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125 Cards in this Set
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dais
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raised platform
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daunt
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to discourage, intimidate
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dearth
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lack, scarcity
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debacle
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disaster
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debase
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to degrade
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debauch
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corrupt
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debilitate
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to weeken
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debunk
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discredit
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debut
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first performance
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decapitate
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to behead
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decathlon
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athletic contest with ten events
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decibel
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unit expressing loudness
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deciduous
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losing leaves in the fall
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declivity
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downward slope
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deface
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vandalize
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deferential
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respectful
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defile
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to disgrace
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deflation
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decrease
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deft
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skillful
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defunct
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deat, extinct
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dehumanizing
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depriving of human qualities
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delegate
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to give authority to another
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deleterious
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harmful
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delineation
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representation
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delirium
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hallucination
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deluge
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flood
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demagogue
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rabble-rouser
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demarcation
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borderline
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demean
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to degrade
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demographics
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data related to population
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demonstrative
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openly showing
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demure
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shy
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demystify
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clarify
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denigrate
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to blacken someone's reputation
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denizen
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inhabitant
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denote
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to have specific meaning
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denouement
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final outcome
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denounce
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to criticize openly
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denude
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to uncover, make bare
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depict
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to describe
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deplete
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to exhause, use up
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deplore
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to regret deeply
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deploy
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to spread out strategically
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depose
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to remove from power
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depravity
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moral corruption
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depreciate
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to loose value
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derelict
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deserted, abandoned
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deride
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to mock
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derivative
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not original
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derive
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to originate
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desiccate
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to dry completely
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desist
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to cease from doing something
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despondent
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hopelessly discouraged
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despot
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tyrannical ruler
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deter
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to prevent
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determinate
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having defined limits
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detract
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to take away from
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detrimental
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harmful
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devolve
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to be passed on (to a successor)
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dexterous
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skilled
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diabolical
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fiendish
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diadem
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a crown
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dichotomy
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division into two parts
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dictate
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to command
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didactic
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instructive
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differentiate
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to distinguish
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diffidence
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shyness, lack of confidence
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diffuse
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widely spread out
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dilate
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to enlarge
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dilatory
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slow, delaying
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diluvial
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related to floods
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diminutive
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small
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disarray
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disorder
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disavow
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to deny
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disband
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to break up
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disburse
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to pay out
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disclose
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to make public
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disconcerting
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disturbing
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discount
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to undervalue
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discrepancy
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difference
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discrimination
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making clear distinctions
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disengaged
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disconnected
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disgorge
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to vomit
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disheveled
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untidy
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disillusioned
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disappointed, awaken from an illusion
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disinclined
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unwilling
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disparage
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to belittle
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disparate
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dissimilar
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dispassionate
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free from emotion
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dispatch
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to send off, kill
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dispel
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to drive out
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dispense
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to distribute
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disperse
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to scatter
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dispirit
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to dishearten
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disposed
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inclined
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disrepute
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disgrace
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dissemble
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pretend
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disseminate
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to spread far and wide
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dissension
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difference of opinion
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dissipate
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to scatter
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dissuade
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to persuade
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distend
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stretch
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distraught
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worried
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dither
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to act nervously
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diurnal
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daily
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divergent
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extending in different direction
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divine
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to foretell
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docile
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tame
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docket
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court calender, agenda
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dogged
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stubborn
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doleful
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sad
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dolt
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idiot
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domicile
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legal residence
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dormant
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inactive
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doting
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excessively fond
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dour
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sullen, gloomy, stern
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dowry
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a bride's contribution to her marriage
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draft
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to outline
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drivel
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nonsense
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dubious
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doubtful, uncertain
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dulcet
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soothing to the ear
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dupe
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to trick
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duplicity
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double dealing
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duress
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threat of force, intimidation
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dyspeptic
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suffering form indigestion
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