v. to soften by steeping in liquid; to disintegrate (*) debilitate (*) macerate (*) exculpate (*) refute

adj. dangerous; harmful; destructive; malignant (*) altruistic (*) discerning (*) abstruse (*) pernicious

adj. lenient; patient; permissive; tolerant; forbearing (*) shoddy (*) indulgent (*) pious (*) impecunious

v. to characterize; to make as disgraceful (*) discourse (*) fulminate (*) assuage (*) stigmatize

adj. tastelessly ornamented; cheap (*) molten (*) anonymous (*) tawdry (*) plausible

adj. wishing evil; malicious (opposite: benevolent) (*) iniquitous (*) aseptic (*) fecund (*) malevolent

v. to thin out; to weaken in intensity; to decrease (*) cajole (*) proliferate (*) conjoin (*) attenuate

v. to grow together; to merge; to unite (*) exonerate (*) waft (*) edify (*) coalesce

adj. cranky; cantankerous; easily moved to feeling displeasure; irritable (*) unique (*) judicious (*) dauntless (*) choleric

v. to banish; to put to a lower position; to demote (*) embarkation (*) extol (*) relegate (*) enervate