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| intensify | make worse |
| sympathize | feel sorry for |
| recuperate | heal or get better |
| plague | bother |
| perplex | confuse |
| chastise | scold |
| kowtow | bow down to |
| usurp | take over |
| redeem | win back |
| consume | eat or take in |
| saturate | soak |
| halt | stop |
| acknowledge | recognize or admit to be true |
| accustom | to become used to |
| quiver | shake |
| trudge | walk slowly |
| linger | hang around |
| jeopardize | to put in danger |
| bluff | trick |
| cower | pull back in fear |
| encounter | meet unexpectedly |
| resume | start again |
| abhor | despise |
| articulate | speak |
| defer | put off |
| venture | to take a risk |
| lurk | sneak |
| censor | take out explicit material |
| underestimate | think lower of someone |
| commence | begin |
| gawk | stare at |
| fabricate | lie |
| imitate | copy |
| reflect | think about |
| confide | tell a secret |
| thrash | move around wildly |
| aggravate | annoy |
| accentuate | to emphasize or show off |
| defend | protect |
| transform | change |
| replenish | fill again |
| suffice | be enough |
| dissuade | persuade against |
| effervesce | give off light or energy |
| confront | to face in a challenge or come face to face |
| taunt | tease |
| quell | calm |
| neglect | ignore |
| despise | abhor |
| speculate | to guess |
| console | make feel better |
| balk | stop and complain |
| distinguish | set apart |
| banish | expel |
| victimize | to treat badly |
| convey | to show |
| annihilate | destroy |
| acclimate | get used to |
| smother | to stifle or suffocate |
| cringe | cower |
| dwindle | decrease |
| mesmerize | to fascinate or hypnotize |
| disparage | talk badly about |
| detest | despise |
| proceed | continue |
| envy | be jealous of |
| complicate | make more involved |
| gawk | stare at |
| riveted | captivated or engaged |
| gloat | brag |
| undermine | weaken secretly |
| grovel | beg |
| ingratiate | kiss up to |
| reconcile | bury the hatchet |
| flourish | grow |
| fortify | make stronger |
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