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Week 6 Words 171-200
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| delayed | A sentence that withholds its main idea until the end. For example: Just as he bent to tie his shoe, a car hit him. |
| denotative | designative; specific or direct |
| dense | crowded closely together; compact; thickheaded |
| depose | to remove from office or power; to dethrone |
| deprecating | expressing disapproval of; to belittle; depreciate |
| derive | to obtain or receive from a source; to deduce or infer |
| descendants | A person, animal or plant whose descent can be traced to a particular group or individual |
| designation | a marking or pointing out; nomination or appointment |
| despised | to regard with contempt or scorn |
| despondent | dejected |
| detached | to separate or unfasten; disconnect |
| deus ex machina | In Greek and Roman drama, a god lowered by stage machinery to resolve a plot or extricate the protagonist from a difficult situation |
| devolve | to pass on or delegate to another |
| devotee | an enthusiast or advocate |
| devotional | (devotion) ardent often selfless affection and dedication to a person or principle |
| devouring | eat up greedily; devour, consume, or waste |
| Dickensian | like a Dickens novel |
| dictate | to say or read allowed; to be recorded or written |
| diction | choice and use of words in speech or writing |
| didactic | intended to instruct |
| digression | An instance of straying, especially a written or spoken passage that has no bearing on the main subject |
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