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DISSENT (V or N)
(dissension, dissenter, dissenting) |
to object, disagree, or differ
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The vote was not unamimous since one person DISSENTED
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REPUDIATE (V)
(Repudiation) |
to disown, renounce, or reject
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The tobacco executive REPUDIATED his former support for the industry
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HARANGUE (N)
(HARANGUER, HARANGUING) |
a long noisy, ranting speech- ofthen pompous or scolding -->verbal- thorugh the use of words
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The politician delivered a boring HARANGUE on family values
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CHASTEN (V)
(chastise) |
to punish in order to correct; to subdue or restrain from excess--> the actual action of punishing
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The harangue did not CHASTEN the audience who continued to misbehave
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MALEDICTION (N)
(maledictory) |
a curse or calling down evil upon someone; evil talk or slander
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The MALEDICTIONS uttered during his harangue caused us to repudiate him
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IMPRECATION (N)
(imprecate, imprecatory) |
a curse or plea or prayer fir evil or misfortune--> indirect
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In The Odyssey, the cyclop howls IMPRECATIONS at the man who blinded him
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TAUNT (V)
(taunting, tauntingly) |
to mock, ridicule, jeer at, reproach scornfully--> from person to living creature
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The receiver taunted his opponent by shoving the ball in his face
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DERIDE (V)
(derision, derisive, derisively) |
to mock, ridicule, or laugh at with CONTEMPT
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During his harangue, he DERIDED the reputation of his political opponent
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DEROGATORY (ADJ)
(derogate, derogation, derogatorily) |
belittling, disdainful, or tending to lessen in value
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He derided him with his DEROGATORY remarks
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CULL (V)
( none) |
to separate out as useless; to gather choose, or collect
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We CULLED the bruised apples from the perfect ones
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