| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |