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29 Cards in this Set
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culpable (adj.)
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1. criminal; guilty
2. meriting condemtion or balme especially wrong or harmful etm:from culpare - to blame culpa - fault |
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Cursory
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1. not thouroughly - a quick glance at something
2. hasty |
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Dank
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unpleasantly moist or wet
--a dank basement-- |
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Decry
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1. to express a strong disapproval of
2. to condemn openly |
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Demagogue (N.)
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1. a leader who makes use of popular prejustices, false claims, and emotions and promises in order to gain power
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Demur
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1. (v.) to hesitate; to delay
2. to object --the commity wanted jerry to make a decision, but he demured until he got more information-- |
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Deploy
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1. to extend in (military unit)especially in width
2. to place in battle formation or appropriate posistions etm: displicare - to scatter |
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Derelict
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1. a homeless or jobless person
2. a tract or land left dry by receding water (adj.) negligent |
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Deride
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1. ridiculed
2. to humiliate or put down |
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Despicable
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1. deserving to be despised
2. so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation |
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Despotism
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1. a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power.
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Destitute (adj.)
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1. Lacking something needed or desirable
2. suffering extreme poverty |
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Devoid
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Being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment
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Dint
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1. (n) blow, stroke, force, power
2. (v) to impress or drive in with force; to make a dent in --general usage: "by dint of..." (by dint of hard work.) (by dint of good luck) |
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Discerning
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1. Showing insight and understanging
2. Discriminating sentance --in the darkness, it was dificult to discern whether the man had a gun, a knife, or an ice cream cone.-- |
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Disjointed
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1. Being thrown out of orderly function
2. Separated at or as if at a joint 3. lacking coherance or orderly function |
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Disparate
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1. Markedly distinct in quality or character
2. a mixed or different group (of people) |
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Dissolute
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1. Lacking restraint
2. Marked by indulgence in things |
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Distend
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1. To extend
2. to swell 3. to become expanded |
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Diva
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1. a prima donna -- a woman whos extremely demanding
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Docile
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easily taught, led, or managed
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Docket
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1. a register of such records
2. a breif written summary or document |
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Doff
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To remove or take off
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Doggerel
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loosely styled and irregular for comic effect
--his clothes were doggerel after emerging from the back seat of Vanesas car. |
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Dolt
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a stupid person
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Domicile
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1. a recidence or dwelling place
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Dotage
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a state or period of senile decay
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Doughty
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marked by fearless resolution; valiant
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earthy
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1. worldly, practical, down to earth
2. crude, gross, unsophisticated 3. plain and simple style |