GRE Word List
DECADENCE
the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent
The meaning of the word decadence is the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| braid | to make from braids |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| schism | division |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| heed | to pay attention |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |