"DEC" Vocabulary Quiz 2

All answers begin with DEC. Please type the complete word.

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Hint	Answer
To decode	Decipher
The process of decay	Decomposition
To declare no longer sacred	Deconsecrate
To make a formal speech for effect, without sincerity	Declaim
To separate printouts or continuous paper into sheets	Decollate
Resolute, determined, especially when leading	Decisive
Weakened by age, feeble, dilapidated	Decrepit
To remove the curved nails from an animal	Declaw
To denounce or condemn orally	Decry
A document, information, no longer secret or confidential	Declassified

Hint	Answer
To refuse, or a reduction in vigour or value	Decline
An announcement, proclamation or formal statement	Declaration
A sailor who works on a boat or ship, usually outside	Deckhand
The gradual normalisation of a diver after a deep dive	Decompression
A woman's low cut neckline	Decolletage
To remove, neutralise an area of harmful substances like poison or chemicals	Decontaminate
An extract obtained by boiling, such as tea in water	Decoction
To deactivate or shut down from service	Decommission
An enclosed structure on the deck of a ship	Deckhouse
A medication that opens the nose or sinuses to ease breathing	Decongestant