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111lecture — n 1. speech, talk, address, discourse, prelection, sermon, homily; commentary, comment, descant, exposition, expose, elucidation, explanation, exegesis, explication; dissertation, treatise, tract, tractate, thesis, essay, paper; oration,… …
112pelt — I v 1. attack, assail, stone, lapidate; riddle, shower, bombard, pepper, Brit. Sl. prang; strafe, shell, torpedo, cannonade, Mil. barrage, fusillade, blitz; batter, beat, beat up, Archaic. belabor; pound, Inf. wallop, lay on, pommel, pummel,… …
113rebuke — v 1. reprove, reproach, reprehend, reprimand, remonstrate with; chide, Inf. take to task, find fault with; scold, lecture, censure, call down, Inf. call on the carpet, Inf. dress down, Inf. bawl out, ex probate, objurgate; admonish, give a piece… …
114reprimand — n 1. reproof, reproval, reproach, rebuke, rating; castigation, upbraiding, Inf. dressing down, Inf. trimming, scolding, U.S. Inf. bawling out, tongue lashing, hell; chastisement, rap on the knuckles, slap on the face; talking to, lecture,… …
115revile — v 1. vituperate, oppugn, assail, abuse, attack, belabor, lash, rail against, inveigh against, Inf. sail into, Inf. jump down [s.o. s] throat, Archaic. clapperclaw; scold, rate, slate, harangue, rant, tongue lash, curse, execrate, imprecate,… …
116scold — v 1. chide, reprimand, Inf. dress down, Inf. trim, upbraid, U.S. Inf. bawl out, Sl. chew out, tongue lash; reprove, reproach, rebuke, rate, reprehend, castigate; chastise, rap [s.o. s] knuckles, slap [s.o. s] wrists; Inf. give [s.o.] a piece of… …
117scourge — n 1. whip, horsewhip, bullwhip, cowhide, rawhide, thong, strap; flail, lash, switch, cat o ninetails, cat; flagellum, knout, quirt, U.S. blacksnake; bastinado, rod, stick, baton, cane, cudgel, blackjack, club, Inf. billy. 2. plague, pestilence,… …
118scout — I n 1. reconnoiterer, outrider, leader, guide, advance man, avant courier, spy, bird dog, emissary; advance guard, vanguard, van. 2. Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Eagle Scout; Brownie, Girl Scout, Cadette, Senior Scout. v 3. reconnoiter, Obs. pickeer,… …
119upbraid — v 1. scold, U.S. Inf. bawl out, Sl. chew out, tongue lash, Inf. dress down, Inf. trim, Inf. fix [s.o. s] little red wagon; reprove, reproach, rebuke, rate, reprehend, castigate, chastise, reprimand; Inf. give [s.o.] a piece of one s mind, Inf.… …
120vituperate — v 1. censure, find fault with, slate, dispraise, reprove, reproach, reprobate, cry down, run down, Inf. dress down, disapprove, frown upon; inculpate, blame, incriminate, criminate, take to task, call to account; condemn, denounce, rate,… …
