Balustrade rhymes with:

v 1: express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior" [syn: reproach, upbraid]

v 1: wear away [syn: abrade, corrade, abrase, rub down, rub off] 2: rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops" [syn: scour, abrade]

adj 1: filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions" [ant: fearless, unafraid(p)] 2: filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement; "I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong" 3: feeling worry or concern or insecurity; "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict" 4: having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion"

n 1: a resource; "visual aids in teaching" [syn: aid, assistance, help] 2: the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "he gave me an assist with the housework"; "could not walk without assistance"; "rescue party went to their aid"; "offered his help in unloading" [syn: aid, assist, assistance, help] 3: money to support a worthy person or cause [syn: aid, economic aid, financial aid] 4: the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention" [syn: care, attention, aid, tending] v 1: give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house" [syn: help, assist, aid] 2: improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient" [syn: help, aid]

n 1: an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer [syn: adjutant, aide, aide-de-camp] 2: someone who acts as assistant [syn: aide, auxiliary]

adj 1: of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees

n 1: a friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate] 2: a fellow member of the Communist Party 3: used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement; "Greetings, comrade!" [syn: brother, comrade]

v 1: reduce the level of land, as by erosion [ant: aggrade] 2: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" [syn: take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down] 3: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth [syn: degrade, cheapen]

n 1: the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends v 1: rate lower; lower in value or esteem [ant: upgrade]

n 1: a party of guests wearing costumes and masks [syn: masquerade, masquerade party, masque, mask] 2: a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party [syn: fancy dress, masquerade, masquerade costume] 3: making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth" v 1: take part in a masquerade 2: pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet"; "This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty"

n 1: a ceremonial procession including people marching 2: an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses" 3: a visible display; "she made a parade of her sorrows" v 1: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town" [syn: parade, exhibit, march] 2: march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street" [syn: parade, troop, promenade]

adj 1: moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth [ant: direct] 2: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma [ant: anterograde] 3: going from better to worse [syn: retrograde, retrogressive] 4: moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction [syn: retral, retrograde] v 1: move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies 2: move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets" 3: move back; "The glacier retrogrades" [syn: retrograde, retreat] 4: go back over; "retrograde arguments" [syn: retrograde, rehash, hash over] 5: get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn: regress, retrograde, retrogress] [ant: advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up]

n 1: a speech of violent denunciation [syn: tirade, philippic, broadside]

adj 1: oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them [syn: unafraid(p), fearless] [ant: afraid(p)] 2: free from fear or doubt; easy in mind; "he was secure that nothing will be held against him" [syn: secure, unafraid, untroubled] [ant: insecure]

n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall] 2: software that provides better performance than an earlier version did 3: a reservation that is improved; "I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full" 4: the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises [syn: upgrade, rise, rising slope] 5: hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did 6: the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components); "the power plant received a new upgrade" v 1: rate higher; raise in value or esteem [ant: downgrade] 2: to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel" 3: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate] 4: get better travel conditions; "I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked" 5: give better travel conditions to; "The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full"

n 1: a sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice [syn: fruit drink, ade]

n 1: capital and largest city of Serbia and Montenegro; situated on the Danube [syn: Belgrade, Beograd, capital of Serbia and Montenegro]

n 1: winds blowing from west to east and lying above the trade winds in the tropics [syn: antitrade wind, antitrade]

adj 1: (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do) [ant: digitigrade] n 1: an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings [syn: plantigrade mammal, plantigrade] [ant: digitigrade, digitigrade mammal]

n 1: an arthropod of the division Tardigrada

adj 1: (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) [ant: plantigrade] n 1: an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses [syn: digitigrade mammal, digitigrade] [ant: plantigrade, plantigrade mammal]