de- Vocabulary List

debase

• v. to lower in quality, rank, or dignity

• v. question (someone, typically a soldier or spy) about a completed mission or undertaking

  n. a series of questions about a completed mission or undertaking.

• n. a person’s first appearance or performance in a particular capacity or role

  – v. perform in public for the first time

• v. to go down; to come down from

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

debrief

• adj. damaging or harmful

• adj. in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

• v. question (someone, typically a soldier or spy) about a completed mission or undertaking

  n. a series of questions about a completed mission or undertaking.

• v. to put or lay down; to put away for safekeeping

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

debut

• n. a downward slope

  v. to refuse politely, to turn down

• n. a person’s first appearance or performance in a particular capacity or role

  v. perform in public for the first time

• adj. damaging or harmful

• v. discourage (someone) from doing something, typically by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences; prevent the occurrence of

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

decline

• n. a downward slope

  v. to refuse politely, to turn down

• v. to put or lay down; to put away for safekeeping

• adj. without the basic necessities of life; (destitute of) not having

• n. a downward slope

  v. to refuse politely, to turn down

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

deduct

• adj. without the basic necessities of life; (destitute of) not having

• v. discourage (someone) from doing something, typically by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences; prevent the occurrence of

• v. to subtract or take away from a total amount

• adj. moving or jumping from one thing to another in an aimless way; disconnected or random

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

deflate

• n. a downward slope

  v. to refuse politely, to turn down

• adj. without the basic necessities of life; (destitute of) not having

• v. to go down; to come down from

• v. to release air or gas from a container; to reduce the confidence or certainty of

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.RF.3.3A

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

deposit

• adj. damaging or harmful

• v. to put or lay down; to put away for safekeeping

• v. to put or lay down; to put away for safekeeping

• v. discourage (someone) from doing something, typically by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences; prevent the occurrence of

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

descend

• v. to go down; to come down from

• adj. moving or jumping from one thing to another in an aimless way; disconnected or random

• n. a downward slope

  v. to refuse politely, to turn down

• n. a downward slope

  v. to refuse politely, to turn down

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

desolate

• n. a person’s first appearance or performance in a particular capacity or role

  v. perform in public for the first time

• adj. (of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness; feeling or showing misery, unhappiness, or loneliness

• v. discourage (someone) from doing something, typically by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences; prevent the occurrence of

• adj. damaging or harmful

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

despondent

• v. to go down; to come down from

• adj. in low spirits from loss of hope or courage

• n. a downward slope

  v. to refuse politely, to turn down

• v. to lower in quality, rank, or dignity

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C