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Noun: ascension Pronunciation: (u’sen-shun) Ascension meaning: A movement in upward direction In Astronomy, it is the rising of a star above the horizon The act of changing location in an upward direction Synonyms: ascent, rise, …

Noun: intrepidity Pronunciation: (in-tru’pi-du-tee) Intrepidity meaning: Resolute courageousness or fearlessness Synonyms: dauntlessness Derived forms: intrepidities, intrepid Quotations: François de la Rochefoucauld – Intrepidity is an extraordinary strength of soul which raises it above the troubles, …

Adjective: woebegone Pronunciation: (wow-bi,gón) Woebegone meaning: Completely worn and broken down by hard use Full of grief or woe or miserable in appearance Synonyms: creaky, decrepit, derelict, woeful Quotations: Cynthia Heimel – All men are …

Noun: dereliction Pronunciation: (de-ru’lik-shun) Dereliction meaning: A tendency to be negligent and uncaring The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated Synonyms: dilapidation, decrepitude, deterioration, delinquency Quotations: Li Yizhong – Anyone who was found …

Adjective: derelict Pronunciation: (de-ru,likt) Derelict meaning: Worn and broken down by hard use or lack of care Synonyms: creaky, decrepit, woebegone In deplorable or deteriorating condition Synonyms: bedraggled, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion Failing in what his …

Noun: dilapidation Pronunciation: (di,la-pi’dey-shun) Dilapidation meaning: A state of deterioration due to old age or long use The process of becoming dilapidated Synonyms: decrepitude, ruin, deterioration, impairment Quotations: Logan Pearsall Smith – There are people …

Adjective: dilapidated Pronunciation: (di’la-pi,dey-tid) Dilapidated meaning: In deplorable condition. In simple words, in a very bad condition because of prolonged use or lack of care Synonyms: decrepit, bedraggled, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalion Verb: dilapidate Pronunciation: (di’la-pi,deyt) …

Noun: decrepitude Pronunciation: (di’kre-pi,t(y)ood) Decrepitude meaning: A state of deterioration due to old age or long use Synonyms: dilapidation Derived forms: decrepit Quotations: Mike McGovern – Whether these decrees were signed by the president and …

Adjective: decrepit Pronunciation: (di’kre-pit) Decrepit meaning: Worn and broken down by hard use Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality Synonyms: sapless, enervate, rickety, creaky Quotations: Steve Bailey – It was just old and decrepit. …

Adjective: attenuate Pronunciation: (u’ten-yoo-ut) Attenuate meaning: Reduced in strength Synonyms: attenuated, faded, weakened, enervated Verb: attenuate Attenuate meaning: (chemistry) weaken the consistency of a chemical substance Become weaker in strength, value or magnitude Derived forms: attenuating, attenuates, attenuated Quotations: …