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1.DECORUM: appropriateness of behaviour or conduct , propriety

similar meanings: CORRECTNESS       DECENCY       ETIQUETTE      SEEMLINESS
                              PROPRIETY              MORES           MANNERS

2.DEFERENCE: respect , courtesy

similar meanings:  OBEISANCE      VENERATION      REVERENCE      HOMAGE
                               RESPECT            HONOR

3.DERIDE: to speak of or treat with contempt ,  to mock

4.DERISIVE: in a  mocking manner

similar meanings:  SCOFF       SNEER      RIDICULE       TAUNT       JEER      GIBE

5.DESICCATE:  to dry out thoroughly

similar meanings: DRY      PARCH        DEHYDRATE

6.DESULTORY: jumping from one thing to another , disconnected

similar meanings:  HAPHAZARD       ERRATIC        OBJECT-LESS     PURPOSELESS
                               UNPLANNED        INDISCRIMINATE                     STRAY

7.DIATRIBE: an abusive , condemnatory speech

similar meanings: FULMINATION      HARANGUE     INVECTIVE        JEREMIAD
                              MALEDICTION      OBLOQUY        TIRADE

8.DIFFIDENT: lacking self confidence

similar meanings:  BACKWARD       BASHFUL    DEMURE      MODEST       COY
                               RETIRING           TIMID           SHY

9.DILATE:  to make larger , to expand

similar meanings:  AMPLIFY       ELABORATE       EXPATIATE        EXPAND       ENLARGE

10.DILATORY: intended to delay

similar meanings:  DRAGGING      FLAGGING       LAGGARD      LAGGING      SLOW
                               SLOW-FOOTED         SLOW-GOING         SLOW-PACED

11.DILETTANTE: someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

similar meanings:  AMATEUR      DABBLER     TYRO

12.DIRGE:  a mournful speech

similar meanings:  ELEGY        LAMENT

13.DISABUSE: to set right , to free from error

similar meanings: CORRECT       UNDECEIVE

14.DISCERN: to perceive , to recognize

similar meanings: GLIMPSE     DESCRY     CATCH      ESPY      DETECT

15.DISPARATE: fundamentally different , entirely unlike

similar meanings: DIVERGENT     DIVERSE       VARIANT      VARIOUS

16.DISSEMBLE: to present a false appearance 

similar meanings:  MASQUERADE      ASSUME     PRETEND       COUNTERFEIT
                              SIMULATE              DISSIMULATE                     CAMOUFLAGE

17.DISSONANCE: a harsh and disagreeable combination , often of sounds

similar meanings: FRICTION        DISSIDENCE       CONTENTION        CLASH
                              DISSENSION    VARIANCE         STRIFE

18.DOGMA: a firmly held opinion , often a religious belief

similar meanings:  CREED     DOCTRINE       TEACHING      TENET

19.DOGMATIC: dictatorial in one's opinion 

similar meanings:  AUTHORITARIAN         DOCTRINAIRE      MAGISTERIAL    
                              DOMINEERING               OVERBEARING        PEREMPTORY
                              BOSSY                                IMPERIOUS

20.DUPE: to deceive , a person who is easily deceived

similar meanings:  HOODWINK       HUMBUG       BEGUILE       COZEN          FOOL
                               DELUDE              MISLEAD       TRICK