to express earnest disapproval of

to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble

a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma

domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing

the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others (opposed to egoism)

choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity

to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid

to think out; devise; invent

childishly foolish, immature, or trivial

a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; a traitor

to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists

to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture

having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd

the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect