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Beyond Hit Parade 2

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coda n. concluding section of a musical or literary piece
coeval adj. of the same period; coexisting / n. persons with the same age
contemn v. to scorn or despise; look down
corrigible adj. capable of being set right; correctable; reparable
countenance v./n. to approve of or tolerate; composure
debacle n. sudden and violent collapse; rout; fiasco
decorous adj. correct; marked by decorum; formal
defalcate v. appropriate (as other property) fraudulently to one's own use; to embezzle or misappropriate
deposition n. accretion; depositing; building up layer by layer; official testimony
deprecate v. to disparage or belittle; to put down
depredate v. to plunder, pllage, ravage, or destroy; to exploit in a predatory manner
descant v. to comment at length
descry v. to discriminate or discern; to contempt
detraction n. aspersion; disparagement; slandering; verbal attack
dilatory adj. causing delay; procastinating
din n. loud, sustained noise
disaffect v. to estrange or alienate the affection of; arouse hostility
discursive adj. digressive (n. digression); straying from the point
distention n. the state of extending or being swollen out of shape
dulcet adj. melodious; harmonious; mellifluous
edacious adj. voracious; devouring
edifying adj. enlightening
effluvia n. outflow in a stream of particles; a noxious odor
effusive adj. gushing; excessively demonstrative
egress n. exit
enormity n. excessive wickedness; evilness
epicure n. one devoted to sensual pleasure, particularly in food and drink; gourmand; sybarite
episodic adj. loosely connected; not flowing logically
epithet n. disparaging word or phrase
epitome n. image; paradigm; embodiment; quintessence
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