Quizlet SAT words from 'defamation' to 'demonstrative'

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  1. defamation: Malicious and groundless injury done to the reputation or good name of another.
  2. defame: To slander.
  3. default: The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
  4. defendant: A person against whom a suit is brought.
  5. defensible: Capable of being maintained or justified.
  6. defensive: Carried on in resistance to aggression.
  7. defer: To delay or put off to some other time.
  8. deference: Respectful submission or yielding, as to another's opinion, wishes, or judgment.
  9. defiant: Characterized by bold or insolent opposition.
  10. deficiency: Lack or insufficiency.
  11. deficient: Not having an adequate or proper supply or amount.
  12. definite: Having an exact signification or positive meaning.
  13. deflect: To cause to turn aside or downward.
  14. deforest: To clear of forests.
  15. deform: To disfigure.
  16. deformity: A disfigurement.
  17. defraud: To deprive of something dishonestly.
  18. defray: To make payment for.
  19. degeneracy: A becoming worse.
  20. degenerate: To become worse or inferior.
  21. degradation: Diminution, as of strength or magnitude.
  22. degrade: To take away honors or position from.
  23. dehydrate: To deprive of water.
  24. deify: To regard or worship as a god.
  25. deign: To deem worthy of notice or account.
  26. deist: One who believes in God, but denies supernatural revelation.
  27. deity: A god, goddess, or divine person.
  28. deject: To dishearten.
  29. dejection: Melancholy.
  30. delectable: Delightful to the taste or to the senses.
  31. delectation: Delight.
  32. deleterious: Hurtful, morally or physically.
  33. delicacy: That which is agreeable to a fine taste.
  34. delineate: To represent by sketch or diagram.
  35. deliquesce: To dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air.
  36. delirious: Raving.
  37. delude: To mislead the mind or judgment of.
  38. deluge: To overwhelm with a flood of water.
  39. delusion: Mistaken conviction, especially when more or less enduring.
  40. demagnetize: To deprive (a magnet) of magnetism.
  41. demagogue: An unprincipled politician.
  42. demeanor: Deportment.
  43. demented: Insane.
  44. demerit: A mark for failure or bad conduct.
  45. demise: Death.
  46. demobilize: To disband, as troops.
  47. demolish: To annihilate.
  48. demonstrable: Capable of positive proof.
  49. demonstrate: To prove indubitably.
  50. demonstrative: Inclined to strong exhibition or expression of feeling or thoughts.