Pa George's List of 20 Fun Words that Start with "De-"
Warning: be careful not to mix them up!
Devaluation - making money worth less
Deflation - having not enough money in the system
Debacle - chaotic failure or humiliating disaster
Desperation - condition of hopelessness
Deflection - directing people's attention away from something
Degeneration - becoming physically, morally or mentally worse
Defalcation - the misuse of somebody else's money
Deterioration - becoming or making sth. worse
Defamation - an attack on somebody's reputation
Dehumanization - taking away sbdy's dignity as a human being
Desolation - devastating or laying waste to a place
Deforestation - removing all trees from an area
Desaturation - making a rich color pale and shale
Denegation - refusal of sth. being asked for
Deprivation - taking sth. away from sbd.
Detection - noticing or discovering sth.
Deprecation - expression of condemnation for sth or sbd.
Débouchement - throwing up [pronounced 'De-bush-ment']
Demission - resignation from an important official post
Defenestration - throwing somebody out of the window