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60 Cards in this Set
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debutante
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n
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decadence
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n,decay
moral decadence of the people |
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decant
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v
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definitive
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adj
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deflect
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v
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defoliate
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v,destroy leaves
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defray
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v,provide the payment of
her employer offer to defray her education cost |
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defrock
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v,strip a priest or minister of church authority
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deft
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adj,neat,skillful
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defunct
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adj
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degenerate
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v
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degradation
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n
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deify
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v
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deign
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v,condescend,stoop
the designer would not deign to speak to a mere seamtress |
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deleterious
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adj
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deliberate
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v
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delineate
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v
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delirium
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n
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delta
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n
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delude
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v
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deluge
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n
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delusion
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n
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delusive
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adj
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delve
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v,dig, investigate
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demagogue
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n
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demean
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v,degrade,humiliate
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demeanor
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n
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demented
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adj
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demise
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n
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demographic
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adj
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demolition
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n
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demoniac
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adj
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demotic
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adj
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demur
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v,object, hesitate
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demure
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adj
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denigrate
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v
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denizen
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n
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denotation
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n
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denouement
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n
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denounce
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v
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depict
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v
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deplete
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v
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deplore
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v,regret
i deplore the vulgarity of your language |
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deploy
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v
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depose
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v
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deposition
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n,testimony under oath
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depravity
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n
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deprecate
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v
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depreciate
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v
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depredation
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n
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deranged
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adj
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derelict
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adj,abandonned,negligent
The derelict craft was a menace to navigation, he was derelict in living up to his responsibility |
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deride
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v,ridicule;make fun of,
critics deride his pretentious dialogue |
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derivative
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adj
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dermatologist
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n
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derogatory
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adj,expressing a low opinion
I resent your deragotory remark |
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descry
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v,catch sight of
we could barely descry the enemy |
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desecrate
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v
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desiccate
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v
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desolate (1) (2)
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adj,unpopulated
v,rob of joy;lay waste to;forsake |