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| demagogue | a leader of the common people;
a leader who stirs up people by appealing to their emotions and prejudices to win them over quickly and thus gain power |
| demagoguery | the methods or practices of a demagogue |
| democracy | people rule;
government by representatives elected by the people |
| demographic | writing about people;
pertaining to the study of human populations, especially their density, distribution and vital statistics. |
| endemic | native to a particular people or country, as an endemic disease, which occurs only among certain people or an endemic plant or animal which is found only in a certain location |
| epidemic | upon the people;
a disease or other abnormal condition spreading rapidly among many people |
| pandemic | among all the people;
widespread |
| abdicate | to proclaim away;
to remounce formally a throne or high office |
| addict | to speak to or to sentence oneself;
to give oneself habitually or compulsively to something |
| contradict | to speak against;
to assert the opposite of what someone has said |
| dictate | to speak or read something aloud to be recorded by another;
to give orders or commands |
| dictator | one whose speech is to be taken as the final word;
one who orders others around;
a tyrannical ruler |
| dictatorial | speaking and acting in a domineering or oppressive way |
| diction | choice of words in speaking or writing
enunciation in speaking or singing |
| dictionary | a book containing the words of a spoken language. |
| dictum | a formal and authoritative statement |
| edict | a speaking out;
an official decree |
| jurisdiction | the right to interpret and apply the law;
the legal power to hear and decide cases;
the extent of such judicial or other authority |
| predict | to speak beforehand;
to foretell |
| valedictorian | a student, usually of the highest scholastic standing, who gives the farewell speech at commencement |
| disarray | not arrayed or arranged properly;
a state of disorder or confusion;
disorderly dress |
| disaster | the stars not in a favorable position;
a misfortune |
| disburse | to take away from a purse;
to pay out as from a fund |
| discomfit | to undo;
to thwart the plans of;
to make uneasy |
| disconcert | to upset;
to frustrate |
| disconsolate | not able to be consoled;
hopelessly sad |
| discordant | hearts apart;
not in accord;
disagreeable to the ear |
| disease | not at ease;
illness |
| dismantle | originally, to take a man's cloak off his back;
to strip a house of furnishings;
to take apart |
| disparate | not equal;
unlike |
| disparity | difference;
unlikeness |
| display | to fold apart or unfold;
to show |
| disproportionate | not proportionate;
out of proportion in size, shape, or amount |
| dissect | to cut apart, especially for anatomical study |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as if sowing seed |
| dissent | to differ in opinion or feeling;
to withhold approval |
| dissident | sitting apart;
one who disagrees;
a dissenter |
| dissuade | to turn a person away by persuasion |
| distract | to draw away the attention |
| diverse | turned away from each other;
unlike, as diverse opinions |
| diversion | something that turns the mind away and relaxes or entertains |
| divorce | a turning away;
a dissolution of a marriage |
| adequate | equal to what is required;
sufficient |
| equable | equal at all times;
unvarying |
| equanimity | evenness of mind or temper;
composure |
| equate | to represent as equal |
| equator | a line equally distant at alll points from the north and south poles |
| equilateral | having equal sides |
| equilibrium | a state of balance |
| equinox | equal night;
the time of year when the sun crosses the equator and day and night are of equal length |
| equitable | reasonable;
fair;
just |
| equity | an ownership right to property |
| equivalent | equal in value, force, or meaning |
| equivocal | having equal voices;
capable of two interpretations |
| equivocate | to use equal voices, to make statements with two possible meaning in order to mislead |
| eulogize | to give a good speech;
to give a speech in praise of |
| eulogy | a good speech;
spoken or written praise of someone or something, especially praise of a person who has recently died |
| euphemism | the substitution of a mild word in place of a distaseful or unpleasant one |
| euphonious | having a pleasant sound;
harmonious |
| euphony | good sound;
a harmonious succession of words having a pleasing sound |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being |
| euthanasia | a good death;
painless putting to death for merciful reasons, as with a terminal illness |
| DEM | PEOPLE |
| DICT | TO SPEAK |
| DIS, DI, DIF | NOT, AWAY, APART |
| EQU | EQUAL |
| EU | GOOD, WELL |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly as if they were facts;
rigid, strict, unbending, inflexible |
| polarization | a division into two opposite |
| anarchronism | something out of correct time |
| florid | flowery, excessively ornate, rosy, showy |
