
Description of castigate (verb) to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand
Samples of castigate The mayor castigated the police chief for the rash of robberies.
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Description of descant (verb) to sing; to harmonize; to comment broadly
Samples of descant The man will descant on the subject if you give him too much speaking time.
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Description of oscillate (verb) to move back and forth; to have a wavering opinion; to vacillate
Samples of oscillate The couple often oscillates between going out and staying home.
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Description of allocate (verb) to set aside; to designate; to assign
Samples of allocate There have been front row seats allocated to the performer's family. The farmer allocated three acres of his fields to corn.
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Description of waive (verb) to give up; to put off until later
Samples of waive I will waive my rights to have a lawyer present because I don't think I need one. As hard as he tried, he could only waive his responsibility for so long.
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Description of ken (verb) to recognize; to perceive; to grasp; to comprehend
Samples of ken It was difficult to ken exactly what she had in mind.
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Description of stoke (verb) to feed fuel to, especially a fire
Samples of stoke With the last embers dying, he stoked the fire one more time.
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Description of enfranchise (verb) to free from obligation; to admit to citizenship; to emancipate; to liberate; to free
Samples of enfranchise The player was enfranchised when the deal was called off. The recent immigrants were enfranchised when they took their oath to their new country.
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Description of belittle (verb) to disparage; to depreciate; to scorn; to criticize
Samples of belittle The unsympathetic friend belittled her friend's problems and spoke of her own as the most important.
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Description of contravene (verb) to oppose; to contradict; to infringe; to violate; to transgress
Samples of contravene The story of the accused contravened the story of the witness. The United Nations held that the Eastern European nation had contravened the treaty.
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