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condemnatory

/kənˈdɛmnətɔːri/ /kənˈdɛmnəˌtɔri/

Meanings
adjective
Serving to condemn or censure

Examples :

"The teacher's tone was condemnatory when she read the student's plagiarized essay. "
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Illustration tone

tone noun

/təʊn/ /toʊn/

A specific pitch.

"The piano teacher praised the student for the even tone of her practice piece. "

Illustration she

she noun

/ʃiː/ /ʃi/

A female.

"Pat is definitely a she."

Illustration read

read noun

/ɹiːd/ /ɹid/ /ɹɛd/

A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.

"The actor practiced his read for the school play diligently. "

Illustration teacher

teacher noun

/ˈtiːt͡ʃə/ /ˈtit͡ʃɚ/

A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school.

"My daughter's teacher is very kind and helpful. "

Illustration serving

serving verb

/ˈsɜːvɪŋ/

(personal) To provide a service (or, by extension, a product, especially food or drink).

"The restaurant is serving delicious pasta tonight. "

Illustration plagiarized

plagiarized verb

/ˈpleɪdʒəraɪzd/ /ˈpleɪdʒəˌraɪzd/

To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.

"The student plagiarized his entire essay from Wikipedia and received a failing grade. "

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration student

student noun

/ˈstjuː.dənt/ /ˈstu.dn̩t/

A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.

"He is a student of life."

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essay noun

/ˈɛˌseɪ/ /ɛˈseɪ/

(authorship) A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.

"My history essay explored the causes of the French Revolution. "

Illustration when

when noun

/ʍɛn/ /wɛn/

The time at which something happens.

"A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how."

Illustration condemn

condemn verb

/kənˈdɛm/

To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.

"The president condemned the terrorists."

Illustration censure

censure noun

/ˈsɛn.sjə/ /ˈsɛn.ʃɚ/

The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.

"The teacher's strong censure of cheating on the exam discouraged any future attempts. "