v. to overlook; to forgive; to pardon (*) condone (*) confound (*) burnish (*) precipitate

v. to consider; to ponder; to discuss (*) coddle (*) relegate (*) diverge (*) deliberate

v. to justify; to authorize; to permit; to entitle; to empower; to sanction (*) temper (*) harangue (*) denounce (*) warrant

v. to whip severely; to flog; to lash; to chastise (*) condescend (*) demur (*) scourge (*) retract

v. to free from confusion; to extricate; to unknot; to release; to undo (*) obviate (*) rampart (*) disentangle (*) beget

v. to consider carefully; to think through; to ponder; to chew cud (*) commiserate (*) manifest (*) laud (*) ruminate

v. to wince; to drawback; to retreat; to recoil; to shrink (*) sanction (*) wrest (*) flinch (*) supplant

v. to stop the progress of; to obstruct; to delay; to hinder; to prevent (*) extemporize (*) disdain (*) impede (*) saunter

v. to rescue from loss; to save from destruction (*) imprecate (*) deplete (*) lacerate (*) salvage

v. to treat with tenderness; to pamper (*) facilitate (*) harangue (*) coddle (*) truncate