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  1. abort           to bring to a premature or unsuccessful conclusion                                                  The quick rain storm @d the picnic.                         
  2. ameliorate      to make or become better; to improve                                                                Conditions in the house @d when the father returned.        
  3. belittle        to minimize the achievements of another                                                             The jealous girl @d the accomplishments of her sister.      
  4. burlesque       to represent laughably; satirize                                                                    The acting troop @d the pompous politician.                 
  5. chastise        to punish; to beat; to upbraid                                                                      The Egyptians were @d with ten plagues.                     
  6. conscript       to force into service                                                                               The young man was @d into the navy against his will.        
  7. decelerate      to reduce the speed of; to slow down                                                                The car @d rapidly when the driver hit the brake.           
  8. dictate         to command authoritatively; to give orders                                                          The businessman @d his letters into a tape recorder.        
  9. drone           to talk in a persistently dull manner; to speak   in a monotone                                     The teacher @d on and on while the class dozed.             
  10. entrench        to establish solidly; to confirm                                                                    Bureaucrats often @ themselves so that can't be removed.    
  11. fabricate       to make or build; to make up; lie                                                                   The dishonest student @ a lie about the homework.           
  12. garble          to confuse unintentionally; to change and distort intentionally                                     The message was @d by the bad phone lines.                  
  13. hypnotize       to place in a trance; to charm or fascinate                                                         The magician @d his assistant into a deep trance.           
  14. innovate        to introduce something new; to bring new ideas or methods                                           Americans like to innovate and find new ways.               
  15. kibitz          to give unwanted advice                                                                             The mother-in-law continually @d to the daughter.           
  16. mediate         to help settle or reconcile; to serve as an inter-mediary between disputing parties                 The arbitrator @d the dispute.                              
  17. neutralize      to counteract; to negate the effect of; to render harmless                                          The balm @d the bad effect of the acid.                     
  18. purge           to cleanse of impurities; to rid of undesirable   elements                                          Stalin @d the Party of unwanted elements.                   
  19. sublimate       to convert energies into socially acceptable      outlets; to refine, to purify                     Often teens need to @ their excessive energy.               
  20. vilify          to abuse or characterize with defamatory language;to slander                                        Enemies often @ each other's character.                     
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