abnegate | (verb) deny or renounce | - |
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(verb) surrender (power or a position) | - |
(verb) deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure | Synonyms: deny |
abrogate | (verb) revoke formally | - |
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aggregate | (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: combine |
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(verb) amount in the aggregate to | - |
alligator | (verb) crack and acquire the appearance of alligator hide, as from weathering or improper application; of paint and varnishes | - |
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amalgamate | (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: commix, mingle, mix, unify |
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arrogate | (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: assume, seize, take over, usurp |
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(verb) make undue claims to having | Synonyms: assign |
(verb) demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to | Synonyms: claim, lay claim |
astrogate | (verb) navigate in space | - |
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(verb) guide in interplanetary travel | - |
bargain | (verb) come to terms; arrive at an agreement | - |
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(verb) negotiate the terms of an exchange | Synonyms: dicker |
beggar | (verb) reduce to beggary | Synonyms: pauperise, pauperize |
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(verb) be beyond the resources of | - |
brigade | (verb) form or unite into a brigade | - |
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castigate | (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate |
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(verb) inflict severe punishment on | - |
centrifugate | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifuge |
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circumnavigate | (verb) travel around, either by plane or ship | Synonyms: compass |
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colligate | (verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle | Synonyms: subsume |
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(verb) make a logical or causal connection | Synonyms: associate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in |
conga | (verb) dance the conga | - |
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congregate | (verb) come together, usually for a purpose | - |
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conjugate | (verb) unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds | - |
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(verb) undergo conjugation | - |
(verb) add inflections showing person, number, gender, tense, aspect, etc. | - |
corrugate | (verb) fold into ridges | - |
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degas | (verb) remove gas from | - |
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degauss | (verb) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of) | Synonyms: demagnetise, demagnetize |
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delegate | (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, depute, designate |
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(verb) transfer power to someone | Synonyms: depute |
derogate | (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down | Synonyms: belittle, denigrate, minimize |
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desegregate | (verb) open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups | Synonyms: integrate, mix |
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disengage | (verb) become free | - |
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(verb) release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | Synonyms: withdraw |
(verb) free or remove obstruction from | Synonyms: free |
disorganise | (verb) remove the organization from | Synonyms: disorganize |
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disorganize | (verb) remove the organization from | Synonyms: disorganise |
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disregard | (verb) give little or no attention to | Synonyms: ignore, neglect |
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(verb) bar from attention or consideration | Synonyms: brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, ignore, push aside |
(verb) refuse to acknowledge | Synonyms: cut, ignore, snub |
divagate | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: digress, stray, wander |
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elongate | (verb) make long or longer by pulling and stretching | Synonyms: stretch |
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engage | (verb) get caught | - |
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(verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engross, occupy |
(verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, betroth, plight |
(verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: lock, mesh, operate |
(verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, hire, lease, rent, take |
(verb) hire for work or assistance | Synonyms: enlist |
(verb) ask to represent; of legal counsel | - |
(verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: employ, hire |
(verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in | Synonyms: prosecute, pursue |
(verb) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) | Synonyms: wage |
expurgate | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten |
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flabbergast | (verb) overcome with amazement | Synonyms: boggle, bowl over |
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foregather | (verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: assemble, forgather, gather, meet |
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forgather | (verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: assemble, foregather, gather, meet |
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fumigate | (verb) treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests | Synonyms: fume |
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fustigate | (verb) strike with a cudgel | Synonyms: cudgel |
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gab | (verb) talk profusely | Synonyms: yak |
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gabble | (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
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gad | (verb) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | Synonyms: gallivant, jazz around |
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gag | (verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: choke, strangle, suffocate |
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(verb) make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit | Synonyms: heave, retch |
(verb) cause to retch or choke | Synonyms: choke |
(verb) make jokes or quips | Synonyms: quip |
(verb) be too tight; rub or press | Synonyms: choke, fret |
(verb) tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them | Synonyms: muzzle |
(verb) prevent from speaking out | Synonyms: muzzle |
gage | (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, game, punt, stake |
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gaggle | (verb) make a noise characteristic of a goose | Synonyms: cackle |
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gain | (verb) increase (one's body weight) | Synonyms: put on |
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(verb) rise in rate or price | Synonyms: advance |
(verb) increase or develop | Synonyms: gather |
(verb) obtain advantages, such as points, etc. | Synonyms: advance, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win |
(verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, attain, hit, make, reach |
(verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in |
(verb) win something through one's efforts | Synonyms: acquire, win |
(verb) derive a benefit from | Synonyms: benefit, profit |
(verb) obtain | Synonyms: derive |
gainsay | (verb) take exception to | Synonyms: challenge, dispute |
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gall | (verb) irritate or vex | Synonyms: irk |
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(verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | Synonyms: chafe, fret |
gallivant | (verb) wander aimlessly in search of pleasure | Synonyms: gad, jazz around |
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gallop | (verb) ride at a galloping pace | - |
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(verb) go at galloping speed | - |
(verb) cause to move at full gallop | Synonyms: extend |
galumph | (verb) move around heavily and clumsily | - |
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galvanise | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | Synonyms: galvanize |
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(verb) cover with zinc | Synonyms: galvanize |
(verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanize, startle |
galvanize | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | Synonyms: galvanise |
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(verb) cover with zinc | Synonyms: galvanise |
(verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, startle |
gamble | (verb) play games for money | - |
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(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, hazard, risk, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
gambol | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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game | (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, punt, stake |
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gang | (verb) act as an organized group | Synonyms: gang up |
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gangrene | (verb) undergo necrosis | Synonyms: mortify, necrose, sphacelate |
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gank | (verb) to kill with little effort in a video game | - |
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gaol | (verb) lock up or confine, in or as in a jail | Synonyms: immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, put away, put behind bars, remand |
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gap | (verb) make an opening or gap in | Synonyms: breach |
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gape | (verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gawk, gawp, goggle |
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(verb) be wide open | Synonyms: yaw, yawn |
garage | (verb) keep or store in a garage | - |
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garb | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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garble | (verb) make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story | Synonyms: distort, falsify, warp |
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garden | (verb) work in the garden | - |
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gargle | (verb) rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash | Synonyms: rinse |
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(verb) utter with gargling or burbling sounds | - |
garland | (verb) adorn with bands of flowers or leaves | - |
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garment | (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, habilitate, raiment, tog |
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garner | (verb) assemble or get together | Synonyms: collect, gather, pull together |
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(verb) store grain | - |
(verb) acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions | Synonyms: earn, win |
garnish | (verb) decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods | Synonyms: dress, trim |
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(verb) take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support | Synonyms: garnishee |
garnishee | (verb) take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support | Synonyms: garnish |
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garotte | (verb) strangle with an iron collar | Synonyms: garrote, garrotte, scrag |
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garrison | (verb) station (troops) in a fort or garrison | - |
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garrote | (verb) strangle with an iron collar | Synonyms: garotte, garrotte, scrag |
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garrotte | (verb) strangle with an iron collar | Synonyms: garotte, garrote, scrag |
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garter | (verb) fasten with or as if with a garter | - |
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gas | (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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(verb) attack with gas; subject to gas fumes | - |
gasconade | (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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gash | (verb) cut open | Synonyms: slash |
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gasify | (verb) turn into gas | Synonyms: aerify, vaporise, vaporize |
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gasp | (verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: heave, pant, puff |
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gate | (verb) restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment | - |
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(verb) control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate | - |
(verb) supply with a gate | - |
gather | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, conglomerate, cumulate, pile up |
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(verb) increase or develop | Synonyms: gain |
(verb) conclude from evidence | - |
(verb) assemble or get together | Synonyms: collect, garner, pull together |
(verb) draw together into folds or puckers | Synonyms: pucker, tuck |
(verb) look for (food) in nature | - |
(verb) draw and bring closer | - |
(verb) collect in one place | Synonyms: assemble, foregather, forgather, meet |
(verb) get people together | Synonyms: assemble, get together |
gauffer | (verb) make wavy with a heated goffering iron | Synonyms: goffer |
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gauge | (verb) measure precisely and against a standard | - |
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(verb) adapt to a specified measurement | - |
(verb) mix in specific proportions | - |
(verb) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | Synonyms: approximate, estimate, guess, judge |
(verb) determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation | - |
(verb) rub to a uniform size | - |
gawk | (verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gape, gawp, goggle |
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gawp | (verb) look with amazement; look stupidly | Synonyms: gape, gawk, goggle |
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gaze | (verb) look at with fixed eyes | Synonyms: stare |
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gazette | (verb) publish in a gazette | - |
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gazump | (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
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(verb) raise the price of something after agreeing on a lower price | - |
illegalise | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalize, outlaw |
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illegalize | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, outlaw |
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instigate | (verb) provoke or stir up | Synonyms: incite, set off, stir up |
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(verb) serve as the inciting cause of | Synonyms: inspire, prompt |
interrogate | (verb) pose a series of questions to | Synonyms: question |
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(verb) transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication | - |
investigate | (verb) investigate scientifically | Synonyms: look into |
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(verb) conduct an inquiry or investigation of | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
irrigate | (verb) supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting | - |
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(verb) supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams | Synonyms: water |
lallygag | (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
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legalise | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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legalize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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ligate | (verb) bind with a bandage or ligature | - |
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(verb) bind chemically | - |
(verb) join letters in a ligature when writing | - |
litigate | (verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against | Synonyms: action, process, sue |
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(verb) engage in legal proceedings | - |
lollygag | (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
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