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n. Syn. scarcity
(нехватка) scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops


Spelling Word: dearth
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v. Syn. erase
(удаления) erase; strike out; remove or make invisible


Spelling Word: delete
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n.
(отчаяние) loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency


Spelling Word: despair
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n.
(расхищать) someone who takes spoils or plunder; one who despoils or strips by force; plunderer


Spelling Word: despoiler
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v. Syn. ruin; destroy
(опустошить) ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate


Spelling Word: devastate
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v.
(отличается) be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished


Spelling Word: differ
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v. Syn. distinguish; discriminate
(дифференцировать) set apart; distinguish; perceive or show difference in or between


Spelling Word: differentiate
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v.
(падение) insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten; appear to move downward


Spelling Word: dip
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n. Syn. argument; debate
(спор) argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate


Spelling Word: dispute
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v. Syn. ignore; discount
(игнорировать) ignore; discount; take no notice of


Spelling Word: disregard