Alienate

coerce

to express agreement 

(to assent to their demands)

to rest, lie; place. 

(The remains of pre-historic animals repose in museums.)

to yield to 

(I will never accede to revenge because it leads to broken friendships.)

to wave or flourish

(I had to brandish my hand to get the teachers attention.)

to include or contain. 

(The test comprised of...)

to dig up from the roots

(extripate a dead tooth)

to stop by force.

(The police had to suppress the riots b/c they were getting out of hand.)

to reagard with horror or loathing

(PETA is an organization that abhors the mistreatment of animals.)

to change in a formal way. 

(The president has the power to amend laws.)

to strike repeatedly

(Waves buffet cliffs, causing errosion.)

to see clearly

(At a young age, childern should be taught to discern between right and wrong.)

to involve in

(Those implicated w/ the crime were arrested.)

to bury

(Precious jewels were once inter with kings in their tombs.)

to anticipate & prevent.

(Vaccines help to obviate the dangers of diseases.)

to do without

(Many ppl find it hard to waive the luxury's they've taken for granted.)

to praise

(The teacher commended her for getting the highest average in the class.)

to ridicule 

(Jokes that deride a person's race are offensive.)

to take great pleasure in

(I revel in my hobby of knitting.)

to make ineffective or useless

"This spell will stultify a person, making them useless," said Harry.

to set apart

(I allocated 15 books for class use.)

to inflict physical punishment on

(In many countries, it's illegal to chastise prisoners.)

to turn aside

(Don't deviate from the directions I gave you!)

to rejoice greatly

(I exulted in my unexpected straight A report card.)

to accept without protest

(The school is not likely to acquiesce to your demands.)

to entice

(The allure of new styles cause many people to end up in debt.)

to desire something belonging to another

(One of the commandments is: Thou shall not covent thy neighbors wife.)

to affirm openly

(John professed his love for Kate in front of the whole table.)

to refer to casually

(During dinner, he alluded to the fact that he got an A on his chem. test.)

to understand

(I cannot fathom why some ppl hate chocolate!)

to interperate wrongly

(He misconstrued her friendliness for love.)

to appease

(She tried to placate the fight between her two friends.)

to stick out

(Pinnochio's nose protruded whenever he told a lie.)

to avoid

(I try to abjure from sweets whenever I can.)

to subdue

(The police had to quell the violent protestors.)

to attack from all sides. 

(Since everyone gave me hw tonight, I am beset w/ work!)

to drink in

(When I am 21, I will be legally able to imbibe alcohol.)

to fight aganist

(Her foot injury militated aganist her plan to play soccer.)

to require as a condition of an agreement

(The contract stipulates that....)

to relieve

(Advil helps alleviate my headaces.)

to fill w/ horror or dismay

(The news of the disaster in Japan appalled me.)

to belittle

(Antony disparages Lepitus by saying he is only fit to run errans.)

to clarify

(The teacher had to elucidate her confusing explanation.)

to praise

(The lauded his achievments at the dinner.)

to act in a lazy manner

(Eating too much food will cause me to loll around the house for the rest of the day.)

to repeal, cancel

(The president has the power to rescind unjust laws.)

to sharpen

(He wheted his knief.)

to adapt to a new climate

(You acclimate to MSR when you were freshman.)

chagrin

to cause humiliation

(The lukewarm reception to the movie deeply chagrined the director.)

to express agreement

(Do you concur with the results of the experiment?)

to make plain, clear

(I had to explicate the confussing poem.)

to give up the rights to

(I renounced my claim to my fathers fortune.)

to hold back

(She had to repress the memories of her tramatic youth.)