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39 Cards in this Set
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Dearth
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Shortage
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decorous
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Polite, Decent
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Dauntless
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Bold
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Decorous
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proper
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decorum
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propriety, properness
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Decree
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order given by Authority
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Decry
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disapprove of
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deference
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respect
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deferential
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showing respect
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deleterious
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harmful
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delineate
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to portay, sketch
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deluge
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great flood
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demagogue
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person appealing not to reason
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demur
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to hesitate, raise objections
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demure
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grave, serious,coy
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denigrate
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blacked, belittle, sully
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deprave
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make morally bad, corrupt
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depracate
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protest against, express disapproval
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derelict
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abandoned
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derision
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ridicule, mockery
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descry
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catch sight of, see something in the distance
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desiccant
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substance used to absord moisture
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desiccate
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dry out all the moisture
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desuetude
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cessation of use
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desultory
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aimless, haphazard
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detraction
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slandering, verbal attack
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detumescence
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lessening of swelling
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soporific
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causing sleep, lethargy
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temerity
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unreasonable
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reticent
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quiet, reserved
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peroration
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highly rhetorical speech
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insouciant
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lighthearted unconcern
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loquacious
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talkative
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pusillanimity
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lacking courage
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beatific
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giving or showing bliss
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caluminate
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to slander, falsely accuse
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chary
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cautious, wary
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chicanery
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legal trickery, false argument
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capricious
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fickle, whimsical, unpredicatable
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