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Answer: Denigrate

The word denigrate derives from the Latin word denigratus which means to blacken (Oxford English Dictionary). Its first use appears in the early part of the 16th century. In most contexts, the word denigrate means to speak negatively about another person's character, personality, or work.

It also is used to suggest darkening, as in the example of rain clouds denigrating the sky during a storm.

Answer: Emigrate

The word emigrate is from the Latin emigratus meaning to move away from. (Oxford English Dictionary). Its first known usage was in the middle of the 18th century. People often confuse the terms emigration, immigration, and migration. Emigrate refers to exiting a country or place. Immigrate is used to denote entering or going into a country or place. Finally, the term migrate suggests there is no permanent settlement but denotes a general movement of animals or people from one place to another.

Answer: Deflagrate

The word deflagrate is from the Latin deflagratio, which derives from deflagrare, meaning to burn up (Oxford English Dictionary). The origin of the word is believed to be in the early part of the 17th century. The term deflagration describes fire in the context of everyday life that is a consequence of some form of thermal conductivity. Detonation is another term that describes combustion but the difference is the latter is supersonic combustion rather than subsonic.

Answer: Grater

Few kitchens in the Western world are without a form of grater in the kitchen cupboard. Invented by Mr. Francois Boullier in the 1540's, it became an instant hit among European housewives. In the United States, the grater is sometimes called a shredder. Graters come in all shapes and sizes, and in Jamaica it is not uncommon to see local musicians using a coconut grater as a musical instrument.

Answer: Ingrate

The word ingrate is from the Latin ingratus meaning not-pleasing or not-thankful. It also has a Middle English root in ingrat also meaning ungrateful (Oxford English Dictionary). There is a famous ballet by the Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi entitled "Il Ballo Delle Ingrate" which translates as "The Ball of the Ungrateful Ladies." It was first performed on the occasion of the marriage of Francesco Gonzaga in Mantua on June 4th 1608.

Answer: Photodisintegrate

Photodisintegration is a nuclear process also known by the name phototransmutation. Through this process a high energy gamma ray causes an atomic nucleus to enter an excited state resulting in immediate decay. A single neutron or proton is released from the nucleus by the incoming gamma ray.

The process of photodisintegration plays an active role in nucleosynthesis of proton-rich elements observed in supernovae. A supernova is the violent explosion that essentially ends a star's life.

Answer: Integrate

The word integrate is from the Latin integratus, the past participle of integrare, meaning to make whole or see complete (Oxford English Dictionary). During the Civil Rights movement in the United States, during the 1960's, integration was used to define admittance of all racial groups to equal membership in the institutions of American society. Martin Luther King, a Baptist preacher by profession, used the word integrate in many of his speeches.

In one speech he stated, "religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal.

It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with men and each man with himself."

Answer: Disintegrate

The word disintegrate can also be used to mean the loss of integrity or unity in something. In the late years of the 20th Century, the U.S.S.R. experienced a major geographical and political disintegration. In 1991, 15 separate states were created as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was dissolved: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Answer: Redintegrate

The word redintegrate comes from the Latin redintegrare meaning to renew or to complete (Oxford English Dictionary). The first known use of the word stems back to the early 15th century. The term has been used extensively in cognitive psychology when referencing the field of memory. The belief is that a small part of memory can remind a person of the entire memory. In literature, a great example of redintegration is seen in Marcle Proust's book "Remembrance of Things Past" (1922). During the protagonist's journey memories are triggered through the taste of a madeleine soaked in lime tea.

Answer: Grateful Dead

Formed in the San Francisco Bay area in 1965, the founding members of the "Grateful Dead" were Jerry Garcia on vocals, Bob Weir on guitar, Phil Lesh on bass, Ron McKernan on keyboards, and Bill Kreutzmann on drums. The band played an eclectic assortment of music fusing rock, jazz, country, reggae, bluegrass, folk, and psychedlic themes. In 2004, "Rolling Stone" magazine listed the 'Dead' as the #57th most influential rock band ever.