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- "abet"
- "to help one do something wrong"
- "It is illegal to abet someone"
- "who is committing a crime."
- ""
- "Do not ____ him in performing that"
- "dangerous action; let him do it on"
- "his own."
- "bandy"
- "to throw back and forth"
- "The coach told us to bandy the ball"
- "around awhile to warm up before "
- "the game."
- "Ricky asked his father to _____ the"
- "football with him for a few minutes."
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- "beguile"
- "to trick"
- "Don't let his honest face beguile"
- "you; he is really a crook."
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- "My brother likes to _______ me into"
- "believing all sorts of fantastic"
- "stories he creates."
- "chastise"
- "to punish"
- "Please don't chastise him for"
- "spilling his milk; it was an "
- "accident."
- "My parents will ________ me if I"
- "don't get home on time."
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- "cull"
- "to sort out; to select"
- "*, will you please sort "
- "through the strawberries and cull"
- "the best ones for the fruit stand."
- "From all of the qualified applicants,"
- "the deans must ____ a small percentage"
- "for admission."
- "demean"
- "to humble"
- "The young prince would not demean"
- "himself by taking a job which"
- "required hard labor."
- "You should not ______ yourself by"
- "begging the teacher for a higher"
- "grade."
- "dilate"
- "to expand"
- "*'s eyes dilate when "
- "the light dims."
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- "The bull will ______ his nostrils"
- "when he becomes angered by the"
- "bullfighter."
- "efface"
- "to rub out"
- "It will take decades to efface the"
- "terrible memories of World War II."
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- "It will take a long time to ______ "
- "the damage and destruction caused by"
- "the earthquake."
- "eschew"
- "to avoid"
- "If you want to stay thin, you must"
- "eschew rich foods."
- ""
- "You must not purposely ______ his"
- "company, or he will notice and be"
- "hurt by your behavior."
- "flay"
- "to whip"
- "Huck Finn's drunken father would "
- "flay him."
- ""
- "A teacher should not ____ a student"
- "for forgetting his notebook."
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- "gird"
- "to belt"
- "The young warriors would gird"
- "themselves with ammunition before"
- "a battle."
- "The young dancer will ____ her "
- "waist with a beautiful, flowing"
- "silk scarf."
- "inter"
- "to bury"
- "The military will inter the soldiers'"
- "remains at the famous Punch Bowl"
- "War Memorial in Hawaii."
- "The sailor's wife will _____ his"
- "body on a mountain overlooking the"
- "ocean."
- "minimize"
- "to reduce"
- "The hikers took many precautions to"
- "minimize the risks of their climb."
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- "My friend is trying very hard to"
- "________ her weight gain by sticking"
- "to her diet."
- "oust"
- "to force out"
- "The bright young politician should"
- "be able to oust the senile senator"
- "from office."
- "The talented soccer team was"
- "determined to ____ all competitors"
- "from the race to win the World Cup."
- "pervade"
- "to spread throughout"
- "Don't put on too much perfume or the"
- "smell will pervade the entire house."
- ""
- "The blazing flames threatened to"
- "_______ the forest and set the"
- "entire wilderness on fire."
- "prate"
- "to talk a lot"
- "Please don't prate; I am trying"
- "to concentrate on some important"
- "reading."
- "Caroline loves to _____ for hours "
- "about the different boys she's"
- "dating."
- "profess"
- "to lay claim to"
- "He would not profess guilt for the"
- "crime which everyone knew he had"
- "committed."
- "I do not _______ to be an expert"
- "on computers, but I will try to"
- "help you with your program."
- "remit"
- "to send back"
- "I am sending you the bill in the"
- "mail; please remit payment as soon"
- "as possible."
- "Jim forgot to _____ a check for his "
- "magazine subscription so the company"
- "sent him another bill."
- "repudiate"
- "to reject"
- "I hope that * will not "
- "repudiate my arguments."
- ""
- "I was afraid the witness would"
- "_________ my client's testimony."
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- "secede"
- "to withdraw"
- "There is a rumor that the city of"
- "Los Angeles wants to secede from the"
- "state of California."
- "The government of the United States"
- "was designed so that individual states"
- "could not ______ from the union."
- "stipulate"
- "to arrange definitely"
- "The new contract will stipulate"
- "a ten percent increase in pay."
- ""
- "The new constitution must _________"
- "a definite separation of power between"
- "the President and Vice President."
- "tantalize"
- "to tempt teasingly"
- "How can you tantalize me with an"
- "invitation to the movies when you"
- "know I have to study?"
- "The little girl would _________ the"
- "dog by waving a bone at him from her"
- "high chair."
- "thwart"
- "to hinder; to frustrate"
- "You should never allow a lack of"
- "money to thwart your plans."
- ""
- "Although he tried everything in his"
- "power, he could not ______ his"
- "enemy."
- "transpose"
- "to interchange"
- "If you transpose those paragraphs,"
- "your paper will make much more sense."
- ""
- "Be careful not to _________ those"
- "two pages when stapling them together."
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- "undulate"
- "to move in a wavelike manner"
- "Most waterbeds undulate whenever"
- "anyone sits down on them."
- ""
- "A belly dancer must be able to"
- "________ her body."
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