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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.)

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