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Reap

(v) harvest, such as by cutting; gather; get as a result of one's effort

defer

1. To postpone, delay 2. To yield to someone else

Extricate

Remove from entanglements

Beckon

To call forth, to summon

exonerate

To declare innocent

allot

To distribute in portions

impede

To inhibit a process

reside

To live in a place

aggravate

To make worse

delude

To mislead

Conspire

To plan together secretly

enunciate

To pronounce clearly

Incarcerate

To put someone in jail

emancipate

To set free

embark

To set out on a journey

squander

To spend foolishly; to waste

Assert

To state strongly

pilfer

To steal

agitate

To stir or mix up

bolster

To strengthen; to support

aspire

To strive to pursue a goal

implicate

To suggest someone is guilty of a crime

dilute

To weaken by adding water

emulate

imitate out of respect

mollify

make someone feel better, ease discomfort

shirk

to avoid a task or obligation

Elluded

to avoid capture

prohibit

to ban a practice

atrophy

to become smaller or weaker through lack of use

commence

to begin

behoove

to benefit

jostle

to bump into

scald

to burn with water or steam

Evoke

to call forth an image or feeling

Convert

to change something into something else

obfuscate

to confuse

perplex

to confuse

scold

to criticize sharply

amputate

to cut off a limb

Deface

to damage property; to vandalize

Covet

to desire something belonging to another

perish

to die

wither

to dry out and DIE

spelluk

to explore caves

plummet

to fall rapidly

indunate

to flood or overwhelm

interrogate

to formally question

Seceded

to formally withdraw

emit

to give off

sequester

to hid way; to remove

conceal

to hide something

inhibit

to impede;to form an obstacles

omit

to leave out

fabricate

to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

Undulate

to move in a wave like motion

oscillate

to move in a wave like motion

sow

to plant seeds in the ground

vilify

to portray someone as a villian

deploy

to position or to arrange; to utilize

articulate

to pronounce clearly

antagonize

to provoke

employ

to put to work or to use

allude

to refer indirectly

revert

to return to a previous state of being

jeer

to ridicule

preside

to rule over, to govern

IMMOLATE

to sacrifice by burning

abridge

to shorten

indicate

to show or point out

sift

to sort throught

loiter

to stand around in public doing nothing

adhere

to stick to something

Dither

to struggle to make a decision

prespire

to sweat

Revoke

to take back

defenestrate

to throw someone or something out of a window

Invert

to turn upside down or inside out

ambulate

to walk

boondoggle

to waste time on trivial tasks

eradicate

to wipe out completely


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