Decline and respectfully decline.
Lexikon, which itself descends from Greek lexis (meaning "word" or "speech"), also gave us lexicon, which can mean either "dictionary" or "the vocabulary of a language, speaker, or subject."
The answer here would be D
Power of what? The world?
Answer:
2 Ravenna, Italy, has become a less important cultural and political center than it was in the past.
