v. objurgate
(a) to speak with another; to discourse
(b) to plead on behalf of another; to mediate; to arbitrate; to intervene
(c) to move suddenly
(d) to chide vehemently; to reprimand
v. foray
(a) to force out of hiding; to search for; to discover; to investigate; to worry
(b) to erase; to make inconspicuous; to destroy; to wipe out
(c) to utter or speak clearly and distinctly
(d) to raid for spoils; to plunder; to invade; to attack
v. preponderate
(a) to free from guilt; to declare innocent
(b) to imitate in a non-serious manner; to mock
(c) to be advantageous; to be necessary
(d) to outweigh; to be superior in amount, weight, etc.; to surpass; to predominate; to control
v. seethe
(a) to charge with a crime; to criticize; to accuse
(b) to free from confusion; to extricate; to unknot; to release; to undo
(c) to wind; to ramble; to roam; walk about aimlessly; carry on in a leisurely way
(d) to be violently disturbed; to soak; to rage; to steep
adj. covetous
(a) hard to understand; deep; recondite; ambiguous; obscure
(b) greedy; very desirous; envious; grasping
(c) lacking vitality; indifferent; apathetic; sluggish
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v. indict
(a) to push away; to repel; to reject
(b) to charge with a crime; to criticize; to accuse
(c) to waste away; as from lack of use; to wither
(d) to examine and delete objectionable material
v. commiserate
(a) to cancel by authority; to terminate; to abolish
(b) to give great praise; to exalt; to laud; to glorify
(c) to coax with insincere talk
(d) to show sympathy for; to empathize; to feel sorrow for; to pity
v. illuminate
(a) to surrender; to admit; to give up; to yield
(b) to consider carefully; to think through; to ponder; to chew cud
(c) to move toward one point (opposite: diverge); to come together; to meet; to assemble
(d) to make understandable; to adorn; to explain; to elucidate; to illustrate
v. salvage
(a) to rescue from loss; to save from destruction
(b) to pretend to be ill in order to escape work
(c) to insure against; to pay for loss or damage; to reimburse; to compensate
(d) to deliver; to provide; to give; to depict
v. encroach
(a) to call to assemble; to summon
(b) to destroy completely; to erase
(c) to trespass; to intrude; to invade; to infringe
(d) to overspread |
v. objurgate (d) to chide vehemently; to reprimand
v. foray (d) to raid for spoils; to plunder; to invade; to attack
v. preponderate (d) to outweigh; to be superior in amount, weight, etc.; to surpass; to predominate; to control
v. seethe (d) to be violently disturbed; to soak; to rage; to steep
adj. covetous (b) greedy; very desirous; envious; grasping
v. indict (b) to charge with a crime; to criticize; to accuse
v. commiserate (d) to show sympathy for; to empathize; to feel sorrow for; to pity
v. illuminate (d) to make understandable; to adorn; to explain; to elucidate; to illustrate
v. salvage (a) to rescue from loss; to save from destruction
v. encroach (c) to trespass; to intrude; to invade; to infringe
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