sidestep | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, skirt |
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suggest | (verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: advise, propose |
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(verb) call to mind | Synonyms: evoke, paint a picture |
(verb) imply as a possibility | Synonyms: intimate |
(verb) drop a hint; intimate by a hint | Synonyms: hint |
test | (verb) undergo a test | - |
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(verb) examine someone's knowledge of something | Synonyms: quiz |
(verb) determine the presence or properties of (a substance) | - |
(verb) achieve a certain score or rating on a test | - |
(verb) put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to | Synonyms: essay, examine, prove, try, try out |
(verb) test or examine for the presence of disease or infection | Synonyms: screen |
(verb) show a certain characteristic when tested | - |
testify | (verb) give testimony in a court of law | Synonyms: attest, bear witness, take the stand |
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(verb) provide evidence for | Synonyms: bear witness, evidence, prove, show |
travesty | (verb) make a travesty of | - |
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underestimate | (verb) make a deliberately low estimate | Synonyms: lowball |
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(verb) make too low an estimate of | Synonyms: underrate |
(verb) assign too low a value to | Synonyms: undervalue |
vest | (verb) clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes | Synonyms: robe |
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(verb) clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments | - |
(verb) place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons | - |
(verb) become legally vested | - |
(verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: enthrone, invest |
vesture | (verb) provide or cover with a cloak | - |
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westernise | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, occidentalize, westernize |
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westernize | (verb) make western in character | Synonyms: occidentalise, occidentalize, westernise |
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whistlestop | (verb) tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election | - |
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wrest | (verb) obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically | - |
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wrestle | (verb) engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate | - |
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(verb) combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force | - |
(verb) engage in a wrestling match | - |
(verb) to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) | Synonyms: squirm, twist, worm, wriggle, writhe |
zest | (verb) add herbs or spices to | Synonyms: spice, spice up |
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