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English vocab words
Verbs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acquiesce | to give in and agree peaceably; to assent, comply |
| Chastise | to scold severely or punish; castigate, censure |
| Condone | to overlook or pardon an offense; to excuse |
| Augment | to increase; to make something greater or bigger |
| Amass | to accumulate, collect; to gather, come together |
| Disseminate | to disperse or spread everywhere (knowledge or ideas) as if sowing seeds |
| Coalesce | to mix or come together from separate elements |
| Concur | to agree, assent; to approve; to coincide |
| Digress | to wander off course in speaking or writing |
| Cursory | sketchy, not thorough; hasty or superficial |
| Precursor | a forerunner that hints the future; harbinger |
| Emit | to voice; to give off, as fumes or anger |
| Mission | a definite job or task; the mission establishment itself (usually religious) |
| Laud | to praise, command, acclaim, extol |
| Disperse | to spread all over; to disseminate; also, to fan out or scatter in a random way |
| Efface | to erase or obliterate; to wear away (as by time) |