v. to exercise a directing, restraining or governing influence over (*) excel (*) analyze (*) reproduce (*) control

v. to deprive of weapons (*) deplore (*) shrivel (*) disarm (*) dwindle

v. to examine for the correction of errors or for the purpose of making changes (*) predict (*) tantalize (*) lave (*) revise

v. to get as one's own (*) appertain (*) acquire (*) replenish (*) abridge

v. to enter or force a way into the interior parts of (*) penetrate (*) simulate (*) bestride (*) deport

v. to maltreat (*) retaliate (*) isolate (*) misuse (*) ostracize

n. predestination (*) justification (*) ointment (*) foreordination (*) encomium

v. to dissolve gradually and become liquid by absorption of moisture from the air (*) embroil (*) deliquesce (*) embolden (*) espy

v. to force or keep back in a manner, physically or mentally (*) repel (*) discipline (*) reiterate (*) overdo

v. to produce by sexual generation (*) convulse (*) appease (*) pommel (*) beget