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 4000 CPE (D) - Spelling Practices
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a. friendly; of good appearance and manners; graceful


Spelling Word: debonair
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v. mar or spoil appearance or surface; impair usefulness, value, or influence of


Spelling Word: deface
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v. pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for


Spelling Word: defray
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a. having a harmful effect; injurious; having the quality of destroying life; noxious; poisonous


Spelling Word: deleterious
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n. extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness


Spelling Word: depravity
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a. departing from the correct and accepted way; misleading; not straightforward


Spelling Word: devious
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v. turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking


Spelling Word: digress
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a. in disrepair, run-down; of very poor quality or condition


Spelling Word: dilapidated
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v. make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen


Spelling Word: dilate
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v. cause being in bad temper; disappoint; disconcert


Spelling Word: disgruntle