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

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

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Slander, false accusation

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

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Official condemnation, harsh criticism
(Censor Roman supervisor for morals)
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I won’t bother repeating his words, suffice to say they are the usual offensive DIATRIBE.

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Malicious criticism or abuse
(Dia- through + tribein to rub)
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CAUSTIC for eyes and skin Avoid contact with strong acids.

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Corrosive, sarcastic

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

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To cast of publicly
(Repudium divorce)
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The children were coached not to cry or ask questions, and above all to say nothing DEROGATORY about Saddam.

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Disparaging, belittling
(De- down, away)
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Mommy puts Sammy down while gently ADMONISHing her to be more careful.

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To reprimand mildly
(Ad- to + monere to warn)
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The reforms needed to be pushed through with real gusto, yet it was common for Gorbachev to DISPARAGE in his remarks about trade.

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To belittle; to demean
(Dis- apart+ dictus declared)
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So, even if Adams has effectively criticized a particular version of the indirect approach, he has not thereby IMPUGNed our approach.

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To attack as untrue, to refute by argument
(In- against + pugn to fight)
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I said: Because you have invoked curse and hurled MALEDICTION upon both of them.

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A curse
(Mal- bad + dictus declared)
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Note, I do not DENIGRATE the good intentions of those who gave birth to these abject social policy failures.

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To attack the character of, to disparage

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

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A long, critical, and pompous speech

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

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Tending to make worse
(Pejor worse)
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The process of demonization includes generalization, hyperbole, lies and outright SLANDER at times.

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