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Criticism-Vocab 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aspersions | Latin ad "at;toward"+spargere "to strew" n. Attacks on a person's character or honestry; damaging or unfavorable remarks. |
| Compuntion | Latin com-"together"+pungere"tp prick" n. A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt; a sting of conscience or pang of guilt (compunción, remordimiento, escrúpulo, no tener ningún reparo en...) |
| Derision | Latin de-"completely"+ridere"to laugh at" n. Hateful or mocking laughter; ridicule (escarnio, irrisión, mofar, burla, irrisorio) v. Deride (ridiculizar, burlarse o reirse de) adj. Derisive (desdeñoso y burlón) |
| Disapprobation | Latin dis-"not" + ab-"to" + probare"to test" n. Moral disapproval(desaprobación) |
| Ostracize | Greek ostrakon"shell; potsherd" v. To banish or exclude from a group; to shun (condenar al ostracismo, desterrar, expulsar, excluir). n. Ostracism(o) |
| Rebuke | Latin re-"back"+Old French buker"to strike or chop wood" v. To criticize sharply (reprender a alguien por algo) n. Strong criticism (reprimenda, reprensión fuerte) |
| Revulsion | Latin re-"back"+vellere"to tear" n. A sudden, intense feeling of digust(repugnancia, asco) |
| Scurrilous | Latin scurra"buffoon" adj. Vulgar, coarse, or avusive in expression; foul-mouthed (difamatorio, malhablado o grosero) |
| Spurn | Old English spurnan"to kick; to strike against" v. To reject scornfully (deseñar, rechazar) |
| Vitriolic | Latin vitreolus "of glass" adj. Intensely and bitterly harsh; stinging (cáustico: modaz, agresivo) n. Vitriol: another word for sulfuric acid (cáustico: que quema o corroe lo tejidos orgánicos). n. Vitriol (cáustico: modaz, agresivo) |