Exam: Cambridge English: C1 Advanced (CAE)

Definition: The quality of showing a lack of respect or contempt for someone or something.

Example: Her disdainfulness towards the rude comments was evident in her expression.

Definition: A situation where costs increase instead of decrease, often due to inefficiencies or poor management.

Example: The company faced a diseconomy when its production costs rose unexpectedly.

Definition: To free someone or something from a burden or something that is causing trouble.

Example: She tried to disembarrass herself of the worries that were holding her back.

Definition: Describing something that does not have a physical body or form, often used in a spiritual or ghostly context.

Example: The disembodied voice echoed through the empty room, sending chills down their spines.

Definition: To separate something from its physical body or form, often used in a context where a spirit or idea is thought to exist without a physical presence.

Example: The ghost was said to be a disembodied spirit, floating without a body.

Definition: To separate something from a physical form or body, often referring to freeing the spirit or soul from the physical body.

Example: In many cultures, it is believed that the spirit can disembody from the physical form after death.

Definition: To take away someone's power or ability to do something.

Example: The new policies may disempower local communities by limiting their decision-making authority.

Definition: The state of having lost power or control over something, often leading to feelings of helplessness.

Example: The disempowerment of the community led to a lack of representation in local government.

Definition: Not having the right to vote or participate in decision-making processes, often due to social or political reasons.

Example: Many people feel disenfranchised when their voices are not heard in elections.

Definition: To take away someone's right to vote or to deprive them of a privilege or right.

Example: Many citizens felt disenfranchised after the new voting laws were enacted.

Definition: To become free from being twisted or caught up in something.

Example: After a long struggle, the cat managed to disentangle itself from the yarn.

Definition: To free something from being tangled or caught up, making it clear or separate.

Example: She tried to disentangle the necklace from her hair.

Definition: The process of freeing something from being twisted or tangled, or resolving a complicated situation.

Example: The disentanglement of the wires took longer than expected.