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One Word
D
1.       A member of an armed gang of robbers
Dacoit
2.       (i)Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;
(ii)Something considered choice to eat;
(iii)Delicately beautiful
Dainty (or Squeamish or Prissy-----(i);
Delicacy or Goody----(ii);
Exquisite---(iii))

3.       (i)A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance;
(ii)Something adjudged as very good
Dandy (or Gallant or Sheik or Beau or Beaux---(i);
Nifty or Peachy----(ii))
4.       Invulnerable to fear or intimidation
Dauntless (or Intrepid)
5.       (i)To cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from intense light;
(ii)Amaze or bewilder, as with brilliant wit or intellect or skill
Dazzle (or Bedazzle)
6.       A language that is no longer spoken
Dead-language
7.       A mail that can neither be delivered or returned
Dead-letter
8.       A sudden, violent collapse or embarrassing failure
Debacle (or Fiasco)
9.       The state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
Debility (or Valetudinarianism)
10.   To report of a mission or task
Debrief
11.   A person who owes a creditor
Debtor or Debitor
12.   The event of dying or departure from life
Decease (or Croak or Expire or Perish)
13.   A misleading falsehood
Deceit (or Deception or Cozenage)
14.   The spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments
Decentralisation
15.   To discover the meaning of anything obscure or difficult to trace or understand
Decipher (or Decrypt)
16.   Firmly fixed or held (ideas or principles)
Deep-seated (or Ingrained)
17.   Courteous regard for people's feelings;
A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
Deference(or Complaisance or Compliance)
18.   Having ceased to exist or live or no longer in use
Defunct
19.   A person appointed or elected to represent others;
To transfer power to someone;
To allocate a task to a person
Delegate
20.   A group of representatives or delegates of a deputation
Delegation
21.   Something considered choice to eat;
The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
Delicacy
22.   Set, mark or draw the boundaries of something
Delimitate (or Demarcate)
23.   To represent accurately and precisely;
To describe in vivid detail
Delineate
24.   (i) Failing in what duty requires
(ii) Past due not paid at the scheduled time
Delinquent(or Remiss or Derelict-----(i);
Overdue-----(ii))

25.   State of violent mental agitation
Delirium(or Frenzy or Hysteria)
26.   To reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Demean
27.   The way a person behaves toward other people
Demeanour(or Deportment or Conduct)
28.   Government by the representatives of the people
Democracy
29.   The branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
Demography
30.   An abusive attack on a person's character or good name
Denigration(or Aspersion or Defamation or Deprecation or Calumny or Slander)
31.   A person or an animal or a plant that lives, grows or is often found in a particular place
Denizen
32.   Assign a name or title to
Denominate
33.   A group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith;
A class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers, measures, weights or money
Denomination
34.   (i)Give away information about somebody;
(ii)Accuse or condemn openly or formally
Denounce (or Snitch or Stag-----(i); Stigmatize----(ii))
35.   To express earnest disapproval of
Deplore (or Denigrate or Deprecate)
36.   Of very poor quality or condition
Deplorable (or Execrable or Lamentable)
37.   Place troops or weapons in battle formation;
To distribute systematically or strategically
Deploy
38.   A person who gives written testimony for use in a court of law
Deponent
39.   To remove from office or throne
Depose
40.   A pretrial interrogation of a witness
Deposition
41.   A prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
Deprecation
42.   (i)A person without a home, job, or property;
(ii)A ship abandoned on the high seas;
(iii)Something worn and broken down by hard use
Derelict (or Decrepit or Flea-bitten or Ramshackle-----(iii))
43.   Treat or speak of with contempt
Deride (or Bemock)
44.   The medical study of the skin and its diseases
Dermatology
45.   Something expressive of low opinion (like a remark)
Derogatory (or Disparaging)
46.   To disregard the sacred character of a place or language or person
Desecrate (or Profane or Blasphemy)
47.   Regardless of, in defiance of
Despite
48.   (i)Poor enough to need help from others;
(ii)Completely wanting or lacking (like experience)
Destitute (or Impoverished or Indigent or Pauper or Necessitous-----(i);
Devoid----(ii))
49.   Marked by lack of definite plan, regularity or purpose, jumping from one thing to another
Desultory(or Ambivalent)
50.   To feel antipathy or aversion towards
Detest
51.   A damage or loss
Detriment
52.   Deeply religious;
Sincerely intended and with strong feeling (for someone or something)
Devout
53.   Extremely evil or cruel
Diabolic
54.   The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people or region
Dialect (or Idiom)
55.   Thunderous verbal attack
Diatribe (or Fulmination)
56.   A classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
Dichotomy (or Duality)
57.   A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator, and not restricted by a constitution, laws or opposition etc.
Dictatorship
58.   A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
Dictionary (or Lexicon)
59.   Something that is excessively instructive
Didactic
60.   Lack of self-confidence
Diffidence
61.   Individuals who are well versed in computer use and technology
Digerati
62.   Bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
Dilapidate (or Crumble)
63.   Characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks
Diligent
64.   An amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Dilettante (or Sciolist)
65.   The act of decreasing or reducing something
Diminution (or Decline)
66.   A small inflatable rubber boat or life raft
Dinghy
67.   An official engaged in international negotiations
Diplomat
68.   An alphabetical list of names and addresses
Directory
69.   A song sung at a burial
Dirge(or Coronach or Requiem or Threnode or Threnody)
70.   To perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect
Discern
71.   The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations;
The trait of judging wisely and objectively
Discernment (or Sagacity)
72.   Marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint;
Heedful of potential consequences
Discreet (or Circumspect or Discerning)
73.   The power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies;
The trait of judging wisely and objectively
Discretion
74.   Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Disdain (or Despite or Despise)
75.   Deprive of voting rights
Disenfranchise or Disfranchise
76.   Express a negative opinion of
Disparage
77.   Cause to separate and go in different directions
Disperse
78.   The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
Dissemination (or Airing)
79.   Talk at length and formally about a topic
Dissertate (or Discourse)
80.   A treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research (usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree)
Dissertation (or Thesis)
81.   Hide feelings from other people
Dissimulate
82.   The act of deceiving
Dissimulation
83.   To repeat an action or statement
Ditto
84.   Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
Divagate (or Digress or Wander or Astray)
85.   The trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable, and easily persuaded
Docility (or Meekness or Tractability)
86.   A stubborn person of arbitrary or arrogant opinions, without regard for practicality or suitability
Doctrinaire (or Dogmatist)
87.   To be stubbornly unyielding
Dogged (or Dour or Tenacious)
88.   A religious doctrine or code of beliefs that is proclaimed as authoritative or as true without proof
Dogma(or Tenet)
89.   A share of money, food or clothing that has been charitably given
Dole
90.   A person living permanently in a certain place
Domicile
91.   Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
Dour (or Morose or Sullen)
92.   A widow holding property received from her deceased husband
Dowager
93.   Lacking in smartness or taste;
Primly out of date
Dowdy (or Frumpy)
94.   An artist skilled at drawing;
A skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines
Draftsman
95.   A dealer in fabrics and sewing materials or clothing
Draper
96.   A passion for wandering, traveling, running
Dromomania
97.   Someone who drives a herd
Drover (or Herdsman or Herder)
98.   Hard monotonous routine work
Drudgery (or Donkeywork or Plodding)
99.   (i)Capable of being shaped, bent or drawn out
(ii) Easily influenced or Able to adjust readily to different conditions

Ductile (or Malleable or Pliable or Pliant or Tractile(only (i))

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