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Diminution

Diminution. The act or process of diminishing;. Eminent. Towering above others; projecting;. Imminent. About to occur; impending;. Prominent. Projecting outward;. Minatory. Menacing, threatening;. Minatory = sounds like military who threaten must of the time;. Transmit.

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Diminution

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  1. Diminution

  2. The act or process of diminishing;

  3. Eminent

  4. Towering above others; projecting;

  5. Imminent

  6. About to occur; impending;

  7. Prominent

  8. Projecting outward;

  9. Minatory

  10. Menacing, threatening; Minatory = sounds like military who threaten must of the time;

  11. Transmit

  12. To send from one person, thing or place to another;

  13. Emissary

  14. A messenger or agent sent to represent the interest of another;

  15. Intermittent

  16. Stopping and starting at intervals;

  17. Remit

  18. To send money;

  19. Remission

  20. A lessening of intensity or degree;

  21. Miscellaneous

  22. Made up of a variety of parts or ingredient;

  23. Miscegenation

  24. The interbreeding of races, esp. marriage between white and nonwhite person Miscegenation = mixing of genes = marriage of person from different races;

  25. Promiscuous

  26. Consisting of diverse and unrelated parts or individuals;

  27. Monument

  28. A structure, such as a building, tower, or scrupture, erected as a memorial

  29. Monitor

  30. One that admonishes, cautions or reminds;

  31. Summon

  32. To call together; convene; Summon = sum + on = to sum and call all the data together;

  33. Admonish

  34. To counsel against something; caution;

  35. Remonstrate

  36. To say or plead in protest, objection, or reproof; Remonstrate = demonstrate against in order to show the objection;

  37. Premonition

  38. A feeling of evil to come; Forewarning, presentiment; Premonition = pre + motion = showing of pre motion of rats which giving feeling of earthquake to come;

  39. Amorphous

  40. Without definite form; lacking a specific shape;

  41. Metamorphosis

  42. A transformation, as by magic or sorcery

  43. Anthropomorphism

  44. Attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or natural phenomena; Anthropomorphism = anthro + morphism = attribution of human characteristics to inanimate objects

  45. Immortal

  46. Not subject to death

  47. Morbid

  48. Suggesting an unhealthy mental state Morbid = there are more bits in the brain so it is unhealthy;

  49. Moribund

  50. Dying, decaying;

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