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- -->>:abrogate::abolish; repeal; annul
- -->>:animate::to impart life to; make alive
- -->>:beset::to attack on all sides; to encircle
- -->>:cachinnate::to laugh loudly or immoderately
- -->>:chortle::to chuckle with glee; combination of chuckle and snort
- -->>:consign::to commit to care of another; to give over
- -->>:defame::to harm the reputation of another by slander
- -->>:dilate::to make wider or larger; to become wider or larger
- -->>:eclipse::to obscure the beauty, fame, worth, of another; to overshadow
- -->>:epitomize::to serve as the typical or ideal example of something
- -->>:fathom::to understand; to interpret; to puzzle out
- -->>:gibe::to utter jeers; to taunt
- -->>:idolize::to love something excessively; to adore
- -->>:instigate::to spur on or goad to some action; to incite
- -->>:lampoon::to make one the subject of ridicule
- -->>:meliorate::to improve the quality or condition of a person or situation
- -->>:nonplus::to baffle; to perplex; to render speechless
- -->>:quell::to put down or suppress by force; to quiet
- -->>:sully::to mar the brightness of; to become tarnished
- -->>:vitiate::to impair the use or value of; to corrupt