AP Lang Week 20 Vocab

Vilified

Disgrace, has to do with reputation

Defamatory

Harmful towards one’s reputation

Polemic

Written or spoken attack

Denigrated

To put someone down

Stigmatized

To cast in a negative light

Opprobrium

Something that brings disgrace

Left holding the bag

To be left to suffer the blame

Besmirched

Attack someone’s character

Excoriated

Harshly criticize

Umbrage

Resentment

Calumny

False insulting remarks

Derided

To mock

Condescend

To act superior

The whole nine yards

Everything

Belittle

To make fun of someone

Risible

So ridiculous it provokes laughter

Retort

A reply to an insult

Scoffed

To dismiss scornfully

Quipped

To make a witty remark

Disdain

Contempt or distaste

Tongue in cheek

Insincerely

Disparage

To regard scornfully

Repulsive

Disgusting

Repudiated

To reject

Contemptuous

Regarded as worthless

Deprecate

To disapprove of; to put down

Caustic

Corrosive; sarcastic

Take the wind out of one’s sails

To make someone less confident or determined