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v. incarcerate
(a) to make good; to recover; to restore; to fetch; to bring back; to regain
(b) to imprison; to detain; to jail
(c) to throw goods overboard to lighten a vehicle; to discard; to get rid of
(d) to accuse falsely or maliciously in order to injure another's reputation; to slander
 
v. abridge
(a) to do speedily; to send off; to eliminate; to dismiss
(b) to assume a deceptive appearance or character; to impersonate
(c) to shorten; to limit; to condense
(d) to rush forth suddenly; to burst forth
 
v. hail
(a) to crush; to render void; to quell; to suppress; annul
(b) to do speedily; to send off; to eliminate; to dismiss
(c) to catch; to anticipate; to arrest; to understand; to conceive
(d) to call from a distance; to greet; to welcome
 
v. garnish
(a) to drive away; to scatter; to lessen
(b) to deprive or leave desolate by loss; to suffer loss
(c) to trim; to decorate; to embellish; to adorn
(d) to encourage; to support
 
v. asseverate
(a) to declare positively; to confirm; to affirm
(b) to subdue; to conquer; to defeat; to win
(c) to increase; add to; to make larger; to enhance; to multiply
(d) to shorten; to limit; to condense

 

v. vituperate
(a) to call from a distance; to greet; to welcome
(b) to scold or blame loudly; to find fault with in abusive language; to condemn
(c) to say again
(d) to purify of offensive material; to censor
 
v. edify
(a) to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain or misfortune
(b) differ in opinion; to dispute; to differ; to oppose
(c) to reject; to renounce; to abandon; to give up
(d) to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen
 
v. feign
(a) to indicate feelings by motions; move the hands in an animated manner
(b) to pretend; to imitate; to fake; to fabricate; to make up
(c) to purify of offensive material; to censor
(d) to call from a distance; to greet; to welcome
 
v. articulate
(a) to utter or speak clearly and distinctly
(b) to pretend; to imitate; to fake; to fabricate; to make up
(c) to speak out against; to condemn; to accuse; to censure
(d) to outline; to describe; to sketch; to draw
 
v. conjecture
(a) to wind; to ramble; to roam; walk about aimlessly; carry on in a leisurely way; wander
(b) to guess; to speculate; to surmise; to hypothesize; to infer
(c) to recognize; to perceive; to grasp; to comprehend
(d) to understand; to get to the bottom of; to measure the depth of

v. incarcerate (b) to imprison; to detain; to jail
v. abridge (c) to shorten; to limit; to condense
v. hail (d) to call from a distance; to greet; to welcome
v. garnish (c) to trim; to decorate; to embellish; to adorn
v. asseverate (a) to declare positively; to confirm; to affirm
v. vituperate (b) to scold or blame loudly; to find fault with in abusive language; to condemn
v. edify (d) to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen
v. feign (b) to pretend; to imitate; to fake; to fabricate; to make up
v. articulate (a) to utter or speak clearly and distinctly
v. conjecture (b) to guess; to speculate; to surmise; to hypothesize; to infer

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