Mat Vocabulary Words - Verbs

Front 1

abash, disconcert, discomfit, faze

Back 1

to embarrass

Front 2

accede, assent, acquiesce, concur

Back 2

to express approval; agree to

Front 3

accrue, augment, burgeon, wax, proliferate

Back 3

to accumulate, grow by additions

Front 4

adulterate, dilute, contaminate

Back 4

to corrupt or make impure

Front 5

amalgamate, integrate, league, assimilate

Back 5

to mix, combine

Front 6

ameliorate, amend

Back 6

to make better, improve

Front 7

appropriate, usurp, arrogate, commandeer, assume

Back 7

to take possession of; to demand, claim arrogantly

Front 8

ascribe, accredit, impute, refer, credit

Back 8

to attribute to, assign

Front 9

assuage, mitigate, alleviate, mollify, appease, extenuate, palliate

Back 9

to make less severe, ease, relieve

Front 10

atrophy, deteriorate, degenerate

Back 10

to waste away, wither from disuse

Front 11

attenuate, rarefy, diminish

Back 11

to make thin or slender; weaken

Front 12

aver, assert, attest

Back 12

to declare to be true, affirm

Front 13

belabor, harp upon, dwell upon

Back 13

to insist repeatedly or harp on

Front 14

bilk, dupe, swindle, fleece

Back 14

to cheat, defraud

Front 15

blandish, cajole, wheedle

Back 15

to coax with flattery

Front 16

canonize, exult, ennoble, elevate, glorify

Back 16

to declare a person a saint, raise to highest honors

Front 17

castigate, lambaste

Back 17

to punish, chastise, criticize severely

Front 18

censure, denounce, pillory, vilify, indict

Back 18

to criticize, find fault

Front 19

countenance, condone, tolerate

Back 19

to favor, support

Front 20

daunt, consternate, demoralize, dishearten

Back 20

to discourage, intimidate

Front 21

demur, remonstrate, kick, dissent, expostulate

Back 21

to express doubts or objections

Front 22

denigrate, malign, belittle, disparage, vilify, deprecate, deride, ridicule, derogate

Back 22

to slur or blacken someone's reputation; speak disrespectfully of

Front 23

dissemble, feign, cloak

Back 23

to pretend, disguise one's motives

Front 24

enervate, deplete, debilitate, exhaust

Back 24

to weaken, sap strength from

Front 25

enjoin, direct, instruct; enjoin, prohibit, proscribe

Back 25

to urge, order, command; forbid or prohibit, as by judicial order

Front 26

espouse, champion, embrace, adopt

Back 26

to support or advocate; to marry

Front 27

etiolate, blanch, decolorize

Back 27

to bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight

Front 28

exculpate, exonerate, acquit

Back 28

to clear of blame or fault, vindicate

Front 29

expiate, compensate

Back 29

to atone for, make amends or

Front 30

expurgate, bowdlerize, sanitize

Back 30

to censor

Front 31

fathom, comprehend

Back 31

to measure the depth of, gauge

Front 32

flag, wane, subside, ebb, dwindle, slacken

Back 32

to decline in vigor, strength, or interest

Front 33

foment, abet, instigate, promote

Back 33

to arouse or incite

Front 34

founder, miscarry, immerse, plunge

Back 34

to fall helplessly, sink

Front 35

gall, irritate, vex, nettle, annoy

Back 35

to exasperate and irritate

Front 36

garner, acquire, amass, glean, harvest, reap

Back 36

to gather and store

Front 37

husband, conserve, economize

Back 37

to farm; manage carefully and thriftily

Front 38

importune, beseech, crave, entreat, implore, supplicate

Back 38

to ask repeatedly, beg

Front 39

impugn, challenge, dispute, gainsay

Back 39

to call into question, attack verbally

Front 40

inculcate, instill

Back 40

to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions

Front 41

inculpate, impeach, indict

Back 41

to incriminate

Front 42

inter, entomb, inhume

Back 42

to bury

Front 43

inundate, deluge, engulf

Back 43

to cover with water; overwhelm

Front 44

inure, condition, familiarize, habituate

Back 44

to harden; accustom, become used to

Front 45

lampoon, burlesque, travesty, caricature

Back 45

to attack with satire, mock harshly

Front 46

lionize, regale, ply

Back 46

to treat as a celebrity

Front 47

macerate, deliquesce

Back 47

to waste away or to become soft, esp. by being steeped

Front 48

malinger, shirk, fake

Back 48

to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

Front 49

militate, affect, influence

Back 49

to operate against, work against

Front 50

obfuscate, cloud, complicate, darken

Back 50

to confuse, obscure

Front 51

obviate, avert, deter, forestall, preclude

Back 51

to make unnecessary, anticipate and prevent

Front 52

occlude, obstruct

Back 52

to shut, block

Front 53

presage, portend, forewarn, augur, divine, bode

Back 53

to foretell, indicate in advance

Front 54

prevaricate, equivocate, palter, hedge, fabricate

Back 54

to lie, evade the truth

Front 55

proscribe, denounce, banish, interdict

Back 55

to condemn; to forbid, outlaw

Front 56

quell, suppress, pacify, quiet, quash, stifle

Back 56

to crush or subdue

Front 57

rarefy, attenuate, prune

Back 57

to make thinner, purer, or more refined

Front 58

renege, break, violate

Back 58

to go back on one's word

Front 59

score, furrow, scrape, groove, chase, rule

Back 59

to make a notch or scratch

Front 60

stint, conserve, scrimp, skimp

Back 60

to be sparing or frugal

Front 61

temper, qualify, allay, muffle

Back 61

to restrain, moderate

Front 62

upbraid, berate, tax, reproach, rebuke, chide

Back 62

to scold sharply

Front 63

whet, hone, strop, grind, edge

Back 63

to sharpen, stimulate