Thursday, August 28, 2008

decry vs. descry

decry
v.
to condemn openly

similar: disparage, derogate, depreciate, belittle, downgrade

descry
v.
to scry (short for descry!)
to catch sight of (something difficult to discern)
to detect, discover by careful observation or scrutiny

similar: scry
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