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Description of condole (verb)
to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain or misfortune

Samples of condole
Where I cannot advise I can condole and communicate, which doubles joy, halves sorrow.
The priest came to condole with Madeleine.



   
Description of admonish (verb)
to warn; to find fault; to reprove; to scold

Samples of admonish
In those days, clergy were still quite powerful figures in the community and would not hesitate to admonish those breaking either the Sabbath or Good Friday.



   
Description of reiterate (verb)
to say again

Samples of reiterate
Indeed, few annual reports of Liberal organizations missed the opportunity to reiterate the need for free trade, peace, sound finance and a modicum of reform.
I should like to reiterate those comments to you now as I believe they remain relevant: 1) Control the duration of play by an ice hockey-type clock to prevent time-wasting. 2) Players to have their names on the back of their shirts.



   
Description of cringe (verb)
to shrink in fear; to flinch; to grovel; to recoil

Samples of cringe
It made Patrick cringe of course, but the inevitable comparison with his brother was high on the agenda when, clutching his share of the USD45,000 winners' check and USD15,000 for finishing eighth in the Nabisco points table, he walked into the interview room.



   
Description of vaunt (verb)
to boast; to brag

Samples of vaunt
Filled with hyperbole, their agenda was to vaunt Italian music not simply as such, but also as a metaphor for social liberty.



   
Description of epitaph (noun)
inscription on a monument; in honor or memory of a dead person; commemoration

Samples of epitaph
The epitaph described the actions of a brave man.



   
Description of demeanor (noun)
behavior; bearing; conduct; appearance

Samples of demeanor
Dalglish wore the demeanor of a man who had just discovered the cat had been sick in his slippers.



   
Description of recapitulate (verb)
to restate in a brief; concise form; to sum up; conclude; to summarize

Samples of recapitulate
He first discoursed at length on the virtues and uses of the different articles, and then recapitulated the whole lecture; or else he recapitulated, equally as fully, at the end of the description of each article.

Determination of recapitulate
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Description of delete (verb)
to erase; to cancel; to take out; to remove totally

Samples of delete
The Backspace key will not delete text if Overtype (F5) is switched on.
When the new Clause was debated in the House of Commons on 5th December, Joan Ruddock was the only MP to attempt an amendment to delete it in its entirety.



   
Description of raze (verb)
to scrape or shave off; to obliterate; to tear down completely; to demolish

Samples of raze
The plow will raze the ice from the road surface.
It must be time to give the cat a manicure; she razed my skin last night.
They will raze the old Las Vegas hotel to make room for a USD 2.5 billion gambling palace.



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