Vocabulary Word Meanings: From Divergence, Diatribe to Disperse
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Divergence
Meaning: the act of splitting off into different directions
Also used as: Diverge (verb) ; divergent (adj)
A divergence of opinion ended their friendship.
Diatribe
Meaning: noun – a bitterly critical speech
Sentence: when something went wrong, he went into a diatribe.
Defame
verb- to say things harmful to person՚s reputation; malign; vilify
Also used as: Defamation (noun) ; defamatory (adj)
The man was defamed by the accusations of criminal conduct.
Digress
verb- to move away from the main topic when writing or speaking; to go off on a tangent
Also used as: Digression (noun) ; digressive (adj) ; digressively (adv)
In writing, if you digress from the main point for too long, you may lose your reader.
Depleted
verb- emptied; drained; used up
Also used as: Depletion (noun) ; depletable (adj)
The epidemic becomes a medical emergency when supplies of the antibiotic were depleted.
Dissolution
noun- separation into parts; the process of dissolving
Also used as: Dissolve (verb)
Another way of saying divorce is “dissolution of marriage” .
Despondent
adj – feeling hopeless or depressed no self confidante.
Also used as: Despondency (noun) ; despondently (adv)
After the fire, Sam was despondent for weeks.
Disparage
verb – say negative things; belittle
Also used as: Disparaging (adj) ; disparagingly (adv)
No one likes to hear disparaging remarks.
don՚t confuse with “disparate” .
Disparate
adj- different
Also used as: Disparity (noun) ; disparate ethnic groups.
Most cities contain disparate ethnic groups.
Decadence
noun- moral decay or decline of mixable value
Also used as: Decadent (adj) ; decadently (adv)
Some historians attribute the fall of the Roman Empire to internal decadence.
Disclose
verb- provide information, reveal
Also used as: Disclosure (noun)
Sue disclosed more to the stranger than she՚d intended.
Disperse
verb- spread around, scatter
Note: don՚t confuse with “disburse” which means “to pay out.”
The police used tear gas to disperse the cord.