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| degrade; reduce in quality or value; degenerate; lower in esteem; disgrace; N. debasement |
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| corrupt morally; seduce from virtue; N. debauchery: wild behavior (with sex and alcohol) |
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| (of men) friendly, charming, and fashionably dressed; aiming to please; CF. of good disposition |
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| d\'ebut; first public appearance; formal presentation of a young woman to society |
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| decay; fall to a lower level (of morality, civilization, or art); ADJ. decadent |
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| (of a dress) having a low-cut neckline; CF. d\'ecolletage: low neckline (on a dress) |
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| proper (in behavior, conduct, or appearance) |
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| authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree |
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| weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man |
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| express strong disapproval of; condemn openly (something dangerous to the public); disparage; Ex. decry the violence of modern films |
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| harm someone's reputation; malign; speak evil of; slander; N. defamation; ADJ. defamatory |
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| failure to act; failure to perform a task or be present; V. |
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| resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism |
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| shortcoming; V: desert (in order to join the opposite one) |
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| give in respectfully; submit; delay till later; exempt temporarily; N. deferment; CF. show respect, comply with, courteous |
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| courteous regard for another's wish; courteous yielding to another's wish or opinion (showing respect); ADJ. deferential; OP. effrontery |
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| refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant |
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| pollute; make filthy or dirty; corrupt morally; profane; desecrate; N: narrow passage or gorge through mountains |
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| most reliable; authorative and complete; that cannot be improved; conclusive; decisive; definite; Ex. definitive decision by the supreme court |
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| turn aside; turn away from a straight course |
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| destroy leaves; deprive of leaves (by the use of chemicals); N. defoliant |
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| provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay |
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| strip a priest or minister of church authority; unfrock |
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| become worse in quality; deteriorate; ADJ: having become worse; Ex. a degenerate species; N: depraved or corrupt person |
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| humiliation; debasement; degeneration; V. degrade: debase; disgrace; degenerate; reduce (something) in worth; demote (someone); reduce in rank |
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| remove water from; dry out |
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| turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity |
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| consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow |
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| portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation |
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| mental disorder marked by confusion; uncontrolled excitement; ADJ. delirious |
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| flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river |
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| false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that |
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| deceptive; likely to delude; misleading; raising vain hopes; Ex. delusive promises |
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| dig; search deeply; investigate |
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| person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people; CF. demagoguery |
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| disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave |
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| fiendish; cruel; N. demon: evil supernatural being; devil |
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| of or pertaining to the people |
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| object (because of doubts, scruples); raise an objection (showing qualms); hesitate; Ex. demur at the idea of working on Sunday |
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| (of a woman or child) grave; quiet and serious; coy; pretending to be demure |
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| (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor |
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| religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic |
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| meaning; distinguishing by name; V. denote: indicate; refer to directly; mean; CF. connotation |
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| final outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work; the end of a story when everything is explained |
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| condemn; criticize; N. denunciation |
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| regret; express sorrow and severe disapproval for something bad; Ex. deplore their violent behavior; ADJ. deplorable: very bad; deserving severe disapproval; Ex. deplorable living condition |
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| spread out (troops) in an extended though shallow battle line; distribute (persons or forces) systematically or strategically |
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| send out of the country; behave; N. deportation, deportment |
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| dethrone; remove from office; give a deposition; testify |
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| testimony under oath; deposing; dethroning |
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| extreme corruption; wickedness; V. deprave |
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| express disapproval of; deplore; protest against; belittle; ADJ. deprecatory |
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| lessen in value; belittle; represent as of little value |
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| work or appoint as a deputy; N. deputy: person who has the power to take charge when the leading person is away |
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| negligent; (of someone) neglectful of duty; (of something) deserted by an owner; abandoned; N: abandoned property; homeless or vagrant person |
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| neglect of duty; abandonment |
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| ridicule; treat with contempt; make fun of; OP. respect |
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| ridicule; ADJ. derisive; CF. derisory |
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| deriving; origin or source of something; Ex. the derivation of the word |
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| unoriginal; obtained from another source; Ex. derivative prose style; N. |
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| one who studies the skin and its diseases |
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| expressing a low opinion; disparaging; V. derogate: detract; disparage |
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| catch sight of (something distant) |
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| profane; violate the sanctity of |
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| make desolate; forsake; abandon and desert |
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| reckless, desperate outlaw |
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| having lost all hope; despairing; reckless and violent because of loss of hope or despair; undertaken as a last resort |
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| look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible |
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| plunder; sack; Ex. despoil the village |
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| without hope and courage; depressed; gloomy; N. despondency: loss of hope with gloom; dejection |
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| tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler; CF. despotism |
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| extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience |
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| aimless; haphazard; digressing at random |
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| emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment |
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| keep waiting; prevent from leaving or going; N. detention |
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| having a fixed order of procedure; precisely defined; invariable; fixed; conclusive; final |
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| resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision |
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| something that discourages or deters |
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| slandering; aspersion; detracting; CF. detractor |
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| harmful; damaging; N. detriment |
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| turn away from (a principle, norm); move away from an accepted standard; swerve; depart; diverge; N. deviation; Ex. deviation of the path of light by a prism |
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| roundabout; erratic; deviating from the straight course; not straightforward; not completely honest; Ex. devious route |
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| think up; invent; plan; bequeath; N: bequest |
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| deputize; pass or be passed to others (power, work, or property); Ex. devolve on/upon/to |
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| enthusiastic follower; enthusiast; Ex. devotee of Bach |
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| pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope |
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| skillful; skill in using hands or mind; N. dexterity |
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| diabolic; devilish; fiendish |
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| relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal; Ex. dialectical situation; N. dialectic: art of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments |
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| bitter scolding or denunciation; invective; abuse |
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| division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones) |
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| authoritative and weighty statement (made by a judge in court); saying; maxim; CF. obiter dictum: incidental, nonbinding remark (something said in passing) |
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| (of speech or writing) intended to teach a moral lesson; teaching; instructional; N. didacticism |
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| metal block used for shaping metal or plastic; device for stamping or impressing; mold; CF. dice |
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| shyness; lack of self-confidence; timidity; ADJ. diffident |
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| wordy; verbose; rambling; spread out (like a gas); V: spread out in all directions; disperse; N. diffusion; CF. suffuse |
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| person of high rank or position |
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| wandering away from the subject; V. digress |
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| falling to pieces; in a bad condition; ruined because of neglect; Ex. dilapidated old car/castle; N. dilapidation |
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| delaying; tending to delay |
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| situation that requires a choice between equally unfavorable options; problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives |
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| aimless follower of an art or a field of knowledge (not taking it seriously); amateur; dabbler; CF. delight |
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| steadiness of effort; persistent hard work |
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| make (a liquid) less concentrated; reduce in strength; Ex. dilute the influence of the president |
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| lessening; reduction in size; V. diminish |
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| continued loud noise; V: make a din; instill by wearying repetition |
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| small boat (often ship's boat) |
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| (of things and place) dirty and dull; Ex. dingy street/curtain |
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| means; effort; Ex. by dint of hard work |
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| life-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history; three-dimensional scene with modeled figures against a painted background |
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| warning of disaster; disastrous; (of needs and dangers) very great; urgent; Ex. dire prediction/need of food |
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| funeral song; slow mournful piece of music (sung over a dead person) |
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| correct a false impression; undeceive; free from a wrong belief |
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| disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty |
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| disapproval; condemnation |
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| state of disorder; a disorderly or untidy state; Ex. with her clothes in disarray |
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| denial; disclaiming; repudiating; disowning; V. disavow; CF. disclaim |
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| dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded. |
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| make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession |
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| pay out (as from a fund); N. disbursement; CF. purse |
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| distinguishable; perceivable; Ex. discernible improvement |
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| mentally quick and observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgments; V. discern: perceive |
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| disown; renounce claim to; deny; CF. disclaimer |
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| frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb |
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| disturb the composure of; confuse |
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| confuse; upset; embarrass; perturb |
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| hopelessly sad (at the loss of something) |
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| conflict; lack of harmony; dissonance (when musical notes are played) |
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| disregard; regard (a story or news) as unimportant; deduct from a cost |
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| serious speech, writing, or conversation; formal discussion (either written or spoken); conversation; V. |
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| defame; disgrace; destroy confidence in; disbelieve; N. CF. discreditable: causing discredit; shameful |
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| lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions |
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| prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances; freedom of action or judgment; ADJ. discreet; CF. discretionary |
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| distinguish; make distinctions on the basis of preference |
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| able to see differences; discerning; prejudiced; N. discrimination |
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| (of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan) |
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| treat with scorn or contempt |
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| debark; go ashore (from a ship); unload cargo from a ship; CF. embark |
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| disfranchise; deprive of a civil right; OP. enfranchise |
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| uncouple; separate; disconnect; stop fighting; OP. engage |
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| mar the appearance of; spoil |
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| surrender something (stolen); eject; vomit; OP. gorge |
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| disgrace; N. ADJ. dishonorable |
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| not naive; not candid; sophisticated; worldly wise; OP. ingenuous |
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| dig up; unearth; OP. inter |
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| unprejudiced; free from bias and self-interest; objective |
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| act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive |
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| remove (forcibly); force out of a position; Ex. dislodge the food caught in his throat; CF. lodge |
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| eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal |
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| difference; condition of inequality; OP. parity |
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| speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill |
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| distribute; prepare and give out (medicines); N. dispensation: dispensing; religious system; official exemption from an obligation or a rule |
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| amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert |
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| argumentative; fond of argument |
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| uneasiness; anxiety; V. disquiet: make anxious |
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| formal systematic inquiry; explanation of the results of a formal inquiry; long formal speech or written report |
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| analysis; cutting apart in order to examine |
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| disguise; hide the real nature of; pretend |
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| pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble |
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| squander; waste foolishly; scatter |
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| disintegration; reduction to a liquid form; looseness in morals; sensual indulgence; debauchery; ADJ. dissolute: lacking in moral restraint; leading an immoral life |
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| persuade not to do; discourage; N. dissuasion |
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| refine (a liquid by evaporating and subsequent condensation); concentrate; separate the most important parts from; Ex. distill fresh water from sea water; CF. brew |
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| clearly different; clearly noticed |
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| honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction |
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| blues; listlessness(lack of spirit or energy); slack(inactive) period; period of stagnation; ocean area near the equator where ships cannot move because there is no wind; Ex. in the doldrums |
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| file of documents on a subject or person; file; CF. bundle of papers labeled on the back |
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| senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage |
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| untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman |
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| money or property brought by a bride to her husband at marriage |
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| current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time |
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| malleable; pliable; (of metals) easily pulled into shape; flexible; (of someone) easily influenced or controlled |
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| (of colors or surfaces) not bright; cloudy; overcast; boring; (of edge or sound) not sharp; not rapid; sluggish; slow in thinking and understanding; stupid; V. |
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| double-dealing; hypocrisy; being dishonest and deceitful; ADJ. duplicitous |
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| forcible restraint, especially unlawfully; coercion by threat; illegal coercion; Ex. a promise made under duress |
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| word blindness; learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to read |
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