VOCAB SET D
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- depravity
- Moral corruption or degradation.
- daunt
- To abate the courage of; discourage.
- definitive
- Precisely defined or explicit.
- didactic
- Intended to instruct.
- denigrate
- To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame.
- diluvial
- Of, relating to, or produced by a flood.
- demean
- To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner: demeaned themselves well in class.
- disparate
- Fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar.
- defamatory
- The act of defaming; calumny.
- discordant
- To deny or renounce any claim to or connection with; disown.
- debauch
- To corrupt morally.
- diffidence
- The quality or state of being diffident; timidity or shyness.
- dedcathlon
- An athletic contest in which each contestant participates in ten track and field events.
- dirge
- A funeral hymn or lament.
- defile
- To make filthy or dirty; pollute: defile a river with sewage.
- desiccate
- To dry out thoroughly.
- demagogue
- A leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.
- disparage
- To speak of in a slighting way; belittle.
- deleterious
- Having a harmful effect; injurious.
- disdain
- To regard or treat with haughty contempt; despise.
- defunct
- Having ceased to exist or live: a defunct political organization.
- disheveled
- Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.
- decapitate
- To cut off the head of; behead.
- deplore
- To feel or express strong disapproval of; condemn.
- decorum
- Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety.
- dilate
- To make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- disperse
- To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd.
- diffuse
- To pour out and cause to spread freely.
- desecrate
- To violate the sacredness of; profane.
- detrimental
- Causing damage or harm; injurious.
- dictum
- An authoritative, often formal, pronouncement.
- destitute
- Utterly lacking; devoid.
- deprecate
- To express disapproval of; deplore.
- disburse
- To pay out, as from a fund; expend.
- disclaim
- To deny or renounce any claim to or connection with; disown.