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  Word Descriptions bemuse, contest, relinquish, chortle, fret, behoove, flag, quaff, collaborate, scrutinize


   
Description of bemuse (verb)
to preoccupy in thought; to confuse; to baffle

Samples of bemuse
The girl was bemused by her troubles.



   
Description of contest (verb)
to attempt to disprove or invalidate; to challenge; to appeal; to fight for

Samples of contest
I will attempt to contest the criminal charges against me.



   
Description of relinquish (verb)
to let go; to abandon; to surrender; to forsake

Samples of relinquish
House Speaker Jim Wright had to relinquish his position after an ethics investigation undermined his authority.



   
Description of chortle (verb)
to make a gleeful, chuckling sound; to laugh loudly

Samples of chortle
The chortles emanating from the audience indicated it wouldn't be as tough a crowd as the stand-up comic had expected.



   
Description of fret (verb)
to disturb; to irritate; to worry; to erode; to annoy

Samples of fret
The pet will fret the floor if he continues to scratch.



   
Description of behoove (verb)
to be advantageous; to be necessary

Samples of behoove
It will behoove the students to buy their textbooks early.



   
Description of flag (verb)
to become weak; to send a message; to signal; to lose energy or momentum

Samples of flag
The smaller animal flagged before the larger one.



   
Description of quaff (verb)
to drink quickly

Samples of quaff
A dog will quaff if he becomes overheated.



   
Description of collaborate (verb)
to work together; to cooperate

Samples of collaborate
The two builders collaborated to get the house finished.



   
Description of scrutinize (verb)
to examine closely; to study; to investigate; to inspect

Samples of scrutinize
Even when there are specialist historians, producing approximations to truth which their colleagues test and scrutinize to professional standards, people make home brews from their own lives and knowledge and offer them to their successors.
After allowing his son to borrow the family car, the father scrutinized every section for dents.



  Determinations of the words bemuse, contest, relinquish, chortle, fret, behoove, flag, quaff, collaborate, scrutinize

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