2.10 If You Can't Say Anyhthing Nice...

Question 0

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape CALUMNY.

Answer 0

Slander, false accusation

C

Question 1

CENSURE the Sudanese government over Darfur at the Security Council have been effectively wrecked by the Chinese.

Answer 1

Official condemnation, harsh criticism
(Censor Roman supervisor for morals)
C

Question 2

I won’t bother repeating his words, suffice to say they are the usual offensive DIATRIBE.

Answer 2

Malicious criticism or abuse
(Dia- through + tribein to rub)
D

Question 3

CAUSTIC for eyes and skin Avoid contact with strong acids.

Answer 3

Corrosive, sarcastic

C

Question 4

Baptist ministers indignantly REPUDIATEd the idea that the Baptist churches are composed of the poor of the world.

Answer 4

To cast of publicly
(Repudium divorce)
R

Question 5

The children were coached not to cry or ask questions, and above all to say nothing DEROGATORY about Saddam.

Answer 5

Disparaging, belittling
(De- down, away)
D

Question 6

Mommy puts Sammy down while gently ADMONISHing her to be more careful.

Answer 6

To reprimand mildly
(Ad- to + monere to warn)
A

Question 7

The reforms needed to be pushed through with real gusto, yet it was common for Gorbachev to DISPARAGE in his remarks about trade.

Answer 7

To belittle; to demean
(Dis- apart+ dictus declared)
D

Question 8

So, even if Adams has effectively criticized a particular version of the indirect approach, he has not thereby IMPUGNed our approach.

Answer 8

To attack as untrue, to refute by argument
(In- against + pugn to fight)
I

Question 9

I said: Because you have invoked curse and hurled MALEDICTION upon both of them.

Answer 9

A curse
(Mal- bad + dictus declared)
M

Question 10

Note, I do not DENIGRATE the good intentions of those who gave birth to these abject social policy failures.

Answer 10

To attack the character of, to disparage

D

Question 11

Under the scathing criticism of the opposition the pent-up fury of the original speaker vented itself into a fiery HARANGUE.

Answer 11

A long, critical, and pompous speech

H

Question 12

The senator suggested that discussing the issue dispassionately would be more productive than slinging PEJORATIVE personal comments.

Answer 12

Tending to make worse
(Pejor worse)
P

Question 13

The process of demonization includes generalization, hyperbole, lies and outright SLANDER at times.

Answer 13

False comments that injure another’s reputation
(Scandalum scandal)
S