MAT Vocab D1

to discourage, intimidate

Demoralize, dishearten, consternate

lack, scarcity, insufficiency

absence, shortage, paucity

respectful and polite in a submissive way

courteous, obsequious

no longer existing, dead, extinct 

gone, vanished deceased, departed

to give powers to another

assign , entrust, commit, appoint, authorize

harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way

pernicious, harmful, detrimentlal, nocent, nocuous

leader, rabble-rouser, usually using appeals to emotions or prejudice 

agitator, inciter, instigator, fomenter, firebrand

to express doubts or objections

protest, remonstrate, kick, expostulate, dissent

to slur or blacken someone's reputation 

malign, belittle, disparage, vilify, slander

sinfulness, moral corruption

decadence, debauchery, enormity, corruption, degradation

to belittle, disparage

minimize, denigrate, discount

tyrannical ruler

authoritarian, autocrat, dictator, totalitarian

allowing light to show through; delicate 

sheer, transparent, gauzy, translucent; tenuous

bitter verbal attack 

tirade, jeremiad, fulmination, harangue, philippic

division into two parts 

split, distinciton, bifurcation, opposition

authoritative statement; popular saying 

decree, edict; adage, apothegm, aphorism

excessively instructive 

educational, improving, moralistic

shyness, lack of confidence 

timidity, reticence

to turn aide, to stray from the main point 

diverge, deviate, wander

in disrepair, run down, neglected 

decrepit, ramshackle, deteriorated, decayed

slow, tending to delay 

sluggish, tardy, unhurried

funeral hymn

elegy, threnody, lament

difference between 

contradiction, divergence, incongruity, disparity, incompatibility

subject to one's own judgement 

elective, optional, voluntary, unforced

moving from topic to topic without order

digressive, rambling, unfocused