Lesson 24

Question 1

debacle

Answer 1

n. a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout. Ex. Fortunately for him, he did not live to see the debacle of Russian society in 1917.

Question 2

debase

Answer 2

v. to reduce in quality or value; adulterate. Ex. His need of money led him to debase the currency eighty-one times between 1350 and 1355.

Question 3

didactic

Answer 3

adj. designed or intended to teach people something Ex. the poet’s works became increasingly didactic after his religious conversion

Question 4

diffident

Answer 4

adj. 1) lacking confidence : not feeling comfortable around people 2) very careful about acting or speaking Ex. She was diffident about stating her opinion.

Question 5

demagogue

Answer 5

noun

1. a political leader who tries to get support by making false claims and promises and using arguments based on emotion rather than reason

His politcal opponent called him a demagogue for letting down his supporters.

Question 6

demean

Answer 6

verb

1. to cause (someone or something) to seem less important or less worthy of respect

Don’t demean your opponents, show some respect.

Question 7

deleterious

Answer 7

adj.

harmful to living things

e.x. The cold weather has deleterious effect on this plants.

Question 8

denigrate

Answer 8

verb

1. Criticize unfairly; disparage

Example Sentence:

It will be nice if there can be a fair competition withour anyone denigrating.

Question 9

delineate

Answer 9

v.

describe in vivid details

e.x. She is delineated perfectly in the biography.

Question 10

debauch

Answer 10

: behaving in an immoral way that involves drinking too much alcohol, taking drugs, having sex with many people, etc.

adj

Ex. Mr. Tang is captured by the police of being a debauch dawdler.

Question 11

decry

Answer 11

to say publicly and forcefully that you regard (something) as bad, wrong, etc.

v.

Mr. Tang decried the movie Lukaengers because of its violence.

Question 12

Daunting

Answer 12

verb. / adj.

overcoming with fear; intimidating; lessening the courage of; disheartening
The amount of homework we had to do was daunting.

Question 13

Dearth

Answer 13

noun

an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack
There is a dearth of decent food in my refridgerator.

Question 14

cupidity

Answer 14

n; Greed for money or possessions:

Mr. Tang is a living example of cupidity

Question 15

curtail

Answer 15

n;Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on

there was a curtail on the prices

Question 16

derivative

Answer 16

n. A derivative is something which has been developed or obtained from something else.

Ex: Derivative markets in asia are jumping.

Question 17

desiccated

Answer 17

adj. Desiccated things have lost all the moisture that was in them.

Ex: But human beings are not desiccated calculating machines.

Question 18

defamatory

Answer 18

adj. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.

Question 19

defunct

Answer 19

adj. /n. no longer in force or use; inactive;

It is a defunct political organization.

Question 20

depravity

Answer 20

Moral corruption; wickedness

Example Sentence:

He suffered under the life of depravity.