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The prefix de- means away. Another word with this prefix is detach.
It means negative, and reduce form of that word.
debate
Delight.
creme de la creme
Yes, shortcoming's synonym word: defect.
"de crypt" is probably another word for "decode"--to translate a coded word or message into understandable text; a language you understand. To unscramble. To "figure out."
the verb "to work" is travailler. there is another word for the noun "work", travail, and another for a work of art/music, oevre
Close, court or dead end.
cul-de-sac also - court
pseudonym For a writer .Nome de Plume For a criminal, alias