lean : thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.
- Broadened, Amelioration- this is because it has become a more positive definition of the word as before it was more associated with someone being thin due to starvation. However, now it is used for healthy and fit people.
Novice: a person new to and inexperienced in a job or situation.
- Broadened- The meaning before was linked just to people part of a religious group, however now it is associated with people in any job or situation.
Revolutionary: A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form.
- Amelioration- The meaning has become more positive as before it was meant someone who favours overthrowing the government.
Lewd: Crude or offensive in a sexual way
- pejoration- this is because the word has taken on a more negative meaning as before it meant someone who didn't have an official position in church.
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