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Daunt:
MEANING: Discourage or frighten
SENTENCE: The student daunted his classmate when the teacher was not
looking.
Credulous:
MEANING: Trusting too easily or without enough evidence.
SENTENCE: Few people are credulous enough to believe that the United
Nations has global authority.
Debunk
: MEANING: Show something to be false
SENTENCE: Investigative journalists have debunked various political
myths.
Decorum:
MEANING: Proper In manners and conduct
SENTENCE: Discipline requires the decorum of one’s behaviour and
attitude towards rules and regulations.
Default:
MEANING: Failure to fulfil an obligation, especially a financial
one
SENTENCE: The company will have to restructure its debts to avoid
default.
Deference:
MEANING: Polite and respectful submission

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SENTENCE: He responded with natural deference, giving them his full
attention.
Deliberation:
MEANING: Careful consideration; slow movement
SENTENCE: The jury delivered its verdict after due deliberation.
Delineate:
MEANING: Describe in precise detail
SENTENCE: I do need the cash, but I'm not signing up for this
psychological experiment unless you delineate what's going to happen.
Demean:
MEANING: Cause a loss in dignity and respect for something or
someone; do something that is beneath one’s dignity
SENTENCE: She did not demean herself by calling her boyfriend after
seeing him with another girl.
Denigrate:
MEANING: Criticize unfairly; disparage.
SENTENCE: Don’t listen to the doom and gloom merchants who denigrate
their own country.
Deride:
MEANING: Express contempt for; ridicule.
SENTENCE: The decision to create a shopping mall in front of the lake
was derided by environmentalists
Derivative:
MEANING: Not original
SENTENCE: Many modern singers' albums are mere disappointment,
derivative of several hit albums from past legends.
Desiccate:
MEANING: Dehydrate, remove water from
SENTENCE: Out West, it was the time of the summer sun and dust storms,
when whole desiccated farms blew away.

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Desultory:
MEANING: Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
SENTENCE: A few people were left at the party, dancing in a desultory
fashion.
Deterrent:
MEANING: something that discourages or is intended to
discourage someone from doing something
SENTENCE: Cameras are a major deterrent to crime
Diatribe:
MEANING: A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone
or something
SENTENCE: The speech was a diatribe against consumerism.
Dichotomy:
MEANING: A contrast between two things that are opposed,
or very different.
SENTENCE: There is a fixed dichotomy between science and religion.
Didacticism:
MEANING: A philosophy of teaching in art and literature
SENTENCE: The didactic qualities of his poetry overshadow its literary
qualities; the lesson he teaches is more memorable than the lines.