Wordly Wise 3000 Lesson 11-15

(v) To hate or loathe intensely.

• abominate

• burgeon

• denigrate

• scourge

(n) Intense ill will.

• animosity

• cataclysm

• panacea

• scourge

(v) To shorten in duration or extent; to diminish.

• abridge

• gibe

• belie

• eradicate

(adj) Favorable, promising.

• auspicious

• diverse

• mandatory

• somnolent

(v) 1. To besiege; to surround with an army.

2. To surround with troubles; to harass.

• beleaguer

• belie

• mitigate

• foment

(n) 1. One of the parts that make up a whole.

2. A voter represented by a particular official.

• constituent

• carnage

• pretext

• certitude

(adj) Unjust; wicked.

• iniquitous

• auspicious

• celestial

• intractable

(v) To adjust to and accept unpleasant or undesirable conditions.

• inure

• injure

• insure

• endure

(v) Used with "against." To complain or protest strongly.

• inveigh

• invest

• investigate

• invent

(n) A person or thing that has held a position or office before another.

• predecessor

• predator

• perpetrator

• precedent