Deck 06 Flashcards
Proselyte
Person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert
Novitiate
State of being a novice of a religious order or congregation
Being a beginner in anything
Callow
Immature or inexperienced
(of a young bird) featherless; unfledged
Mordacious
Biting or given to biting
Sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc.
Mordant
Sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting
Burning, corrosive
Having the property of fixing colors, as in dying
Bacchanalia
A drunken feast; orgy
Debauchery
Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; intemperance
Excoriate
To denounce or berate severely; flay verbally
To strip off or remove the skin from
Lambaste
To beat or whip severely
To reprimand or berate harshly; censure; excoriate
Objurgate
To reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid hardly; berate sharply
Pillory
A wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision
To expose to public derision, ridicule, or abuse
Remonstrate
To say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval
Reprove
To criticize or correct, especially gently
To disapprove of strongly; censure
Revile
To assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively
Defunct
No longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning; dead; extinct
