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disburse , dis·burse / disˈbərs/ • v. [tr.] (often be disbursed) pay out (money from a fund): $67 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed. DERIVAT… disconcert , dis·con·cert / ˌdiskənˈsərt/ • v. [tr.] disturb the composure of; unsettle: the abrupt change of subject disconcerted her | [as adj.] (disconcerted)… dishonest , dis·hon·est / disˈänist/ • adj. behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy or fraudulent way: he was a dishonest hypocrite prepared to exploit h… dowdy , dowdy •body, embody, Irrawaddy, Kirkcaldy, noddy, Passamaquoddy, shoddy, Soddy, squaddie, toddy, wadi •secondi, spondee, tondi •anybody • everybody •… dissimulate , dis·sim·u·late / diˈsimyəˌlāt/ • v. [tr.] conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character): a country gentleman who dissimulates his weal… disrupt , dis·rupt / disˈrəpt/ • v. [tr.] interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by causing a disturbance or problem: a rail strike that could disrupt both…
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