Advanced Comp. Vocab #1

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recrimination

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(n) - a countercharge or counter accusation

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carp

Back 2

(v) - to talk compaliningly or find fault

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gibe

Back 3

(v) - to taunt, muck, or ease sarcastically

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twit

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(v) - to taunt, gibe, or redicule lightly

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chaff

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(v) - to make fun in a good natured way

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raillery

Back 6

(n) - light and goodnatured teasing, redicule, or satire

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lampoon

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(v) - to redicule or satirize in writing

(malicious or abusive)

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burlesque

Back 8

(n) - Any broadly comic or satirical imitation.

(handles trivial matters with seriousness)

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gripe

Back 9

(v) - to grumble or complain

(to grasp or clutch, to afflict, oppress, or hurt; to irritate or anger. As a noun it refers to suffering, a complaint, or intestinal pain)

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remonstrate

Back 10

(v) - to protest, object, or complain

(remonstrance is the noun form)

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discountenance

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(v) to frown on, discourage, or disapprove.

(countenance used as a reference for facial expression. means to support or approve. Discountance can sometimes mean to put out of favor or to shame.)

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admonish

Back 12

(v) - to caution against, advise, or warn mildly

(admonition)

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upbraid

Back 13

(v) - to scold or criticze severely

(upbraid means the same as reprehend, rebuke, and reproof)

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reprehend

Back 14

(v) - to reprimand, find fault with, or voice disapproval of.

(reprehend is usally used with quality or action. You reprimand a person. Adj: reprehensible.)

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rebuke

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(v) - to criticize or reprimand severely.

(in upbraiding, the scolding would take longer)

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reproof

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(n) - an expression of disapproval or mild reprimand

(verb form is reprove. Reproof is a shade milder than a rebuke.)

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travesty

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(n) - A grotesque imitation or rediculous distortion.