virago

Day 41Level 2

vi-RAH-goh

loud-voiced woman

a loud, ill-tempered woman

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

shrew

Example Sentence:

His wife had always been something of a virago.

Related Words

contamination

uh-duhl-tuh-REY-shuhn

making impure in quality; contamination

leniency

KLEH-muhn-see

merciful leniency

aware

KOG-nuh-zuhnt

being fully informed or aware of

quarrelsome

kun-TEN-shuhs

causing argument; quarrelsome

cranky person

kuhr-MUH-juhn

a cranky, bad-tempered person

to depict

dih-LIN-ee-eyt

to describe or explain something in detail