understate — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
mumble — to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
