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  Word Descriptions instigate, belie, jibe, flaunt, fluctuate, taunt, elicit, denounce, festoon, elucidate


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

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



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

Samples of belie
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.



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

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



   
Description of flaunt (verb)
to display or wave boastfully

Samples of flaunt
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.



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

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



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

Samples of taunt
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.



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

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



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

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



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

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



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

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



  Determinations of the words instigate, belie, jibe, flaunt, fluctuate, taunt, elicit, denounce, festoon, elucidate

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