| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |