
Description of accede (verb) to comply with; to consent to; to agree with; to concur
Samples of accede With defeat imminent, the rebel army acceded to hash out a peace treaty.
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Description of procrastinate (verb) to postpone; to put off to another time; to delay; to hold back
Samples of procrastinate Don't procrastinate - make a start on each project as soon as possible. The longer we can procrastinate, the better for all concerned, wrote an FO official in 1946.
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Description of accelerate (verb) to quicken; to speed up; to cause to move faster
Samples of accelerate Nature is a precarious system, likely to accelerate to catastrophe if tampered with, is one extreme view.
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Description of hail (verb) to call from a distance; to greet; to welcome
Samples of hail But which of us, locked behind a desk or in a queue at the supermarket check-out, has not had an overwhelming desire to drop everything, run into the street, hail a passing cab and make for the nearest airport to catch a plane to anywhere?
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Description of depreciate (verb) to belittle; to speak slightingly of; to reduce the value or cost; to disparage
Samples of depreciate Now fitted with the superior 2.9-liter engine, the latest cars will depreciate heavily in the first year - 48 per cent falls are the norm. This gives judicial support to the view that financial statements have a limited useful life (of less than 15 months) and depreciate in usefulness over a period of time.
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Description of extirpate (verb) to root out; to destroy totally; to eradicate
Samples of extirpate To enforce conformity to the new orthodoxy, the Spaniards instituted ecclesiastical visitas , or inspections intended to extirpate the idolatry that persisted long after the conquest.
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Description of diversify (verb) to variegate; to make different; to increase the product range of a company; to offer new products
Samples of diversify Seen commercially, the advantages of operating through a subsidiary include the ability to diversify activities whilst not exposing the other parts of the business to financial risk.
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Description of blemish (verb) to scar; to spoil; to stain; to flaw; to impair; to deface
Samples of blemish But two German occupations last century didn't blemish Brussels, with its splendid medieval ramparts and its incomparable Art Nouveau treasures.
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Description of abrogate (verb) to cancel by authority; to terminate; to abolish
Samples of abrogate The judge would not abrogate the law.
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Description of engender (verb) to bring about; to bring forth; to cause; to produce; to generate
Samples of engender The group attempted to engender changes to the law.
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