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n.
collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval


Spelling Word: database
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n. Syn. standstill; stalemate
standstill resulting from opposition of two forces or factions; stalemate


Spelling Word: deadlock
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n. Syn. announcement; avowal; statement
announcement; explicit statement; formal public statement


Spelling Word: declaration
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a. Syn. weak
weakened, worn out, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use


Spelling Word: decrepit
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v.
turn aside; draw someone's attention away from something


Spelling Word: deflect
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v. Syn. humiliate; debase
reduce level; lower grade of something


Spelling Word: degrade
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v. Syn. raze; destroy; devastate
raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to


Spelling Word: demolish
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v. Syn. leave
take off; leave; set out


Spelling Word: depart
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n. Syn. ancestry; origin
ancestry; origin; the descendants of one individual; drop; fall; a movement downward


Spelling Word: descent
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v. Syn. invent; plan
form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will


Spelling Word: devise