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52 Cards in this Set
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dipsomaniac
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one with an uncontrollable desire for alcohol
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dirk
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a kind of dagger
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discernible
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perceivable, identifiable
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disciple
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follower of a teacher
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disclaim
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renounce, give up claim to
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discomfit
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defeat, frustrate, confuse
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disconcert
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throw into confusion
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discordant
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harsh, not harmonious
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discretion
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power of decision, individual judgment
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discursive
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rambling, passing from one subject to another
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disdain
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to reject as unworthy
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disingenuous
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sophisticated, not innocent
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disinterested
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not involved in, unprejudiced
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disjoin
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to separate
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disparage
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speak slightingly of, belittle
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disparity
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inequality, difference in degree
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disputation
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a controversy, debate
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dissemble
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disguise, make pretence of, simulate
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disseminate
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spread, broadcast
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dissertation
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an extended treatment of a subject, a formal essay
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dissimulate
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disguise
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dissipate
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scatter aimlessly, spend foolishly
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dissolute
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immoral
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dissonant
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inharmonious, discordant
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dissuade
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advise against, divert by persuasion
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distend
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stretch
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distortion
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a twisting out of shape, misstatement of facts
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distraught
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crazed, distracted
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dithyramb
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a wild choral song
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diurnal
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daily, recurring every day
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diva
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prima donna, a leading woman singer in opera
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diverge
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extend in different directions from a common point
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diversity
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variety, unlikeness
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divest
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deprive, strip
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divination
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a foretelling of the future by occult means
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divot
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turf cut out by a stroke
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divulge
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reveal, make public
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docent
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a teacher or lecturer not part of the regular faculty
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docile
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easily led
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doctrinaire
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an impractical theorist
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dogma
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system of beliefs
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dogmatic
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arbitrary
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doldrums
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dullness, gloomy listlessness
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dole
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a free distribution of food or money
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doleful
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sorrowful
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dolman
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a sort of cape
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dolmen
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prehistoric tomb of two vertical stones capped by one horizontal one
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dolorous
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grievous
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dolphin
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a porpoise-like marine animal
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domicile
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residence
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doomsday
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day of judgment
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dormant
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sleeping, inactive
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