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denizen - vocabulary

denizen - noun Inhabitant or resident; one who frequently inhabits a place, as in the denizens of the local pub. A tanned skin is something more than respectable, and perhaps olive is a fitter color than white for a man,—a denizen of the woods. “...

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7 years ago

denote - vocabulary

denote - verb To indicate, to be a sign of, as in A rise in the price of gold often denotes a fall in the U.S. dollar. Note: Denote and connote are often confused because both words have senses that entail signification. Denote means "to signify dire...

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7 years ago

deprecate - vocabulary

deprecate - verb To express disapproval of; to belittle.Note: The word deprecate has come to mean depreciate (to belittle), though the words share no common origins. Rarely do we see her self-depreciating humor. Instead, it’s self-deprecating humor...

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7 years ago

despot, despotism - vocabulary

despot, despotism - noun Despot: a monarch or other rule with absolute power; a tyrant or oppressor.Despotism: rule by an autocratic government; tyranny; a country ruled by a despot. There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannise...

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7 years ago

didactic - vocabulary

didactic - adjective Pertaining to teaching, intended for instruction; inclined to teach or lecture (to excess), as in a boring, didactic speaker. A didactic play attempts to explain what man must do to make the world better and life more rational; a...

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7 years ago

diffident - vocabulary

diffident - adjective Lacking confidence in one’s own ability or worth; timid, shy. [Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady] is bland on television and awkward as a public speaker. In a city of bombast and pomposity, Mr. Brady is unusually gentle and...

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7 years ago

dilatory - vocabulary

dilatory - adjective Tending to delay or procrastinate; tardy, slow. Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.—Hesiod Works and Days Note: You may download the Grammar eBook Build Your Vocabulary and get all 406 v...

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7 years ago

dilettante - vocabulary

dilettante - noun One who engages in art or other subject for amusement, usually in a desultory or superficial way; a dabbler. Also used to refer to a lover of the fine arts. The second reason for his delay was a personal one. He had dawdled over his...

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7 years ago

diminution - vocabulary

diminution - noun The process, act, or fact of lessening or diminishing; reduction.Note: The adjective form diminutive often refers to people or things that are small or short. In grammar, a diminutive formation denotes smallness, familiarity, or tri...

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7 years ago

discomfit - vocabulary

discomfit - verb Discomfit, to confuse, disconcert; to thwart, to frustrate the plans of, to foil. Whether the issue is birth control or global warming or clean air, this administration has already acquired a special place in regulatory history for t...

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7 years ago

disenfranchise - vocabulary

disenfranchise - verb To deprive of any right privilege or power; to deprive of voting rights. From the early indications, Americans are feeling enthusiastic about their constitutionally guaranteed right to vote. The Supreme Court should encourage, n...

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7 years ago

disingenuous - vocabulary

disingenuous See the discussion of ingenuousNote: You may download the Grammar eBook Build Your Vocabulary and get all 406 vocabulary words. Next Word: disjunctive Previous Word: disenfranchise....

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7 years ago

disjunctive - vocabulary

disjunctive - adjective Helping or serving to disconnect or separate; dividing; distinguishing.Note: In grammar, disjunctive describes the process of syntactically setting two or more elements in opposition to each other, as in poor but happy, or exp...

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7 years ago

disparage - vocabulary

disparage - verb To regard or speak of slightingly; to belittle; to bring reproach or discredit on. People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.—Ralph Waldo Emerson “Experien...

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7 years ago

dissemble - vocabulary

dissemble - verb To give a misleading or false appearance, to conceal the truth; to feign.Note: Do not confuse dissemble (to hide the truth) with disassemble (to take something apart). Consider this note from Washington State University’s website: ...

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7 years ago

disseminate - vocabulary

disseminate - verb To spread or scatter widely, as seed is sown; to distribute, broadcast, disperse, as in disseminate information. "Nations, like individuals, wish to enjoy a fair reputation. It is therefore desirable for us that the slanders on our...

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7 years ago

dogma, dogmatic, dogmatize - vocabulary

dogma, dogmatic, dogmatize - noun, adjective, verb  nounDogma: a systems of tenets or principles, often from a church; prescribed doctrine, as in political dogma; a settled or established belief or opinion.adjectiveDogmatic: often used to descri...

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7 years ago

duplicity - vocabulary

duplicity - noun Deceitfulness in conduct or speech; speaking and acting in two different, opposing ways; a twofold or double quality or state.Note: The adjective duplicitous describes someone who is given to deceitful conduct or speech; a person who...

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7 years ago

ebullient - vocabulary

ebullient - adjective Showing enthusiasm or exhilaration of feeling; excited; high-spirited. The world was kept informed of Pavarotti's joie de vivre, his ebullient flirtations and his halfhearted struggle with his weight, which fluctuated between 25...

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7 years ago

eccentric - vocabulary

eccentric - noun One who goes his own way and cares little about the norm.adjectiveDeviating from customary or recognized character; erratic; odd; peculiar. An insight into the eccentric life of Albert Einstein has been provided in a letter written b...

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7 years ago

efface - vocabulary

efface - verb To wipe out, do away with, obliterate, expunge, as in She effaced her most dreadful memories.Note: The related terms self-effacement and self-effacing mean to keep oneself in the background, to exhibit humility. If we work upon marble, ...

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7 years ago

effete - vocabulary

effete - adjective Lacking in wholesome vigor, degenerate, decadent; exhausted of energy or support, worn out. A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.—Fo...

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7 years ago

efficacious - vocabulary

efficacious - adjective Capable of having the desired result; effective as a method, means, or remedy.Note: The noun form efficacy means effectiveness. For example, to gain FDA approval, a drug company must show the efficacy of the drug. The efficacy...

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7 years ago

effrontery - vocabulary

effrontery - noun Unblushing impudence or boldness; barefaced audacity; “nerve.”Note: Do not confuse the noun effrontery with the verb and noun affront. The verb affront means “to insult, to offend deliberately”; the noun means “insult” a...

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7 years ago

egoism, egotism - vocabulary

egoism, egotism - noun Egoism: a philosophical doctrine that morality has its foundations in self-interest.Egotism: an excessive preoccupation with self. Note: Egotism, egoism refer to preoccupation with one's ego or self. Egotism is the common word ...

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7 years ago

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