castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
complicate — To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
confiscate — If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment.
decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
educate — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
fascinate — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
latinate — of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
magistrate — a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
aggravate — If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
aggregate — An aggregate amount or score is made up of several smaller amounts or scores added together.
agitate — If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
amputate — To amputate someone's arm or leg means to cut all or part of it off in an operation because it is diseased or badly damaged.
animate — Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
annotate — If you annotate written work or a diagram, you add notes to it, especially in order to explain it.
calculate — If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
calibrate — If you calibrate an instrument or tool, you mark or adjust it so that you can use it to measure something accurately.
candidate — A candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job.
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amalgamate — When two or more things, especially organizations, amalgamate or are amalgamated, they become one large thing.
annihilate — To annihilate something means to destroy it completely.
assassinate — When someone important is assassinated, they are murdered as a political act.
coagulate — When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
concatenate — to link or join together, esp in a chain or series
congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
contaminate — If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.
decapitate — If someone is decapitated, their head is cut off.
dilapidate — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
discriminate — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
eliminate — Completely remove or get rid of (something).
emancipate — Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions.
encapsulate — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
inadequate — not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
infatuate — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
intoxicate — to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor.
irradiate — to shed rays of light upon; illuminate.
italianate — Italianized; conforming to the Italian type or style or to Italian customs, manners, etc.
lead acetate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, Pb(C 2 H 3 O 2) 2 ⋅3H 2 O, used chiefly as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles and as a drier in paints and varnishes.
miscalculate — Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.
procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
recalculate — to calculate again, especially for the purpose of finding an error or confirming a previous computation.
substantiate — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
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decontaminate — To decontaminate something means to remove all germs or dangerous substances from it.
incapacitate — to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.
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cellulose acetate — nonflammable material made by acetylating cellulose: used in the manufacture of film, dopes, lacquers, and artificial fibres
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polyvinyl acetate — a colorless, odorless, nontoxic, transparent, thermoplastic, water-insoluble resin used as an adhesive in certain paints and as an intermediate in the synthesis of polyvinyl acetal and polyvinyl alcohol.
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frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
