Verbs 1 Flashcards
Acquiesce
To give in; to agree
Alleviate
To lessen or relive discomfort or a bad situation, even if only temporarily
Amass
To accumulate
Ameliorate
To make better or more tolerable
Appease
To soothe; to pacify by giving in
Assuage
To soothe or comfort; to lessen the pain of
Atrophy
To waste away from lack of use
Augment
To add or to increase
Authoritarian
In the same manner as an absolute ruler or dictator
Belittle
To insult or degrade
Censor
To limit communication to prevent the loss of secret information
Censure
To condemn severely for inappropriate or rule-breaking behavior
Coalesce
To come together as one; to unite
Condescend
To patronize; to stoop to someone else’s level in an offensive way
Condone
To approve of or allow to happen
Denounce
To speak out against or condemn
Deride
To ridicule or laugh at contemptuously
Desecrate
To profane a holy place
Deter
To prevent or stop someone from doing something
Digress
To veer off the main topic
Discriminate
To differentiate or make a distinction based on some quality; in recent times, usually has the connotation of unfair racial, ethnic, or gender bias
Disparage
To belittle or say uncomplimentary things about in an indirect way
Divert
To change the course or direction of
Drone
To talk on and on in a dull way