| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| An announcement, proclamation or formal statement | Declaration | 77%
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| To decode | Decipher | 73%
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| A sailor who works on a boat or ship, usually outside | Deckhand | 59%
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| To refuse, or a reduction in vigour or value | Decline | 45%
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| Weakened by age, feeble, dilapidated | Decrepit | 45%
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| A document, information, no longer secret or confidential | Declassified | 36%
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| To remove the curved nails from an animal | Declaw | 36%
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| A medication that opens the nose or sinuses to ease breathing | Decongestant | 32%
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| To remove, neutralise an area of harmful substances like poison or chemicals | Decontaminate | 32%
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| Resolute, determined, especially when leading | Decisive | 27%
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| The process of decay | Decomposition | 27%
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| To deactivate or shut down from service | Decommission | 23%
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| The gradual normalisation of a diver after a deep dive | Decompression | 23%
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| To denounce or condemn orally | Decry | 23%
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| To make a formal speech for effect, without sincerity | Declaim | 14%
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| A woman's low cut neckline | Decolletage | 9%
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| An extract obtained by boiling, such as tea in water | Decoction | 5%
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| An enclosed structure on the deck of a ship | Deckhouse | 0%
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| To separate printouts or continuous paper into sheets | Decollate | 0%
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| To declare no longer sacred | Deconsecrate | 0%
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