Vocabulary List #6

What does the word 'defunct' mean?

• Existing and functioning

• No longer existing or functioning

• Shy and reserved

• To condemn or censure publicly

How would you define 'demeanor'?

• The way a person behaves towards other people

• Shy and reserved

• To treat as if of little importance or not deserving of respect

• To decrease in size, extent, or range

Which word best describes someone who is 'demure'?

• Existing and functioning

• No longer existing or functioning

• Shy and reserved

• To condemn or censure publicly

What does it mean to 'denigrate' someone?

• The way a person behaves towards other people

• Shy and reserved

• To treat as if of little importance or not deserving of respect

• To condemn or censure publicly

What does it mean to 'denounce' something?

• Existing and functioning

• No longer existing or functioning

• To condemn or censure publicly

• To feel strong disapproval

What does the word 'desolate' mean?

• Existing and functioning

• No longer existing or functioning

• Shy and reserved

• Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness

What does it mean to 'detract' something?

• To decrease in size, extent, or range

• To condemn or censure publicly

• To treat as if of little importance or not deserving of respect

• To reduce or take the worth or value away

What does the word 'detriment' mean?

• Existing and functioning

• No longer existing or functioning

• To condemn or censure publicly

• State of being harmed or damaged

How would you define 'diatribe'?

• To condemn or censure publicly

• To feel strong disapproval

• A forceful and bitter attack against someone or something

• To wander or turn away from the main subject

What does it mean to 'digress'?

• Existing and functioning

• No longer existing or functioning

• To wander or turn away from the main subject

• To decrease in size, extent, or range