Pygmalion Vocab

of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.

• Phonetic

• contempt

• dialect

the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

• contempt

• dialect

• detestable

a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary

• dialect

• detestable

• decipher

deserving to be detested; abominable; hateful.

• detestable

• decipher

• genial

to make out the meaning of

• decipher

• genial

• deprecate

warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:

• genial

• deprecate

• remonstrance

to urge reasons against; protest against

• deprecate

• remonstrance

• arbitrary

a protest:

• remonstrance

• arbitrary

• audacity

based on whim or personal preference, without reason or pattern

• arbitrary

• audacity

• contemplate

boldness or daring, especially with confident or arrogant disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.

• audacity

• contemplate

• eligible