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• Credulity


  Readiness to believe anything
• Credulous


  Gullible; naive
• Culpable


  Deserving blame; to be at fault
• Curtail


  To deprive, to reduce
• Dearth


  Scarcity
• Decant


  To pour a liquid gently
• Decrepit


  Elderly, worn out from age
• Deference


  Respect; submission; politeness
• Deleterious


  Harmful
• Demagogue


  Agitator; a person, who gains power by arousing the prejudices of the people
• Desecrate


  To disrespect; treat as not sacred
• Desiccate


  To dry out
• Desist


  Stop, cease, or abstain
• Despot/Autocrat

  A ruler with absolute power
• Diatribe


  Bitter verbal attack
• Didactic


  To instruct; teaching
• Diffident


  Shy, lacks self-confidence
• Dilatory


  Slow, unhurried, tardy; delaying
• Dilettante


  Amateur; a person who has interest, without real commitment or knowledge
• Dirge


  Funeral hymn, mournful music
• Discomfit


  To embarrass; upset, confused
• Disconsolate


  Unhappy, doleful; hopelessly unhappy
• Disingenuous


  Insincere; dishonest
• Disparage


  To belittle
• Dissembler


  Hypocrite; put on a false appearance
• Dissolute


  Unprincipled, promiscuous; lacks morals
• Diurnal


  Daily; recurring every day
• Dolorous


  Doleful, Distressed; sorrow
• Draconian


  Strict rules; harsh laws
• Dregs


  Remnants, leftovers; a small amount left
• Ductile


  Pliable; malleable; stretchable
• Duplicitous


  Deceitful; intentionally misleads people
• Eclectic


  Extensive; combining things from many different areas or ideas
• Edify


  To instruct; inform
• Effigy


  Sculpture or model of a person; image or representation
• Effusive


  To express gratitude
• Elucidate


  To clarify; to make clear or lucid
• Emaciated


  Thin or weak; make lean, waste away
• Empirical


  Observed, seen
• Enervating


  Tiring