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Word: castigation

Definition: punishment; severe criticism or disapproval


More Vocab Words

::: affront - insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally
::: turpitude - depravity; baseness; Ex. moral turpitude
::: rendition - rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc
::: polarize - split into opposite extremes or camps
::: vehement - forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence
::: expenditure - payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy
::: manacle - restrain; handcuff; N.
::: dismiss - eliminate from consideration; no longer consider; put out of court without further hearing; reject; discharge from employment; direct to leave; ADJ. dismissive; N. dismissal
::: glutton - someone who eats too much; ADJ. gluttonous: given to gluttony; greedy; CF. gluttony: habit of eating too much
::: flamboyant - ornate; highly elaborate; richly colored; ostentatious; showy; CF. flame