| Term | Definition |
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accelerate |
to speed up, increase the speed |
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compensate |
to make up for, pay, remunerate |
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exagerate |
to overstate, magnify, inflate |
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humiliate |
to lower the self-respect of, mortify |
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impale |
to pierce, thrust through |
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jeopardize |
to endanger |
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perpetrate |
pt perform, carry out |
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promulgate |
to make known, spead widely |
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resuscitate |
to revive, bring back to life |
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simulate |
to feign, pretend, imitate |
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metaphor |
an implied comparison |
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moron |
peson of low intelligence, fool |
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nonentity |
a person or thing of no imporance |
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parity |
equality, equivaleince |
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satellite |
a small body revolving around a larger one; a person, group, nation dependent on a larger one |
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scroll |
an ancient rolled manuscript |
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simile |
an expressed comparison |
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sovereign |
the supreme ruler, monarch |
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stratum |
a layer or level |
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tenacity |
unyielding firmness |