A woman entered a fruit store and said to the clerk, "I want to purchase some fruit for my sick husband."
"We have some very nice sweet cherries on sale for a dollar a box," said the clerk.
She looked them over and decided to take a box. Handing them to the clerk she added, "Have they been sprayed with poison?"
Replied the clerk, "No ma’am. You will have to purchase that at the drug store."
- cause of this. —v. (often foll. By of) lose or be without hope (despaired of ever winning). [latin spero hope]
DESPISE
v. (-sing) regard as inferior, worthless, or contemptible. [latin: related to *despicable]
DESPITE
prep. In spite of. [latin: related to *despicable]
DESPOIL
v. Literary (often foll. By of) plunder; rob; deprive. despoliation n. [latin: related to *spoil]
DESSERT
n. - sweet course of a meal.
- fruit, nuts, etc., served at the end of a meal. [french: related to *dis-, *serve]
DESTINE
v. (-ning) (often foll. By to, for, or to + infin.) Appoint; preordain; intend (destined him for the navy). be destined to be fated or preordained to. [french from latin]
DESTINY
n. (pl. -ies) 1 a fate. B this regarded as a power.
- particular person's fate etc. [french from latin]
DESTROY
v. - pull or break down; demolish.
- kill (esp. An animal).
- make useless; spoil.
- ruin, esp. Financially.
- defeat. [latin struo struct- build]
DETENTE
n. Easing of strained, esp. International, relations. [french, = relaxation]
DETRACT
v. (foll. By from) take away (a part); diminish; make seem less valuable or important. [latin traho tract- draw]
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