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  1. abort           to bring to a premature or unsuccessful conclusion                                                  
  2. ameliorate      to make or become better; to improve                                                                
  3. belittle        to minimize the achievements of another                                                             
  4. burlesque       to represent laughably; satirize                                                                    
  5. chastise        to punish; to beat; to upbraid                                                                      
  6. conscript       to force into service                                                                               
  7. decelerate      to reduce the speed of; to slow down                                                                
  8. dictate         to command authoritatively; to give orders                                                          
  9. drone           to talk in a persistently dull manner; to speak   in a monotone                                     
  10. entrench        to establish solidly; to confirm                                                                    
  11. fabricate       to make or build; to make up; lie                                                                   
  12. garble          to confuse unintentionally; to change and distort intentionally                                     
  13. hypnotize       to place in a trance; to charm or fascinate                                                         
  14. innovate        to introduce something new; to bring new ideas or methods                                           
  15. kibitz          to give unwanted advice                                                                             
  16. mediate         to help settle or reconcile; to serve as an inter-mediary between disputing parties                 
  17. neutralize      to counteract; to negate the effect of; to render harmless                                          
  18. purge           to cleanse of impurities; to rid of undesirable   elements                                          
  19. sublimate       to convert energies into socially outlets                                                           
  20. vilify          to abuse or characterize with defamatory language; to slander                                       
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