Word Smart Vocabulary 7

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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