TKAM Vocab 41-50

bade

• past tense of bid (to issue or to request)

• past tense of bed (a place to sleep)

• future tense of big (opposite of small)

• formal tense of bad (poorly behaved)

to humiliate or shame

• Mortify

• Dignify
• Disgrace
• Honor

obstreperous

• noisy and difficult to control
• calm and cooperative
• silent and obedient
• quiet and easy to control

a violent reproach or denunciation; an insulting expression

• attack
• compliment
• praise
• invective

philippic

• A type of dance
• any speech or discourse full of bitterness

• A musical instrument
• A type of flower

a prolonged outburst of insults; verbal attack

• discourse

• tirade

• defense

• speech

undulate

• move in a zigzag pattern
• remain stationary
• move in a straight line
• move in a smooth wave-like motion

natural inclinations or tendencies

• urge
• impulse
• propensities

• intuition

cantankerous

• grumpy
• ornery

• friendly

• bad-tempered

rightness of principle; moral virtues

• rectitude

• integrity
• justice
• morality