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calamity
(kuh-LAMM-ih-tee)
NOUN:
An event causing great misfortune or disaster; misery that results from a disaster.
(KAL-uss)
ADJECTIVE:
Unconcerned about others’ feelings; heartless.
(KAL-um-nee)
NOUN:
A false or slanderous statement made with malicious intent; defamation.
(kuh-NARD)
NOUN:
A false accusation or fabrication; a rumor.
It was cruel of Colette to invent such a CANARD about her sister, especially considering how many others she told.
(kan-TANG-ker-us)
ADJECTIVE:
Argumentative or irritable.
(KAP-shuss)
ADJECTIVE:
Describes a person who is extremely critical and often finds fault with others for trivial matters.
(karp)
VERB:
To complain loudly and excessively, particularly about trivial matters.
There is no need to continue to CARP about your dislike for tonight’s dinner; tomorrow night you can prepare your own.
(KASS-tuh-gate)
VERB:
To reprimand or punish severely; criticize.
(kat-uh-KLIZZ-uhm)
NOUN:
A sudden and destructive change or upheaval; a catastrophe.
(KOSS-tick)
ADJECTIVE:
Biting or particularly sarcastic; scathing.
(KAV-ihl)
VERB:
To complain or split hairs regarding trivial matters.
(sen-SOR-ee-us)
ADJECTIVE:
Extremely disapproving or critical; stern.
(SEN-sher)
VERB:
To fault or disapprove of something; criticize. As a noun, the word refers to extreme criticism.
(chayf)
VERB:
To rub or cause friction; to irritate or annoy.
(shuh-GRIN)
NOUN:
Feeling humiliated or mortified as a result of an embarrassing situation.
Though it gave her much CHAGRIN, Petra held her head high and walked through the crowd with half of her dress missing.
He enter’d,
but he enter’d full of wrath.
—J
OHN
K
EATS
(chyd)
VERB:
To scold or reprimand someone; reproach.
(KAHL-er)
NOUN:
Anger or irritability.
(KLAM-uhr)
NOUN:
A loud uproar or disturbance; upheaval.
(klowt)
NOUN:
The influence or importance a person or thing holds; as a verb, it means to hit somebody with one’s hand.
(kuh-LOOD)
VERB:
To conspire or scheme with someone for the purpose of doing something illegal.
Tonight we will COLLUDE with the other thieves in preparation for tomorrow’s heist.
(kum-PLIS-it)
ADJECTIVE:
To be involved in something illicit.
(kun-TEMP-choo-us)
ADJECTIVE:
Expressing disdain or disapproval; scornful.
(kuhn-TEN-chuss)
ADJECTIVE:
Having a tendency to disagree or fight; argumentative.
Our marriage has become increasingly CONTENTIOUS; it seems we can no longer go a day without an argument.
(kon-truh-VEEN)
VERB:
To disobey or break a rule.
(kun-TRYV)
VERB:
To plot or scheme; to accomplish something by being clever.
(KON-truh-VERT)
VERB:
To strongly oppose something; refute.
In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of other people’s wrath.
—K
AHLIL
G
IBRAN
(kon-TYOO-muh-lee)
NOUN:
Insulting or contemptuous behavior or language arising from arrogance.
(koo duh GRAHS)
NOUN:
The final event or stroke that brings a situation to a conclusion; a death blow.
Most believe it was the suspicion of sorcery that was the COUP DE GRÂCE for Mary’s beheading, but others feel it was long in coming.
(kul-puh-BILL-ih-tee)
NOUN:
Accountability or responsibility for some sort of wrongdoing.
dander
(DAN-der)
NOUN:
Anger or bad humor.
(DAWNT-luss)
ADJECTIVE:
Unable to be frightened or intimidated; fearless.
Years of crime and abuse made him DAUNTLESS; even backed into a corner and outnumbered, he was not afraid.
(DED-lok)
NOUN:
A standstill that occurs when two opposing forces can no longer progress any further in a dispute; impasse.
(dih-BA-kull)
NOUN:
A disaster or catastrophe; an absolute fiasco.
(dih-BAYS)
VERB:
To reduce in value or status.
(dih-CRY)
VERB:
To criticize or condemn; belittle.
(dih-FAYS)
VERB:
To ruin or damage the appearance of something; soil.
(def-uh-MAY-shun)
NOUN:
An unfounded attack on someone’s reputation; slander.
You must apologize to Irene for announcing her misdeeds to the public; such DEFAMATION was not warranted.
(dee-FEN-uh-STRAY-shun)
NOUN:
The act of throwing an object or person out of a window.
(dayn)
VERB:
To condescend or demean oneself; to stoop.
(del-ih-TEER-ee-us)
ADJECTIVE:
An effect that is harmful or damaging.
(de-LOO-zhun)
NOUN:
A false illusion or belief; fallacy.
Even with your success as a model, your extreme self-loathing has you under the DELUSION that you are not beautiful.
(DEN-ih-grayt)
VERB:
To disparage one’s character or reputation; defame.
(dih-NOWNTS)
VERB:
To criticize harshly; condemn.
(de-PLOHR-uh-bull)
ADJECTIVE:
Wretched or dreadful.
(dih-POHZ)
VERB:
To remove someone from a position of authority. In a legal sense, it means to record the testimony of someone who is under oath.
(duh-PRAYVD)
ADJECTIVE:
Immoral or wicked; degenerate.
(dih-PRAV-ih-tee)
NOUN:
A state of corruption or immorality; wickedness.
(DEP-rih-kate)
VERB:
To condemn or belittle a person, thing, or idea; criticize.
(dih-RAYNJ)
VERB:
To throw into disorder; to disturb the condition of; to make insane.
(dih-RYD)
VERB:
To ridicule or mock someone with malicious intent; disparage.
(de-RIZH-un)
NOUN:
Scorn or contempt for a person, thing, or idea.
Her unfounded DERISION for cultures other than her own made traveling to foreign countries loathsome.
(dih-ROG-uh-tore-ee)
ADJECTIVE:
Insulting or offensive; disparaging.
(DESS-ih-krayt)
VERB:
To damage or destroy something sacred; defile.
(DESS-po-tiz-um)
NOUN:
Authoritarian rule.
Despotism
is a system where one dominant figure exercises complete power.
Since Hitler’s DESPOTISM, Germans have been wary of authority figures emerging from nowhere and gaining power quickly.
(DAY-tahnt)
NOUN:
From the French word meaning “to slacken,”
détente
is a reduction of hostility in a strained relationship.
(det-rih-MEN-tul)
ADJECTIVE:
Having a damaging or harmful effect.
(dye-uh-BOL-ih-kul)
ADJECTIVE:
Stemming from the word for “devil,” something that is
diabolical
is wicked or evil.
(DY-uh-tryb)
NOUN:
An abusive verbal or written attack against a person or idea.
(dy-KOT-uh-mee)
NOUN:
The division of two contrasting parts or ideas.
(diss-uh-BYOOZ)
VERB:
To realize or force someone else to realize that an incorrect notion is, in fact, incorrect.
(dis-ap-ruh-BAY-shuhn)
NOUN:
Disapproval; moral condemnation.
(diss-kum-BOB-yoo-layt)
VERB:
To confuse or disconcert.
It is easy to DISCOMBOBULATE your blind sister by rearranging the furniture.
(diss-KUM-fit)
VERB:
To confuse or embarrass someone; to frustrate one’s plans.
(diss-KUM-fort)
NOUN:
Mental or bodily distress or unease.
(dis-KON-suh-lut)
ADJECTIVE:
Incredibly unhappy, so much so that he or she is beyond consolation; melancholy.
Nor hell a fury
like a woman scorned.
—W
ILLIAM
C
ONGREVE
(dis-KOR-dunt)
ADJECTIVE:
In disagreement with; conflicting.
You have told me two DISCORDANT versions of the same story, and I’m having trouble determining which is the truth.
(dis-KREP-un-see)
NOUN:
A difference between two things that should be the same; inconsistency.
(diss-DAYN)
NOUN:
Extreme contempt or scorn; as a verb, it means to view someone with such contempt.
(diss-GRUN-tulld)
ADJECTIVE:
Discontented or dissatisfied to the point of annoyance.
(diss-in-JEN-yoo-uss)
ADJECTIVE:
Not genuine or truthful; insincere or calculating.
When you are DISINGENUOUS by lying about one topic, people are less inclined to trust you in other topics.
(diss-PAYR-udge)
VERB:
To speak about someone in a belittling manner; defame or criticize.
(dis-PELL)
VERB:
To dismiss an idea that is incorrect; disabuse.
(dis-PLEZH-er)
NOUN OR VERB:
As a noun, dissatisfaction; disapproval; annoyance; discomfort; uneasiness; pain. As a verb, to displease.
(dis-pyoo-TAY-shun)
NOUN:
An argument or debate, particularly a formal one.
(diss-SEM-bul)
VERB:
To act in a disingenuous or misleading way; evade.
(DISS-uh-dents)
NOUN:
Disagreement, particularly with a widely held opinion or government.
(diss-SWAYD)
NOUN:
To convince someone not to act in a way that he or she had planned to; discourage.
(dis-TEM-per)
NOUN:
A deranged condition of mind or body; a disorder; a disturbance.
(dih-STRAWT)
ADJECTIVE:
Extremely upset or distressed; hysterical.
(dih-VULJ)
VERB:
To make known something confidential or private.
(DAW-gihd)
ADJECTIVE:
Utterly determined; relentless.
(DOHL-full)
ADJECTIVE:
Extremely sad or unhappy; miserable.
I pitied Penelope; her DOLEFUL temperament left her weepy, dark, and listless most days, with no potential to be cheered up.
(DAHN-ee-brook)
NOUN:
A wild dispute or brawl; fracas.
(doo-PLISS-ih-tee)
NOUN:
Deceptiveness or dishonesty.
(dur-ESS)
NOUN:
Constraint by threat; coercion.
(diss-PEP-tick)
ADJECTIVE:
Ill-tempered or irritable; acting
as if one is suffering from dyspepsia, or indigestion.
(diss-TOHP-ee-uh)
NOUN:
The opposite of a utopia, a
dystopia
is an imagined place where everything is at its absolute worst.
After the constant bombing and subsequent adversarial occupation, the once beautiful city became a DYSTOPIA, the place of nightmares.