Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
Vocabulary 4000 - Noel's ESL eBook Library
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Word Analysis 115<br />
16. DEGRADATION<br />
Analysis: DE (down—negative); GRADE (step); TION (noun suffix)<br />
Meaning: The act of lowering someone socially or humiliating them.<br />
17. DISPASSIONATE<br />
Analysis: DIS (away—negative); PASS (to feel)<br />
Meaning: Devoid of personal feeling, impartial.<br />
18. APATHETIC<br />
Analysis: A (without); PATH (to feel); IC (adjective ending)<br />
Meaning: Without feeling; to be uninterested. (The apathetic voters.)