| castigation |
the act of rebuking, severely criticizing, or punishing, especially in a public forum. |
| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| demean1 |
to lower in esteem, stature, or dignity; degrade. |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| empathy |
identification with or sharing of another's feelings, situation, or attitudes. |
| exalt |
to honor or glorify. |
| exchangeable |
capable of being interchanged with or given in return for another. |
| feral |
existing in a wild natural state; not domesticated. |
| havoc |
ruin or devastation. |
| liquidate |
to pay off or settle (a debt or the like). |
| matriculate |
to enroll or be enrolled in an organization, especially a college or university. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| unrelenting |
continuing with the same intensity, force, speed, or the like; not decreasing or weakening. |