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  1. acquiesce       to comply tacitly or passively                                                                      
  2. assail          to attack violently through force or argument                                                       
  3. betroth         to promise in marriage                                                                              
  4. canvass         to go among people to solicit votes or opinions                                                     
  5. coalesce        to grow; to come together; to blend                                                                 
  6. convey          to transport from one place to another; to make   known or communicate                              
  7. delineate       to draw in outline; to portray verbally; describe                                                   
  8. discountenance  to disapprove of                                                                                    
  9. elucidate       to make clear; to explain; to enlighten about                                                       
  10. exalt           to raise to high rank or power; to glorify                                                          
  11. flail           to beat, as with a flail                                                                            
  12. goad            to drive; to incite                                                                                 
  13. impede          to hinder the motion of; to stop the progress of                                                    
  14. intersect       to divide by cutting or passing across; a coming  together at an angle                              
  15. liquidate       to pay or settle an obligation; to do away with;  to get rid of                                     
  16. minimize        to decrease to the least possible extent                                                            
  17. obviate         to prevent or counter by effective measures                                                         
  18. relegate        to send off or consign; to assign; to exile                                                         
  19. thwart          to prevent the accomplishment of                                                                    
  20. wrest           to pull or force away by violent twisting; to turnfrom the true meaning                             
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