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30 Cards in this Set
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DIDACTIC
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intended to teach and instruct
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DIE
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a tool used for shaping
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DIFFIDENT
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reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
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DILATORY
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causing delay, procrastinating
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DILETTANTE
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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
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DISABUSE
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to undeceive; to set right
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DISCOMFORT
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to defeat, put down
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DISCORDANT
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conflicting; dissonant or harsh in sound
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DISINTERESTED
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unbiased; free from self-interest
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DISPARAGE
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to slight or beliitle
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DISPARATE
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funde=amentally distinct or dissimilar
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DISSEMBLE
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to disguise or conceal; to mislead
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DISSOLUTION
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disintegration, looseness in morals
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DISTRAIT
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distracted; bsent-minded, especially due to anxiety
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DIVULGE
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to disclose something secret
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DOGGEREL
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trivial, poorly constructed verse
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DOGMATIC
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authoritatively and or arrogantly assertive of principles, which often cannot proved; stubbornly opinionated
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DROSS
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slag, waste ot foreign matter, impurity, surface scum
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DULCET
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melodious, harmonious, mellifluous
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DYNAMO
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generator; forceful, energetic person
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EBULLIENCE
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
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ECCENTRIC
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departing from norms or conventions
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ECLECTIC
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composed of elements drawn from various sources
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EDIFYING
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enlightening, informing
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EFFRONTERY
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extreme boldness; presumptuousness
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EFFUSIVE
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gushing; excessively demonstrative
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EGRESS
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exit
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ELEGY
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mournful poem, espesially one lamenting the dead; any mournful writing or piece of music
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EMOLLIENT
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soothing, especially to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying
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ENCOMIUM
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glowing and enthusiastic praise; panegyric, tribute, eulogy
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