For the Week ending 06/22/12
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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consider to be unworthy of one's consideration; regard or treat with haughty contempt
The rhetoric of prejudicial _______ is meted out, on the one hand against the "hoity-toity", and on the other against the "hoi poloi" -- against the "snob" with complex tastes and the "plebe" with simple tastes. |
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feel contempt or a deep repugnance for; regard with contempt or scorn
But what I _______ is the disingenuous politician who uses the war as a partisan front for his or his party's own agenda. |
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an attitude of patronizing superiority; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior
You may have noticed that elite _______ is one thing lots of folks dislike about the left! |
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treating with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority; a condescending manner
Consequently all those subjects for which there was no _______, that is to say the subjects which could add nothing to the splendor and dignity of the church and the pageantry of the court, were virtually repressed. |
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reject with disdain or contempt; snub or slight; to strike or kick against
In the campaign-finance case, she dismissed complaints from privately financed candidates about public funds going to rival candidates, saying "they could have received but chose to _______ the same financial assistance. |