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15 Cards in this Set
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Cupidity |
excessive greedy, especially for money
sentence: A lot of people have cupidity for materialistic stuff and money. |
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Curb |
to control or check
sentence: Curbs on the streets keep people from going off the road. |
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Cursory |
rapid and superficial; performed with haste and scant attention to detail
sentence: Some girl and I had a cursory glance across the room from each other. |
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Defunct |
dead or inactive; having ceased to exist
sentence: Sometimes I feel I should be defunct. |
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Demise |
death; the end
sentence: I hate when a persons comes to demise. |
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Deploy |
to arrange strategically
sentence: It must be scary for soldiers to deploy on the battlefield. |
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Depravity |
extreme wickedness
sentence: I don't see how people could have so much depravity.
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Deprecate |
to express disapproval of
sentence: My mom deprecates me when I shop online. |
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Despot |
an absolute ruler
sentence: To some people Obama is a despot to them. |
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Deter |
to discourage; to keep someone from doing something
sentence: Sometimes teachers and coaches can really deter you in a variety of ways. |
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Devoid |
entirely without; lacking
sentence: I hope not to be devoid of education in the near future. |
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Diatribe |
a bitter verbal attack
sentence: Angry people most times diatribe you, sometimes in public as well. |
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Diffident |
lacking self-confidence; timid
sentence: My mentality can weak sometimes and I could be diffident. |
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Diminution |
the act or process of diminishing; reduction
sentence: I hate when I start to diminution muscle from the lack of workout time. |
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Dire |
disastrous; desperate
sentence: Bad situations can turn dire really quickly. |
