to rebuke or scold severely and at length (verb)
berate
a feeling of uneasiness about a point, especially of conscience propriety; a sudden feeling of usually disturbing emotion (noun)
qualm
a storehouse for threshold grains (noun)
granary
struck with terror, amazement, or horror (adj.)
aghast
easily moved to excess anger (adj.)
choleric
a harsh satire usually directed at an individual (noun)
lampoon
to steal something in small quantities (verb)
filch
a fatal injury or ruin
bane
to waste time and be slow; to loiter (verb)
dawdle
a servile and submissive follower (noun)
minion
to mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible (verb)
garble
terrifyingly horrible to the senses; intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable (adj.)
ghastly
a false hateful accusation intending to harm one’s reputation (noun)
calumny
to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots (verb)
eradicate
to lie or mislead (verb)
prevaricate
capable of making a mistake; imperfect and errant (adj.)
fallible
(adj.) barren and empty of inhabitants; feeling abandoned and alone; (v.) to destroy or devastate; to abandon or leave alone
desolate
to cheat out of something valuable; to obtain by defrauding (verb)
bilk
(n.) a business partner or associate; (v.) to bring into close connection with
affiliate
to make calm or quiet; to soothe or subdue (verb)
pacify
a new convert; also, a beginner (noun)
neophyte
noisily or offensively loud or clamorous; intentionally obvious (adj.)
blatant
a lecture or discourse on or of moral theme (noun)
homily
extremely self-centered with an exaggerated sense of self-importance; displaying excessive concern with one's own physical appearance (adj.)
narcissistic
to submissively seek favor with someone; to brownnose or suck up (verb)
fawn