| A | B |
|---|
| abscond | to depart hastily and secretly, especially to escape the law |
| acquit | to declare innocent; to absolve |
| adulterate | to cheapen by adding inferior ingredients; to corrupt |
| alienate | to make unfriendly; to estrange |
| blaspheme | to speak profanely of God or sacred things; to curse |
| bungle | to botch; to perform clumsily |
| canonize | to declare a dead person to be a saint |
| canvass | to go through a district asking for votes, opinions, or orders |
| cauterize | to sear with a hot iron, as to cure wounds |
| condone | to pardon or overlook a fault |
| decimate | to kill many of |
| deify | to make a god of; to exalt or idealize |
| disconcert | to embarass;to confuse; to upset |
| disparage | to belittle; to speak of with contempt |
| disseminate | to scatter everywhere; to spread, as of sowing |
| elucidate | to make clear; to explain |
| expurgate | to remove obscene or objectionalable matter; to purge |
| extradite | to return to a fugitive |
