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vocab lesson 10:
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |