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  1. abrogate        abolish; repeal; annul                                                                              
  2. animate         to impart life to; make alive                                                                       
  3. beset           to attack on all sides; to encircle                                                                 
  4. cachinnate      to laugh loudly or immoderately                                                                     
  5. chortle         to chuckle with glee; combination of chuckle and  snort                                             
  6. consign         to commit to care of another; to give over                                                          
  7. defame          to harm the reputation of another by slander                                                        
  8. dilate          to make wider or larger; to become wider or larger                                                  
  9. eclipse         to obscure the beauty, fame, worth, of another;   to overshadow                                     
  10. epitomize       to serve as the typical or ideal example of some- thing                                             
  11. fathom          to understand; to interpret; to puzzle out                                                          
  12. gibe            to utter jeers; to taunt                                                                            
  13. idolize         to love something excessively; to adore                                                             
  14. instigate       to spur on or goad to some action; to incite                                                        
  15. lampoon         to make one the subject of ridicule                                                                 
  16. meliorate       to improve the quality or condition of a person   or situation                                      
  17. nonplus         to baffle; to perplex; to render speechless                                                         
  18. quell           to put down or suppress by force; to quiet                                                          
  19. sully           to mar the brightness of; to become tarnished                                                       
  20. vitiate         to impair the use or value of; to corrupt                                                           
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