. shoddy. We realized that these goods were shoddy.. arbiter. Pleasure to be your arbiter.. performance. Performance Review Sheet. scourge. The new boss was the scourge of the inefficient.. causality. I believe in the law of causality.. flock. Students flock to summer course. pander. newspapers pandering to the public love of scandal. reproach. You brought reproach upon yourself.. redeem. His good points redeem his faults.. unearned. Don't you think this is an unearned praise?