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ACQUIESCE to give in; to agree
ALLEVIATE to lesson or relieve discomfort or a bad situation, even if only temporarily
AMASS to accumulate
AMELIORATE to make better or more tolerable
APPEASE to soothe; pacify by giving in
ASSUAGE to soothe or comfort; to lessen the pain of
ATROPHY to waste away from lack of use
AUGMENT to add to or increase
AUTHORITARIAN in the same manner as an absolute ruler or dictator
BELITTLE to insult or degrade
CENSOR to limit communication to prevent the loss of secret information
CENSURE to condemn severely for inappropriate or rule-breaking behavior
COALESCE to come together as one; to unite
CONDESCEND to patronize; to stoop to someone else's level in an offensive way
CONDONE to approve of or allow to happen
DENOUNCE to speak out against or condemn
DERIDE to ridicule or laugh at contemptuously
DESECRATE to profane a holy place
DETER to prevent or stop someone from doing something
DIGRESS to veer off the main topic
DISCRIMINATE to differentiate or make a distinction based on some quality; in recent times, usually has the connotation of unfair racial, ethnic, or gender bias
DISPARAGE to belittle or say uncomplimentary things about in an indirect way
DIVERT to change the course of direction of
DRONE to talk on and on in a dull way
EFFACE to erase or rub away the features of
EMULATE to imitate as a role model
ENGENDER to create a new or better way of doing something
ENHANCE to make better or improve
ENTHRALL to hold spellbound; to captivate or charm completely
EXEMPLIFY to serve as an example or representative of
EXPEDITE to make faster or easier
EXTOL to praise
FACILITATE to make easier
HEED to listen to and obey
INNOVATE to create a new or better way of doing something
INSTIGATE to provoke or stir up a controversy
LANGUISH to become listless, hopeless, or depressed
MEANDER to wander slowly or aimlessly
MITIGATE to lessen the severity of something, such as a punishment or injury
NULLIFY to cancel out or make very unimportant, as if nonexistent
PRECLUDE to prevent or make impossible
REFUTE to disprove
REJUVENATE to give new energy or strength to, as if made young again
REPRESS to hold down
REPROACH to scold or rebuke
REPUDIATE to reject or deny
RESCIND to repeal, to take back formally
RETRACT to take back or withdraw
REVERE to worship or respect very deeply
SCRUTINIZE to examine closely
SOLICIT to ask for, to seek
SQUANDER to waste
VACILLATE to waver between alternatives; to be indecisive
VEER to turn aside or swerve away from a course, direction, or purpose
VENERATE to revere or treat as something or someone holy
VILIFY to cast as a villain; to defame
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