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vocab lesson 10:
Question | Answer |
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censure | official condemnation; harsh criticism |
calumny | slander; false accusation |
diatribe | milicious criticism or abuse |
caustic | corrosive; sarcastic |
repudiate | to cast off publicly |
derogatory | disparaging; belittling |
admonish | to reprimand mildly |
disparage | to belittle; to demean |
impugn | to attack as untrue; to refute by argument |
malediction | a curse |
denigrate | to attack the chracter of; to disparage |
harangue | a long, critical, and pompous speech |
pejorative | tending to make worse |
slander | false comments that injure another's reputation |