a person who believes in using rules and punishments for controlling people.
toady
[ˈtō-dē]
A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage or an obsequious lackey or minion
dabbler
[ˈda-b(ə-)lər]
one not deeply engaged in or concerned with something.
provocative
[prə-ˈvä-kə-tiv]
(obsolescent) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac.
phobia
[ˈfō-bē-ə]
An irrational, abnormal, or obsessive fear (of something).
obedience
[ō-ˈbē-dē-ən(t)s]
The quality of being obedient.
quarrelsome
[ˈkwȯr(-ə)l-səm]
Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
fulfilled
[fu̇(l)-ˈfild]
To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
vent
[ˈvent]
to express a negative emotion in a forceful and often unfair way.
seething
[ˈsē-ṯẖiŋ]
extremely angry but unable or unwilling to express it clearly.
arbitrary
[ˈär-bə-ˌtrer-ē]
using unlimited personal power without considering other people's rights or wishes.
tyrannical
[tə-ˈra-ni-kəl]
using power or authority over people in an unfair and cruel way.
deviation
[ˌdē-vē-ˈā-shən]
The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road
cater
[ˈkā-tər]
to supply what is required or desired.
ward
[ˈwȯrd]
a division of a city for representative, electoral, or administrative purposes.
heeler
[ˈhē-lər]
a worker for a local party organization.
cultivate
[ˈkəl-tə-ˌvāt]
If you cultivate a relationship, you make a special effort to establish and develop it, because you think it might be useful to you.
opportune
[ˌä-pər-ˈtün]
Suitable for some particular purpose.
superficial
[ˌsü-pər-ˈfi-shəl]
(chiefly in plural) A surface detail.
battle-ax
[ˈba-tᵊl-ˌaks]
a frightening and unpleasant older woman with strong opinions.
shrewish
[ˈshrü-ish]
Of or pertaining to a shrew (a nagging, ill-tempered woman).
stevedore
[ˈstē-və-ˌdȯr]
A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
fishwife
[ˈfish-ˌwīf]
an offensive word for a woman who you think has a loud voice and bad manners.
mileage
[ˈmī-lij]
The total distance travelled in miles or in air miles.
affiliation
[ə-ˌfi-lē-ˈā-shən]
The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another.
fanatic
[fə-ˈna-tik]
A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.
zeal
[ˈzēl]
great enthusiasm or eagerness.
distraction
[di-ˈstrak-shən]
the state of being very bored or annoyed.
revere
[ri-ˈvir]
to very much respect and admire someone or something.
superstition
[ˌsü-pər-ˈsti-shən]
A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way.
ethic
[ˈe-thik]
A set of principles of right and wrong behaviour guiding, or representative of, a specific culture, society, group, or individual.
budge
[ˈbəj]
to change your opinion or to make someone change their opinion.
wanton
[ˈwȯn-tᵊn]
causing harm or damage deliberately and for no acceptable reason.
imminent
[ˈi-mə-nənt]
(especially of something unpleasant) likely to happen very soon.
efface
[i-ˈfās]
to behave in a modest way and treat the good things that you have achieved as if they are not important, often because you do not have much confidence.
scoff
[ˈskäf]
Derision; ridicule; a derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.