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v.
set apart for a deity or for special purposes; devote; consecrate


Spelling Word: dedicate
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v.
lead forth or out; take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; subtract


Spelling Word: deduct
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n. Syn. scarcity; insufficiency
scarcity; lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health


Spelling Word: deficiency
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a. Syn. neat; skillful
quick and skillful; neat in action or performance


Spelling Word: deft
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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. signify; indicate; show
indicate; signify directly; refer to specifically


Spelling Word: denote
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v.
move downward and lower; come from; be connected by a relationship of blood


Spelling Word: descend
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a. Syn. harmful; damaging
causing damage or harm; injurious


Spelling Word: detrimental
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a. Syn. destructive
destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction


Spelling Word: devastating