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DEGENERATE

having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state

The meaning of the word degenerate is having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state.

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toadyone who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
proliferateto grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
chasethe hunting of wild animals
environencircle
censoriousmarked by or given to censure (see censure
donto put on (an article of clothing)
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
depredationto lay waste : plunder