Uncommon verbs

Question 1

Quell - 1/ put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force; put an end to, stamp out, curb

2/ suppress a feeling - calm, soothe, pacify

Thrum - to make a continuous rhythmic humming sound

Decontextualise - to consider in isolation from its context

Exonerate - absolve, clear, acquit

Gloat - dwell on one’s own success or another’s misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure; delight in, relish, take great pleasure in (gloat over)

Placate - make someone less angry or hostile

Flout - openly disregard a law or convention; defy, refuse to obey

Render - cause to be or become; make

Rankle - to annoy someone; irk, vex, irritate

Scold - remonstrate with or rebuke (someone) angrily; reprimand, admonish

Answer 1

Atone - make amends or reparation

Besmirch - damage someone’s reputation, sully, tarnish

Foment - instigate or stir up (political unrest)

Avow - confess openly

Eviscerate - to deprive something of its essential content

Purge - 1/ rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory, or condition 2/ physically remove something completely

Permeate - pervade - spread throughout