v. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust (*) peach (*) lacerate (*) repudiate (*) decoke

v. certify; confirm (*) attest (*) unravel (*) swank (*) pan

v. rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner (*) pussyfoot (*) arraign (*) domineer (*) embroil

v. make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to; modernise (*) endorse (*) faint (*) overhaul (*) cavort

n. young of any of various canines such as a dog or wolf (*) resolve (*) constraint (*) defamation (*) whelp

n. the dead and rotting body of an animal (*) incarnation (*) carrion (*) flotsam (*) taper

v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing; fudge; evade (*) ptyalize (*) chouse (*) nauseate (*) circumvent

v. get better; improve (*) loiter (*) pauperize (*) harry (*) ameliorate

v. stop the flow of a liquid; staunch; halt (*) relinquish (*) entice (*) stanch (*) waft

v. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; equate (*) stoke (*) dishearten (*) liken (*) adulterate