Psat & Sat Vocab 3

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debilitate

Back 1

to weaken, enfeeble

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debunk

Back 2

to discredit, disprove

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deciduous

Back 3

falling off or shed seasonally; not permanent, temporary

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decry

Back 4

to belittle, openly condemn

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defamatory

Back 5

slanderous, injurious to the reputation

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deferential

Back 6

respectful and polite in a submissive way

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deflation

Back 7

decrease, depreciation

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defunct

Back 8

no longer existing, extinct

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delegate

Back 9

v. giving powers to another

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deleterious

Back 10

harmful, destructive, detrimental

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deluge

Back 11

flood

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demagogue

Back 12

rabble-rouser, rally leader, orator, using appeals to emotion, prejudice, or passions of the people

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demean

Back 13

to degrade, humiliate, humble

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demur

Back 14

to express doubts or objections

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denigrate

Back 15

to slur someone's reputation

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deplore

Back 16

to express or feel disapproval of; regret strongly, lament

Front 17

depravity

Back 17

sinfulness, moral corruption

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deprecate

Back 18

to belittle, disparage

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depreciate

Back 19

to lose value gradually

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deride

Back 20

to mock, ridcule, make fun of

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derivative

Back 21

copied or adapted, not original

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desiccate

Back 22

to drap completely, dehydrate

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desist

Back 23

to stop doing something

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despondent

Back 24

feeling discouraged and dejected

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desultory

Back 25

at random, rambling, unmethodical

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deter

Back 26

to discourage; prevent from happening

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dexterous

Back 27

skilleds phsically or clever

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diaphanous

Back 28

allowing light to show through; delicate

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diatribe

Back 29

bitter verbal attack

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dictum

Back 30

authoritative statement; popular saying

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didatic

Back 31

excessively instructive

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diffidence

Back 32

shyness, lack of confidence

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degress

Back 33

to turn aside; to stray from the main point

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dilapidated

Back 34

in disrepair, run down, neglected

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dilatory

Back 35

slow, tending to delay

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diplomacy

Back 36

skill in managing negotiations, tact

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dirge

Back 37

funeral hymn

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disburse

Back 38

to pay out

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discern

Back 39

to perceive something obscure

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disconcerting

Back 40

bewildering, perplexing, slightly disturbing

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discordant

Back 41

harsh-sounding, badly out of tune

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discrepancy

Back 42

difference between

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disgorge

Back 43

to vomit, discharge violently

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disparage

Back 44

to belittle, speak disrespectfully about

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disparate

Back 45

dissimilar, different in kind

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dispassionate

Back 46

free from emotion, impartial, unbiased

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dispirit

Back 47

to dishearten, make dejected

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disrepute

Back 48

disgrace, dishonor

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dissemble

Back 49

to pretend, disguise one's movitves

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dissuade

Back 50

to persuade someone to alter original intentions

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distraught

Back 51

very worried and distressed

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dither

Back 52

to mover or act confusedly or without clear purpose

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diurnal

Back 53

daily

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divine

Back 54

v. to foretell or know by inspiration

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divisive

Back 55

adj. forming division, creating discord

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doctrinaire

Back 56

rigidly devoted to theories

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dogmatic

Back 57

asserting opinions in a arrogant manner, rigidly fixed in opinion, opinionated

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doleful

Back 58

sad, mournful

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dour

Back 59

sullen and gloomy; stern and severe

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egregious

Back 60

conspicuously bad