v. berate
(a) to treat with tenderness; to pamper
(b) to hold back; to hinder; to burden; load down; to impede
(c) to tear; mangle; to wound; hurt; to rip
(d) to scold; to reprove; to reproach; to criticize; to rebuke
v. invoke
(a) to ask for; to call upon; to request help
(b) to trespass; to intrude; to invade; to infringe
(c) to pretend to be ill in order to escape work
(d) to shun; to avoid; to keep away from
v. advocate
(a) to plead in favor of
(b) to start; to provoke; to inflame; to incite
(c) to leave behind; to give something up
(d) to be abusive in speech; to disparage; to deride
v. knead
(a) to disturb; to irritate; to worry; to erode; to annoy
(b) to mix; to massage; to shape; to squeeze
(c) to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand
(d) to work into gradually and indirectly; to allude to; to hint; to gain favor through indirect means
v. rummage
(a) to defame; to blacken; to sully; to belittle; to criticize
(b) to weaken; to deprive of nerve or strength
(c) to prevent; to discourage; to hinder
(d) to search thoroughly; to look for diligently |
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v. infer
(a) to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand
(b) to scold or beat harshly; to rebuke strongly
(c) to try to equal or excel; to take after; to imitate; to copy
(d) to form an opinion; to conclude; to surmise; to derive
v. impugn
(a) to introduce into conversation; to open a subject for discussion
(b) to attack with words; to question the truthfulness or integrity; to challenge
(c) to preoccupy in thought; to confuse; to baffle
(d) to flood; to overwhelm with a large amount of
v. castigate
(a) to excite; to agitate; to inflame
(b) to frustrate the expectations of; to perplex; to confuse
(c) to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand
(d) to cancel by authority; to terminate; to abolish
v. obliterate
(a) to laugh at with contempt; to mock; to sneer; to ridicule
(b) to break; to split in two; to divide
(c) to tempt; to torment
(d) to destroy completely; to erase
v. mitigate
(a) to sing; to harmonize; to comment broadly
(b) to hinder; to obstruct; to impede
(c) to alleviate; to lessen; to soothe; to soften; to appease
(d) to draw out; to infer from information; to elicit |
