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45 Cards in this Set
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Dias
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Platform, speaker's stand
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Dale
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Valley
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De facto
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in fact, reality
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Defalcate
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To misuse funds, to embezzle
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Default
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To fail to pay a debt or perform a task
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Defection
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Desertion
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Deference
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respect
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Defray
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to pay the cost of
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Denizen
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residence
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Denouement
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Outcome, result
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Derelict
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Abandoned, negligent, a vagrant
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Desuetude
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No longer used
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Desultory
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Wandering from subject to subject, rambling
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Dentente
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lowering tension
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Diadem
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crown
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Diaphanous
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transparant
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Dichotomy
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split into 2 parts
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Dicker
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To bargain, to argue over prices
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Didactic
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instructive, lecturing too much
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Dint
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power force
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Dipsomaniac
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drunk
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Dirge
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funeral song
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Discomfiture
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frustration, confusion
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Disinter
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uncover, dig up
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dismember
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cut, pull off limbs
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Dissident
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disagreeing
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Dissolute
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immoral, unrestrained
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Doddering
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Shaky, senile
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Doff
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To throw off or away
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Dole
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to distribute, give out sparingly
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Domicile
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home, residence
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Donnybrook
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rough, rowdy fight
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Dossier
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complete group of documents
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Dotage
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Senile from old age
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Doughty
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courage, worthy
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Dowdy
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Shabby, untidy
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Doyen
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senior or eldest member
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Draconian
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severe, cruel
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Dregs
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leftovers
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Drolls
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amusing in an odd way
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Dross
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waste matter
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Dulcimer
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type of zither
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Duress
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force
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Dyspepsia
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poor digestion
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Dysphasia
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hard to speak
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