Exam: Cambridge English: C1 Advanced (CAE)

Definition: To move power or control away from a central authority to smaller, local groups or individuals.

Example: The government decided to decentralize its operations to give more power to local communities.

Definition: To distribute power or functions away from a central authority to local or regional authorities.

Example: The government decided to decentralize the education system to give more control to local schools.

Definition: The act of misleading or tricking someone, often by presenting false information or appearances.

Example: His deception was discovered when the truth came to light.

Definition: Intended to make someone believe something that is not true; misleading.

Example: The advertisement was deceptive, making the product seem better than it really was.

Definition: The quality of being misleading or not truthful.

Example: The deceiptiveness of his words made it hard to trust him.

Definition: Describing a state where the brain's higher functions are absent or removed, often leading to a lack of intelligence or reasoning.

Example: The patient exhibited decerebrate posturing after the severe brain injury.

Definition: A person or animal that has had their brain removed or is lacking brain function, often resulting in a specific posture or movement.

Example: The decerebrate animal showed unusual reflexes and movements due to the absence of brain activity.

Definition: To remove or disable the brain's higher functions, usually for scientific research or experimentation, often involving the removal of the cerebrum or cutting the brain stem.

Example: Researchers decided to decerebrate the animal to study its reflexes without higher brain functions.

Definition: The process of removing the brain from an organism, often used in medical or scientific contexts.

Example: The experiment involved decerebration to study the effects of brain removal on behavior.

Definition: A unit of area equal to one-tenth of an are, which is a metric unit used in measuring land.

Example: The farmer bought a deciare of land to expand his crops.

Definition: The quality of being able to be decided or determined, especially in logic or mathematics.

Example: The decidability of certain mathematical problems is a key topic in theoretical computer science.

Definition: A special layer of tissue that lines the uterus and changes during pregnancy, which is removed during childbirth or menstruation.

Example: The decidua provides essential support to the developing fetus during pregnancy.

Definition: The process of converting something into a decimal format, often used in finance and mathematics to simplify calculations and representations.

Example: The decimalization of the currency made it easier for people to understand prices.