v. rampart
(a) to cancel by authority; to terminate; to abolish
(b) to scold; to reprove; to reproach; to criticize; to rebuke
(c) to ignite; to arouse; to inspire; to excite
(d) to defend; to shield
v. confound
(a) to claim or demand without right
(b) to lump together, causing confusion; to damn; to amaze; to stun; to confuse
(c) to form an opinion; to conclude; to surmise; to derive
(d) to take place; to come about; to occur
v. portend
(a) to mourn; to grieve; to regret
(b) to bring into one's good graces; to attempt to gain favor; act in a pleasant and agreeable manner
(c) to be an omen of; to signify; to foretell
(d) to become more and more virulent and fixed; to decay
v. slander
(a) to defame; to misrepresent maliciously; to vilify; to malign
(b) to take the place of; to usurp
(c) to cancel; to invalidate; to annul
(d) to involve a lawsuit; to dispute legally
v. traduce
(a) to push into action; to urge; to tease; to drive
(b) to understand; to get to the bottom of; to measure the depth of
(c) to defame; to slander
(d) to condemn; to reject; to denounce |
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v. kindle
(a) to talk or write excitedly; to scold; to lecture
(b) to examine and delete objectionable material
(c) to condemn; to reject; to denounce
(d) to ignite; to arouse; to inspire; to excite
v. diversify
(a) to cause to happen; to hasten; to urge
(b) to justify; to authorize; to permit; to entitle; to empower; to sanction
(c) to offer reasons for; to account for on rational grounds
(d) to variegate; to make different; to increase the product range of a company; to offer new products
v. desecrate
(a) to bring to the proper condition by treatment; to soften; to harden
(b) to attempt to disprove or invalidate; to challenge; to appeal; to fight for
(c) to speak; to write in a very enthusiastic manner
(d) to profane; to violate the sanctity of; to pollute; to defile
v. placate
(a) to appease; to pacify; to reconcile
(b) to deny; to refuse to acknowledge; to disclaim; to reject; to repudiate
(c) to be abusive in speech; to disparage; to deride
(d) to rapidly speak unintelligibly; to mumble; to stutter; to chatter
v. prate
(a) to make a gleeful, chuckling sound; to laugh loudly
(b) to disparage; to depreciate; to scorn; to criticize
(c) to reduce; to empty; to exhaust; to consume; to use up
(d) to talking foolishly; to chatter; to gab; to babble |
