Vocabulary Chapter 4 Groups 16-18
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Vocabulary Chapter 4
Groups 16-18“De-: “down,” “down from,”
“opposite of”“dis-”: “opposite of,” “differently,”
“apart,” “away”“se-”: “apart”
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(literally, “falling down”) deteriorating; growing worse; declining◦ The decadent rooming house was once a
flourishing hotel
Decadent
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Having leavesa that fall off at the end of the growing season; shedding leaves◦ Maple, elm, birch, and other deciduous trees lose
their leasve in the fall.
deciduous
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Out of (down from) one’s mind; mad; insane; deranged◦ Whoever did this must have been demented; no
sane person would have acted in such a way.
demented
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Pull or tear down; destroy; raze; wreck◦ A wrecking crew is demolishing the old buiding.
demolish
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Move down in grade or rank; degrade; downgrade◦ For being absent without leave, the corporal was
demoted to private.
demote
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(literally, “hanging down from”) unable to exist without the support of another◦ Children are dependent on their parents until they
are able to earn their own living.
dependent
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1. go down in value or price◦ New automobiles depreciate rapidly, byt antiques
tend to go up in value.
• 2. Speak slightly of; belittle; disparage◦ The store manager weould feel you are
depreciating him if you refer to his as the “head clerk.”
depreciate
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Look down on ; scorn; feel contempt for; abhor; disdain◦ Benedict Arnold was despised by his fellow
Americans for betraying his country.
despise
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Turn aside, or down (from a route or rule); stray; wander; digress◦ Dr. Parker does not see a patient without an
appointment, except in an emergency, and she does not deviate from this policy.
Deviate
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(literally, “gulp down”) eat greedily; eat like a animal◦ Wendy must have been starved; she devoured
her food.
devour
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(usually followed be with) opposite of “content”; dissatisfied; discontented; disgruntled◦ Dan was discontent with the mark on this Spanish
exam; he had expected at lest ten points more.
discontent
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Disbelieve; refuse to trust◦ The parents discredited the child’s story, since he
was in the habit of telling falsehoods.
discredit
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Disagreement; difference; inconsistency; variation◦ The first witness said the incident had occurred at
10:00a.m., but the second witness insisted the time was 10:45. This discrepancy puzzled the police.
discrepancy
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Do the opposite of “integrate” (make into a whole); break into bits; crumble; decay◦ The driveway needs to be resurfaced; it is
beginning to disintegrate.
disintegrate
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The opposite of “passionate” (showing strong feeling); calm, composed, impartial◦ For a dispassionate account of how the fight
started, ask a neutral observer, not a participant.
dispassionate
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Opposite of good condition or repair; bad condition◦ The new owner did not take proper care of the
building, and ir soon fell into dierepair.
disrepair
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Feel differently; differ in opinion; disagree◦ When the matter was put to a vote, 29 agreed
and 4 dissented.
dissent
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(literally, “sitting apart”) not agreeing; dissenting; nonconformist◦ The compromise was welcomed by all the strikers
except a small dissident group who felt that the raises were too small.
dissident
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Draw away, or divert the attention of; confuse; bewilder◦ When the bus s in motion, passengers should do
nothing to distract the driver.
distract
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(literally, “go apart”) withdraw from an organization or federation◦ When Lincoln was elected President in 1860,
South Carolina seceded from the Union.
secede
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(literally, “a going apart”) withdrawal from an organization or federation◦ South Carolina’s secession was followed by that of
ten other states and led to the formation of the Confederacy.
secession
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Keep apart from the others; place in solitutde; isolate; sequester◦ Leighann was so upset over losing her job that
she secluded herself and refused to see anyone.
seclude
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1. apart, or free, from care, fear, or worry; confident, assured◦ Are you worried about passin, or do you feel
secure?
• 2. Safe against loss, attack, or danger―Guests who want their valuables to be secure are
urged to deposit them in the hotel vault.
secure
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Going apart from, or against, an established government; action, speech, or writing to overthrow the government; insurrection, treason◦ The signers of the Declaration of Independence, if
captured by the enemy, would probably have been tried for sedition.
sedition
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(literally, “set apart from the herd”) separate from the main body; isolate◦ During the swim period, the nonswimmers are
segregated from the rest of our group to receive special instruction.
segregate