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demagogue
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a leader of the people, but more a rabble rouser; a leader who manipulates the public to support his/her aims; a despot
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denizen
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inhabitant
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depravity
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extreme wickedness or corruption
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of
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deride
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to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
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derogatory
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disapproving; degrading
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dessicate
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to dry out
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despondent
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extremely depressed; full of despair
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despot
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an absolute ruler; an autocrat
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destitute
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extremely poor; utterly lacking
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desultory
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without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random
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dialectical
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relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes
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dictum
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an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb
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didactic
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intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic
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diffident
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timid; lacking in self-confidence
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digress
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to stray from the main subject
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dilettante
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someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler
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discern
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to have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate
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discreet
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prudent; judiciously reserved
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discrete
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unconnected; separate; distinct
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discriminate
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to notice or point out the difference between two or more things; to discern; to differentiate
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indiscriminate
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not discriminating; random; haphazard
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indiscreet
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imprudent; saying or doing things that one should not say or do
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disdain
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arrogant scorn; contempt
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disinterested
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not taking sides; unbiased
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uninterested
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not interested; not caring
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disparage
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to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way
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disparate
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different; incompatible; unequal
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disparity
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inequality
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parity
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equality
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disseminate
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to spread the seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known
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dissipate
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to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to cause to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to waste or squander
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dissolution
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the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration
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distend
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to swell; to extend a great deal
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distinguish
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to tell apart; to cause to stand out
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docile
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easily taught; obedient; easy to handle
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doctrinaire
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inflexibly committed to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic
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dogmatic
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arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute
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dogma
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belief
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domestic
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having to do with the household or family; not foreign
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dormant
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inactive; as though asleep; asleep
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dubious
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full of doubt; uncertain
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indubitable
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beyond doubt
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duplicity
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the act of being two-faced; double-dealing; deception
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ebullient
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boiling; bubbling with excitement; exuberant
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eccentric
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not conventional; a little kooky; irregular
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eclectic
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choosing the best from many sources; drawn from many sources
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edify
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to enlighten; to instruct, especially in moral or religious matters
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efface
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to erase; to rub away the features of
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self-effacing
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shy; extremely humble and modest; reticent
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indiscrete
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not separated or sorted
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