v. cascade (a) to hypnotize; to fascinate; to induce (b) to rush; to fall; to flow (c) to erase; to make inconspicuous; to destroy; to wipe out (d) to work together; to cooperate
v. truncate (a) to wrap around something; to envelop; to enclose (b) to turn to bone; to harden (c) to shorten by cutting; to abridge (d) to corrupt; to debase; to make impure
v. descant (a) to commend; to praise (b) to speak equivocally or evasively; to lie; to deceive; to mislead; to embellish (c) to sing; to harmonize; to comment broadly (d) to take everything; to plunder; to loot; to pillage; to rob
v. extemporize (a) to attempt to disprove or invalidate; to challenge; to appeal; to fight for (b) to make unnecessary; to prevent; to remove an obstacle in advance (c) to settle by mutual adjustment (d) to improvise; to make it up as you go along
v. edify (a) to communicate in an orderly fashion; to talk (b) to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen (c) to examine closely; to study; to investigate; to inspect (d) to interfere with; to hinder; to delay; to impede |
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v. censor (a) to overspread (b) to deliver; to provide; to give; to depict (c) to give shelter; to protect; to hide; to take shelter; to conceal (d) to examine and delete objectionable material
v. besmirch (a) to declare or prove blameless; to absolve; to acquit (b) to correct; to adjust; to fix (c) to make understandable; to adorn; to explain; to elucidate; to illustrate (d) to dirty; to stain; to sully; to soil
v. ken (a) to make easier; to simplify; to expedite; to assist forward; to promote (b) to cause to get stuck in wet, soggy ground; to muddy (c) to reproduce; to multiply; to proliferate; to extend; to increase (d) to recognize; to perceive; to grasp; to comprehend
v. peruse (a) to read carefully; to study (b) to say again (c) to move back and forth; to have a wavering opinion; to vacillate (d) to hasten the action of; to speed up; to accelerate; to facilitate; to dispatch
v. wither (a) to cause to happen; to hasten; to urge (b) to characterize; to make as disgraceful (c) to wilt; to shrivel; to humiliate; to cut down; to degenerate; to fade (d) to stray from the subject; to wander from topic; to deviate from the main point |