Please identify the word/s which is not similar in meaning to 'decadent'?
(A) degraded
(B) degenerate
(C) corrupt
(D) decreased
(E) debased
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (D) Only
Decadent means having low moral standards and caring too much about pleasure, in a state of moral or cultural decline.
Example: The novel describes the decadent life of the rich in the old city.
(A) degraded — Similar.
- Degraded means brought to a lower moral state.
(B) degenerate — Similar.
- Degenerate means having lost good moral qualities.
- It is very close to decadent.
(C) corrupt — Similar.
- Corrupt means morally bad or dishonest.
(D) decreased — Not similar.
- Decreased means made smaller in size or number.
- It refers to quantity, not to moral decline.
(E) debased — Similar.
- Debased means lowered in quality, value or character.
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