Word List 13
Terms
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- deciduous
- falling off as of leaves
- decimate
- kill, usually one out of ten
- declivity
- downward slope
- decoy
- lure or bait
- decrepit
- worn out by age
- decrepitude
- state of collapse caused by illness or old age
- deducible
- derived by reasoning
- deface
- mar, disfigure
- defame
- harm someone's reputation, malign, slander
- default
- failure to act
- defeatist
- attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome
- defection
- desertion
- deference
- courteous regard for another's wish
- defile
- pollute, profane
- definitive
- final, complete
- deflect
- turn aside
- defoliate
- destroy leaves
- defray
- pay the costs of
- deft
- neat, skillful
- defunct
- dead, no longer in use or existence
- defuse
- remove the fuse of a bomb, reduce or eliminate a threat
- degenerate
- become worse, deteriorate
- degradation
- humiliation, debasement, degeneration
- deify
- turn into a god, idolize
- deign
- condescend, stoop
- deleterious
- harmful
- deliberate
- consider, ponder
- delineate
- portray, depict, sketch
- delirium
- mental disorder marked by confusion
- deluge
- flood, rush
- delve
- dig, investigate
- demean
- degrade, humiliate
- demeanor
- behavior, bearing
- demoniac
- fiendish
- demur
- object because of doubts, scruples; hesitate
- demure
- grave, serious, coy
- demystify
- clarify, free from mystery or obscurity
- denigrate
- blacken
- denizen
- inhabitant or resident, regular visitor
- denotation
- meaning, distinguishing by name
- denouement
- outcome, final development of the plot of a play
- deploy
- spread out troops in an extended though shallow battle line
- depose
- dethrone, remove from office
- deposition
- testimony under oath
- depredation
- plundering
- derelict
- abandoned, negligent
- derivative
- unoriginal, derived from another source
- demagogue
- person who appeals to people's prejudice, false leader of people
- defer(1)
- delay till later, exempt temporarily
- defer(2)
- give in respectfully, submit