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Definition of derogatory, ghastly, complacent, cathode, devoid, countenance, jovial, precise, disrupt, deter

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Definition of derogatory (adjective)
forms: more derogatory; most derogatory; less derogatory; least derogatory

belittling

Examples
The derogatory marks about his campaign were beginning to anger the politician.

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Definition of ghastly (adjective)
forms: more ghastly; most ghastly; less ghastly; least ghastly

frightful (e.g. appearance); unpleasant

Examples
The sick man had a ghastly appearance; as if he had come straight out of a horror movie.

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Definition of complacent (adjective)
forms: more complacent; most complacent; less complacent; least complacent

satisfied with oneself

Examples
The man was complacent when it came to his job.
I think it's really quite heartening to see so many aspects that the City Council are already taking notice of, and really are already putting it into their policies to view the environment as something precious, something we've got to look after, but you're warning us not to be too complacent aren't you?

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Definition of cathode (noun)
form plural: cathodes

a negatively charged electrode in a storage battery or cell; the positive charge or a cell supplying an electric current

Examples
A storage cell consists of one cathode and one anode in an electrolyte.

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Definition of devoid (adjective)
forms more devoid; most devoid: less devoid; least devoid

completely free of (e.g. feeling)

Examples
The man was devoid of thoughts as he watched television.
China was so remote from Europe that when silk first became available for the wealthier classes in Imperial Rome no one knew where it came from, but the fact that it reached Rome shows that these two civilizations were not totally devoid of contact with each other.

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Definition of countenance (noun)
form plural: countenances

appearance especially facial expressions; the face and its features

Examples
His countenance showed fear.
She was a tall, muscly woman, of handsome countenance, her faded blonde hair held up with an array of jewelled combs.

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Definition of jovial (adjective)
forms: more jovial; most jovial; less jovial; least jovial

good-humored in a good natured way

Examples
If it weren't for her jovial nature; the rest of the team would have been demoralized.

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Definition of precise (adjective)
forms: precise; more precise; most precise; less precise; least precise

detailed; exact

Examples
One has to be precise when installing explosives in buildings.
As a concise and precise international language like that longed for by the natural philosophers of the seventeenth century, where symbols would stand for things and not words, engineering drawing was valuable in opening machinery to scientific study.

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Definition of disrupt (verb)
forms: disrupted; disrupting; disrupts

to break up

Examples
A loud drunk can disrupt any social gathering.
The crowds, eventually numbering in the thousands, evolved into a spontaneous anti-war demonstration and headed across town, disrupting traffic while shouting "No blood for oil" and finally rallying at the United Nations building.

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Definition of deter (verb)
forms: deterred; deterring; deters

to keep someone from doing something

Examples
France tried to deter America from going to war with Iraq.

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