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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oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
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