v. to continue steadfast against opposition (*) absorb (*) pare (*) garnish (*) persist

v. to renounce upon oath (*) surmise (*) forswear (*) palliate (*) modify

v. to convey, remove or cause to pass from one person or place to another (*) abrogate (*) devise (*) transfer (*) mollify

v. to address or gratify with expressions of delicate praise (*) broach (*) compliment (*) frizzle (*) sequestrate

v. to worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances (*) alienate (*) henpeck (*) extort (*) rehabilitate

v. to leave suddenly or unexpectedly (*) decamp (*) simplify (*) absorb (*) inject

v. to move with a circling or winding motion (*) convolve (*) antipathize (*) query (*) appall

v. to mediate between persons (*) countercharge (*) elude (*) intercede (*) enlist

v. to consist of (*) suppress (*) comprise (*) rejoin (*) congest

v. to soothe by quieting anger or indignation (*) appease (*) exhume (*) retch (*) concede