v. to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand (*) castigate (*) deplete (*) codify (*) encumber

v. to sing; to harmonize; to comment broadly (*) exhume (*) deride (*) solicit (*) descant

v. to move back and forth; to have a wavering opinion; to vacillate (*) rectify (*) savor (*) oscillate (*) prattle

v. to set aside; to designate; to assign (*) instigate (*) placate (*) concede (*) allocate

v. to give up; to put off until later (*) muse (*) mire (*) articulate (*) waive

v. to recognize; to perceive; to grasp; to comprehend (*) preclude (*) oust (*) ken (*) collaborate

v. to feed fuel to, especially a fire (*) diverge (*) loiter (*) stoke (*) ingratiate

v. to free from obligation; to admit to citizenship; to emancipate; to liberate; to free (*) ken (*) foster (*) enfranchise (*) relinquish

v. to disparage; to depreciate; to scorn; to criticize (*) flinch (*) invoke (*) belittle (*) refute

v. to oppose; to contradict; to infringe; to violate; to transgress (*) contravene (*) alleviate (*) provoke (*) cogitate