v. expound
(a) to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain or misfortune
(b) to dupe; to play a trick on; to deceive
(c) to avoid; to outwit; to get around
(d) to set forth in detail; to explain; to comment; to describe in detail
v. alienate
(a) to read carefully; to study
(b) to attract; to tempt; to charm
(c) to assign; to credit with; to ascribe to
(d) to estrange; to isolate; to requisition; to confiscate
v. mimic
(a) to scar; to spoil; to stain; to flaw; to impair; to deface
(b) differ in opinion; to dispute; to differ; to oppose
(c) to shrink in fear; to flinch; to grovel; to recoil
(d) to make fun of or copy by imitating; to ape
v. scrutinize
(a) to follow; to result
(b) to restate the meaning of a passage in other words
(c) to reject; to renounce; to abandon; to give up
(d) to examine closely; to study; to investigate; to inspect
v. expurgate
(a) to quicken; to speed up; to cause to move faster
(b) to purify of offensive material; to censor
(c) to set forth in detail; to explain; to comment; to describe in detail
(d) to surrender; to admit; to give up; to yield |
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v. countenance
(a) to echo; to resonate; to resound
(b) to guess; to speculate; to surmise; to hypothesize; to infer
(c) to approve; to support; to tolerate; to permit
(d) to bring about; to bring forth; to cause; to produce; to generate
v. quash
(a) to crush; to render void; to quell; to suppress; annul
(b) to erase; to cancel; to take out; to remove totally
(c) to confuse; to embarrass; to fluster; to worry
(d) to break a law or command; to violate a moral principle; to overstep a moral bound or limit
v. inhibit
(a) to decorate with chains of flowers or leaves, etc.
(b) to check; to hinder; to hold back; to prevent
(c) to whip severely; to flog; to lash; to chastise
(d) to shrink in fear; to flinch; to grovel; to recoil
v. jettison
(a) to set forth in detail; to explain; to comment; to describe in detail
(b) to lose self-confidence; to confuse; to put to shame; to disconcert; to embarrass
(c) to postpone; to put off to another time; to delay; to hold back
(d) to throw goods overboard to lighten a vehicle; to discard; to get rid of
v. discourse
(a) to communicate in an orderly fashion; to talk
(b) to cancel by authority; to terminate; to abolish
(c) to speak angrily or bitterly; to protest forcefully; to rant
(d) to check; to hinder; to hold back; to prevent |
