v. cumber (a) put at a disadvantage (b) hold back; constrain (c) steal goods; loot; reave; strip; rifle; ransack; foray (d) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
v. environ (a) explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures (b) vague; hazy; dark; dim (c) extend on all sides of simultaneously; ring; skirt; border (d) arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
v. hoodwink (a) conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; lead by the nose; play false (b) be a mystery or bewildering to; stick; get (c) pierce with a sharp stake or point; spike (d) diminish; decrease
v. array (a) establish the authenticity of something (b) cancel officially; lift; countermand; reverse; overturn; rescind; vacate (c) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking (d) bathe with warm water or medicated lotions
v. seep (a) divulge confidential information or secrets; let the cat out of the bag; talk (b) set straight or right; remedy; repair (c) cast or model anew; remodel (d) pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings |
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v. chide (a) censure severely or angrily; rebuke; lecture; reprimand; scold; berate; bawl out (b) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; heave (c) torture and torment (d) talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner; jabber; spout; rabbit on; rave
v. mutter (a) weave by joining loops of yarn or thread (b) exhaust by attacking repeatedly (c) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; grumble; croak; gnarl (d) clarify by giving an example of; instance
v. grok (a) intervene; reconciliate (b) get the meaning of something; comprehend; savvy; dig; grasp; compass; apprehend (c) make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; grumble; croak; gnarl (d) pierce with a sharp stake or point; spike
v. coldcock (a) get over an illness or shock; convalesce (b) knock down with force; dump; knock down; floor (c) laugh at with contempt and derision; flout; barrack; gibe (d) consider not very seriously; play
v. countenance (a) be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity (b) consent to, give permission; let (c) suffer from intense heat (d) turn sharply; curve; trend; veer; slue; slew; cut |