to issue denunciations or the like

a small, dry one-seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed

extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

showing great courage in the face of danger, especially in battle

yielding or containing gold

a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; a traitor

a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

a knife, especially one used as a weapon.