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word	definition	part of speech	high-frequency
deciduous	falling off as of leaves	adjective
decimate	kill, usually one out of ten	verb
decipher	interpret secret code	verb
declivity	downward slope	noun
dcollet  	having a low-necked dress	adjective
decomposition	decay	noun
decorous	proper	adjective
decoy	lure or bail	noun
decrepit	worn out of age	adjective
decrepitude	state of collapse caused by illness or old age	noun
decry	disparage	verb
deducible	derived by reasoning	adjective
deface	mar; disfigure	verb
defame	harm someone's reputation; malign	verb
default	failure to do	noun
defeatist	attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome	adjective
defection	desertion	noun
defer	delay till later; exempt temporarily	verb
defer	give in respectfully; submit	verb
deference	courteous regard for another's wish	noun	*
defiance	refusal to yield; resistance	noun
defile	pollute; profane	verb
definitive	final; compete	adjective
deflect	turn aside	verb
defoliate	destroy leaves	verb
defray	pay costs for	verb
defrock	to strip a priest or minister of church authority	verb
deft	neat; skillful	adjective
defunct	dead; no longer in use or existence	adjective
degenerate	become worse; deteriorate	verb
degraded	lowered in rank; debased	adjective
dehydrate	remove water from; dry out	verb
deify	turn into god; idolize	verb
deign	condescend; stoop	verb
delectable	delightful; delicious	adjective
delete	erase; strike out	verb
deleterious	harmful	adjective
deliberate	consider; ponder	verb
delineate	portray	noun	*
delirium	mental disorder marked by confusion	noun
delta	flat plain of mud or sand between branches of a river	noun
delude	deceive; believe in a false way	verb
deluge	flood; rush	noun
delusion	false belief; hallucination	noun
delusive	deceptive; raising vain hopes	adjective
delve	dig; investigate	verb
demagogue	person who appeals to people's prejudice	noun
demean	degrade; humiliate	verb
demeanor	behavior; bearing	noun
demented	insane	adjective
demise	death	noun
demographic	related to population balance	adjective
demolition	destruction	noun
demoniac	fiendish	adjective
demotic	pertaining to the people	adjective
demur	delay; object	verb
demure	grave; serious; coy	adjective
denigrate	blacken; defame	verb
denizen	inhabitant of	noun
denotation	meaning; distinguishing by name	noun
denouement	outcome; final development of the plot of a play	noun
denounce	condemn; criticize	verb	*
depict	portray	verb
deplete	reduce; exhaust	verb
deplore	regret; disapprove of	verb	*
deploy	move troops so that the battle line is extended at the expense of depth	verb
depose	dethrone; remove from office	verb
deposition	testimony under oath	noun
depravity	corruption; wickedness	noun	*
deprecate	express disapproval of; protest against; belittle	verb	*
depreciate	lessen in value	verb
depredation	plundering	noun
deranged	insane	adjective
derelict	abandoned; negligient in duty	adjective
deride	scoff at	verb	*
derision	ridicule	noun
derivative	unoriginal; derived from another source	adjective
dermatologist	one who studies the skin and its diseases	noun
