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Meaning of cascade, truncate, descant, extemporize, edify, censor, besmirch, ken, peruse, wither
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Meaning of cascade (verb)
to rush; to fall; to flow

Example
The water cascaded down the rocks into the pool.

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Meaning of truncate (verb)
to shorten by cutting; to abridge

Example
With the football game running over, the show scheduled to follow it had to be truncated.

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Meaning of descant (verb)
to sing; to harmonize; to comment broadly

Example
The man will descant on the subject if you give him too much speaking time.

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Meaning of extemporize (verb)
to improvise; to make it up as you go along

Example
It was necessary for the musician to extemporize when his music fell off the stand.

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Meaning of edify (verb)
to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen

Example
According to their schedule, the construction company will edify the foundation of the building in one week.
The teachers worked to edify their students through lessons and discussion.

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Meaning of censor (verb)
to examine and delete objectionable material

Example
The children were allowed to watch the adult movie only after it had been censored.

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Meaning of besmirch (verb)
to dirty; to stain; to sully; to soil

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The soot from the chimney will besmirch clean curtains.

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Meaning of ken (verb)
to recognize; to perceive; to grasp; to comprehend

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It was difficult to ken exactly what she had in mind.

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Meaning of peruse (verb)
to read carefully; to study

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A vast majority of time was spent perusing the possible solution to the dilemma.

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Meaning of wither (verb)
to wilt; to shrivel; to humiliate; to cut down; to degenerate; to fade

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The plant withered slowly since it received little light and little water.

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