v. convoke
(a) call together
(b) search and discover through persistent investigation
(c) form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; ideate
(d) fire; give notice; dismiss; sack
v. tout
(a) show off; swash; shoot a line; brag; bluster; vaunt
(b) engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together; conjure; machinate
(c) pass gradually or leak through or as if through small openings
(d) make peace with
v. ingratiate
(a) gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
(b) censure severely or angrily; reprimand; jaw; dress down; call down
(c) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing; fudge; evade; put off; circumvent; parry
(d) chew cud
v. mediate
(a) force or drive back; fight off; drive back
(b) stumble and nearly fall
(c) make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated
(d) intervene; reconciliate
v. spume
(a) make froth or foam and become bubbly; suds
(b) turn up, loosen, or remove earth; cut into; turn over
(c) ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
(d) wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); chaffer; huckster |
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v. scuffle
(a) place in a grave or tomb; inhume; lay to rest
(b) hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.; fall back; fall behind
(c) echo; resound
(d) fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
v. shunt
(a) shift; divert; alter the course of
(b) get or gather together; accumulate; pile up; amass; compile
(c) strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
(d) shorten
v. enervate
(a) disturb the composure of; unsettle
(b) cancel officially; lift; countermand; reverse; overturn; rescind; vacate
(c) accord or comport with; beseem
(d) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; air out; air
v. jeer
(a) laugh at with contempt and derision; flout; barrack; gibe
(b) crowd to capacity; ram; chock up; cram; wad
(c) remove soil or rock; fret
(d) measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
v. exuviate
(a) write in the Latin alphabet; Latinize; Latinise
(b) divulge confidential information or secrets; let the cat out of the bag
(c) bring up a topic for discussion
(d) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; moult; slough |
v. convoke (a) call together
v. tout (a) show off; swash; shoot a line; brag; bluster; vaunt
v. ingratiate (a) gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
v. mediate (d) intervene; reconciliate
v. spume (a) make froth or foam and become bubbly; suds
v. scuffle (d) fight or struggle in a confused way at close quarters
v. shunt (a) shift; divert; alter the course of
v. enervate (a) disturb the composure of; unsettle
v. jeer (a) laugh at with contempt and derision; flout; barrack; gibe
v. exuviate (d) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; moult; slough
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