v. to sharpen; to long or yearn for (*) infer (*) loiter (*) parse (*) hone

v. to make valid; to confirm; to approve; to sanction; to authorize (*) ratify (*) rationalize (*) rend (*) tarry

v. to move gently by wind; to breeze; to carry in the air (*) garner (*) refute (*) waft (*) inundate

v. to degrade; to humiliate; to disgrace (*) abase (*) aggrandize (*) broach (*) indemnify

v. to profane; to violate the sanctity of; to pollute; to defile (*) desecrate (*) saturate (*) tantalize (*) mollify

v. to speak out against; to condemn; to accuse; to censure (*) suffuse (*) thwart (*) denounce (*) enhance

v. to weaken; to often through subtle means; to subvert; to sabotage (*) objurgate (*) plumb (*) undermine (*) decry

v. to speak equivocally or evasively; to lie; to deceive; to mislead; to embellish (*) prevaricate (*) imbue (*) abridge (*) disdain

v. to force oneself or one's ideas upon another; to thrust forward; to eject; to invade; to interrupt (*) wrest (*) castigate (*) obtrude (*) deter

v. to plead in favor of (*) acquiesce (*) adulterate (*) ratify (*) advocate