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  1. -->>:abate::to reduce in quantity or intensity; to become less
  2. -->>:affirm::to declare positively; to make a formal
  3. -->>:augur::to prophesy
  4. -->>:bolster::to prop up or reinforce a thing; to steady
  5. -->>:castigate::to rebuke or chastise severely; to criticize
  6. -->>:concede::to acknowledge grudgingly; to yield in some way
  7. -->>:crave::to want greatly; to need or be physically dependent upon; to yearn for
  8. -->>:depreciate::to lessen the value of; to become less in value
  9. -->>:dissipate::to disperse or drive away; to squander
  10. -->>:encompass::to form a circle about; to enclose; to envelop; toinclude
  11. -->>:expedite::to execute an action promptly; to facilitate
  12. -->>:fluctuate::to change or vary irregularly; to undulate
  13. -->>:harass::to pursue relentlessly; to torment
  14. -->>:incite::to spur to action; to urge on
  15. -->>:iterate::to say something repeatedly
  16. -->>:malinger::to pretend to be ill to avoid work
  17. -->>:muckrake::to expose real or alleged corruption in governmentor public persons
  18. -->>:perpetuate::to make perpetual or enduring
  19. -->>:retrogress::to go back to an earlier or worse state
  20. -->>:truncate::to shorten by cutting part off; to cut short; to  curtail