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To diminish the intensity or check something, such as a sound or feeling
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Damp (v)
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One can feel damp but can't hear dampness
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To intimidate or dismay
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Daunt (v)
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Don't be intimidated or dismayed at Da Aunt.
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Smallness of quanitiy or number; scarcity; lack
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Dearth (n)
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The dear was small and lacked in number; they were scarce in the jungle.
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Rout, fiasco, complete failure
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Debacle (n)
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De Backed into a river on her way to the party; the night was a complete failure and it was a fiasco to get her car out of the water.
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Politeness or appropriateness of conduct or behavior
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Decorum (N)
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The man's decor was 'um... polite and appropriate.
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To question or oppose
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Demur (v)
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De murmured a question which we apposed of
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Blacken, belittle,sully, defame, disparage
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Denigrate (v)
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Deni's great aunt was belittled.
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An outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
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Denouement (n)
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De now meant she knew the outcome of the the plot.
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To disparage or belittle
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Deprecate (v)
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De's pre cat was belittled
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To plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner
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Depredate (v)
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De pre dates in order to destory, ravage and plunder her future dates home.
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