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  1. acquire         to come into possession of something                                                                The millionaire was able to @ many automobiles.             
  2. assay           to prove; to test                                                                                   The scientists @d the evidence from the experiment.         
  3. bewitch         to attract irresistibly; to charm; to fascinate                                                     The young man was @d by the lady's charms.                  
  4. capitulate      to surrender                                                                                        The general @d the avoid a slaughter in the field.          
  5. coerce          to compel by force; to restrain by force                                                            The gang members @d the witness into silence.               
  6. corroborate     to confirm, as in testimony; to strengthen                                                          The man's friends @d his testimony in the case.             
  7. delve           to make a careful investigation of                                                                  The sailor loved to @ into naval history.                   
  8. disdain         to consider unworthy of one's regard or notice                                                      We should not @ assistance, from wherever it comes.         
  9. delimit         to fix the boundaries of; to spell out clearly                                                      The manager's authority was carefully @d by his superior.   
  10. excise          to cut out; to delete                                                                               The doctors @d the man's cancerous colon.                   
  11. flaunt          to make a gaudy display; show off                                                                   The lottery winner @d his newfound wealth.                  
  12. grovel          to abase or debase oneself; to lie prostrate in   subservience                                      The employee had to @ to get the small raise in pay.        
  13. importune       to harass with persistent demands;                to beg persistently                               The child's endless @ing eventually wore down the parents.  
  14. intervene       to interfere with; to come between                                                                  France @d on the American side in the Revolutionary War.    
  15. loiter          to linger aimlessly; to loaf                                                                        The unemployed men @d about in the marketplace.             
  16. misconstrue     to understand incorrectly; to misinterpret                                                          Men and women often @ what each other mean.                 
  17. ossify          to convert into bone                                                                                The pudding began to @ from being left sitting so long.     
  18. relinquish      to give up; to abandon; to renounce                                                                 The king @d his crown in order to marry the woman.          
  19. toady           to flatter for favors                                                                               The flatterers @d up to the wealthy man.                    
  20. writhe          to twist or distort, especially from pain; to suf-fer acutely                                       The snakes @d the twisted in the barrel.                    
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