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distant
Ex. His distant greeting made me feel unwelcome from the start. (secondary meaning) |
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| reserved or aloof; cold in manner |
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divergent
Ex. Since graduating from medical school, the two doctors have taken divergent paths, one going on to beocme a nationally prominent surgeon, the other dedicating himself to a small family practice in his home town. |
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diverse
Ex. The professor suggested diverse ways of approaching the assignmetn and recommended that we choose one of them. |
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| differing in some characteristics; various |
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divulge
Ex. No lover of gossip, Charlotte would never divulge anything that a friend told her in confidence. |
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doctrine
Ex. He was so committed to the doctrines of his faith that he was unable to evaluate them impartially. |
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| teachings, in general; particular principle (religious, legal and so on) taught |
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document
Ex. She kept all the receipts from her business trip in order to document her expenses fro the firm. |
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dogmatic
Ex. We tried to discourage Doug from being so dogmatic but never couled convince him that his opinions might be wrong. |
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| opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal |
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dormant
Ex. At fifty her long-dormant ambiton to write3 flared up once more; within a year she had completed the first of her great historical novels. |
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| sleeping; lethargic; latent |
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dubious
Ex. Many critics of the SAT contend the test is of dubious worth. |
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duplicity
Ex. When Tanya learned that Mark had been two-timing her, she was furious at his duplicity. |
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| double-dealing; hypocrisy |
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