Vocab #7 Criticism

Question 1

Aspersions

Answer 1

Noun

Attacks on a person’s character or honesty; damaging or unfavorable remarks

Question 2

Compunction

Answer 2

Noun

A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilty; a strong conscience or pang of guilt

Question 3

Derision

Answer 3

Noun

Hateful or mocking laughter; ridicule

Question 4

Disapprebation

Answer 4

Noun

Moral diapproval

Question 5

Ostracize

Answer 5

Noun

To banish or exclude from a group; to shun

Question 6

Rebuke

Answer 6

Verb
To criticize sharply
Noun
Strong criticizm

Question 7

Revulsm

Answer 7

Noun

A sudden, intense feeling of disgust

Question 8

Scurrilous

Answer 8

Adj

vulgar, coarse, or abusive in expression; foul-mouthed

Question 9

Spurn

Answer 9

Verb

To reject scornfully

Question 10

Vitriolic

Answer 10

Adj

Intensely and bitterly harsh, stinging