Deride

​to treat somebody/something as silly and not worth considering seriously (SYNONYM mock) : be ___d (as something) His views were ___d as old-fashioned.

• deride

• judgemental = judgmental

• upfront

• creak

• upend

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

a pet dog that is small enough to be carried// (disapproving) a person who is under the control of another person or group (SYNONYM poodle)

• lapdog

• zip line

• lynchpin = linchpin

• break/keep faith with somebody

• valiantly

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

(informal) to hit somebody/something very hard:

He was a dirty player and loved to __ (kick hell out of) the opposition.

• deride

• judgemental = judgmental

• upfront

• beat/kick (the) hell out of somebody/something | knock hell out of somebody/something

• beat it

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CCSS.L.5.3B

CCSS.L.6.1E

(slang) (usually used in orders) to go away immediately:

This is private land, so __!

• deride

• judgemental = judgmental

• upfront

• beat/kick (the) hell out of somebody/something | knock hell out of somebody/something

• beat it

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

(also judgmental especially in North American English): ​(disapproving) judging people and criticizing them too quickly: Stop always being so __!// ​(formal) connected with the process of judging things: the __ process

• deride

• judgemental

• upfront

• creak

• upend

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

__ (about something) not trying to hide what you think or do_SYNONYM honest, frank: He's been __ about his intentions since the beginning.// [only before noun] paid in advance, before other payments are made: There will be an __ fee of 4%.

• deride

• judgemental = judgmental

• upfront

• creak

• upend

to make the sound that a door sometimes makes when you open it or that a wooden floor sometimes makes when you step on it: She heard a floorboard __ upstairs.// He stood up, his bones __ing.// + adj. The door __ed open.

• deride

• judgemental = judgmental

• upfront

• creak

• upend

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

upend somebody/something to turn somebody/something the wrong way up or onto one end: The bicycle lay __ed in a ditch.

• deride

• judgemental = judgmental

• upfront

• creak

• upend

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.2E

(also zip wire): ​a cable or rope stretched between two points at different heights that people slide down for fun: Fly over the treetops on a __.

• lapdog

• zip line

• lynchpin = linchpin

• break/keep faith with somebody

• valiantly

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

(also linchpin): ​a person or thing that is the most important part of an organization, a plan, etc., because everything else depends on them or it

• lapdog

• zip line

• lynchpin = linchpin

• break/keep faith with somebody

• valiantly

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E