Advanced Comp. Vocab #1
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- recrimination
- (n) - a countercharge or counter accusation
- carp
- (v) - to talk compaliningly or find fault
- gibe
- (v) - to taunt, muck, or ease sarcastically
- twit
- (v) - to taunt, gibe, or redicule lightly
- chaff
- (v) - to make fun in a good natured way
- raillery
- (n) - light and goodnatured teasing, redicule, or satire
- lampoon
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(v) - to redicule or satirize in writing
(malicious or abusive) - burlesque
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(n) - Any broadly comic or satirical imitation.
(handles trivial matters with seriousness) - gripe
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(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) - remonstrate
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(v) - to protest, object, or complain
(remonstrance is the noun form) - 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.) - admonish
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(v) - to caution against, advise, or warn mildly
(admonition) - upbraid
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(v) - to scold or criticze severely
(upbraid means the same as reprehend, rebuke, and reproof) - reprehend
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(v) - to reprimand, find fault with, or voice disapproval of.
(reprehend is usally used with quality or action. You reprimand a person. Adj: reprehensible.) - rebuke
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(v) - to criticize or reprimand severely.
(in upbraiding, the scolding would take longer) - 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.) - travesty
- (n) - A grotesque imitation or rediculous distortion.