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  1. "accrue"
  2. "to come about or increase"
  3. "Interest will accrue on the money"
  4. "you put in your savings account."
  5. ""
  6. "Your ability to play the piano will"
  7. "______ as you continue to practice."
  8. ""
  9. "circumvent"
  10. "to go around; to avoid"
  11. "* always managed to"
  12. "circumvent the opposition."
  13. ""
  14. "The dishonest man was always trying"
  15. "to __________ the law."
  16. ""
  17. "congeal"
  18. "to become solid"
  19. "The pudding began to congeal when"
  20. "it cooled."
  21. ""
  22. "The gelatin salad will _______ in "
  23. "the refrigerator."
  24. ""
  25. "deduce"
  26. "to figure out"
  27. "You can deduce the answer if you"
  28. "try the addition method."
  29. ""
  30. "She tried to ______ why the machine"
  31. "worked the way it did."
  32. ""
  33. "denude"
  34. "to strip"
  35. "Do not allow the campers to denude"
  36. "the natural beauty of the forest."
  37. ""
  38. "You will have to ______ the log of"
  39. "its bark before it can be made into"
  40. "lumber."
  41. "desecrate"
  42. "to violate the sacredness of"
  43. "The vandals might desecrate the"
  44. "church."
  45. ""
  46. "You might _________ the tomb if you"
  47. "open it."
  48. ""
  49. "devolve"
  50. "to transfer duties"
  51. "If the President dies, his duties"
  52. "and responsibilities will devolve"
  53. "to the Vice-President."
  54. "When Ann resigns from the club, her"
  55. "duties will _______ to another "
  56. "committee chairman."
  57. "disseminate"
  58. "to spread"
  59. "The missionary worked to disseminate"
  60. "his religious beliefs among the "
  61. "natives."
  62. "The teacher tried to ___________"
  63. "new ideas to her students."
  64. ""
  65. "dote"
  66. "to be overly fond of"
  67. "Some grandmothers like to dote on"
  68. "their grandchildren."
  69. ""
  70. "Some parents ____ on their children"
  71. "and spoil them with too much"
  72. "attention."
  73. "emote"
  74. "to speak with emotion"
  75. "The actress must emote with lots of"
  76. "energy."
  77. ""
  78. "It was difficult for the television"
  79. "actor to _____ in the live theatre"
  80. "production."
  81. "expiate"
  82. "to make amends for"
  83. "He hopes to expiate his idleness"
  84. "by working hard now."
  85. ""
  86. "Harold wants to _______ his wrong-"
  87. "doings by volunteering for charity"
  88. "work."
  89. "intercede"
  90. "to plead in behalf of another"
  91. "My mother is always willing to"
  92. "intercede for me."
  93. ""
  94. "In court, his attorney will "
  95. "_________ to help save him from a"
  96. "prison sentence."
  97. "lionize"
  98. "to treat as very important"
  99. "When the astronauts return, everyone"
  100. "will lionize them."
  101. ""
  102. "Many women _______ the handsome"
  103. "actor."
  104. ""
  105. "meander"
  106. "to wander aimlessly"
  107. "The child likes to meander through"
  108. "the park."
  109. ""
  110. "The old man likes to _______ up"
  111. "and down the street."
  112. ""
  113. "objurgate"
  114. "to scold harshly"
  115. "The teacher will objurgate her"
  116. "students if they fail to turn"
  117. "in their homework."
  118. "It is difficult to _________ a"
  119. "child with such innocent-looking"
  120. "eyes."
  121. "obviate"
  122. "to remove; to clear out of the way"
  123. "The teacher tried to obviate the"
  124. "easy questions from the test."
  125. ""
  126. "No matter how hard we try we cannot"
  127. "_______ all the danger from our"
  128. "lives."
  129. "patronize"
  130. "to be a regular customer of"
  131. "We patronize the local stores."
  132. ""
  133. ""
  134. "She will continue to _________ the"
  135. "department store that is downtown."
  136. ""
  137. "placate"
  138. "to soothe or pacify"
  139. "* tried to placate the "
  140. "boy who had been offended."
  141. ""
  142. "Sally tried to _______ her angry"
  143. "parents by cleaning the house."
  144. ""
  145. "pontificate"
  146. "to speak in a pompous manner"
  147. "The mayor will pontificate at the"
  148. "city council meeting on the merits"
  149. "of his administration."
  150. "My father tends to ___________ when"
  151. "he presents a toast."
  152. ""
  153. "preponderate"
  154. "to be greater than something else"
  155. "The good in their motives will"
  156. "preponderate over the bad."
  157. ""
  158. "The idle people must not ____________"
  159. "over the industrious ones or progress"
  160. "will cease."
  161. "recant"
  162. "to publicly denounce one's belief"
  163. "Galileo was forced to recant his"
  164. "theory that the earth revolves"
  165. "around the sun."
  166. "When the professor realizes his"
  167. "error, he will ______ his theory."
  168. ""
  169. "reciprocate"
  170. "to give something in return"
  171. "* wants to reciprocate "
  172. "for Harry's good deed."
  173. ""
  174. "I like to do favors for people who"
  175. "will ___________."
  176. ""
  177. "resurrect"
  178. "to bring back to life"
  179. "It will be difficult to resurrect"
  180. "our previous plan."
  181. ""
  182. "The preacher claimed he could"
  183. "_________ the dead."
  184. ""
  185. "utilize"
  186. "to make use of"
  187. "You should utilize your talents or"
  188. "you will lose them."
  189. ""
  190. "We should _______ our nation's"
  191. "excess food to feed the hungry."
  192. ""
  193. "venerate"
  194. "to regard with deep respect"
  195. "Someday he will venerate his"
  196. "teacher."
  197. ""
  198. "It is important for the children"
  199. "to ________ their parents."
  200. ""
  201. espect"
  202. "Someday he will venerate his"
  203. "teacher."
  204. ""
  205. "It is important for the childr