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Dissent (v orn)
(dissension,dissenter,dissenting) The vote was not unaniomous since one person dissented. |
to object, disagree, or differ
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Repudiate (v)
(Repudiation) The tobacco executive REPUDIATED his former support for the indusrty |
To disown, renounce ro reject
Decent against sumthing you never had, or shared (object) To repudate to to give up something that you arleady possesd (reject) |
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Harangue (n)
(haranguer, Haranguing) The politician delivered a boring HARANGUE on family values. |
A long, noisy, ranting speech- often pompous or scolding
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Chasten (v)
(CHastise) The harangue did not chasten the audience who continued to misbehave |
To punish in order to coreest; to subdue or restrain from excess
Harangue is verbal Chsten the punishment |
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Malediction (n)
(maledictory) The MALEDICTIONS uttered during his harange cuased us to reudiate him |
A curse or calling down evil upon someone; evil talk or slander
when someone uses words to talk evily (direct) a person to another person (im going to do that bad thing) |
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Imprecation (n)
(impercate, Imprecatory) In the odyssey, the cyclops howls IMPRECATIONS at the man who blinded him |
a curse or plea or prayer for evil or misfortune
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taunt (v)
(taunting, tauntingly) the reciver TAUNTED his opponent by shoving the ball in his face |
to mock, ridicule, jeer at, reproach scornfully
from person to person (or living creature) |
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Deride (v)
(derision,derisive,derisively) During his harangue, he derided the reputation of his political opponent. |
to mock, ridicule, or laugh at wiht contempt
to mock things that have to do with the person, apperance, actions etc |
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Derogatory (adj)
(derogate, derogation,derogatorily) He derided him with his DEROGATORY remarks |
belittling, disdainful, or tending to lessen in value
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cull (v)
(none) We culled the briised apples from the perfect ones |
to spearate out as useless; to gather, choose or collect
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