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20 Cards in this Set
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Diminution |
(Noun) A lessening |
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Discerning |
(Adjective) Keenly perceptive; shrewd |
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Disdain |
(Noun) Feeling contempt for anything that is regarded unworthy, scorn |
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Dismantle |
(Verb) To pull apart; to take down |
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Disparage |
(Verb) To discredit; to belittle |
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Disparity |
(Noun) Lack of equality; difference |
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Disperse |
(Noun) To send off in different directions |
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Disposition |
(Noun) nature; tendency |
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Dissipated |
(Adjective) Indulging excessively in sensual pleasures-- dissipate to send in various direction, to spend excessively or waste |
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Distraught |
(Adjective) In a state of mental conflict and confusion |
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Raze |
(Verb) To refuse in a sharp or rude way; to snub; to drive or beat back |
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Recalcitrant |
(Adjective) Refusing to obey rules or follow orders; unmanageable resistant |
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Recluse |
(Noun) A person who lives alone, far away from others |
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Redundant |
(Adjective) wordy; exceeding what is necessary or normal; lavish; overflowing |
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Refurbish |
(Verb) To freshen or Polish again; to make like new |
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Relegate |
(Noun) To put in less important position; to assign; to banish |
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Relic |
(Noun) A thing or part that remains from past; something kept sacred because it belonged to a saint |
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Remorse |
(Noun) A deep feeling of sorrow or guilt over a wrong one has done |
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Rebuff |
(Verb) To refuse in a sharp or rude way; to snub; to drive or beat back |
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Rejuvenate |
(Verb) To make young or fresh again |
