Group 3 Vocabulary (Part B)

to treat or regard someone with disrespect or contempt

• degrade

• decadence

• defunct

• depose

behavior that shows low morals and a great love of pleasure, money, fame, etc.

• degrade

• decadence

• defunct

• default

no longer existing or being used

• degrade

• defunct

• default

• decadence

to remove from office forcefully and suddenly; testify or give evidence

• defunct

• degrade

• depose

• decadence

failure to fulfill obligations

• depose

• default

• defunct

• debunk

to expose the falseness or hollowness of a myth

• debunk

• depose

• decadence

• default

an underground cemetery

• catalog

• catacomb

• catalyst

• catastrophe

an event causing great and often sudden damage

• catalyst

• catalog

• catastrophe

• catacomb

a substance that causes a chemical reaction to happen; a person or event that causes change

• catacomb

• catalyst

• catastrophe

• catalog

a book with a list of things you can buy or use; a collection of things

• catalyst

• catastrophe

• catacomb

• catalog