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Cartoon Vocabulary (List 14)

1. diatribe (noun) a bitter verbal attack
(DYE uh tryb)
Link: TRIBE

2. offal (noun) waste parts - of a butchered animal; rubbish
(AW full)
Link: AWFUL

3. parley (noun) a conference, especially between enemies
(PAHR lee)
Link: PARTY

4. fray (noun) fight or scuffle; brawl
(fray)
Link: HAY

5. lambaste (verb) to give a thrashing; to assault violently
(lam BAYST)
Link: LAMB

6. cataclysm (noun) a violent upheaval or change
(KAT ah kliz um)
Link: CAT CLINTON

7. escapade (noun) an adventurous unconventional act
(ES kah payd)
Link: ICE CAPADES

8. eschew (verb) to avoid or shun
(es CHOO)
Link: AH CHEW

9. ransack (verb) to search thoroughly; pillage
(RAN sak)
Link: RAN SACK

10. camaraderie (noun) comradeship; friendship
(kah mah RAH der ee)
Link: COMRADES THREE

Extra 5 words: quarantine, quota, rainforest, random, recede