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WS-Verb-08

Quiz by Phil Stilwell

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23 questions
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  • Q1
    To publicly take back and deny something previously said or believed; to openly confess error
    disparage
    recant
    abdicate
    beset
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  • Q2
    To deduce from something known; to infer
    enfranchise
    extrapolate
    elicit
    expedite
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  • Q3
    To scold gently; to warn
    admonish
    curtail
    squander
    abash
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  • Q4
    To pacify; to appease; to soothe
    assimilate
    placate
    litigate
    degenerate
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  • Q5
    To reduce the strength or energy of especially to do so gradually
    exasperate
    instigate
    culminate
    enervate
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  • Q6
    To build up; to instruct especially in moral or religious matters
    extricate
    edify
    inundate
    culminate
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  • Q7
    To abandon; to renounce; to relinquish
    forsake
    admonish
    implement
    fetter
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  • Q8
    To free from difficulty
    preempt
    extricate
    acquiesce
    distend
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  • Q9
    To satirize; to mock; to parody
    proscribe
    lampoon
    engender
    stymie
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  • Q10
    To make ashamed; to embarrass
    fetter
    obfuscate
    edify
    abash
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  • Q11
    To force someone to do or not to do something
    rebut
    extrapolate
    digress
    coerce
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  • Q12
    To outlaw; to prohibit
    recant
    proscribe
    postulate
    elicit
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  • Q13
    To thwart; to get in the way of; to hinder
    stymie
    permeate
    protract
    rebuke
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  • Q14
    To place side by side
    juxtapose
    ameliorate
    circumscribe
    marshal
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  • Q15
    To release or let go of; to surrender; to stop doing
    vitiate
    preclude
    exemplify
    relinquish
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  • Q16
    To throw someone out of his or her native land; to move away from ones native land
    patronize
    expatriate
    exult
    remonstrate
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  • Q17
    To distribute; to assign; to allot
    venerate
    forsake
    allocate
    foment
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  • Q18
    To provoke; to stir up
    instigate
    preempt
    peruse
    forbear
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  • Q19
    To contemplate; to ponder; to mull over
    enfranchise
    patronize
    allocate
    ruminate
    30s
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  • Q20
    To hint; to imply
    insinuate
    dissipate
    forbear
    ameliorate
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