Part 1 Flashcards

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Alleviate

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To make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate:

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2
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Forewarns

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To warn in advance

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3
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Empowers

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To give power or authority to; authorizes, especially by legal or official means:

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4
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Advocates

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To speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly:

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5
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Justifies

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To defend or uphold as warranted or well-grounded:

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6
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Distinguishes

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To mark off as different

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7
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Chronicles

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To record in or as in a chronicles.

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Denigrates

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To attack the reputation of: defame 2: to deny the importance or validity of: belittle

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Repudiates

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Refuse to accept or be associated with.

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10
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Transcend

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Be or go beyond the range or limits of(something abstract, typically a conceptual field or division)

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11
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Bombards

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To assail vigorously or persistently (as with questions)

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Elevates

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To move or raise to a higher level or position; lift up

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13
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Dramatizes

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Exaggerate the seriousness or importance of (an incident or situation)

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14
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Distorts

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Give a misleading or false account or impression of

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Elicits

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Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reactions to one’s own actions or questions

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16
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Bolsters

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Support or strengthen; prop up

17
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Permeates

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Spread throughout (something); pervade

18
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Lampoons

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Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm

19
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Magnitizes

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Attract strongly, as if by a magnet

20
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Accentuates

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Make more noticeable or prominent

21
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Vacillates

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Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions

22
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Elucidates

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Make (something) clear; explain

23
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Delineates

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Deacribe or potray (something) precisely

24
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Assails

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Make a concerted or violent attack on

25
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Opines

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Hold and states as one’s opinion