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10 Cards in this Set
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diminution n.
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abatement; alleviation; contraction; curtailment; cut; cutback; decay; decline; decrease; deduction; retrenchment; weakening
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discerning adj.
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astute; canny; clever; discriminating; incisive; ingenious; insightful; intense; intuitive; judicious; keen; observant; penetrating; perspicacious; piercing; quick-witted; sensitive; sharp; smart; subtle
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disdain n.
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antipathy; arrogance; aversion; contempt; contumely; derision; despisal; despisement; despite; dislike; disparagement; hatred; haughtiness; hauteur; insolence; loftiness; pride; ridicule; scorn; sneering; snobbishness; superbity; superciliousness
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dismantle v.
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annihilate; bankrupt; bare; break down; break up; decimate; demolish; denudate; denude; deprive; destroy; disassemble; dismember; dismount; disrobe; divest; fell; knock down; level; part out; pull down; raze; ruin; strike; strip; subvert; take down; take to pieces; tear down; undo; unrig; wrack; wreck
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disparage v.
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abuse; belittle; chill; cry down; decry; defame; degrade; deject; demoralize; denigrate; deprecate; depreciate; deride; derogate; dis; discourage; discredit; disdain; dishearten; dismiss; dispirit; dispraise; downcry; dump on; lower; malign; minimize; pan; put down; put hooks in; rap; ridicule; roast; run down; scorch; scorn; slander; smear; sour grapes; tear down; traduce; underestimate; underrate; undervalue; vilify; write off
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disparity n.
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alterity; discrepancy; disproportion; dissemblance; dissimilarity; dissimilitude; distinction; divergence; divergency; diverseness; gap; imbalance; imparity; incongruity; inequality; otherness; unevenness; unlikeness; variation
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disperse v.
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banish; besprinkle; break up; broadcast; cast forth; circulate; deal; diffuse; disappear; disband; disburse; discharge; dislodge; dismiss; dispel; disseminate; dissipate; dissolve; divvy; dole out; eject; intersperse; measure out; partition; propagate; radiate; rout; scatter; scramble; send off; separate; shed; sow; split up; spray; spread; strew; take off in all directions; vanish
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disposition n.
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being; bent; bias; cast; character; complexion; constitution; druthers; emotions; flash; habit; humor; identity; inclination; individualism; individuality; leaning; make-up; mind-set; mood; nature; penchant; personality; predilection; predisposition; proclivity; proneness; propensity; readiness; spirit; stamp; temper; tendency; tenor; tone; type; vein
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dissipated adj.
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blown; burnt out; consumed; destroyed; exhausted; kaput; played out; scattered; spent; squandered; wasted
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distraught adj.
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addled; agitated; anxious; beside oneself; bothered; concerned; confused; crazed; crazy; discomposed; distracted; distrait; distressed; flustered; frantic; harassed; hysterical; in a panic; like a chicken with its head cut off; mad; muddled; nonplussed; nuts; out of one's mind; overwrought; perturbed; rattled; raving; shook up; thrown; tormented; troubled; unglued; unscrewed; unzipped; wild; worried
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