• DEFINE: noun - an amount or quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created within a given period;
• verb - to give away; move in order to make room for someone or something; to be the cause or source of
• SYNONYMS: GENERATE, RENDER,  ESTABLISH, CREATE; CONCEDE; EARN; OUTPUT (N)
• SENTENCE:The yield of the recipe was twelve brownies. To avoid being tripped, Mary was forced to yield to the children on her way to the brownie plate.

• DEFINE: verb - to dress or groom with elaborate care; to pride or congratulate self for one's achievement;
• to take pride or satisfaction in one'self; gloat; to swell with pride
• SYNONYMS: CLEAN; GLOAT; ADMIRE;
• SENTENCE: We are expected to preen ourselves daily. Many animals engage in preening themselves.

DEFINE: NOUN - means willfully neglecting one's responsibilities or principles; tendency to be uncaring;

a state of abandonment or deserting

law - land gained with recession of water

SYNONYMS: DELINGUENCY; CARELESSNESS; RENUNCIATION; REMISSNESS; NONFEASANCE

SENTENCE: He pleaded guilty to willful dereliction of duty; If you are letting things go, you are engaged in dereliction. Not mowing your lawn is an example of dereliction; so is not feeding your children. Someone can be fired for dereliction of duty, meaning they have failed to do their job

• DEFINE: VERB - to corrupt morally; to treat or use something/someone with irreverence; disrespect
• adjective - showing irreverence toward God or sacred things; irreligious; blasphemous; marked by comtempt
• SYNONYMS: VULGAR, COARSE, CORRUPT, VIOLATE
• SENTENCE:

We are by nature incurably drawn to ritual in the realms of both the sacred and the profane.

• DEFINE: verb - to accuse formally or the be charge of a crime; to accuse of wrongdoing
• SYNONYMS: CHARGE, PROSECUTE; SUMMON; IMPEACH
• SENTENCE: he was later indicted on corruption charges but found .....

DEFINE: NOUN - a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do; Failure to perform an act that is either an official duty or a legal requirement.

SYNONYMS: DERELICTION; MALFEASANCE

SENTENCE: The  question of nonfeasance left the plaintiff facing a loss of his position in office.