[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate:The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.Synonyms: retrogress , backslide , decline , worsen", "to diminish in quality, especially from a former state of coherence, balance, integrity, etc.:The debate degenerated into an exchange of insults.", "Pathology.to lose functional activity, as a tissue or .", "Evolution.(of a species or any of its traits or structures) to revert to a simple, less highly organized, or less functionally active type, as a parasitic plant that has lost its taproot or the vestigial wings of a flightless bird."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to cause degeneration ; bring about a decline, deterioration, or reversion in."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["having fallen below a normal or desirable level, especially in physical or moral qualities; deteriorated; degraded:a degenerate king.", "having lost, or become impaired with respect to, the qualities proper to the species or kind:a degenerate vine.", "characterized by or associated with degeneracy:degenerate times.", "Mathematics.pertaining to a limiting case of a mathematical system that is more symmetrical or simpler in form than the general case.", "Physics.(of modes of vibration of a system) having the same frequency.(of quantum states of a system) having equal energy.", "(of modes of vibration of a system) having the same frequency.", "(of quantum states of a system) having equal energy."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a person who has declined, as in morals or character, from a type or standard considered normal.", "a person or thing that reverts to an earlier stage of culture, development, or evolution.", "a sexual deviate."]}]