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Notes 59. Disparate
(i) radically different (ii) discouraged (iii) reckless (iv) stingy
60. Discourse
(i) conversation (ii) reasoning faculty
(iii) a treatise (iv) a process of combat
61. Dissimulate
(i) to pretend (ii) to conceal (iii) to disguise (iv) to dissemble
62. Dogmatic
(i) angry (ii) powerful
(iii) vicious (iv) excessively opinionated
63. Doughty
(i) strong and able (ii) coarse (iii) foolish (iv) impudent
64. Dubious
(i) treacherous (ii) doubtful (iii) demanding (iv) delighted
65. Duress
(i) stress (ii) pressure (iii) threat (iv) risk
66. Drivel
(i) to slaver like a child (ii) to be foolish
(iii) to speak like an idiot (iv) to talk nonsense
67. Ecstasy
(i) a state of temporary mental alienation (ii) altered or diminished consciousness
(iii) excessive joy (iv) exalted feeling
68. Edifice
(i) pride (ii) imposing building
(iii) strength (iv) beauty
69. Edacious
(i) given to eating (ii) gluttonous (iii) fond of eating (iv) greedy for food
70. Effeminate
(i) womanish (ii) unmanly (iii) weak (iv) voluptuous
71. Effete
(i) exhausted (ii) degenerate (iii) decadent (iv) become barren
72. Impetus
(i) courage (ii) impatience (iii) arrogance (iv) driving energy
73. Impeach
(i) accuse (ii) to remove from office
(iii) to slander (iv) to put in jail
74. Impasse
(i) unpassable (ii) insurmountable (iii) hurdle (iv) deadlock
75. Incense
(i) to worship (ii) to enrage (iii) to stimulate (iv) to inhale
76. Infringe
(i) to encroach (ii) to surround (iii) to decorate (iv) to limit

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