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  1. abhor           to regard with repugnance; detest; loathe                                                           
  2. allay           to lessen the violence; to reduce the intensity                                                     
  3. balk            to stop short and refuse to proceed or take action                                                  
  4. brandish        to wave something, especially a weapon, threaten- ingly or triumphantly                             
  5. cavil           to raise trivial objections; to find fault with                                                     
  6. confute         to prove to be wrong; to refute; to overwhelm;    to confound                                       
  7. daunt           to dishearten and intimidate                                                                        
  8. desecrate       to treat sacrilegiously                                                                             
  9. distort         to twist out of true meaning or proportion; to    pervert                                           
  10. enhance         to heighten or increase in quality                                                                  
  11. expunge         to erase or wipe out                                                                                
  12. fray            to wear something out by friction                                                                   
  13. huddle          to crowd together, especially due to cold or fear                                                   
  14. infringe        to trespass on the rights of another; to break a  law; to violate                                   
  15. jape            to make jokes; to jest; to mock                                                                     
  16. marshal         to arrange in order; to draw up for battle; to    lead or usher in                                  
  17. muster          to collect together; to summon up                                                                   
  18. portend         to warn of; to foretell                                                                             
  19. sally           to rush out suddenly                                                                                
  20. vacillate       to sway one way and the other; to fluctuate                                                         
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