v e r b Flashcards

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abdicate

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refuse to accept responsibility for it any longer

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acquired

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learn a skill or a habit, or develop it through your daily life or experience

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admonished

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tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong

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4
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agitate

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protest or take part in political activity in order to get something

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5
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antagonize

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make someone feel angry or hostile towards you

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abet

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to help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal

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advocate

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to publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something

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boycott

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refuse to be involved with a country, organization, or activity in any way because they disapprove of it

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compel

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force someone to do it

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condemn

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say something is very bad and unacceptable

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Consult

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ask an expert or someone senior to you for their opinion and advice about what you should do or their permission to do something

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12
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dawdle

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spend more time than is necessary doing something

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devastated

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to make someone feel very shocked and upset

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devour

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to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left
to destroy something completely
to read books or literature quickly and eagerly

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evaluate

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judge or calculate

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exonerate

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to show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something

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infuriate

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to make someone extremely angry

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intimidate

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to frighten or threaten someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want them to do

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initiate

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to cause something to begin

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mitigate

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to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad

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oppress

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to govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom

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relinquish

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to give up something such as a responsibility or claim

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signify

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to be a sign of something; to mean

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apprehend

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to catch and arrest someone who has not obeyed the law

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articulate

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to express in words

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assail

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to attack someone violently or criticize someone strongly

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assimilate

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to become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part of a group, country, society, etc.

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augment

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to increase the size or value of something by adding something to it

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barter

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to exchange goods for other things rather than for money