Question 1

To make worse

Accepted Answer

exacerbate

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assuage

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reiterate

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vitiate

Question 2

To swell; to extend a great deal

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distend

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reproach

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broach

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abash

Question 3

To relieve usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable; to lessen

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alleviate

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flaunt

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forsake

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circumvent

Question 4

To refrain from; to abstain

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forbear

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avow

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absolve

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lament

Question 5

To convert someone from one religion or doctrine to another; to recruit converts to a religion or doctrine

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proselytize

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malinger

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censure

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insinuate

Question 6

To reject; to renounce; to disown to have nothing to do with

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repudiate

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extricate

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assuage

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allege

Question 7

To subside; to reduce

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abate

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construe

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burgeon

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pervade

Question 8

To calm someone down; to placate

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pacify

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mollify

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belie

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appease

Question 9

To make impure; to pollute

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vitiate

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belie

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absolve

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forgo

Question 10

To urge strongly; to give a serious warning to

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exhort

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malinger

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desiccate

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venerate

Question 11

To spread or grow rapidly

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proliferate

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prevail

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vacillate

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alleviate

Question 12

To moderate the effect of something

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mitigate

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distinguish

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fetter

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enervate

Question 13

To try in court; to engage in legal proceedings

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litigate

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ruminate

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placate

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flaunt

Question 14

To give a false impression of; to contradict

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belie

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engender

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scintillate

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curtail

Question 15

To make to seem little; to put someone down

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belittle

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censure

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forsake

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exemplify

Question 16

To soften; to soothe; to pacify

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mollify

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rebut

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repudiate

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burgeon

Question 17

To scold usually in disappointment; to blame; to disgrace

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reproach

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culminate

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accost

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beget

Question 18

To yield or submit; to die

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succumb

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insinuate

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litigate

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appropriate

Question 19

To weaken; to cripple

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debilitate

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tout

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circumscribe

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emulate

Question 20

To increase in value

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appreciate

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replenish

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efface

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protract

Question 21

To confirm; to back up with evidence

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corroborate

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enervate

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abhor

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abdicate

Question 22

To bring forth; to produce a large number

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spawn

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deduce

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proliferate

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dissipate

Question 23

To comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree

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acquiesce

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palliate

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discern

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replenish

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