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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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?
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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