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  1. abate           to reduce in quantity or intensity; to become     less                                              The taxes were @d when the people could not pay.            
  2. affirm          to declare positively; to make a formal           declaration                                       He would neither @ nor deny the charge.                     
  3. augur           to prophesy                                                                                         The bad omen @ed a black day.                               
  4. bolster         to prop up or reinforce a thing; to steady                                                          The good omen @ed the man's confidence.                     
  5. castigate       to rebuke or chastise severely; to criticize                                                        The judge @d the lawyer's bad conduct in the court.         
  6. concede         to acknowledge grudgingly; to yield in some way                                                     The debater refused to @ even one small point.              
  7. crave           to want greatly; to need or be physically depen-  dent upon; to yearn for                           Drug addicts cannot help but @ their object of addiction.   
  8. depreciate      to lessen the value of; to become less in value                                                     The stock @d after it reported second quarter losses.       
  9. dissipate       to disperse or drive away; to squander                                                              The lad @d his savings through loose living.                
  10. encompass       to form a circle about; to enclose; to envelop; toinclude                                           The United States @es fifty states.                         
  11. expedite        to execute an action promptly; to facilitate                                                        The letter from the President @d the investigation.         
  12. fluctuate       to change or vary irregularly; to undulate                                                          The market has @d wildly lately.                            
  13. harass          to pursue relentlessly; to torment                                                                  The defendant relentlessly @ed the witness.                 
  14. incite          to spur to action; to urge on                                                                       The fiery words @d the crowd's anger.                       
  15. iterate         to say something repeatedly                                                                         The computer program @d through the loop 20 times.          
  16. malinger        to pretend to be ill to avoid work                                                                  Are you going to work, or @ all day long.                   
  17. muckrake        to expose real or alleged corruption in governmentor public persons                                 The reporter's @ing brought action from the government.     
  18. perpetuate      to make perpetual or enduring                                                                       The story @d the myth even further.                         
  19. retrogress      to go back to an earlier or worse state                                                             The patient @ed despite having another operation.           
  20. truncate        to shorten by cutting part off; to cut short; to  curtail                                           The long speech was @d when the lights went out.            
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