*** having a harmful effect
serving as an essential component
occurring with or following as a consequence
tending to hinder the achievement of a goal
generally incompetent and ineffectual
of no importance or relevance especially to a law case
only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
lacking worth or importance
lasting a very short time
not worth considering
capable of being influenced or formed
of momentous or ominous significance
concerned with or related to the past
*** to make great or greater
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
*** to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of
grow and flourish
*** to limit what somebody is able to do
reach the highest or most decisive point
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
to provide a person or thing with a better position or higher rank, often undeservingly
make worse
*** to promote the growth or development of
to stimulate to action
make calm or still
to increase in size, intensity, strength, etc.
*** to incorrectly indicate the cause, origin, or creator of something; to attribute wrongly
be valid, applicable, or true
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
to cause someone or something to seem less important
spread or diffuse through
to cause something to rapidly increase in numbers or grow in size
suppress or crush completely
take the place or move into the position of
something that makes people decide not to do something because of its consequences
an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
the existing state of affairs
to keep something bad under control in order to prevent deterioration or to slow down its spread or development