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35 Cards in this Set
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credulous
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adj
too trusting; gullible |
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crescendo
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noun
steadily increasing in volume or force |
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culpable
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adj
deserving blame |
the culpable crook
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cupidity
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adj
greed; strong desire |
cupid is greedy for love
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curmudgeon
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noun
cranky person, usually old |
cranky old curmedgeon
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cynicism
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noun
an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness |
cynical
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damp
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verb
to dimish the intensity or activity of; to check the vibration of |
dampen the light
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daunt
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verb
to intimidate or dismay |
daunting task
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dearth
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noun
smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; lack |
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debacle
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noun
fiasco; complete failure; rout |
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debutante
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noun
young woman making a debut in high society |
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declivity
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noun
downward slope |
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decorous
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adj
proper, tasteful, socially correct |
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decorum
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noun
appropriateness of behavior and conduct; propriety |
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deface
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verb
to mar the appearance of, to vandalize |
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deference
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noun
respect, courtesy |
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deleterious
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adj
subtly or unexpectedly harmful |
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demagogue
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noun
a leader, rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice |
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demur
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verb
to express doubts or objections; to question or oppose |
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denigrate
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verb
to blacken, belittle, defame, disparage |
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denouement
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noun
an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot |
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depracate
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verb
to disparage or belittle |
self-deprecating
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depredate
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verb
to plunder, pillage, ravage or destroy |
pirates depredate
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deride
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verb
to speak of or treat with comtempt; to mock |
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derivative
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adj
unoriginal, obtained from another source |
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desiccate
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verb
to dry out thoroughly; dehydrate |
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desuetude
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noun
disuse; discontinue the use of |
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desultory
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adj
jumping from one thing to another; lack of purpose or plan; disconnected |
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detraction
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noun
slandering; verbal attack; aspersion |
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diaphanous
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allowing light to shine through; delicate; sheer
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diatribe
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noun
an abusive, condemnatory speech |
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didactic
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adj
intended to teach or instruct |
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dictum
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noun
authoritative statement |
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diffident
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adj
lacking self-confidence |
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digress
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verb
to stray from the point; to go off on a tangent |
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