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49 Cards in this Set
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Dyspeptic
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(adj) suffering from indigestion
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Dulcet
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(adj) sweet sounding
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Ductile
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(adj) malleable, flexible
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Dross
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(n) waste matter, worthless impurities
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Droll
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(adj) queer and amusing
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Draconian
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(adj) extremely severe
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Dotage
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(n) senility
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Dolorous
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(adj) sorrowful
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Doff
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(v) take off
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Docket
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(n) program as for trial; book where entries are made
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Divest
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(v) strip, deprive
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Diurnal
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(adj) daily
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Distrait
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(adj) inattentive; distracted
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Dissimulate
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(v) pretend, conceal by feigning
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Dissemble
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(v) disguise, pretend
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Disquisition
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(n) long discussion on a particular topic
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Disquietude
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(n) uneasiness, anxiety
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Disputatious
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(adj) argumentative
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Disport
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(v) amuse
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Disinterested
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(adj) unprejudiced
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Disgorge
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(v) surrender something; eject, vomit
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Discursive
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(adj) digressing
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Discomfit
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(v) put to rout, defeat
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Disapprobation
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(n) disapproval; condemnation
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Disabuse
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(v) correct a false impression
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Dirge
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(n) lament with music
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Dint
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(n) means, effort
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Diffidence
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(n) shyness
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Diatribe
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(n) bitter scolding, invective
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Dialectical
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(adj) relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal
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Diadem
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(n) crown
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Detraction
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(n) slandering, aspersion
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Desuetude
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(n) state of disuse
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Despoil
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(v) strip of valuables
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Descry
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(v) catch sight of
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Depredation
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(n) plundering
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Demotic
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(adj) pertaining to the people
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Demagogue
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(n) person who appeals to the people's prejudice
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Delta
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(n) flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river
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Delineate
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(v) portray, depict, sketch
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Defrock
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(v) to strip a priest or minister of church authority.
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Decollete
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(adj) having a low-cut neckline
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Deciduous
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(adj) falling off, as of leaves (opp. of evergreen)
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Decant
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(v) pour off gently
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Decadence
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(n) decay
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Dais
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(n) raised platform for guests of honor
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Dabble
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(v) work at in a nonserious fashion
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Decrepitude
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(n) state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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Declivity
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(n) downward slope
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