Part 1 Flashcards
Alleviate
To make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate:
Forewarns
To warn in advance
Empowers
To give power or authority to; authorizes, especially by legal or official means:
Advocates
To speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly:
Justifies
To defend or uphold as warranted or well-grounded:
Distinguishes
To mark off as different
Chronicles
To record in or as in a chronicles.
Denigrates
To attack the reputation of: defame 2: to deny the importance or validity of: belittle
Repudiates
Refuse to accept or be associated with.
Transcend
Be or go beyond the range or limits of(something abstract, typically a conceptual field or division)
Bombards
To assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions)
Elevates
To move or raise to a higher level or position; lift up
Dramatizes
Exaggerate the seriousness or importance of (an incident or situation)
Distorts
Give a misleading or false account or impression of
Elicits
Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reactions to one’s own actions or questions
Bolsters
Support or strengthen; prop up
Permeates
Spread throughout (something); pervade
Lampoons
Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm
Magnitizes
Attract strongly, as if by a magnet
Accentuates
Make more noticeable or prominent
Vacillates
Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions
Elucidates
Make (something) clear; explain
Delineates
Deacribe or potray (something) precisely
Assails
Make a concerted or violent attack on
Opines
Hold and states as one’s opinion
