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despair |
Utter hopelessness and despondency. |
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desperado |
One without regard for law or life. |
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desperate |
Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair. |
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despicable |
Contemptible. |
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despite prep |
In spite of. |
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despond |
To lose spirit, courage, or hope. |
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despondent |
Disheartened. |
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despot |
An absolute and irresponsible monarch. |
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despotism |
Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part. |
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destitute |
Poverty-stricken. |
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desultory |
Not connected with what precedes. |
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deter |
To frighten away. |
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deteriorate |
To grow worse. |
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determinate |
Definitely limited or fixed. |
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determination |
The act of deciding. |
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deterrent |
Hindering from action through fear. |
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detest |
To dislike or hate with intensity. |
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detract |
To take away in such manner as to lessen value or estimation. |
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detriment |
Something that causes damage, depreciation, or loss. |
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detrude |
To push down forcibly. |
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deviate |
To take a different course. |
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devilry |
Malicious mischief. |
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deviltry |
Wanton and malicious mischief. |
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devious |
Out of the common or regular track. |
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devise |
To invent. |
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devout |
Religious. |
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dexterity |
Readiness, precision, efficiency, and ease in any physical activity or in any mechanical work. |
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diabolic |
Characteristic of the devil. |
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diacritical |
Marking a difference. |
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diagnose |
To distinguish, as a disease, by its characteristic phenomena. |
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diagnosis |
Determination of the distinctive nature of a disease. |
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dialect |
Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district. |
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dialectician |
A logician. |
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dialogue |
A formal conversation in which two or more take part. |
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diaphanous |
Transparent. |
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diatomic |
Containing only two atoms. |
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diatribe |
A bitter or malicious criticism. |
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dictum |
A positive utterance. |
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didactic |
Pertaining to teaching. |
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difference |
Dissimilarity in any respect. |
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differentia |
Any essential characteristic of a species by reason of which it differs from other species. |
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differential |
Distinctive. |
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differentiate |
To acquire a distinct and separate character. |
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diffidence |
Self-distrust. |
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diffident |
Affected or possessed with self-distrust. |
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diffusible |
Spreading rapidly through the system and acting quickly. |
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diffusion |
Dispersion. |
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dignitary |
One who holds high rank. |
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digraph |
A union of two characters representing a single sound. |
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digress |
To turn aside from the main subject and for a time dwell on some incidental matter. |
