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WS lists 30-35
Question | Answer |
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deference | submission to another's will; respect; courtesy |
deferential | showing deference; deferent; respectful |
definitive | conclusive; providing the last word |
degenerate | to breka down; to deteriorate |
deleterious | harmful |
delineate | to describe accurately; to draw in outline |
delude | to decieve |
deluge | a flood; an inundation |
inundation | a floord; overabundance |
demagogue | a leader of the ppl, but a more rabble rouser; he manipulates the public to support his aims but not a dictator |
denizen | inhabitant. citizen |
depravity | extreme wickedness or corruption |
deprecate | to express disapproval of |
deride | to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously |
derogatory | disapproving; degrading |
desiccate | to dry out |
despondent | extremely depresssed; full of dispair |
despot | an absolute ruler; an autocrat |
destitute | extremely poor; utterly lacking. destitute ppl are ppl without money or possessions or with very little money and very few possessions |
desultory | without a plan or purpose; disconnected; random |
dialectical | relating to discussions; relating to the rules and methods of reasoning; approaching truth in the middle of opposing extremes. aka Twenty Questions |
dictum | an authoritative saying; an adage; a maxim; a proverb |
didactic | intended to teach; morally instructive; pedantic |
pedantic | overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching |
diffident | timid; lacking in self confidence. OPPOSITE OF CONFIDENT |
digress | to stray from the main subject |
dilettante | someone with superficial knowledge of the arts; an amateur; a dabbler |
discern | to have insight; to see things clearly; to discriminate; to differentiate |
discreet | prudent; judiciously reserved |
discretion | the quality of being discreet, esp. with reference to one's own actions or speech; prudence or decorum |
indiscreet | to be imprudent and esp to say or do things you shouldnt |
discrete | unconnected; separate; distinct |
indiscrete | not separated or sorted |
discriminate | to notice or point out this differnece between two or more things; to discern; to differentiate |
differentiate | to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish |
indiscriminate | random, haphazard |
haphazard | characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless |
disdain | arrogant scorn; contempt |
disinterested | not takign sides; unbiased |
uninterested | dont care about knowing something |
disparage | to belittle; to say uncomplimentary t hings about, usualy in a somewhat indirect way |
disparate | different; incompatible; unequal |
disparity | inequality; difference |
parity | equivalence |
disseminate | to spread the seeds of something; to scatter; to make widely known |
dissipate | to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to cause to thin out, drift away, or dissolve; to waste or squander |
dissolution | the breaking up or dissolving of something into parts; disintegration. a person who is dissolute has lived life in the fast lane too long, dissolute and dissipated are syn in this sense |
distend | to swell; to extend a great deal |
distinguish | to tell apart; to cause to stand out |
docile | easily taught; obedient; easy to handle |
doctrinaire | inflexibly commmitted to a doctrine or theory without regard to its practicality; dogmatic |
dogmatic | arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; stubbornly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute |
domestic | having to do with the household of family; not foreign |
dormant | inactive; as though asleep; asleep |
dubious | full of doubt; uncertain |
indubitable | beyond doubt; that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable. |
duplicity | the act of being two-faced; double dealing; deception |