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ACQUIESCE
to give in, to agree
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ALLEVIATE
to lessen or relieve discomfort or a bad situation, even if only temporarily
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AMELIORATE
to make better or more tolerable
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APPEASE
to soothe, to pacify by giving in
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ASSUAGE
to soothe or comfort, to lessen the pain of
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ATROPHY
to waste away from lack of use
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AUGMENT
to address or to increase
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AUTHORITARIAN
in the same manner as an absolute ruler or dictator
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BELITTLE
to insult or degrade
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CENSOR
to limit communication to prevent the loss of secret information
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CENSURE
to comdemn severly for inappropiate or rule breaking behavior
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COALESCE
to come together as one, to unite
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CONDESCEND
to patronize, to stoop to someone else's level in an offensive way
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CONDONE
to approve of or allow to happen
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DENOUNCE
to speak out against or condemn
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DERIDE
to ridicule or laugh at contemptuously
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DESECRATE
to profane a holy place
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DETER
to prevent or stop someone from doing something
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DISGRESS
to veer off of the main topic
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DISCRIMINATE
to differentiate or make distinction based on some quality usually racial unethical
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DISPARAGE
to belittle or say uncomplimentary things about in an indirect
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DIVERT
to change the course or direction of
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DRONE
to talk on and on in a dull way
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EFFACE
to erase or rub away the features of
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EMULATE
to imitate as a role model
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ENGENDER
to create or produce
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ENHANCE
to make better or improve
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ENTHRALL
to hold spellbound, to captivate or charm completely
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EXEMPLIFY
to serve as an example or representative of
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EXPEDITE
to make faster or easier
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FACILITATE
to make easier
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INNOVATE
to create a new or better way of doing something
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INSTIGATE
to provoke or stir up a controversy
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LANGUISH
to become listless, hopeless and depressed
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MEANDER
to wander slowly or aimlessly
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MITIGATE
to lessen the severity of something, such as a punishment or injury
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NULLIFY
to cancel out or make very important, as if nonexistent
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PRECLUDE
to prevent or make impossible
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REJUVENATE
to give new energy or strength to as if made young again
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REPROACH
to scold or rebuke
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REPUDIATE
to reject or deny
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RESCIND
to repeal to take back formally
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RETRACT
to take back or withdrawl
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REVERE
to worship or respect very deeply
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SCRUTINIZE
to examine closely
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SOLICIT
to ask for or to seek
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VACILLATE
to waver between alternatives, to be indecisive
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VEER
to turn aside or swerve away from a course, direction or purpose
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VENERATE
to reverse or treat as something or someone holy
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VILIFY
to cast as a villain, to defame
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