v. to challenge; to disprove; to prove false (*) condone (*) inveigh (*) extirpate (*) refute

v. to accuse falsely or maliciously in order to injure another's reputation; to slander (*) waive (*) attribute (*) writhe (*) calumniate

v. to refer indirectly to something; to hint (*) prognosticate (*) abridge (*) allude (*) mimic

n. hostility; malevolence (*) dilettante (*) malice (*) felicity (*) construction

v. to drive away; to scatter; to lessen (*) dispel (*) conjecture (*) abash (*) paraphrase

v. to free from guilt; to declare innocent (*) masquerade (*) scrutinize (*) inveigh (*) exculpate

v. to reject; to renounce; to abandon; to give up (*) ingratiate (*) nettle (*) hail (*) abdicate

v. to throw goods overboard to lighten a vehicle; to discard; to get rid of (*) vaunt (*) instigate (*) jettison (*) accelerate

v. differ in opinion; to dispute; to differ; to oppose (*) dissent (*) low (*) expurgate (*) jibe

v. to catch; to anticipate; to arrest; to understand; to conceive (*) deprecate (*) divulge (*) apprehend (*) hoax