Question 1

To free from difficulty

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extricate

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scintillate

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encroach

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patronize

Question 2

To arrange in order; to gather together for the purpose of doing something

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marshal

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consecrate

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lament

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renounce

Question 3

To describe accurately; to draw in outline

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delineate

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extol

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covet

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usurp

Question 4

To criticize sharply

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rebuke

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venerate

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founder

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conjure

Question 5

To violate a law; to sin

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transgress

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chastise

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extrapolate

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consecrate

Question 6

To take without permission; to set aside for a particular use

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appropriate

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allocate

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covet

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extol

Question 7

To avoid something by going around it

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circumvent

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desiccate

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condescend

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beset

Question 8

To ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously

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deride

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forgo

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revere

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exacerbate

Question 9

To praise; to applaud; to extol; to celebrate

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laud

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discern

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precipitate

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vilify

Question 10

To respect highly; to honor

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revere

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tout

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delineate

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patronize

Question 11

To make bigger; to add to; to increase

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augment

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profess

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exhort

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extol

Question 12

To illustrate by example; to serve as a good example

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exemplify

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preempt

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expatriate

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disparage

Question 13

To provoke; to stir up

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instigate

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postulate

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scrutinize

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placate

Question 14

To thin out drift away or dissolve; to cause to thin out drift away or dissolve; to waste or squander

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dissipate

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stymie

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circumvent

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subjugate

Question 15

To speed up or ease the progress of

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expedite

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beleaguer

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discriminate

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disseminate

Question 16

To make fearful; to intimidate

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daunt

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instigate

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distinguish

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pervade

Question 17

To bring out; to call forth; ~a laugh from; ~a reply

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elicit

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relinquish

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appreciate

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appease

Question 18

To require something as part of an agreement

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stipulate

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laud

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distend

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preempt

Question 19

To shorten; to condense

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abridge

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usurp

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distinguish

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succumb

Question 20

To stray from the main subject

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digress

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preclude

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laud

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vitiate

Question 21

To stir up; to instigate

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foment

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dissipate

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forgo

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stymie

Question 22

To demote to a lower status

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relegate

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abash

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reproach

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emulate

Question 23

To criticize mildly

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reprove

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extricate

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fetter

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assimilate

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