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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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jesta joking or mocking remark
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remnanta usually small part, member, or trace remaining
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sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
meteto give out by measure : dole out