The Mighty Prefix De- (De is going down!)

Question 1

denounce

Answer 1

• to put down by condemning or criticizing

The student council denounced the decision to close the campus at lunchtime.

Question 2

decry

Answer 2

• to criticize; denounce; condemn

The mayor decried the deplorable living conditions of the citizens on the outskirts of town.

Question 3

depreciate

Answer 3

• to go down in value

In a bear market, stocks depreciate.

Question 4

despondent; dejected; depressed

Answer 4

• all mean to feel very down and discouraged

In the movie The Lion King, Simba is despondent when he is unable to save his father.

Question 5

deleterious

Answer 5

• things are going down in the sense of being harmful, hurtful and detrimental
  Smoking cigarettes is deleterious to your health.