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  Word Descriptions whet, wane, abandon, extemporize, stymie, inundate, disperse, precipitate, expunge, manifest


   
Description of whet (verb)
to sharpen by rubbing; to stimulate; to awaken

Samples of whet
Before carving the turkey, you must whet the blade.
The smell of cooking food has whet my appetite.
The smell of dinner cooking whetted her appetite.



   
Description of wane (verb)
to gradually become less; to grow dim; to decline; to subside; to diminish

Samples of wane
After time, interest in the show will wane and it will no longer be as popular.
The full moon waned until it was nothing but a sliver in the sky.



   
Description of abandon (verb)
to leave behind; to give something up

Samples of abandon
After trying in vain for several years, Julie abandoned her dream of setting up an online bookstore.



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

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



   
Description of stymie (verb)
to hinder; to obstruct; to impede

Samples of stymie
Large amounts of snowfall will stymie the rescue effort.



   
Description of inundate (verb)
to flood; to overwhelm with a large amount of

Samples of inundate
The broken water main inundated the business district with water.
Surfing the Internet can inundate you with information: That's why a web browser comes in handy.



   
Description of disperse (verb)
to scatter; to separate; to send out

Samples of disperse
The pilots dispersed the food drops over a wide area of devastation.
Tear gas was used to disperse the crowd.



   
Description of precipitate (verb)
to cause to happen; to hasten; to urge

Samples of precipitate
A rude comment may precipitate an argument.



   
Description of expunge (verb)
to blot out; to delete; to obliterate; to erase; to strike out

Samples of expunge
Bleach may be used to expunge the stain.



   
Description of manifest (verb)
to show clearly; to appear; to prove; to reveal

Samples of manifest
The image should manifest itself as the building when the fog lifts.
When the missing document suddenly manifested, the search for the person that buried it began.



  Determinations of the words whet, wane, abandon, extemporize, stymie, inundate, disperse, precipitate, expunge, manifest

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