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SAT Words - Word Smart I - D
Words beginning with D
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English
9th Grade
06/29/2009
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daunt
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to make fearful
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dearth
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lack
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debacle
 Definition
violent breakdown
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debauchery
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wild living
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debilitate
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to weaken
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decadent
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decaying or decayed
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decimate
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to destroy
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decorous
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proper
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deduce
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to infer
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defame
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to slander
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deference
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respect
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definitive
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conclusive
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degenerate
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to break down
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deleterious
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harmful to the health
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delineate
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to describe accurately
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delude
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to deceive
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deluge
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flood
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demagogue
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leader of people
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denizen
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inhabitant
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depravity
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extreme wickedness
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depreciate
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express disapproval
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deride
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ridicule
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derogatory
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disapproving; degrading
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desiccate
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to dry out
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despondent
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extremely depressed
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despot
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autocrat
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destitute
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extremely poor
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desultory
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without a plan
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dialectical
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relating to discussions
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dictum
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an authoritative saying
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didactic
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intended to teach
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diffident
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timid
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digress
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to stray from the main subject
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dilettante
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amateur
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discern
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to have insight
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discreet
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prudent
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discrete
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separate
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discriminate
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to differentiate
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disdain
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scorn
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disinterested
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unbiased
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disparage
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belittle
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disparate
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different
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disseminate
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to scatter; make widely known
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dissipate
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to thin out
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dissolution
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disintegration
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distend
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to swell
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distinguish
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to tell apart
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docile
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obedient
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doctrinaire
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inflexibly committed to a theory
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dogmatic
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stubbornly claiming something is beyond dispute
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domestic
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having to do with the household
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dormant
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inactive
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dubious
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doubtful
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duplicity
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deception
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