v. rout
(a) to shorten by cutting; to abridge
(b) to stop; to cease
(c) to dig up; to force out; to defeat; to drive away
(d) to improve; to compliment; to intensify; to increase; to raise the value of
v. provoke
(a) to utter or speak clearly and distinctly
(b) to stir action or feeling; to arouse; to induce; to instigate
(c) to spend time aimlessly; to idle
(d) to think or speak meditatively; to ponder; to meditate
v. skulk
(a) to scrape or shave off; to obliterate; to tear down completely; to demolish
(b) to dominate; to enslave; to conquer
(c) to avoid; to ward off; to repulse; to turn away; to evade
(d) to move secretly; to sneak about
v. saturate
(a) to soak thoroughly; to drench
(b) to hold back; to hinder; to burden; load down; to impede
(c) to make a gleeful, chuckling sound; to laugh loudly
(d) to dig up; to force out; to defeat; to drive away
v. inculcate
(a) to attract; to tempt; to charm
(b) to impress upon the mind, as by insistent urging; to influence
(c) to ask earnestly; to entreat; to plead; to beg
(d) to oppose; to contradict; to infringe; to violate; to transgress |
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v. preclude
(a) to say again
(b) to soften; to make less intense; to pacify
(c) to put money into a fund at fixed intervals
(d) to inhibit; to make impossible; to prevent; to eliminate; to remove
v. coagulate
(a) to whip severely; to flog; to lash; to chastise
(b) to mock; to jeer; to show disdain for
(c) to become semisolid; to cause to thicken; to clot
(d) to pull; to force away by a violent twisting; to kink
v. emanate
(a) to emit; to flow out from; to emerge; to issue
(b) to prevent from accomplishing a purpose; to frustrate; to foil
(c) to banish; to put to a lower position; to demote
(d) to move toward one point (opposite: diverge); to come together; to meet; to assemble
v. digress
(a) to bring to an end; to hold back; to stop by force; to crush
(b) to start; to provoke; to inflame; to incite
(c) to gather up and store; to collect; to accumulate; to store
(d) to stray from the subject; to wander from topic; to deviate from the main point
v. alleviate
(a) to surrender; to admit; to give up; to yield
(b) to lessen; to make easier; to allay; to soothe; to relieve
(c) to brag; to glory over; to feel triumphant; to exult
(d) to attack with words; to question the truthfulness or integrity; to challenge |
