De-, Be-, Law and Order Words
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lynne-dec94 on December 3, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 denounce | to put down by condemning or critisizing |
| decry | to critisize; denounce; condemn |
| depreciate | to go down in value |
| despondent | all mean feeling very down and discouraged |
| deleterious | things are going down in the sense of being harmful, hurtful, and detrimental |
| belittle | to make someone feel really little; to put someone down; to disparage |
| belie | to lie in the sense of contradicting |
| plausible | believable; credible |
| incorrigible | incapable of being reformed |
| defamation | an abusive attack on a person's reputaion |
| innuendo | a veiled hint or insinuation, especially a negative reflection on a person's character or reputaion |
| travesty | a miscarriage of justice; a distortion of proper procedure |
| exonerate | to free from blame; to declare innocent |
| fabricate | to make up or invent a story |
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