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28 Cards in this Set
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Decorous
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Respectable and polite
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Decorum
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Dignifed and socially acceptable behvior
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Decry
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To say that one does not apporve of something
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deface
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To spoil something by writing on or marking the surface of it
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Defiance
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Open refusal to obey
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Deficient
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Not having enough of something
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Deficit
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The amount by which the money one recieves is less than the money one has spent
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Defile
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To spoil the beauty, purity
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Defunct
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no longer existing
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degenerate
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To fall to a less satisfactory standard
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Degradation
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Desturction of the beatuy or quality of soemthing
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Deify
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To make a god of
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Delectable
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Pleasant
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Deleterious
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Harmful
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Deliberate
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Done on purpose
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Delineate
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To show by drawing
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Delunge
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Very sudden heavy fall of rain
A very large number of things happening at the same time |
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Demagogue
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A political leader who tries to win epople's support by using emotional and often unreasonable arguments
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Demise
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To death of a person
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Demolish
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To knock something down
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Demur
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To express a doubt or objection
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Demure
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Shy, quiet
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Denigreate
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To blacken
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Denounce
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To disapprove
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Denuded
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Bared
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deprecate
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To not approve of something
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Deprivation
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Taking away of something from somebody
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Derelict
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No longer used
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