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n. 尊重的,尊重他人的 willingness to carry out the wishes of others; great respect


Spelling Word: deference
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v. 使降级,贬低 reduce level; lower grade of something


Spelling Word: degrade
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v. 降级,贬低 degrade; debase, as in dignity or social standing


Spelling Word: demean
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v. 扰乱 make uneasy or perplexed;  cause to lose one's composure; disconcert


Spelling Word: discomfit
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v. 登陆,靠岸 go ashore from a ship; unload cargo from a ship; leave a vehicle or aircraft


Spelling Word: disembark
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v. 剥夺(公民权) deprive of civil right; deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote


Spelling Word: disenfranchise
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v. 扩大,扩张 swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure


Spelling Word: distend
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n. 分发,分配 act of distributing or spreading or apportioning


Spelling Word: distribution
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a. 丰富多样的 differing in some characteristics; various


Spelling Word: diverse
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v. 暴力压制 rule or exercise power in cruel; rule over or control arbitrarily


Spelling Word: domineer