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  1. abash           to make ashamed or confused; to disconcert                                                          
  2. advocate        to speak in favor of; defend; recommend                                                             
  3. augment         to make greater; to enlarge; to intensify                                                           
  4. blurt           to say impulsively without thought; to speak      abruptly                                          
  5. carp            to find fault unreasonably; to complain                                                             
  6. censor          to remove objectionable material from something   grant or yield                                    
  7. cozen           to cheat; to deceive                                                                                
  8. deprecate       to express disapproval of or regret for                                                             
  9. disseminate     to scatter; to spread widely                                                                        
  10. enchant         to charm completely; to delight                                                                     
  11. expectorate     to spit                                                                                             
  12. flout           to treat with disregard; to scorn                                                                   
  13. hamper          to interfere with the movement of; to impede                                                        
  14. inaugurate      to formally begin or commence; to initiate                                                          
  15. inveigle        to induce by guile or flattery                                                                      
  16. malign          to defame; to speak slander of                                                                      
  17. mortify         to humiliate; to discipline by ascetic practices                                                    
  18. pander          to minister to the base desires of others                                                           
  19. retaliate       to return in kind; to take revenge; to reciprocatean evil                                           
  20. transmute       to change in nature, form, or quality                                                               
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