v. get or gather together; accumulate; pile up; amass; compile (*) hoard (*) daunt (*) amputate (*) waffle

v. censure severely or angrily; rebuke; lecture; reprimand; scold; berate; bawl out (*) fetter (*) knit (*) chide (*) intrude

v. transform a solid directly into a gas (*) ascribe (*) sustain (*) disport (*) sublimate

v. show submission or fear; creep; cringe; cower (*) blurt (*) ordain (*) grovel (*) substantiate

v. indicate by signs; portend; prognosticate; betoken; augur (*) foreshadow (*) dismantle (*) blackjack (*) document

v. initiate; start; bring about (*) trigger (*) gall (*) abate (*) warrant

v. explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures (*) plagiarize (*) quash (*) muckrake (*) abstain

adj. practicing great self-denial; spartan (*) austere (*) unwitting (*) ameban (*) ignominious

v. display proudly; show off; ostentate (*) allure (*) impinge (*) swank (*) leaven

v. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; moult; slough (*) ensconce (*) exuviate (*) affront (*) memorialize