v. sunder
(a) to shorten; to reduce in length compress; to diminish; to make brief
(b) to break; to split in two; to divide
(c) to try to equal or excel; to take after; to imitate; to copy
(d) to make lower in quality; to degrade; to humiliate; to reduce the value of
v. deride
(a) to let go; to abandon; to surrender; to forsake
(b) to laugh at with contempt; to mock; to sneer; to ridicule
(c) to begin; to admit into a group; to start; to bring about; to commence
(d) to be stocked to overflowing; to pour out; to empty
v. lacerate
(a) to flood; to overwhelm with a large amount of
(b) to tear; mangle; to wound; hurt; to rip
(c) to take the place of; to usurp
(d) to prevent from accomplishing a purpose; to frustrate; to foil
v. flag
(a) to become weak; to send a message; to signal; to lose energy or momentum
(b) to frustrate the expectations of; to perplex; to confuse
(c) to regulate; to adjust; to vary the pitch; to control
(d) to sharpen by rubbing; to stimulate; to awaken
v. imprecate
(a) to bicker; to criticize; to complain
(b) to solve
(c) to pray for evil; to invoke a curse
(d) to bring into being |
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v. dissent
(a) to influence; to persuade; to coax
(b) to hate; to dislike; to detest
(c) to pretend; to imitate; to fake; to fabricate; to make up
(d) differ in opinion; to dispute; to differ; to oppose
v. mollify
(a) to estimate the value of; to appraise; to measure
(b) to soften; to make less intense; to pacify
(c) to drink quickly
(d) to make valid; to confirm; to approve; to sanction; to authorize
v. broach
(a) to show sympathy for; to empathize; to feel sorrow for; to pity
(b) to occupy the whole of; to infiltrate; to spread out; to penetrate
(c) to search thoroughly; to look for diligently
(d) to introduce into conversation; to open a subject for discussion
v. fulminate
(a) to set aside; to designate; to assign
(b) to blame; to denunciate; to attack strongly; to explode with a loud noise
(c) to rip or pull from; to split with violence; to disturb with a sharp noise; to tear
(d) to draw; to take back; to cancel; to annul
v. savor
(a) to receive pleasure from; to enjoy with appreciation; to dwell on with delight
(b) to annoy; to irritate
(c) to become more and more virulent and fixed; to decay
(d) to grow together; to merge; to unite |
