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15 Cards in this Set
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dearth
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(n.) lack, scarcity
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The empty room was dearth
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deference
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(n.) submission or courteous yielding (n. deferential. v. defer)
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he held his tongue in deference
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depict
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(v.) to show, create a picture of
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They really had to depict the story
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deprecation
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(n.) belittlement (v. deprecate)
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The outcast felt the depreciation
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depredation
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(n.) the act of preying upon or plundering
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The lion was in the mode of depredation
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descry
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(v.) to make clear, to say
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The teacher really had to descry the math problem
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desiccate
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(v.) to dry out thoroughly (adj. desiccated)
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After going through the train the girl had to desiccate
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diatribe
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(n.) a bitter abusive denunciation
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The villager wrote a diatribe of his king
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diffident
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(adj.) lacking self-confidence, modest
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the diffident girl didn't think she was pretty
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disabuse
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(v.) to free a person from falsehood or error
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The lawyer had disabused his old innocent client
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disparaging
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(adj.) belittling (n. disparagement. v. disparage)
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the disparaging act against the poor girl was present
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dispassionate
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(adj.) calm; objective; unbiased
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the essay had to remain dispassionate
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dissemble
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(v.) to conceal one's real motive; to feign
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the con man had to dissemble
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dogged
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(adj.) stubborn or determined
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The teenage girl was known for being dogged
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dogmatic
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(adj.) relying upon doctrine or dogma , as opposed to evidence
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