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abyss | A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively. A rope led down into the dark abyss. |
curtail | Place restrictions on. Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries. |
debase | Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. The King was forced to debase the coinage. |
declension | The inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages. The first declension in Latin. |
decline | Show unwillingness towards. The roof declines here. |
declivity | A downward slope or bend. A thickly wooded declivity. |
decrease | The amount by which something decreases. There was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided. |
demoralize | Confuse or put into disorder. The boss s behavior demoralized everyone in the office. |
depletion | The state of being depleted. The depletion of the ozone layer. |
depress | Reduce the level or strength of activity in (something, especially an economic or biological system. The rising inflation depressed the economy. |
descend | (of a feeling) develop suddenly and affect a place or person. The vehicle descended a ramp. |
descending | Moving or sloping downwards. The categories are listed in descending order of usefulness. |
descent | The act of changing your location in a downward direction. A descent on the Channel ports. |
diminution | The shortening of the time values of notes in a melodic part. A permanent diminution in value. |
downgrade | An instance of reducing someone or something’s rank, status, or level of importance. Some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi skilled. |
downturn | A decline in economic, business, or other activity. The market took a downturn. |
downward | Moving or leading towards a lower place or level. New rules on sick leave affect employees of all grades from managers downwards. |
drop | Let or cause to fall in drops. He dropped a goal to beat England in the final minute. |
fall | Fall to somebody by assignment or lot. The fall of the government. |
falling | Decreasing in amount or degree. Falling attendance figures. |
low | Of a vowel pronounced with the tongue held low in the mouth open. Brought low. |
lower | In or into a lower position. Managers lower down the hierarchy. |
reduction | A thing that is made smaller or less in size or amount. The reaction is limited to reduction to the hydrocarbon. |
retrench | Reduce (something) in extent or quantity. If people are forced to retrench their expenditure trade will suffer. |
rundown | A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court. He gave his teammates a rundown on the opposition. |
shrinkage | Process or result of becoming less or smaller. Shrinkage is the retail trade s euphemism for shoplifting. |
sink | Cause a ship to sink. This pledge could sink the government. |
submergence | The action of completely covering or obscuring something. Total submergence of plants results in heavy crop losses. |
substrate | An indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population. The Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English. |
under | Under water. An under secretary. |
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