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degrade I felt degraded by having to ask for money.

delicacy Try this dish. It's a local delicacy.

deregulation Liberalization and deregulation opened the way to the creation of broad,

deep and liquid capital markets, and established the right environment

to attract foreign firms and inward investment.

destiny I don't know if we each have a destiny or if we're all just floating around

accidentally like on a breeze but I think that maybe it's both.

deviate The teacher deviated from her custom and gave out no homework.

diffuse The clowns in the play are mainly to diffuse a feeling of happiness.

discontent To Galbraith, materialism had gone mad and would breed discontent.

diversion Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought

news of the outside world.

doubtless Doubtless he'll be bringing his guitar, as usual.

drawback This is a good car; its only drawback is that it uses a lot of petrol.

duplicate If you lose your key, I can give you a duplicate.

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dwell Those two young men dwell on an island and live on fishing.

embark Peru embarked on a massive programme of reform.

empirical Science studies are empirical researches in most cases.

enforcement The new law needs strict enforcement.

enthusiastic The diplomat received enthusiastic praise.

entrepreneur Do you know Liu Hua, a famous female entrepreneur?

evoke The music evoked memories of her youth.

exceptional This warm weather is exceptional for January.

expectancy Babies today have a longer life expectancy than those born a hundred years

ago.

expedition The Arctic expedition reached the North Pole.

expenditure The research is very important, but the expenditure of time and money is

also considerable.

expire In the play the heroine expired of a broken heart.

extinct The woolly elephant has been extinct for a long time.

fabricate The story about his life abroad is completely fabricated.

fabulous During the two world wars, the monopoly capitalists amassed fabulous

wealth.

facet There are many facets to this question.

falsehood The girl's father punished her for falsehood.

feast A good conscience is a continual feast, A good conscience is a soft pillow. feeble The old woman is too feeble to do her own shopping.

flap Everything was working smoothly,there was no flap.

flip She flipped through the pages of a magazine, not really concentrating on them. fragile This old glass dish is very fragile.

friction Friction between two sticks can create a fire.

fuse Their common interests fuse the two companies.

galaxy Astronomers at the University of California discovered one of the most distant

galaxies.