denounce (di NOWNS) v to condemn openly
Mnemonic:Since DE- is a negative root, to DENOUNCE is to ANNOUNCE something negative
about another person.- The president publicly denounced but privately celebrated the illegal activities of the
director of the Central Intelligence Agency. - In order to avoid being sent to jail, the political prisoner denounced the cause in which he
believed.
An act of denouncing is a denunciation (di nun see AY shun).
despondent (dih SPAHN dunt) adj extremely depressed; full of despair
Mnemonic:A happy person RESPONDS with joy; a DESPONDENT person is not
RESPONDING well (to life).