v. hold back a thought or feeling about; shield (*) beleaguer (*) exhume (*) harbor (*) dismiss

v. take the place or move into the position of; supervene upon; supercede (*) supersede (*) douse (*) extricate (*) abscond

v. attach to, as a journalist to a military unit when reporting on a war (*) embed (*) ogle (*) disperse (*) reek

v. strike, usually with the fist; biff (*) pummel (*) avert (*) niggle (*) amass

v. get over an illness or shock; convalesce (*) procrastinate (*) gratify (*) shimmer (*) recuperate

n. a purging medicine; physic; aperient (*) melee (*) slag (*) quay (*) cathartic

v. go far ahead of; distance (*) ameliorate (*) bedaze (*) outstrip (*) orient

v. gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts (*) acclimate (*) ingratiate (*) metricate (*) requite

v. cry loudly, as of animals; yammer; yowl (*) bungle (*) gage (*) wrawl (*) chevvy

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; lurch; swag; careen (*) keel (*) swish (*) memorialize (*) mewl