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  Word Descriptions derogatory, ghastly, complacent, cathode, devoid, countenance, jovial, precise, disrupt, deter


   
Description of derogatory (adjective: more derogatory; most derogatory; less derogatory; least derogatory)
belittling

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



   
Description of ghastly (adjective: more ghastly; most ghastly; less ghastly; least ghastly)
frightful (e.g. appearance); unpleasant

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



   
Description of complacent (adjective: more complacent; most complacent; less complacent; least complacent)
satisfied with oneself

Samples of complacent
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?



   
Description of cathode (noun: plural: cathodes)
a negatively charged electrode in a storage battery or cell; the positive charge or a cell supplying an electric current

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



   
Description of devoid (adjective: more devoid; most devoid: less devoid; least devoid)
completely free of (e.g. feeling)

Samples of devoid
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.



   
Description of countenance (noun: plural: countenances)
appearance especially facial expressions; the face and its features

Samples of countenance
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.



   
Description of jovial (adjective: more jovial; most jovial; less jovial; least jovial)
good-humored in a good natured way

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



   
Description of precise (adjective: precise; more precise; most precise; less precise; least precise)
detailed; exact

Samples of precise
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.



   
Description of disrupt (verb: disrupted; disrupting; disrupts)
to break up

Samples of disrupt
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.



   
Description of deter (verb: deterred; deterring; deters)
to keep someone from doing something

Samples of deter
France tried to deter America from going to war with Iraq.



  Determinations of the words derogatory, ghastly, complacent, cathode, devoid, countenance, jovial, precise, disrupt, deter

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