Question

Identify the process illustrated.

Rent. (From Latin reddita, meaning things that are returned.) Rente, the French original of rent, meant income. The English meaning is income from property.

amelioration
pejoration
generalization
specialization

Answer 1

everything I typed just got erased -__- give me a sec to retype it

Answer 2

amelioration is the act of making something better or improving something

pejoration is the process of degenerating (or worsening)

generalization is a general statement obtained by inference from specific instances

specialization is a method of production where a business or area focuses on the production of a limited range of products or services in order to gain greater degrees of productive efficiency within the entire system of businesses or area (basically focusing on the production of a limited range of items)

Answer 3

now which one do you think it is?

Answer 4

pejoration?

Answer 5

I think A and B can be eliminated because it doesn't really have to do with making something better or worse

Answer 6

I think it's C because you're using past definitions of the word, in different languages, to help you define it

Answer 7

yeah thank you :)

Answer 8

good :)