Law and Order Words and a few more
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17 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 denounce | to put down by condemning |
| decry | to criticize |
| depreciate | to go down in value |
| despondent | defected; depressed; feeling very down and discourage |
| deleterious | harmful, hurtful, detrimental |
| belittle | to make someone feel really little; 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 reputation |
| innuendo | a veiled hint or insinuation, esp. a negative reflection on a person's character or reputation |
| travesty | a miscarriage of justice; a distortion of proper procedure |
| exculpate | to exonerate; to free from blame; to declare innocent |
| fabricate | to make up or invent a story |
| unprecedented | without previous example |
| immaterial | of no importance; irrelevant and therefore lacking significance |
| incontrovertible | not open to question; indisputable |
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