.)

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socially appropriate o or proper

seemliness or propriety

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decry

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to criticize openly, disparage or belittle

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deference

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courteous regard, respect

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defile

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to make unclean, impure

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deft

Having worked in a bakery for many years, marcus was a deft bread maker

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skillful, capable

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deign

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think fit, condescend

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deleterious

she experienced the deleterious effects of running a marathon without stretching before hand

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harmful to the mind or body

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delineate

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to describe, outline, shed light on

sentence: she delineated why the project should stop receiving funding.

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demean

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to lower the status or stature of something

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demeanor

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outward behavior or bearing

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demure

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quiet, modest, reserved, coy

Despite the lively ambience at the party, Cathy remained demure and did not socialise at all

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demur

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raise scruples or object to

John demurred the ridiculous policy that would belittle his firm

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denigrate

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to disparage or defame the reputation of of a person

The company decided that its advertisements would no longer denigrate its competitors

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denouement

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the final unravelling of a plot or complicated situation

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deprave
to pervert or corrupt
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depravity
a moral corruption, wickedness | the ogre's depravity made children timorous to enter the forest
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deprecate
express disapproval of or a wish against
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deride
to laugh at mockingly, scorn | the bullies at school derided the foreign student's french accent
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desecrate
to violate the sacredness of a thing or place
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desolate
deserted, dreary, lifeless
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desist
to prevent or stop
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despot
an absolute ruler
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destitute
completely impoverished
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dialectic
logical disputation
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diapohonous | Sunlight poured in through the diaphanous curtains
light and airy, transparent
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diatribe
a forceful verbal attack
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defalcate
to embezzle funds that someone has been entrusted with | sentence: she was fired for defalcating over a million dollars of public funds.
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defunct
no longer used or existing | sentence: they planned to turn the defunct schoolhouse into a community center
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denounce
to publicly condemn or criticise
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deplore
to feel or express sorrow or disapproval | sentence: John deplored his wife's poor working conditions
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despoil
to rob or plunder | the thieves entered the house, and despoiled all its contents before the denizens realised
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desultory
wandering from subject to subject half-heartedly | the desultory conversation faded away because it served no purpose
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dicker
the man dickered with trader perpetually because he wanted an item, but was not willing to pay merely as much as the trader asked.
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didactic
instructive or overly moralistic
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diffident
shy, modest reserved | the diffident youth remained silent whilst eating dinner with all the adults, for fear of seeming presumptuous
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dilatory
tending to delay or causing delay. | the dictator's dilatory actions resulted in him being deposed from his authoritative position
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dirge
a song or hymn usually played or performed at a funeral
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disaffected
rebellious, resentful of authority | The parents sent their disaffected son to military school to teach him a good lesson.
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discern
to perceive, detect | Even though John tried to hide his emotions, Cathy discerned from his body language that he was furious.
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disavow
to deny knowledge of or responsibility for
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discomfit
feel uneasy or embarrassed
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disconsolate
very unhappy and unable to be comforted
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discrete
individually separate or distinct
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discretion
the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offence or revealing confidential information
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discursive
rambling, lacking order and wandering Sentence: The professor's lectures seemed to be discursive: they covered all topics except the one originally planned for
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disdain
1. to scorn or hold low in self-esteem | Sentence: After learning about his immoral actions, John held Lawerence in disdain
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disgruntled
to feel upset, not content
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disheartened
low on spirit or moral
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disheveled
untidy
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disinter
to uncover or dig up
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disinterested
not influenced by considerations of personal advantage | Sentence: A banker is obliged to give disinterested advice
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disparage
to criticise or speak ill off
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disparate
sharply differing or contrasting
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dispel
to drive away, scatter | Sentence: She dispelled the rumours suggesting that she had been fired by entering office on Monday
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dissemble
to conceal or hide
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disseminate
to spread widely | Sentence: The presidential candidate disseminated his ideas across the country prior to the elections
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dissident
disagreeing
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distend
to swell out, expand or stretch | His stomach distended as a result of drinking excessively
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dither
to be indecisive or confused about
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diurnal
daily
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divulge
to reveal or to make known | Pressured by the people, the government divulged on previously undisclosed information pertaining to a scandal
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docile
submissive, easily taught or trained | Sentence: The circus company found it easy to teach the docile lion about the tricks it needed to perform
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dogged
having or showing tenacity and grim persistence
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dogmatic
aggressively or arrogantly certain about something | seNTENCE: John's dogmatic claim that men are better than women at fixing appliances angered women in society
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dolorous
mournful, sad
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donnybrook
a heated argument
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doughty
courageous;worthy
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dour
stern or joyless sentence: The children were afraid of the dour man living next door because he would seize their toys if they were loud and boisterous
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downtrodden
trampled on, suppressed by people in power
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drivel
talk nonsense: The soldier drivelled about his past experiences during the war
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drudgery
hard work that is tiresome | Sentence: The gardener realised that cleaning the huge garden was domestic drudgery
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duplicity
crafty dishonesty, double dealing
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duress
hardship, threaten

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