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C1 Vocab Verbs 3
Question | Answer |
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to amend | To make alterations or adjustments to improve the quality, effectiveness, or suitability of something. |
to authorize | To officially give permission for a specific action, process, etc. |
to betray | To be disloyal to a person, a group of people, or one's country by giving information about them to their enemy. |
to breach | To break an agreement, law, etc. |
to compel | To make someone do something. |
to compensate | To pay someone for the work they have done. |
to conceal | To carefully cover or hide something or someone. |
to conserve | To keep something from change or harm. |
to contemplate | To think about something particular. |
to cater | To provide a meeting, party, etc. with food and drink. |
to cultivate | To prepare land for raising crops or growing plants. |
to devise | To design or invent a new thing or method after much thinking. |
to substitute | To put something or someone in the place of another. |
to dictate | To tell someone what to do or not to do, in an authoritative way. |
to disclose | To make something known to someone or the public, particularly when it was a secret at first. |
to distort | To change the shape or condition of something in a way that is no longer clear or natural. |
to embody | To represent a quality or belief. |
to empower | To give someone the power or authorization to do something particular. |
to entitle | To give someone the legal right to have or do something particular. |
to extract | To take something out from something else, particularly when it is not easy to do. |
to hint | To indirectly suggest something. |
to instruct | To tell someone to do something, particularly in an official manner. |
to linger | To stay somewhere longer because one does not want to leave. |
to fade | To disappear slowly. |
to loom | To appear as a large shape that is unclear, particularly in a manner that is threatening. |
to outrage | To cause someone to become extremely angry or shocked. |
to reassure | To do or say something to make someone stop worrying or less afraid. |
to tolerate | To not oppose or prohibit something one does not like or agree with. |
to overlook | To not notice or see something. |
to undermine | To gradually decrease the effectiveness, confidence, or power of something or someone. |
to vow | To make a sincere promise to do or not to do something particular. |
to resurface | To once again become noticeable, significant, or problematic. |
to astonish | To impress or surprise someone very much. |
to rehash | To present something old or already used in a slightly different way or with minor alterations, often without adding anything new. |
to sabotage | To intentionally damage or undermine something, often for personal gain or as an act of protest or revenge. |