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to abolish
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to align
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to allocate
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to amend
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to authorize
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to betray
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to breach
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to compel
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to compensate
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to conceal
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to conserve
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to contemplate
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to cater
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to cultivate
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to devise
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to substitute
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to dictate
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to disclose
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to distort
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to embody
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to empower
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to entitle
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to extract
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to hint
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to instruct
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to linger
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to fade
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to loom
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to outrage
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to reassure
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to tolerate
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to overlook
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to undermine
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to vow
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to resurface
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to astonish
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to rehash
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to sabotage
to abolish
to abolish
Verb
a
ə
b
b
o
ɑ
l
l
i
ɪ
sh
ʃ
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to officially put an end to a law, activity, or system

establish
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The government decided to abolish the death penalty.
They voted to abolish the outdated regulation.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to align
Verb
a
ə
l
l
i
aɪ
g
n
n

to agree with a group, idea, person, or organization and support it

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intransitive
to allocate
to allocate
Verb
a
æ
ll
l
o
ə
c
k
a
eɪ
t
t
e

to distribute or assign resources, funds, or tasks for a particular purpose

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transitive
to amend
Verb
a
ə
m
m
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d

to make alterations or adjustments to improve the quality, effectiveness, or suitability of something

worsen

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to authorize
to authorize
Verb
au
ɔ
th
θ
o
ɜ
r
r
i
aɪ
z
z
e

to officially give permission for a specific action, process, etc.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to betray
to betray
Verb
b
b
e
ɪ
t
t
r
r
a
e
y
ɪ

to be disloyal to a person, a group of people, or one's country by giving information about them to their enemy

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transitive
to breach
Verb
b
b
r
r
ea
i
ch
ʧ

to break an agreement, law, etc.

observe

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to compel
to compel
Verb
c
k
o
ə
m
m
p
p
e
ɛ
l
l

to make someone do something

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to compensate
Verb
c
k
o
ɑ
m
m
p
p
e
ə
n
n
s
s
a
eɪ
t
t
e

to pay someone for the work they have done

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transitive
to conceal
to conceal
Verb
c
k
o
ə
n
n
c
s
ea
i
l
l

to carefully cover or hide something or someone

show

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to conserve
to conserve
Verb
c
k
o
ə
n
n
s
s
e
ɜ
r
r
v
v
e

to keep something from change or harm

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to contemplate
to contemplate
Verb
c
k
o
ɑ
n
n
t
t
e
ə
m
m
p
p
l
l
a
eɪ
t
t
e

to look at something carefully and think about it for a long time

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to cater
to cater
Verb
c
k
a
eɪ
t
t
e
ɜ
r
r

to provide a meeting, party, etc. with food and drink

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to cultivate
to cultivate
Verb
c
k
u
ə
l
l
t
t
i
ə
v
v
a
eɪ
t
t
e

to prepare land for raising crops or growing plants

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transitive
to devise
to devise
Verb
d
d
e
ɪ
v
v
i
aɪ
s
s
e

to design or invent a new thing or method after much thinking

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to substitute
to substitute
Verb
s
s
u
ə
b
b
s
s
t
t
i
ə
t
t
u
u
t
t
e

to put something or someone in the place of another

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ditransitive
to dictate
to dictate
Verb
d
d
i
ɪ
c
k
t
t
a
eɪ
t
t
e

to tell someone what to do or not to do, in an authoritative way

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to disclose
Verb
d
d
i
ɪ
s
s
c
k
l
l
o
oʊ
s
z
e

to make something known to someone or the public, particularly when it was a secret at first

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to distort
to distort
Verb
d
d
i
ɪ
s
s
t
t
o
ɔ
r
r
t
t

to change the shape or condition of something in a way that is no longer clear or natural

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to embody
Verb
e
ɪ
m
m
b
b
o
ɑ
d
d
y
i

to represent a quality or belief

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to empower
to empower
Verb
e
ɪ
m
m
p
p
o
a
w
ʊ
e
ɜ
r
r

to give someone the power or authorization to do something particular

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to entitle
to entitle
Verb
e
ɛ
n
n
t
t
i
aɪ
t
t
ə
l
l
e

to give someone the legal right to have or do something particular

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to extract
to extract
Verb
e
ɛ
x
ks
t
t
r
r
a
æ
c
k
t
t

to take something out from something else, particularly when it is not easy to do

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to hint
to hint
Verb
h
h
i
ɪ
n
n
t
t

to indirectly suggest something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to instruct
Verb
i
ɪ
n
n
s
s
t
t
r
r
u
ə
c
k
t
t

to tell someone to do something, particularly in an official manner

Grammatical Information:

ditransitive
to linger
Verb
l
l
i
ɪ
n
n
g
g
e
ɜ
r
r

to stay somewhere longer because one does not want to leave

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to fade
to fade
Verb
f
f
a
eɪ
d
d
e

to disappear slowly

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to loom
to loom
Verb
l
l
oo
u
m
m

to appear as a large shape that is unclear, particularly in a manner that is threatening

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to outrage
Verb
o
a
u
ʊ
t
t
r
r
a
eɪ
g
ʤ
e

to cause someone to become extremely angry or shocked

to reassure
Verb
uk flag
/ˌɹiəˈʃʊɹ/

to do or say something to make someone stop worrying or less afraid

worry
to tolerate
Verb
t
t
o
ɑ
l
l
e
ɜ
r
r
a
eɪ
t
t
e

to not oppose or prohibit something one does not like or agree with

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to overlook
Verb
uk flag
/ˈoʊvɝˌɫʊk/

to not notice or see something

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to undermine
to undermine
Verb
uk flag
/ˈəndɝˌmaɪn/

to gradually decrease the effectiveness, confidence, or power of something or someone

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to vow
to vow
Verb
v
v
o
a
w
ʊ

to make a sincere promise to do or not to do something particular

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to resurface
Verb
uk flag
/ɹiˈsɝfəs/

to once again become noticeable, significant, or problematic

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to astonish
to astonish
Verb
a
ə
s
s
t
t
o
ɑ
n
n
i
ɪ
sh
ʃ

to impress or surprise someone very much

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to rehash
Verb
uk flag
/ɹiˈhæʃ/

to present something old or already used in a slightly different way or with minor alterations, often without adding anything new

to sabotage
to sabotage
Verb
s
s
a
æ
b
b
o
ə
t
t
a
ɑ
g
ʒ
e

to intentionally damage or undermine something, often for personal gain or as an act of protest or revenge

Grammatical Information:

transitive

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