Post by Mr. Wells on Nov 19, 2007 11:26:36 GMT -5
1. assignation - n. - the appointment of a time or place for a sexual encounter "Late on the second shift, when it's dark outside, assignations take place in locker rooms, staff rooms, and parked cars, even on the catwalk over the kill floor." Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, page 176
2. berate - v. - to scold or condemn vehemently at length "I've never wanted to do something where I'd berate the audience." Roland Joffe
3. belittle - v. - to speak little of; to cause a person or his accomplishments to seem less "I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him." Booker T. Washington
4. debilitate - v. - to impair the strength of; to weaken "Laziness often debilitates the mind." Me
5. adversarial - adj. - contentious; marked by feelings of hostility "Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power."
Arundhati Roy
2. berate - v. - to scold or condemn vehemently at length "I've never wanted to do something where I'd berate the audience." Roland Joffe
3. belittle - v. - to speak little of; to cause a person or his accomplishments to seem less "I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him." Booker T. Washington
4. debilitate - v. - to impair the strength of; to weaken "Laziness often debilitates the mind." Me
5. adversarial - adj. - contentious; marked by feelings of hostility "Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power."
Arundhati Roy