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  1. abut            to touch, join, or adjoin at the end                                                                
  2. arbitrate       to act as a judge in a dispute                                                                      
  3. bestride        to mount; to sit or stand astride of                                                                
  4. calumniate      to accuse falsely; to defame; to slander                                                            
  5. cleave          to split; to pass through; to adhere to (archaic)                                                   
  6. contemn         to despise; to scorn                                                                                
  7. dehisce         to split open                                                                                       
  8. discomfit       to frustrate; to throw into confusion                                                               
  9. ejaculate       to utter suddenly, as a brief exclamation                                                           
  10. evangelize      to preach the Gospel to; to act as a preacher of  any belief                                        
  11. fetter          to shackle; to restrain from action; to hamper                                                      
  12. glower          to stare with sullen annoyance or anger                                                             
  13. immolate        to offer in sacrifice, as a sacrificial victim                                                      
  14. interdict       to prohibit or forbid                                                                               
  15. levy            to impose and collect; to prepare for                                                               
  16. militate        to have influence or effect, usually used with    "against"                                         
  17. obfuscate       to confuse or perplex; to bewilder; to darken or  obscure                                           
  18. raze            to demolish; to scrape or shave off                                                                 
  19. surfeit         to feed or supply to fullness; to overindulge                                                       
  20. whet            to sharpen by friction; to make more keen                                                           
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