Sparknotes Sat Vocab-D

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intimidating, causing one to lose courage

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daunting

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paucity

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dearth

Front 3

a disastrous failure, disruption

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debacle

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to lower the quality or esteem of something

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debase

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vitiate

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debauch

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socially proper, appropriate

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decorous

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to criticize openly

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decry

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to ruin or injure something’s appearance

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deface

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to postpone something; to yield to another’s wisdom

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defer

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showing respect for another’s authority

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deferential

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to make unclean, impure

Back 11

defile

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skillful, capable

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deft

Front 13

no longer used or existing

Back 13

defunct

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to hand over responsibility for somethin

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delegate

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to describe, outline, shed light on

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delineate

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a leader who appeals to a people’s prejudices

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demagogue

Front 17

the marking of boundaries or categories

Back 17

demarcation

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to lower the status or stature of something

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demean

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to belittle, diminish the opinion of

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denigrate

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to criticize publicly

Back 20

denounce

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to feel or express sorrow, disapproval

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deplore

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nefariousness

Back 22

depravity

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to belittle, depreciate

Back 23

deprecate

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abandoned, run-down

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derelict

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to laugh at mockingly, scorn

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DERIDE

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taken directly from a source, unoriginal

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DERIVATIVE

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deserted, dreary, lifeless

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desolate

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feeling depressed, discouraged, hopeles

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despondent

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impoverished, utterly lacking

Back 29

destitute

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to discourage, prevent from doing

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deter

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light, airy, transparent

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diaphanous

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shy, quiet, modest

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diffident

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tending to delay, causing delay

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dilatory

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small or miniature

Back 34

diminutive

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a mournful song, especially for a funeral

Back 35

dirge

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rebellious, resentful of authority

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disaffected

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to deny knowledge of or responsibility for

Back 37

disavow

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to perceive, detect

Back 38

discern

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to thwart, baffle

Back 39

discomfit

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difference, failure of things to correspond

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discrepancy

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rambling, lacking order

Back 41

discursive

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to criticize or speak ill of

Back 42

disparage

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sharply differing, containing sharply contrasting elements

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disparate

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to send off to accomplish a duty

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dispatch

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to drive away, scatter

Back 45

dispel

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a state of being held in low regard

Back 46

disrepute

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to conceal, fake

Back 47

dissemble

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1. (v.) to disagree
2. (v.) to waste

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dissent

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to swell out

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distend

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to be indecisive

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dither

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causing dissent, discord

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divisive

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to reveal something secret

Back 52

divulge

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easily taught or trained

Back 53

docile

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stern, joyless

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dour

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hardship, threat

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duress

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actively changing

Back 56

dynamic