Advantage Vocab List 2
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- abhor
- to hate
- abhorrence
- strong hatred
- abolition
- elimination
- acerbic
- sharp; bitter
- acrimony
- bitterness; hostility
- acrimonious
- bitter
- adverse
- opposing; unfavorable
- adversary
- enemy
- affront
- to insult
- alienate
- to make unfriendly or hostile
- antipathy
- intense dislike
- apathy
- lack of interest; indifference
- apathetic
- lacking interest
- aspersion
- insult
- aversion
- hatred
- averse
- opposed
- banal
- boring
- banish
- to force to leave
- bar
- to keep out; to exclude
- disbar
- to expel a lawyer from law practice
- belittle
- to criticize
- bemoan
- to regret or disapprove of deeply
- berate
- to scold; to criticize
- bias
- a preference; a prejudice
- unbiased
- fair
- biting
- sharp; sarcastic
- bungle
- to mess up; to make stupid mistakes
- callous
- unfeeling; hard
- calumny
- a false, harmful statement; slander
- carp
- to complain
- castigate
- to punish or criticize harshly
- catcall
- sound of disapproval
- caustic
- sarcastic
- censor
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1. one with power to stop publication
2. to block out offensive material - censure
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1. to criticize harshly
2. extreme disapproval; punishment - chagrin
- strong embarassment or dissapointment
- chasten
- to punish; to discipline
- chastise
-
1. to criticize harshly
2. to punish - chide
- to scold; to express disapproval
- complacent
- self-satisfied; smug
- condemn
- to disapprove, to pronounce guilty; to sentence
- condemnatory
- strongly disapproving
- condescend
- to talk down to
- condescension
- arrogance; acting superior
- contempt
- hatred
- contrive
- to plan; to scheme
- contrivance
- clever or artificial trick or device
- critic
- one who makes unfavorable comments
- critical
-
1. negative; criticizing
2. very important - crude
-
1. rude; unrefined
2. raw; unpurified - cynic
- a critical, negative person
- cynical
- doubting
- cynicism
- doubt or pessimism
- decry
- to criticize publicly
- defame
- to attack someone's reputation
- deflate
- to discourage
- defunct
- dead
- degrade
- to dishonor
- demean
- to lower in worth, character, or respect
- denigrate
- to criticize
- denounce
- to cricize openly or formally
- denunciation
- public criticism
- deplore
-
1. to regret deeply, to mourn
2. to criticize - deplorable
-
1. regrettable
2. deserving criticism - deprecate
- to criticize
- depreciate
- to lose value
- deride
- to ridicule
- derisive
- ridiculing; mocking
- derogatory
- insulting
- deteriorate
- to decay; to become worse
- detract
- to take away; to diminish value
- deviate
- to go off course
- devious
- dishonest; sneaky
- deviation
- abnormality
- diatribe
- a long angry speech
- diffident
- shy
- discriminate
- to notice differences
- discriminatory
- biased
- indiscriminate
- random
- undiscriminating
- lacking judgement
- disdain
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1. to look down on; to scorn
2. arrogant contempt; scorn - disdainful
- expressing hatred or scorn
- dismissive
- rejecting; showing indifference
- disparage
- to criticize; to disrespect
- distort
- to twist or change
- dormant
- asleep
- dreary
- gloomy
- ego
- excessive pride in oneself
- egotism
- conceit
- elude
- to excape capture or understanding
- elusive
- hard to catch or understand; evasive
- enmity
- hatred
- eradicate
- to get rid of
- err
- to make a mistake
- erroneous
- false
- estrange
- to keep at a distance
- estrangement
- an unfriendly seperation
- evade
- to avoid
- evasive
- avoiding
- evict
- to force out
- exacerbate
- to make worse
- exasperate
- to frusterate
- exclusive
- selective
- execrate
- to detest deeply
- execrable
- detestable; very bad
- fallacy
- false idea
- fallacious
- false
- fallible
- likely to be wrong
- farce
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1. an exaggerated comedy
2. a ridiculous and meaningless show; a mockery - farcical
- ridiculous
- fastidious
- fussy; difficult to please
- flawed
- imperfect
- flippant
- disrespectfully joking or casual
- folly
- foolish behavior
- fraudulent
- fake; dishonest
- defraud
- to cheat
- fricasee
- to criticize
- gibe
- to ridicule
- glutton
- one who eats too much
- grievance
- complaint
- grimace
- a facial expression of disapproval or pain
- gross
- vulgar
- grudge
- to resent
- grudging
- resentful; unwilling
- begrudge
- to resent
- grump
- to complain; to criticize
- gullible
- believing everything
- haphazard
- careless
- harangue
- a long arrogant speech
- hypocrisy
- insincerity
- hypocrite
- an insincere person
- illusion
- false impression
- illusory
- deceptive; unreal
- disillusion
- to free from false belief
- inane
- silly; meaningless
- indict
- to accuse formally of a crime
- inept
- clumsy
- inexorible
- inflexible
- inimical
- unfriendly
- insidious
- dangerous in a subtle way
- insipid
- tasteless
- insulate
- to protect from outside forces
- insular
- isolated
- invective
- insult
- isolate
- to set apart; seperate
- jaded
- bored
- jeer
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1. to ridicule
2. an insult - lampoon
- to ridicule
- lethargic
- tired; lazy
- libel
- lies that harm someones reputation
- libelous
- harmful and untrue
- listless
- lacking energy
- loathe
- to hate
- loath
- reluctant
- ludicrous
- ridiculous
- malediction
- a curse
- malefactor
- an evildoer
- malevolent
- hostile
- malice
- ill will; evil intent
- malign
- to speak lies about; to slander
- malignancy
- harmfulness
- marginal
- insignificant
- mediocre
- average
- melodrama
- exaggerated emotions
- mere
- minor
- merely
- only
- misanthrope
- one who dislikes all people
- mock
-
1. fake
2. to ridicule; to mimic - mockery
- scornful mockery
- monotony
- boredom
- mordant
- very sarcastic
- mundane
- ordinary
- neglect
- to fail to take care of
- negligent
- careless
- negligible
- insignificant
- nondescript
- lacking distinct characteristics
- notorious
- famous for something bad
- obsession
- infatuation
- odious
- hateful
- onerous
- troublesome
- ostracize
- to exclude
- overbearing
- arrogant
- oversight
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1. careless mistake
2. supervision - pan
- to criticize
- pariah
- an outcast
- parody
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1. humorous imitation
2. to ridicule through imitation - pejoritive
- insulting
- pretense
- a false appearance
- pretentious
- pretending to be important or fancy
- pretension
- a false claim; showiness
- unpretentious
- modest
- provincial
- narrow-minded
- prurient
- indecent; lustful
- pungent
- harsh; sharp in smell or taste
- querulous
- complaining
- rail
- to complain
- rancor
- hatred
- rancorous
- bitterly resentful
- rebuff
- to refuse bluntly
- rebuke
- to criticize
- reclusive
- living alone
- remiss
- careless
- remonstrate
- to scold
- remote
- distant
- renounce
- to disown publicly
- renunciation
- rejection
- reprehend
- to criticize
- reproach
- to scold
- irreproachable
- blameless
- reprove
- to criticize
- repudiate
- to reject
- repugnant
- offensive; disgusting
- repugnance
- disgust
- rescind
- to take back; repeal
- resigned
- accepting the inevitable
- resignation
- hopeless acceptance
- revile
- to insult
- revulsion
- extreme disgust
- ridicule
- to make fun of
- rigor
- strictness
- rigorous
- strict
- sabotage
- intentional damage
- sardonic
- sarcastic
- satire
- the use of ridicule to expose a flaw
- satiric
- ridiculing
- scathing
- harshly critical
- unscathed
- undamaged
- scoff
- to ridicule; to mock
- scorn
- to show dislike and disrespect
- sever
- to seperate
- shun
- to reject; to avoid
- slander
- to harm by making a false statement
- slight
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1. to insult
2. an insult
3. small - slur
- to speak unclearly; an insult
- smug
- self-satisfied
- sneer
- to show scorn
- snide
- arrogantly insulting
- sniff
- to express disapproval
- soporific
- boring
- spiteful
- hateful; mean
- spurn
- to reject openly
- stagnate
- to stop moving; to stop developing
- stagnation
- inactivity
- stickler
- a picky and demanding person
- stringent
- strict; harsh
- sully
- to dirty
- superficial
- shallow
- taunt
- to tease
- tedium
- boredom
- tentative
- uncertain