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97 Cards in this Set
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dais
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n. raised platform for guests of honor
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dally
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v. trifle with; procrastinate
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dapper
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adj. neat and trim
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dappled
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adj. spotted
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daub
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v. smear (as w/ paint)
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daunt
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intimidate; make fearful
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dawdle
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to move aimlessly or lackadaisically
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deadpan
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adj. wooden; impassive
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dearth
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n. scarcity
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debacle
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a sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout
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debauch
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v. corrupt; seduce from virtue
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debunk
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v. expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
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decadence
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n. decay
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decant
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v. pour off gently
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décolleté
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adj. having a low cut neckline
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decrepitude
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n. state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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decry
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to condemn openly
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defray
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v. provide for the payment of
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defrock
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v. to strip a priest or minister or authority
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deft
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adj. neat; skillful
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deify
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v. turn into a god; idolize
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deign
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v. condescend; stoop
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delineate
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v. to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially; to portray in words; describe or outline with precision
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delude
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v. deceive
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delusive
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adj. deceptive; raising vain hopes
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demotic
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adj. pertaining to the people
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demur
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n. objection; protest; v. object; hesitate
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demure
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adj. grave; serious; coy
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denigrate
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v. blacken
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denouement
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n. outcome; final development of literary work
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depose
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v. dethrone remove from office
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deposition
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the act of deposing, as of from high office
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deprave
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to debase, especially morally; corrupt
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depravity
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n. extreme corruption; wickedness
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deprecate
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v. to urge reasons against; protest against; express earnest disapproval of; to depreciate; belittle
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depredation
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n. plundering
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derelict
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adj. abandoned; negligent
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dereliction
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deserting and leaving
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descry
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v. catch sight of
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desuetude
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n. state of disuse
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detraction
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n. slandering; aperation
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detritus
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n. waste or debris, organic matter produced by decomposition or loose mater produced by erosion
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devolve
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v. be transferred to another; delegate to another; gradually worsen
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diadem
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n. crown
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dialectical
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adj. relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal
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diffidence
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n. shyness
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diffuse
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adj. wordy; rambling; spread out (gas)
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diminution
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n. lessening; reduction in size
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dingy
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adj. dull; not fresh; cheerless
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dint
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n. means; effort
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dirge
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n. lament with music
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disabuse
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to free from error or misconception
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disaffected
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adj. discontented and disloyal, as toward the government or toward authority
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discomfit
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v. to put to rout; defeat; disconcert
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disconcert
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v. confuse; upset, embarrass
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disconsolate
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adj. sad
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discordant
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adj. not harmonious; conflicting
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discountenance
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to view or treat with disfavor
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discretion
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n. prudence in speech, actions, and decisions
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discursive
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adj. digressing; rambling
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disgorge
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v. surrender something; eject; vomit
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disinter
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dig up from the earth; exhume
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disinterested
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adj. unprejudiced
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disjointed
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adj. lacking coherence; separated at the joints
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disjunction
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n. act or state of separation; disunity
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disparate
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essentially different
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dispel
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v. scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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disport
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v. amuse
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disproof
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evidence that refutes or disproves
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disquietude
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n. uneasiness; anxiety
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disquisition
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n. formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry
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dissemble
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speak or behave so as to hide one's motives, to pretend
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dissimulate
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v. pretend; conceal by feigning
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dissolution
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n. disintegration; looseness in morals
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distrait
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adj. inattentive; distracted, often by anxiety
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divestiture
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getting rid of, liquidation or sale of something
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docket
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n. program as for trial; book where such entries are made
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doddering
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adj. shaky; infirm from old age
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doff
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v. take off
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doggerel
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n. poor verse
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dolorous
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adj. sorrowful
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dolt
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a stupid person
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domineer
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v. rule over tyrannically
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dormer
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n. window projecting from the roof
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dossier
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n. file of documents on a subject
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dotage
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n. senility
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dote
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v. be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline
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dour
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adj. sullen; stubborn
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dowdy
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slovenly; untidy
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drab
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adj. dull; lacking color; cheerless
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drawl
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slow way of speaking
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dregs
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n. sediment; worthless residue
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droll
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amusingly odd or whimsically comical
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dross
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n. waste matter; worthless impurities
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dubious
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fraught with uncertainty or doubt; undecided
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dulcet
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adj. sweet sounding
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duress
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constraint by threat; coercion
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