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  1. abjure          to deny under oath; to retract or recant                                                            
  2. alleviate       to partially remove or correct; to relieve or     lessen                                            
  3. bamboozle       to mislead; to cheat; to deceive                                                                    
  4. broach          to mention or suggest for the first time;         introduce                                         
  5. cede            to give up or yield; to surrender title                                                             
  6. congeal         to form into a solid mass; to clot or coagulate                                                     
  7. debase          to lower in worth; to degrade                                                                       
  8. desiccate       to dry thoroughly; to become dry                                                                    
  9. diverge         to move in different directions from a common     point or from each other                          
  10. enjoin          to order or command; to prohibit or forbid                                                          
  11. extol           to praise in highest terms; to exalt                                                                
  12. fret            to be annoyed or troubled; to corrode                                                               
  13. humiliate       to lower one's pride; to mortify; to embarass to  a high degree                                     
  14. infuriate       to make furious; to enrage                                                                          
  15. jeer            to shout at derisively; to mock; to treat with    derision                                          
  16. masticate       to chew; to crush or knead                                                                          
  17. mute            to muffle the sound of                                                                              
  18. prate           to talk idly and at length; to chatter                                                              
  19. sate            to satisfy the appetite of                                                                          
  20. veer            to turn to another course; to change direction                                                      
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