5th box -Flashcards

(adj.) inadequate; sparse; The malnutrition was caused by the scanty amount of healthy food eaten each day.

(n.) disaster; collapse; a rout; The Securities and Exchange Commission and the stock exchanges implemented numerous safeguards to head off another debacle on Wall Street.

(n.) reasoning in order from general to particular; The syllogism went from fish to guppies.

(v.) lengthy talking or writing; The man will descant on the subject if you give him too much speaking time.