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29 Cards in this Set
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debauchery
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corruption
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defame
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to malign; harm someone's reputation
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demotic
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pertaining to people
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deference
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respect; regard for another's wish
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demur
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to express doubt
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defunct
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no longer existing or functioning
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demographic
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relating to a population balance
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denizen
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an inhabitant; a regular visitor
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denouement
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outcome; unraveling of the plot of a play or work of literature
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desuetude
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state of disuse
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desultory
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random, disconnected, rambling
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diaphanous
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transparent; fine-textured; insubstantial; vague
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diffuse
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to spread out
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dirge
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funeral hymn
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discomfit
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to make uneasy, disconcert
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discretion
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quality of showing self-restraint in speech or action
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disingenuous
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not candid; crafty
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disparate
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dissimilar
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dissident
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person who disagrees about beliefs, etc.
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dissolution (2)
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disintegration; debauchery
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dissonance
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discord, lack of harmony
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distend
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to expand, swell out
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distill
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extract the essential elements
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distrait
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inattentive, preoccupied
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divest
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to strip; deprive; rid
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doctrinaire
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relating to a person who cannot compromise about points of a theory or doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding
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doggerel
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poor verse
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dross
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waste; worthless matter; trivial matter
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dupe
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to deceive; to trick
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