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  1. acquire         to come into possession of something                                                                
  2. assay           to prove; to test                                                                                   
  3. bewitch         to attract irresistably; to charm; to fascinate                                                     
  4. capitulate      to surrender                                                                                        
  5. coerce          to compel by force; to restrain by force                                                            
  6. corroborate     to confirm, as in testimony; to strengthen                                                          
  7. delve           to make a careful investigation of                                                                  
  8. disdain         to consider unworthy of one's regard or notice                                                      
  9. delimit         to fix the boundaries of; to spell out clearly                                                      
  10. excise          to cut out; to delete                                                                               
  11. flaunt          to make a gaudy display; show off                                                                   
  12. grovel          to abase or debase oneself; to lie prostrate in   subservience                                      
  13. importune       to harass with persistent demands;                to beg persistently                               
  14. intervene       to interfere with; to come between                                                                  
  15. loiter          to linger aimlessly; to loaf                                                                        
  16. misconstrue     to understand incorrectly; to misinterpret                                                          
  17. ossify          to convert into bone                                                                                
  18. relinquish      to give up; to abandon; to renounce                                                                 
  19. toady           to flatter for favors                                                                               
  20. writhe          to twist or distort, especially from pain; to suf-fer acutely                                       
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