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Definition of instigate, belie, jibe, flaunt, fluctuate, taunt, elicit, denounce, festoon, elucidate

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Definition of instigate (verb)
to start; to provoke; to inflame; to incite

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It was uncertain to the police as to which party instigated the riot.

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Definition of belie (verb)
to give a false idea of; to camouflage; to hide

Examples
The eight-story office is being sold to the Japanese group, Kumagai, for a price which appears to belie the downturn in London's commercial property market.

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Definition of jibe (verb)
to mock; to gibe; to scorn; to jeer

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Australians are renowned for their lazy talking, and my Dad always jibes me about how I talk with a 'plum in mouth'.

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Definition of flaunt (verb)
to display or wave boastfully

Examples
If you can afford to pay USD34,450, then flaunt it and enjoy it, because it's got what the others haven't - image and class.
The women had nothing to do but flaunt their prosperity.

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Definition of fluctuate (verb)
to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly; to vacillate

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The mortgage rates may fluctuate, but the administration and the repayments remain the same until the time comes to adjust.

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Definition of taunt (verb)
to reproach with contempt; to provoke; to sneer

Examples
Bavarian fans of Bayern Munich, for example, taunt their counterparts from Dortmund and Shalke in German's industrial north with chants about unemployment and poverty.

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Definition of elicit (verb)
to draw out; to extract from

Examples
How can a sufficient number of specific stimuli arise during development to elicit different activities from cells?

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Definition of denounce (verb)
to speak out against; to condemn; to accuse; to censure

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A student rally was called to denounce the use of drugs on campus.

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Definition of festoon (verb)
to decorate with chains of flowers or leaves, etc.

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You're an architect, someone who's supposed to improve this planet, not festoon it with ill-placed coils of lurid metal.

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Definition of elucidate (verb)
to make clear; to explain; to clarify

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In the paper's conclusion, its purpose was elucidated in one sentence.

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