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List 19 for Ms. Ferg
List 19 for Ms. Ferguson's Honors
| word | definition |
|---|---|
| accolade | 1) an approving or praising mention; award 2) touch used in conderring knighthood |
| accost | to approach and speak to (often in an challenging way) |
| admonition | a warning or a gentle rebuke |
| anathema | 1) a thing or person accursed; abomination 2) any strong or formal curse, as occurs in excommunicating a person from a church |
| ascribe | to attribute to a cause or source |
| calumny | a false, malicious accusation; slander |
| chide | to scold; upbraid |
| cynical | inclinded to question the sincerity and goodness of people's motives and actions |
| deprecate | to express disapproval |
| deride | to ridicule; to laugh at in scorn |
| derogatory | belittling; disparaging |
| diatribe | a bitter, abusive speech |
| discomfiture | embarrassment; frustration; disappointment |
| disparage | to discredit; to belittle |
| encomium | an expression of high praise |
| eulogy | a speech of praise, esp. as a funeral oration |
| excoriate | to scold severely or to accuse of wrongdoing in very strong terms |
| execration | a curse |
| expostulate | to reason earnestly with |
| flay | 1) to strip off the skin of 2) to criticize or scold mercilessly |
| gibe | (v) to jeer or scoff (at) (n) a jeer or taunt |
| harangue | (n) a noisy, ranting speech; a tirade (v) to give such a speech |
| ignominy | shame; disgrace;dishonor |
| importune | to trouble with requests or demands |
| imprecation | a curse; prayer or innvocation for evil or misfortune |
| impugn | to oppose or challenge as false |
| impute | to attribute or charge (esp. with a fault or crime) |
| innuendo | an indirect remark, usually implying something derogatory; an insinuation |
| invective | a violent verbal attack; denunciation; vituperation |
| inveigh | to make a violent verbal attack; to utter invective; to rail |
| laudable | praise-worthy |
| malediction | a curse |
| malign | (v) to slander (adj.) malevolent; evil; harmful |
| obloquy | 1) verbal abuse, esp. widespread censure 2) disgrace resulting from this |
| odium | state of being offensive; hateful; repugnant; opprobrium; disgrace resulting from hateful conduct |
| opprobrium | the disgrace attached to shameful conduct; scorn |
| panegyric | a formal speech or writing of praise; eulogy |
| remonstrate | to argue against or object to some action |
| reprove | to express disapproval; rebuke; censure |
| retort | (n) a sharp reply (v) to make such a reply |
| sardonic | sneering or sarcastic |
| scurrilious | expressed in coarse and abusive language; foul-mouthed |
| stigmatize | to mark as disgraceful |
| stultify | 1) to make worthless or useless; to cripple 2) to cause to appear foolish or stupid |
| sully | to make or become soiled or defile (almost always used metaphorically) |
| tirade | a long, violent, abusive speech; a diatribe |
| travesty | a farcical or grotesque imitation |
| turpitude | baseness; vilness; depravity; low, wicked, disgusting behavior |
| upbraid | to scold or reproach severely |
| vilify | to use abusive or slanderous language about; to revile or defame |
| vituperation | sustained and bitter scolding and condemnation |
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