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  1. abate           to reduce in quantity or intensity; to become     less                                              
  2. affirm          to declare positively; to make a formal           declaration                                       
  3. augur           to prophesy                                                                                         
  4. bolster         to prop up or reinforce a thing; to steady                                                          
  5. castigate       to rebuke or chastise severely; to criticize                                                        
  6. concede         to acknowledge grudgingly; to yield in some way                                                     
  7. crave           to want greatly; to need or be physically depen-  dent upon; to yearn for                           
  8. depreciate      to lessen the value of; to become less in value                                                     
  9. dissipate       to disperse or drive away; to squander                                                              
  10. encompass       to form a circle about; to enclose; to envelop; toinclude                                           
  11. expedite        to execute an action promptly; to facilitate                                                        
  12. fluctuate       to change or vary irregularly; to undulate                                                          
  13. harass          to pursue relentlessly; to torment                                                                  
  14. incite          to spur to action; to urge on                                                                       
  15. iterate         to say something repeatedly                                                                         
  16. malinger        to pretend to be ill to avoid work                                                                  
  17. muckrake        to expose real or alleged corruption in governmentor other public persons                           
  18. perpetuate      to make perpetual or enduring                                                                       
  19. retrogress      to go back to an earlier or worse state                                                             
  20. truncate        to shorten by cutting part off; to cut short; to  curtail                                           
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