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| Explanation of incarcerate (verb) to imprison; to detain; to jail Sample of incarcerate The house is built on the site of a Saxon prison, which was still used in the twelfth century to incarcerate cattle rustlers.
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| Explanation of abridge (verb) to shorten; to limit; to condense Sample of abridge The editor abridged the story to make the book easier to digest.
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| Explanation of hail (verb) to call from a distance; to greet; to welcome Sample of hail But which of us, locked behind a desk or in a queue at the supermarket check-out, has not had an overwhelming desire to drop everything, run into the street, hail a passing cab and make for the nearest airport to catch a plane to anywhere?
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| Explanation of garnish (verb) to trim; to decorate; to embellish; to adorn Sample of garnish Capers are often used to garnish cocktail savories and canapes.
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| Explanation of asseverate (verb) to declare positively; to confirm; to affirm Sample of asseverate Mr. Vidal asseverates that McVeigh is 'very, very bright.' He writes with 'perfect' spelling, punctuation and grammar.
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| Explanation of vituperate (verb) to scold or blame loudly; to find fault with in abusive language; to condemn Sample of vituperate During the last national election, Kabas swamped Vienna with an openly racist campaign in which he vituperated against foreigners and asylum-seekers.
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| Explanation of edify (verb) to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen Sample of edify According to their schedule, the construction company will edify the foundation of the building in one week. The teachers worked to edify their students through lessons and discussion.
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| Explanation of feign (verb) to pretend; to imitate; to fake; to fabricate; to make up Sample of feign It is not uncommon for a child to feign illness in order to stay home from school.
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| Explanation of articulate (verb) to utter or speak clearly and distinctly Sample of articulate It's even more important to articulate your words when you're on the phone.
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| Explanation of conjecture (verb) to guess; to speculate; to surmise; to hypothesize; to infer Sample of conjecture I conjecture that co-adapted meme-complexes evolve in the same kind of way as co-adapted gene-complexes. They conjecture that Poseidon was a central figure between two fountains and that Hercules and Atlas held the wire grid before the bright disk which simulated the motion of the heavens.
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