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disingenuous
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adj. lacking genuine candor; insincere
disingenuous remarks |
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disinter
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v. dig up ; unearth
they disinterred the body for an autopsy |
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disinterested
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adj. unprejudiced
disinterested person |
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disjointed
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adj. lacking coherence; separated at the joints
he scribbled a few disjointed sentences |
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dismember
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v. cut into small parts
the empire was dismembered |
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disparage
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v. belittle
she was more likely to praise her son's crude attempts at art than to disparage them |
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disparate
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adj. basiclaly different; unrelated
disparate notions of marriage |
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dispassionate
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adj. calm; impartial
dispassionate analysis |
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dispatch
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n. speediness; prompt execution; message sent w/ all due speed
Napolean defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch... he then sent a dispatch to headquarters |
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dispel
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v. scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
the sunlight dispelled the morning mist |
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disport
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v. amuse
people disport themselves at miami and palm beach |
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disputatious
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adj. argumentative; fond of arguing
disputatious client |
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disquietude
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n. uneasiness; anxiety
since he's been gone all day, a feel a slight sense of disquietude |
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disquisition
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n. a formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry
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dissemble
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v. disguise; pretend
dissemble his motive |
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dissimulate
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v.pretend; conceal by feigning
he tried to dissimulate his feelings |
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dissipate
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v. squander; waste; scatter
you'll dissipate your talent if you keep on wasting time |
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dissolution
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n. disintegration; looseness in morals
the profligacy and dissolution of their lives |
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distant
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adj. reserved or aloof; cold in manner
his distant greeting |
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distill
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v. purify; refine; concentrate
distill thoughts into quips distill mash into whiskey |
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distrait
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adj. inattentive; distracted, often by anxiety
she was so absentminded and distrait |
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diurnal
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adj. daily
diurnal tasks |
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diversion
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n. act of turning aside; pastime
after studying for hours, he needed a diversion from work |
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divine
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v. perceive intuitively; foresee the future
She had the ability to divine when her son wasn't telling the truth |
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divulge
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v. reveal
she would never divulge any of her friend's secrets |
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docile
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adj. obedient; easily managed
surprisingly, the lion was docile |
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doctrinaire
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adj. unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding
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doctrine
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n. teachings in general; particular principle (religious, legal...)
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doddering
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adj. shaky; infirm from old age
doddering old fool |
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doff
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v. take off
a gentleman will doff his hat to a lady |
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dogged
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adj. determined, stubborn
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doggerel
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n. poor verse
most of her writing is mere doggerel |
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dogmatic
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adj. opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal
he is so dogmatic that he never suspects that his opinions might be wrong. |
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doldrums
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n. blues; listlessness; slack period
once the excitement was over, she found herself in the doldrums |
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doleful
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adj. mournful; causing sadness
Eeyore made a doleful sigh |
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dolorous
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adj. sorrowful
dolorous death |
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dolt
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n. stupid person; dunce
Dumb and Dumber - they are pair of dolts |
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domicile
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n. home
my legal domicile is in Cambridge |
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domineer
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v. rule over tyrannically
i prefer teachers who don't domineer |
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don
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v. put on
u must don your scrubs before going into the OR |
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dormer
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n. window projecting from the roof
the attic needs some dormers |
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dotage
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n. senility
in his dotage, the old man bored us |
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dote
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v. be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
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dour
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adj. sullen; stubborn
The man was dour and taciturn |
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douse
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v. plunge into water; drench; extinguish
they doused each other with hoses |
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dowdy
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adj. slovenly; untidy
dowdy image |
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downcast
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adj. disheartened; sad
all the difficulties she faced caused her to be downcast |
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drab
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adj. dull; lacking color; cheerless
drab winter coat |
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draconian
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adj. extremely severe
draconian punishment |
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dregs
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n. sediment
avoid stirring up the dregs |
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drivel
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n. nonsense; foolishness
driveling idiot why do i have to listen to such idiotic drivel? |
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droll
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adj. queer and amusing
droll anecdotes |
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drone
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n. idle person; male bee
he was nothing but a drone v. talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee he wants to listen to a teacher drone? |
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dross
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n. waste matter; worthless impurities
separate valuable metal from drone |
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drudgery
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n. menial work
cinderella almost had a life long of drudgery |
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dubious
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adj. questionable; filled with doubt
dubious worth Tina was dubious |
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ductile
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adj. malleable; flexible; pliable
ductile material |
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dulcet
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adj. sweet sounding
dulcet sounds of birds |
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dupe
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n. someone easily fooled
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duplicity
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n. double-deeling; hypocrisy
duplicity - 2 timing |
