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17 Cards in this Set
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depreciate
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to go down in value
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demolish
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to tear down, destroy, raze
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decry
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to criticize, denounce, condemn. To put someone or something down.
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deplorable
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wretched, awful, miserable
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deplete
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to exhaust. When the supply of something is depleted it goes down.
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despondent
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feeling very down, discouraged
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debacle
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a big disaster, things really go down the tubes, a fiasco.
ie, second term of the Bush administration. |
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derogatory
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belittling, saying unfavorable things about someone
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devoid
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to go down in the sense of being empty, lacking content, as the play was utterly devoid of value and meaning
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ambivalent
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lacking conviction
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ambiguous
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lacking clarity
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trivial and trifling
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lacking importance, lacking significance.
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shiftless
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lazy, lackadaisical and therefore lacking ambition
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rash and impulsive
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impetuous and therefore lacking in restraint, lacking forethought
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vapid
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dull, bland, and thus lacking in taste, insipid
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transient, ephemeral, and evanescent
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brief and therefore lacking in permanence
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nondescript
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ordinary and therefore lacking in distinction
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