Draco Malfoy mostly left the pugilism to his cronies Crabbe and Goyle. He preferred to make invidious remarks against people like the Weasleys who he liked to abase for being much poorer than him. While his comments occasionally stung, the Weasleys had the satisfaction of knowing that they were much richer in love, friends, and family than a puerile ingrate like Malfoy would ever be.
pugilism: fighting, sparring, boxing
invidious: envious, obnoxious, or offensive; likely to promote ill-will
abase: to disgrace, to humble, demean, humiliate
puerile: childish, immature, silly
ingrate: ungrateful person
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