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  1. admonish        to caution against danger; to warn                                                                  
  2. atrophy         to waste away; to wither                                                                            
  3. bilk            to cheat; to deceive                                                                                
  4. careen          to lurch or twist from side to side while moving                                                    
  5. commute         to lessen the severity of a punishment; to regu-  larly travel a distance                           
  6. covet           to long for something, especially that which      belongs to another                                
  7. deplete         to reduce or lessen; to partially empty                                                             
  8. disparage       to treat or speak of with disrespect or contempt                                                    
  9. emigrate        to move away from one country or place to settle  in another                                        
  10. exemplify       to show by good example; to illustrate                                                              
  11. flounce         to move with exaggerated motion; to move suddenly                                                   
  12. habituate       to accustom to a condition by repetition                                                            
  13. impugn          to attack with criticism or arguments; dispute thetruth of                                          
  14. intone          to recite in a monotonous manner; to chant                                                          
  15. lunge           to suddenly thrust forward; to plunge forward                                                       
  16. mollify         to soothe someone; to calm                                                                          
  17. pall            to become uninteresting or dull; to have a dullingeffect                                            
  18. replenish       to bring back to fullness; to fill up                                                               
  19. transcend       to rise above in excellence or degree; to exceed a limit                                            
  20. yowl            to utter a loud, long cry of distress or grief                                                      
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