Quizlet SAT words from 'cygnet' to 'defalcate'

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  1. cygnet: A young swan.
  2. cynical: Exhibiting moral skepticism.
  3. cynicism: Contempt for the opinions of others and of what others value.
  4. cynosure: That to which general interest or attention is directed.
  5. daring: Brave.
  6. darkling: Blindly.
  7. Darwinism: The doctrine that natural selection has been the prime cause of evolution of higher forms.
  8. dastard: A base coward.
  9. datum: A premise, starting-point, or given fact.
  10. dauntless: Fearless.
  11. day-man: A day-laborer.
  12. dead-heat: A race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner.
  13. dearth: Scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable.
  14. death's-head: A human skull as a symbol of death.
  15. debase: To lower in character or virtue.
  16. debatable: Subject to contention or dispute.
  17. debonair: Having gentle or courteous bearing or manner.
  18. debut: A first appearance in society or on the stage.
  19. decagon: A figure with ten sides and ten angles.
  20. decagram: A weight of 10 grams.
  21. decaliter: A liquid and dry measure of 10 liters.
  22. decalogue: The ten commandments.
  23. Decameron: A volume consisting of ten parts or books.
  24. decameter: A length of ten meters.
  25. decamp: To leave suddenly or unexpectedly.
  26. decapitate: To behead.
  27. decapod: Ten-footed or ten-armed.
  28. decasyllable: A line of ten syllables.
  29. deceit: Falsehood.
  30. deceitful: Fraudulent.
  31. deceive: To mislead by or as by falsehood.
  32. decency: Moral fitness.
  33. decent: Characterized by propriety of conduct, speech, manners, or dress.
  34. deciduous: Falling off at maturity as petals after flowering, fruit when ripe, etc.
  35. decimal: Founded on the number 10.
  36. decimate: To destroy a measurable or large proportion of.
  37. decipher: To find out the true words or meaning of, as something hardly legible.
  38. decisive ad: Conclusive.
  39. declamation: A speech recited or intended for recitation from memory in public.
  40. declamatory: A full and formal style of utterance.
  41. declarative: Containing a formal, positive, or explicit statement or affirmation.
  42. declension: The change of endings in nouns and adj. to express their different relations of gender.
  43. decorate: To embellish.
  44. decorous: Suitable for the occasion or circumstances.
  45. decoy: Anything that allures, or is intended to allures into danger or temptation.
  46. decrepit: Enfeebled, as by old age or some chronic infirmity.
  47. dedication: The voluntary consecration or relinquishment of something to an end or cause.
  48. deduce: To derive or draw as a conclusion by reasoning from given premises or principles.
  49. deface: To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of.
  50. defalcate: To cut off or take away, as a part of something.