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12 Cards in this Set
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A harsh denunciation
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Diatribe (N)
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Intended to teach or instruct
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Didactic (adj)
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Tool used for shaping
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Die (n)
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Reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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Diffident (adj)
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To stray from the point; to go off on a tangent
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Digress (v)
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Causing delay, procrastinating
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Dilatory (adj)
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One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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Dilettante (n)
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Effort or interest that is frivoulous or superficial
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Dilettantish
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Loud sustained noise
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Din (n)
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To undeceive; to set right
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Disabuse (v)
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To defeat, put down
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Discomfit (v)
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Conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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Discordant (adj)
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