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A complete list of Barron's GRE Wordlist, with meanings and sentences.

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dais   raised platform for guests of honor When he approached the dais, he was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him.  
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dally   trifle with; procrastinate Laertes told Ophelia that Hamlet could only dally with her affections.  
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dank   damp The walls of the dungeon were dank and slimy.  
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dapper   neat and trim In "The Odd Couple," Tony Randall played Felix Unger, an excessively dapper soul who could not stand to have a hair out of place.  
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dappled   spotted The sunlight filtering though the screens created a dappled effect on the wall.  
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daub   smear (as with paint) From the way he daubed his paint on the canvas, I could tell he knew nothing of oils.  
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daunt   intimidate Your threats cannot daunt me.  
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dauntless   bold Despite the dangerous nature of the undertaking, the dauntless soldier volunteered for the assignment.  
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dawdle   loiter; waste time Inasmuch as we must meet a deadline, do not dawdle over this work.  
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deadlock   standstill; stalemate The negotiations had reached a deadlock.  
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deadpan   wooden; impassive We wanted to see how long he could maintain his deadpan expression.  
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dearth   scarcity The dearth of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.  
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debacle   breaking up; downfall This debacle in the government can only result in anarchy.  
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debase   reduce to lower state Do not debase youself by becoming maudlin.  
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debauch   corrupt; make intemperate A vicious newspaper can debauch public ideals.  
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debilitate   weaken; enfeeble Overindulgence debilitates character as well as physical stamina.  
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debonair   friendly; aiming to please The debonair youth was liked by all who met him, because of his cheerful and obliging manner.  
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debris   rubble A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City, workers were still carting away the debris.  
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debunk   expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule Pointing out that he conhsistently had voted afainst strenghtening antipollution legislation, reporters debunked the candidate's claim that he was a fervent environmentalist.  
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debutante   yound woman making formal entrance into society As a debutante, she was often mentioned in the society columns of the newspapers.  
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decadence   decay The moral decadence of the people was reflected in the lewd literature of the period.  
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decant   pour off gently Be sure to decant this wine before serving it.  
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decapitate   behead They did not hang Lady Jane Grey; they decapitated her.  
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decelerate   slow down Seeing the emergency blinkers in the road ahead, he decelerated quickly.  
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deciduous   falling off, as of leaves The oak is a deciduous tree.  
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decimate   kill, usually one out of ten We do more to decimate our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.  
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decipher   decode I could not decipher the doctor's handwriting.  
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declivity   downward slope The children loved to ski down the declivity.  
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decollete   having a low-cut neckline Fashion decrees that evening gowns be decollete this season; bare shoulders are again the vogue.  
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decomposition   decay Despite the body's advanced state of decomposition, the police were able to identify the murdered man.  
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decorum   propriety; seemliness Shocked by the unruly behavior, the teacher criticized the class for its lack of decorum.  
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decoy   lure or bait The wild ducks were not fooled by the decoy.  
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decrepitude   state of collagse caused by illness or old age I was unprepared for the state of decrepitude in which I had found my old friend; he seemed to have aged twenty years in six months.  
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decry   express strong disapproval of ; disparage The founder of the Children's Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman, strongly decries the lack of financial and moral support for children in America today.  
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deducible   derived byreasoning If we accept your premise, your conclusions are easily deducible.  
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deface   mar; disfigure If you deface a library book, you will have to pay a hefty fine.  
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defamation   harming a person's reputation Such defamation of character may result in a slander suit.  
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default   failure to do As a result of her husband's failure to appear in court, she was granted a divorce by default.  
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defeatist   resigned to defeat; accepting defeat as a natural outcome If you maintain your defeatist attitude, you will never succeed.  
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defection   desertion The children, who had made him an idol, were hurt most by his defection from our cause.  
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deference   courteous regard for another's wish In deference to his desires, the employers granted him a holiday.  
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defile   pollute; profane The hoodlums defiled the church with their scurrilous writing.  
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definitive   most reliable or complee Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln may be regarded as the definitive work on the life of the Great Emancipator.  
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deflect   turn aside His life was saved when his cigarette case deflected the bullet.  
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defoliate   destroy leaves In Vietnam the army made extensive use of chemical agents to defoliate the woodlands.  
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defray   provide ofr the payment of Her employer offered to defray the costs of her postgraduate education.  
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defrock   to strip a priest or minister of church authority We knew the minister had violated church regulations, but we had not realized his offense was serious enough to cause him to be defrocked.  
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deft   neat; skillful The deft waiter uncorked the champagne without spilling a drop.  
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defunct   dead; no longer in use or existence The lawyers sought to examine the books of the defunct corporation.  
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degenerate   become worse; deteriorate As the fight dragged on, the champion's style degenerated until he could barely keep on his feet.  
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degraded   lowered in rank; debased The degraded wretch spoke only of his past glories and honors.  
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dehydrate   remove water from; dry out Vigorous dancing quickly dehydrates the body; between dances, be sure to drink more water than normal.  
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deify   turn into a god; idolize Admire the rock star all you want; just don't deify him.  
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deign   condescend He felt that he would debase himself if he deigned to answer his critics.  
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delete   erase; strike out If you delete this paragraph, the composition will have more appeal.  
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deleterious   harmful Workers in nuclear research must avoid the deleterious effects of radioactive substances.  
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deliberate   consider; ponder; unhurried Offered the new job, she asked for time to deliberate before she made her decision.  
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delineate   portray He is weakest when he attempts to delineate character.  
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delirium   mental disorder marked by confusion The drunkard in his delirium saw strange animals.  
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delta   flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river His dissertation discussed the effect of intermittent flooding on the fertility of the Nile delta.  
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delude   deceive Do not delude yourself into believing that he will relent.  
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deluge   flood; rush When we advertised the position, we received a deluge of applications.  
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delusion   false belief; hallucination This scheme is a snare and a delusion.  
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delusive   deceptive; raising vain hopes Do not raise your hopes on the basis of his delusive promises.  
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delve   dig; investigate delving into old books and manuscripts is part of a researcher's job.  
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demagogue   person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader He was accused of being a demogogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes in his listeners.  
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demean   degrade; humiliate He felt that he would demean himself if he replied to the scurrilous letter.  
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demeanor   behavior; bearing His sober demeanor quieted the noisy revelers.  
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demented   insane She became increasingly demented and had to be hospitalized.  
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demise   death Upon the demise of the dictator, a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.  
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demographic   related to population balance In conducting a survey, one should take into account demographic trends in the region.  
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demolition   destruction One of the major aims of the air force was the complete demolition of all means of transportation by the bombing of rail lines and the terminals.  
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demoniac   fiendish The Spanish Inquisition devised many demoniac means of torture.  
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demotic   pertaining to the people He lamented the passing of aristocratic society and maintained that a demotic society would lower the nation's standards.  
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demur   delay; object To demur at this time will only worsen the already serious situation; now is the time for action.  
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demure   grave; serius; coy She was demure and reserved.  
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denigrate   blacken All attempts to denigrate the character of our late President have failed; the people still love him and cherish his memory.  
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denizen   inhabitant of Ghosts are denizens of the land of the dead who return to earth.  
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denotation   meaning; distinguishing by name A dictionary will always give us the denotation of a word; frequently, it will always give us its connotation.  
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denouement   outcome; final development of the plot of a play or other literary work The play was childishly written; the denouement was obvious to sophisticated theatergoers as early as the middle of the first act.  
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denounce   condemn; critcize The reform candidate denounced the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust.  
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depict   portray In this book, the author depicts the slave owners as kind and benevolent masters.  
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deplete   reduce; exhaust We must wait until we deplete our present inventory before we order replacements.  
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deplore   regret Although I deplore the vulgarity of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely.  
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deploy   move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth The general ordered the battalion to deploy in order to meet the offensive of the enemy.  
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depose   dethrone; remove form office The army attempted to depose the king and set up a military government.  
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deposition   testimony under oath He made his deposition in the judge's chamber.  
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depravity   corruption; wickedness The depravity of the tyrant's behavior shocked us all.  
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deprecate   express disapproval of; protest against; belittle A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy, Miss Post deprecated the modern tendency to address new acquaintances by their first names.  
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depreciate   lessen in value If you neglect this properly, it will depreciate.  
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depredation   plundering After the depredations of the invaders, the people were penniless.  
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deranged   insane He had to be institutionalized because he was deranged.  
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derelict   neglectful of duty; abandoned The corporal who fell asleep while on watch was thrown into the guardhouse for being derelic in his duty.  
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deride   scoff at The people derided his grandiose schemes.  
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derision   ridicule They greeted his proposal with derision and refused to consider it seriously.  
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derivative   unoriginal; obtained from another source Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature, the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.  
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dermatologist   one who studies the skin and its diseases I advise you to consult a dermatologist about your acne.  
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derogatory   expressing a low opinion I resent your derogatory remarks.  
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descry   catch sight of In the distance, we could barely descry the enemy vessels.  
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desecrate   profane; violate the sanctity of The soldiers desecrated the temple.  
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desiccate   dry up A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it.  
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desolate   rob of joy; lay waste to; forsake The bandits desolated the countryside, burning farms and carrying off the harvest.  
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desperado   reckless outlaw Butch Cassidy was a bold desperado with a price on his head.  
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despicable   contemptible Your despicable remarks call for no reply.  
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despise   scorn I despise your attempts at a reconciliation at this time and refuse to meet you.  
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despoil   plunder If you do not yield, I am afraid the enemy will despoil the countryside.  
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despondent   depressed; gloomy To the dismay of his parents, he became more and more depondent every day.  
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despotism   tyranny The people rebelled against the despotism of the king.  
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destitute   extremely poor The costs of the father's illness left the family destitute.  
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desultory   aimless; haphazard; digressing at random In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him reading was purposeful, not desultory.  
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detached   emotionally removed; calm and objective; indifferent A psychoanalyst must maintain a detached point of view and stay uninvolved with her patients' perssonal lives.  
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determinate   having a fixed order of procedure; invariable At the royal wedding, the procession of the nobles followed a determinate order of precedence.  
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deterrent   something that discourages; hindrance Does the threat of capital punishment serve as a deterrent to potential killers?  
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detonation   explosion The detonation of the bomb could be heard miles away.  
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detraction   slandering; aspersion He is offended by your frequent detractions of his ability as a leader.  
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detrimental   harmful; damaging Your acceptance of her support will ultimately prove detrimental rather than helpful to your cause.  
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deviate   turn away from Do not deviate from the truth; you must face the facts.  
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devious   going astray; erratic Your devious behavior in this matter puzzles me since you are usually direct and straightforward.  
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devoid   lacking He was devoid of any personal desire for gain in his endeavor to secure improvement in the community.  
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devolve   deputize; pass to others It devolved upon us, the survivors, to arrange peace terms with the enemy.  
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devotee   enthusiastic follower A devotee of the opera, he bought season tickets every year.  
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devout   pious The devout man prayed daily.  
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dexterous   skillful The magician was so dexterous that we could not follow his movements as he performed his tricks.  
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diabolical   devilish This scheme is so diabolical that I must reject it.  
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diadem   crown The king's diadem was on display at the museum.  
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dialectic   art of debate I am not skilled in dialectic and therefore, cannot answer your arguments as forcefully as I wish.  
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diaphanous   sheer; transparent They saw the burglar clearly through the diaphanous curtain.  
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diatribe   bitter scolding; invective During the lengthy diatribe delivered by his opponent he remained calm and self-controlled.  
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dichotomy   branching into two parts The dichotomy of our legislative system provides us with many safeguards.  
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dictum   arthoritative and weighty statement She repeated the statement as though it were the dictum of the most expert worker in the group.  
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didactic   teaching; instructional; preaching or moralizing The didactic qualities of his poetry overshadow its literary qualities; the lesson he teaches is more memorable than the lines.  
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die   device for stamping or impressing; mold In coining pennies, workers at the old mint squeezed sheets of softened copper between two dies.  
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diffidence   shyness You must overcome your diffidence if you intend to become a salesperson.  
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diffusion   wordiness; spreading in all directions like a gas Your composition suffers from a diffusion of ideas; try to be more compact.  
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digression   wandering away from the subject Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their offical theme; his digressions were always more fascinating than the topic of the day.  
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dilapidated   ruined because of neglect We felt that the dilapidated building needed several coats of paint.  
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dilate   expand In the dark, the pupils of your eyes dilate.  
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dilatory   delaying Your dilatory tactics may compel me to cancel the contract.  
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dilemma   problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives In this dilemma, he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.  
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dilettante   aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler He was not serious in his painting; he was rather a dilettante.  
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diligence   steadiness of effort; persisten hard work Her employers were greatly impressed by her diligence and offered her a partnership in the firm.  
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dilute   make less concentrated; reduce in strength She preferred her coffee diluted with milk.  
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diminution   lessening; reduction in size The blockaders hoped to achieve victory as soon as the diminution of the enemy's supplies became serious.  
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din   continued loud noise The din of the jackhammers outside the classroom window drowned out the lecturer's voice.  
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dinghy   small boat (often ship's boat) In the film Lifeboat, an ill-assorted group of passengers from a sunken ocean liner are marooned at sea in a dinghy.  
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dingy   dull; not fresh; cheerless Refusing to be depressed by her dingy studio apartment, Bea spent the weekend polishing the floors and windows and hanging bright posters on the walls.  
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dint   means; effort By dint of much hard work, the volunteers were able to control the raging forest fire.  
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diorama   like-size, three-dimensional scene from nature or history Because they dramatically pose actual stuffed animals against realistic painted landscapes, the dioramas at the Museum of Natural History particularly impress high school biology students.  
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dire   disastrous People ignored her dire predictions of an approaching depression.  
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dirge   lament with music The funeral dirge stirred us to tears.  
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disabuse   correct a false impression; undeceive I will attempt to diabuse you of your impression of my client's guilt; I know he is innocent.  
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disaffected   disloyal Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters, Shverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly disaffected.  
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disapprobation   disapproval; condemnation The conservative father viewed his daughter's radical boyfriend with disapprobation.  
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disarray   a disorderly or untidy state After the New Year's party, the once orderly house was in total disarray.  
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disavowal   denial; disclaiming His disavowal of his part in the conspiracy was not believed by the jury.  
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disband   dissolve; disperse The chess club disbanded after its disastrous initial season.  
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disburse   pay out When you disburse money on the company's behalf, be sure to get a receipt.  
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discernible   distinguishable; perceivable The ships in the harbor were not discernible in the fog.  
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discerning   mentally quick and observant; having insight Because he was considered the most discerning member of the firm, he was assigned the most difficult cases.  
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disclaim   disown; renounce claim to If I grant you this previlege, will you disclaim all other rights?  
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disclose   reveal Although competitors offered him bribes, he refused to disclose any information about his company's forthcoming product.  
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discombobulated   confused; discomposed The novice square dancer became so discombobulated that he wandered into wrong set.  
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discomfit   put to rout; defeat; disconcert This ruse will discomfit the enemy.  
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disconcert   confuse; upset; embarrass The lawyer was disconcerted by the evidence produced by her adversary.  
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disconcolate   sad The death of his wife left him disconsolate.  
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discordant   inharmonious; conflicting She tried to unite the discordant factions.  
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discount   disregard Be prepared to discount what he has to say about his ex-wife.  
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discourse   formal disscussion; conversation The young Plato was drawn to the Agora to hear the philosophical discourse of Socrates and his followers.  
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discredit   defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to discredit the other.  
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discrepancy   lack of consistency; difference The police noticed some discrepancies in his description of the crime and did not believe him.  
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discrete   separate; unconnected The universe is composed of discrete bodies.  
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discretion   prudence; ability to adjust actions to circumstances Use your discretion in this matter and do not discuss it with anyone.  
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discrimination   ability to see differences; prejudice They feared he lacked sufficient discrimination to judge complex works of modern art.  
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discursive   digressing; rambling They were annoyed and bored by her discursive remarks.  
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disdain   treat with scorn or contempt You make enemies of all you disdain.  
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disembark   go ashore; unload cargo from a ship Before the passengers could disembark, they had to pick up their passports from the ship's purser.  
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disenfranchise   deprive of a civil right The imposition if the poll tax effectively disenfranchised poor Southern blacks, who lost their right to vote.  
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disengage   uncouple; separate; disconnect A standard movie routine involves the hero's desperate attempt to disengage a railroad car from a moving train.  
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disfigure   mar the appearance of; spoil An ugly frown disfigured his normally pleasant face.  
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disgorge   surrender something; efect; vomit Unwilling to disgorge the cash he had stolen from the pension fund, the embezzler tried to run away.  
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disgruntle   make discontented The passengers were disgruntled by the numerous delays.  
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dishearten   discourage His failure to pass the bar exam disheartened him.  
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disheveled   untidy Your disheveled appearance will hurt your chances in this interview.  
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disinclination   unwilingness Some mornings I feel a great disinclination to get out of bed.  
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disingenuous   not naive; sophisticated Although he was young, his remarks indicated that he was disingenous.  
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disinter   dig up; unearth They disinterred the body and held an autopsy.  
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disinterested   unprejudiced The only disinterested person in the room was the judge.  
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disjointed   disconnected His remarks were so disjointed that we could not follow his reasoning.  
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dislodge   remove (forcible) Thrusting her fist up under the choking man's lower ribs, Margaret used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge the food caught in this throat.  
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dismantle   take apart When the show closed, they dismantled the scenery before restoring it.  
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dismember   cut into small parts When the Austrian Empire was dismembered, several new countries were established.  
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dismiss   eliminate from consideration; reject Believing in John's love for her, she dismissed the notion that he might be unfaithful.  
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disparage   belittle Do not disparage anyone's contribution; these little gifts add up to large sums.  
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disparate   basically different; unrelated It is difficult, if not impossible, to organize these disparate elements into a coherent whole.  
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disparity   difference; condition of inequality The disparity in their ages made no difference at all.  
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dispassionate   calm; impartial In a dispassionate analysis of the problem, he carefully examined the causes of the conflict and proceeded to suggest suitable remedies.  
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dispatch   speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch; he then sent a dispatch to headquarters, informing his commander of the great victory.  
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dispel   scatter; drive away; cause to vanish The bright sunlight eventually dispelled the morning mist.  
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disperse   scatter The police fired tear gas into crowd to disperse the protesters.  
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dispirited   lacking in spirit The coach used all the tricks at his command to buoy up the enthusiasm of his team, which I had become dispirited at the loss of the star player.  
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disport   amuse The popularity of Florida as a winter resort is constantly increasing; each year, thousands more disport themselves at Miami and Palm Beach.  
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disputatious   argumentative; fond of argument People avoided discussing contemporary problems with him because of his disputatious manner.  
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disquisition   a formal systematic inquiry; an explanation of the results of a formal inquiry In his disquisition, he outlined the steps he had taken in reaching his conclusions.  
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dissection   analysis; cutting apart in order to examine The dissection of frogs on the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students.  
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dissemble   disguise; pretend Even though John tried to dissemble his motive for taking modern dance, we all knew there not to dance but to meet girls.  
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disseminate   scatter (like seeds) The invention of the radio helped propagandists to disseminate their favorite doctrines very easily.  
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dissent   disagree In a landmark Supreme Court decision, Justice Marshall dissented from the majority opinion.  
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dissertation   formal essay In order to earn a graduate degree from many of our universities, a candidate is frequently required to prepare a dissertation on some scholarly subject.  
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dissident   dissenting; rebellious In the purge that followed the student demonstrations at Tianamen Square, the government hunted down the dissident students and their supporters.  
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dissimulate   pretend; conceal by feigning She tried to dissimulate her grief by her exuberant attitude.  
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dissipate   squander The young man quickly dissipated his inheritance and was soon broke.  
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dissolution   disintegration; looseness in morals The profligacy and dissolution of life in Caligula's Rome appall some historians.  
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dissonance   discord Some contemporary musicians deliberately use dissonance to achieve certain effects.  
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dissuade   advise against He could not dissuade his friend from joining the conspirators.  
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distant   reserved or aloof; cold in manner His distant greeting made me feel unwelcome from the start.  
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distend   expand;swell out I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins distend on his forehead.  
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distill   purify; refine; concentrate A moonshiner distills mash into whiskey; an epigrammatist distills thoughts into quips.  
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distortion   twisting out of shape It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of this event because of the distortions and exaggerations of the reporters.  
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distrait   absentminded Because of his concentration on the problem, the professor often appeared distrait and unconcerned about routine.  
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distraught   upset; distracted by anxiety The distraught parents frantically searched the ravine for their lost child.  
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diurnal   daily A farmer cannot neglect his diurnal tasks at any time; cows, for example, must be milked regularly.  
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diva   operatic singer; prima donna Although world famous as a diva, she did not indulge in fits of temerament.  
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diverge   vary; go in different directionsfrom the same point The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub.  
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divergent   differing; deviating The two witnesses presented the jury with remarkably divergent accounts of the same epipode.  
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diverse   differing in some characteristics; various There are diverse ways of approaching this problem.  
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diversion   act of turning aside; pastime After studying for several hours, he needed a diversion from work.  
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diversity   variety; dissimilitude The diversity of colleges in this country indicates that many levels of ability are being served.  
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divest   strip; deprive He was divested of his power to act and could no longer govern.  
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divine   perceive intuitively; foresee the future Nothing infuriated Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to divine when he was not telling the truth.  
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divulge   reveal I will not tell you this news because I am sure you will divulge it prematurely.  
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docile   obedient; easily managed As docile as he seems today, that old lion was once a ferocious, snarling beast.  
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docket   program asfor trial; book where such entries are made The case of Smith v. Jones was entered in the docket for July 15.  
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doctrinaire   unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding Weng had hoped that the student-led democracy movement might bring about change in China, but the repressive response of the doctrinaire hard-liners crushed his dreams of democracy.  
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document   provide written evidence She kept all the receipts from her business trip in order to document her expenses for the firm.  
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doddering   shaky; infirm from old age Although he is not as yet a doddering and senile old man, his ideas and opinions no longer can merit the respect we gave them years ago.  
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doff   take off A gentleman used to doff his hat to a lady.  
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dogged   determined;stubborn Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long, dogged pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.  
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doggerel   poorverse Although we find occasional snatches of genuine poetry in her work, most of her writing is mere doggerel.  
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dogmatic   positive; arbitrary Do not be so dogmatic about that statement; it can be easily refuted.  
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doldrums   blues; listlessness; slack period Once the excitement of meeting her deadline was over, she found herself in the doldrums.  
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dolorous   sorrowfrl He found the dolorous lamentations of the bereaved family emotionally disturbing and he left as quickly as he could.  
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dolt   stupid person I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead, I find myself addressing a pack of dolts.  
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domicile   home Althoughhis legal domicile was in New York City, his work kept him away from his residence for many years.  
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domineer   rule over tyrannically Students prefer teachers who guide, not ones who domineer.  
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don   put on When Clark Kent had to don his Superman outfit, he changed clothes in a convenient phone booth.  
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dormant   sleeping; lethargic; torpid Sometimes dormant talents in our friends surprise those of us who never realize how gifted our acquaintances really are.  
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dormer   window projecting from roof In remodeling the attic into a bedroom, we decided that we needed to put in dormers to provide sufficient ventilation for the new room.  
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dorsal   relating to the back of an animal A shark may be identified by its dorsal fin, which projects above the surface of the ocean.  
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dossier   file of documents on a subject Ordered by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the senator, the FBI compiled a complete dossier.  
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dotage   senility In his dotage, the old man bored us with long tales of events in his childhood.  
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dote   be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline Not only grandmothers bore you with stories about their brilliant grandchildren; grandfathers dote on the littel rascals, too.  
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dour   sullen; stubborn The man was dour abd taciturn.  
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douse   plunge into water; drench; extinguish They doused each other with hoses and balloons.  
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dowdy   slovenly; untidy She tried to change her dowdy image by buying a fashionable new wardrobe.  
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downcast   disheartened; sad Cheerful and optimistic by nature, Beth was never downcast despite the difficulties she faced.  
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drab   dull; lacking color; cheerless The Dutch woman's drab winter coat contrasted with the distinctive, colorful native costume she wore beneath it.  
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dregs   sediment; worthless residue David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the dregs.  
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droll   queer and amusing He was a popular guest because his droll anecdotes were always entertaining.  
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drone   idle person; male bee Content to let his wife support him, the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a drone.  
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drone   talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee On a gorgeous day, who wants to be stuck in a classroom listening to the teacher drone?  
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dross   waste matter; worhtless impurities Many methods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross.  
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drudgery   menial work Cinderella's fairy godmother rescued her from a life of drudgery.  
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dubious   doubtful He has the dubious distinction of being the lowest man in his class.  
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ductility   malleability; flexibility; ability to be drawn out Copper wire has many industrial uses because of its extreme ductility.  
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dulcet   sweet sounding The dulcet sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel.  
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dupe   someone easily fooled While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool.  
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deplicity   double-dealing; hypocrisy People were shocked and dismayed when they learned of his duplicity in this affair, as he had always seemed honest and straightforward.  
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duress   forcible restraint, especially unlawfully The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners' demands were met.  
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dutiful   respectful; obedient The dutiful child grew up to be a conscientious adult aware of his civic obligations.  
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dwindle   shrink; reduce They spent so much money that their funds dwindled to nothing.  
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dynamic   active; efficient A dynamic government is necessary to meet the demands of a changing society.  
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dyspeptic   suffering from indigestion All the talk about rich food made him feel dyspeptic.  
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