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vocabulary 46-60
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| deferential | courteous, respectful; showing regard for another's wishes; honor |
| denouement | the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot or the place in the plot at which this occurs |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| dichotomy | a division or process of dividing into two mutually exclusive or contradictory groups |
| dictum | formal statement of principle, proposition, or opinion |
| disparage | to lower in rand or reputation; degrade; to speak slightly of; decry |
| disparity | distinct in quality or character; dissimilar; different |
| doughty | able; valiant |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality; laughable |
| ecstatic | a state of overwhelming emotion; rapturous delight |
| egoism | ethical doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious actions |
| empathetic | the capacity for participating in another's feelings or ideas |
| empirical | relying on experience or observation alone without regard for system or theory. |
| enigmatic | hard to understand or explain; puzzling; mysterious |
| enumerate | to specify one after another; list |