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n. sustained and bitter attack or condemnation; blame
vituperation
adj. bitterly severe; harsh; sharp
vitriolic
v. to reject or refuse disdainfully
spurn
adj. using or expressed in vulgar and abusive language; foul-mouthed
scurrilous
v. to criticize or reprimand charply and sternly
n. words or actions expressing strong disapproval; a scolding
rebuke
v. to banish or exclude from a group; shun
ostracize
adj. a) extremely inferior; very bad
b) detestable; hateful
execrable
v. to laugh at in scorn; scoff at; mock
deride
v. a) to express disapproval of
b) to belittle; depreciate
deprecate
n. a) a damaging or false statement
b) the act of defaming or slandering
aspersion
n. a) unreasonable stubbornness
b) the inclination to impose one's will on others
willfulness
adj. easily managed or controlled; docile
tractable
n. a) an act of willing, choosing, or deciding; power or capability of determining
b) a conscious choice; decision
volition
v. to prevent or reduce the anger of; soothe; appease
propitiate
n. a) an act of doing as another wishes or yielding to a request or command
b) a tendency to yield to others
compliance
n. a spirit of loyalty, mutual trust, and good will between or among friends or comrades
camaraderie
adj. firm and unyielding in purpose or opinion; inflexible
adamant
v. to consent or comply passively or without protest
acquiesce
n. a) agreement; harmony
b) a settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions
v. to give wholeheartedly; grand readily
to be in agreement, harmony, or unity
accord
adj. willing to help; obliging
accommodating
adj. a) readily bent; pliant
b) moving and bending with agility; limber
c) yielding or changing readily; compliant or adptable
supple
v. to duplicate, copy, or repeat
replicate
n. a) a copy or reproduction of a work of art, especially one made by the original artist
b) a copy or reproduction
replica
n. a condition or situation of difficult or adversity
plight
adj. incapable of being explained or interpreted
inexplicable
adj. a) implied or understood although not expressed
b) contained in the nature of somehing, although not readily apparent
c. having no doubts; unquestioning
implicit
v. a) to involve or connect incriminatingly
b) to involve or suggest by logical necessity
implicate
v. to explain; make meaning clear
explicate
v. a) to station systematically over an area
b) to spread out to form an extended front
deploy
n. involvement as an accomplice in a crime or wrongdoing
complicity
v. to ask persistently; to beg
importune
adj. best; most favorable; ideal
optimum
n. a violent change
cataclysm
adj. open to more than one interpretation
ambiguous
v. improve someone morally
edify
v. to stare angrily
glower
adj. local; narrow; limited
parochial
v. to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses
extenuate
v. to pierce with a sharp stake through the body
impale
v. to confuse; to bewilder
obfuscate
v. to turn aside from a course; to stray
deviate
adj. fertile; productive
fecund
adj. accidental; nonessential
adventitious
adj. in good faith
bona fide
adj. ordinary or dull
pedestrian
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