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ABHOR
hate
ABSCOND
escape quickly and secretly
ABSOLVE
to free from guilt (e.g., for a crime)
ACCEDE
agree to (e.g., a request)
ACCELERATE
speed up
ACCOST
confront and speak to
ACQUIESCE
to give in; to agree to a request or demand
ADHERE
give support to (e.g., a cause)
ADJOURN
put off to a later time (e.g., a meeting
ALLAY
calm (e.g., fears)
ALLEGE
claim
ALLEVIATE
to lessen or relieve discomfort or pain
ALLOT
assign (e.g., a share)
ALLUDE
refer to (e.g., a book)
ALTER
change
AMASS
accumulate
AMELIORATE
make better or more tolerable
APPEASE
to pacify or soothe by giving in to demands
ASSENT
agree
ASSUAGE
to lessen the pain of
ATONE
make up for (e.g., a sin)
ATROPHY
waste away from lack of use
AUGMENT
add to
AVERT
prevent
BAFFLE
puzzle
BAN
forbid, ban from an area or consideration
BAR
exclude
BEFALL
happen to
BELITTLE
insult or degrade
BERATE
scold
BESEECH
plead
BESTOW
grant, from a superior to an inferior (used with or upon)
CEDE
give up (e.g., territory)
CENSOR
limit communication to prevent loss of secrets
CENSURE
blame
CHAR
scorch
CHASTISE
punish
CHIDE
scold
CITE
mention in order to prove something
COALESCE
come together as one
COLLABORATE
work with someone
COMMEND
praise
COMPLY
act in answer to (e.g., a request)
CONCEDE
admit that something is true (e.g., an argument)
CONCUR
agree
CONDESCEND
patronize; talk down to in an insulting way
CONDONE
approve of
CONSTRICT
squeeze
CULL
pick out
CURTAIL
cut short or reduce
DEDUCE
come to a conclusion from given facts
DEEM
consider
DEFER
postpone
DEFRAY
pay at least part of
DELETE
remove or erase (e.g., a word)
DELVE
investigate
DENOUNCE
to speak out against or loudly criticize
DEPLETE
use up
DEPLORE
be sorry about
DEPRIVE
keep someone from having or getting something
DERIDE
ridicule or laugh at contemptuously
DESECRATE
defile a holy place
DESPISE
scorn
DETAIN
delay someone from doing something
DETEST
hate
DETRACT
take away from
DEVOUR
eat up greedily
DIGRESS
depart from the subject under consideration
DILUTE
weaken by adding something less strong (e.g., a mixture)
DISBURSE
pay out
DISCERN
make out clearly (e.g., a pattern)
DISCRIMINATE
to differentiate or make a distinction based on some quality; usually has the modern connotation of unfair racial, ethnic or gender bias
DISDAIN
look down on with scorn
DISINTEGRATE
fall apart
DISMAY
dishearten
DISPARAGE
belittle, say negative things about
DISPEL
drive away
DISPERSE
scatter
DISRUPT
break up or disturb
DISTORT
present incorrectly (e.g., facts)
DIVERGE
go in different directions
DIVERT
turn from a course (e.g., a stream)
DIVULGE
reveal
DON
put on (e.g., clothing)
DRONE
talk on and on in a dull, boring way; also, an unmanned aircraft
EFFACE
blot out
EFFECT
bring about (verb); result (noun)
EJECT
throw out
ELATE
make happy
EMIT
give forth (e.g., sounds)
EMULATE
imitate as a role model
ENCOUNTER
meet
ENCROACH
intrude on (e.g., property)
ENDEAVOR
try
ENDOW
provide with (e.g., a desirable quality)
ENHANCE
increase the value of
ENSUE
follow as a result
ENTHRALL
captivate or charm completely, as if under a spell
ENTREAT
plead
ERR
make a mistake
ERUPT
break out
ESTEEM
value
EVADE
avoid or escape from someone or something
EVICT
expel
EXALT
raise to greater heights
EXCEED
surpass
EXEMPLIFY
serve as a representative, example of
EXPEDITE
speed up the handling of
EXPLOIT
take advantage of a situation or a person
FACILITATE
make easier
FALTER
stumble
FAMISH
starve
FEIGN
pretend
FLAUNT
show off
FLOURISH
thrive
FLOUT
defy openly or mockingly
FOIL
prevent
FORGO
do without
FORSAKE
abandon
FRUSTRATE
prevent someone from acheiveing something