Verbs 2 Flashcards
Efface
To erase or rub away the features of
Emulate
To imitate as a role model
Engender
To create or produce
Enhance
To make better or improve
Enthrall
To hold spellbound; to captivate or charm completely
Exemplify
To serve as an example or representative of
Expedite
To make faster or easier
Extol
To praise
Facilitate
To make easier
Heed
To listen to and obey
Innovate
To create a new or better way of doing something
Instigate
To provoke or stir up a controversy
Languish
To become listless, hopeless, or depressed
Meander
To wander slowly or aimlessly
Mitigate
To lessen the severity of something, such as a punishment or injury
Nullify
To cancel out or make very unimportant, as if nonexistent
Preclude
To prevent or make impossible
Refute
To disprove
Rejuvenate
To give new energy or strength to, as if made young again
Repress
To hold down
Reproach
To scold or rebuke
Repudiate
To reject or deny
Rescind
To repeal, to take back formally
Retract
To take back or withdraw
Revere
To worship or respect very deeply
Scrutinize
To examine closely
Solicit
To ask for, to seek
Squander
To waste
Vacillate
To waver between alternatives, to be indecisive
Veer
To turn aside or swerve away from a course, direction, or purpose
Venerate
To revere or treat as something or someone holy
Vilify
To cast as a villain; to defame
