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Verbs 54 words

October 18, 2007 By Dennis L.

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  1. acclivitous
    sloping upward
  2. algorithm
    a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
  3. alleviate
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  4. androgenous
    of or related to androgenesis
  5. animadvert
    express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
  6. animadvert
    express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
  7. apostatise
    abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
  8. apostatize
    abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
  9. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
  10. be
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  11. beatify
    make blessedly happy
  12. chiasmus
    inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
  13. confect
    make or construct
  14. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  15. denote
    have as a meaning
  16. divulge
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  17. erratum
    a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
  18. excoriate
    express strong disapproval of
  19. expostulate
    reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
  20. expurgate
    edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
  21. inculcate
    teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  22. indelible
    cannot be removed or erased
  23. ingeminate
    to say, state, or perform again
  24. mellifluous
    pleasing to the ear
  25. nosh
    (Yiddish) a snack or light meal
  26. obfuscate
    make obscure or unclear
  27. objurgate
    censure severely
  28. palaver
    loud and confused and empty talk
  29. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  30. parlay
    stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager
  31. parley
    a negotiation between enemies
  32. phrenetic
    excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
  33. pique
    a sudden outburst of anger
  34. profligate
    unrestrained by convention or morality
  35. putrescence
    the quality of rotting and becoming putrid
  36. rusticate
    live in the country and lead a rustic life
  37. sempiternal
    having no known beginning and presumably no end
  38. seriatim
    in a series; one after another
  39. splanchnic
    relating to or affecting the viscera
  40. Sus scrofa
    Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States
  41. sybaritic
    displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  42. tend
    have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
  43. tergiversate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  44. tergiversate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  45. trouble
    a source of difficulty
  46. ubiquitous
    being present everywhere at once
  47. vaticinate
    predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
  48. verb
    a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
  49. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
  50. aggregate
    a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
  51. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  52. boondoggle
    work of little or no value done merely to look busy
  53. equivocate
    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
  54. waft
    a long flag; often tapering