| Term | Definition |
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acquiesce |
to give in and agree peaceable; to assent, comply |
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chastise |
to scold severely or punish; castigate, censure |
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augment |
to increase; to make something greater or bigger |
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condone |
to overlook or pardon an offense; to excuse |
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amass |
to accumulate, collect; to gather, come together |
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disseminate |
to disperse or spread everywhere (knowledge or ideas) as if sowing seeds |
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coalesce |
to mix or come together from separate elements |
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concur |
to agree, assent; to approve; to coincide |
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digress |
to wander off course in speaking or writing |
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laud |
to praise, commend, acclaim, extol |
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disperse |
to spread all over, to disseminate; to fan out or scatter in a random way |
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efface |
to erase or obliterate; to wear away (as by time) |