Vocabulary Workshop Second Course - Lesson 26

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dispatch

a message; quickness; efficiency; to send; to finish quickly; to kill

intrigue

sly or secret scheming; a conspiracy; to plot or scheme; to excite interest

modify

to alter in form or character; in grammar, to qualify the meaning of

improvise

to compose or perform without preparation; to make something from whatever materials are available

condemn

to criticize or pass judgment against; to find guilty; to find unfit or unsafe

emphasize

to denote as important; to stress

endorse

to give support or approval to; to sign one's name on the back of a check or similar document for validation

falter

to hesitate; to stumble; to stammer

dictate

to recite something to be recorded; to require or order authoritatively

dilute

to thin or weaken by adding liquid; to lessen intensity, purity, strength


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