BLOGGING TO SOOTH THE NERVES.

How forcible are right words! job 6:25

Devastate: lay waste Enjoin : urge Instigate : goad to action Effectuate: bring about Expedite: speed up Preempt: acquire before hand Coerce: force Extirpate: root out Commandeer:  seize for military or public use Embroil: Involve Abdicate: resign from a kingship Narrate: tell or relate Vindicate: Clear from suspicion Obliterate: blot out completely Dedicate: set apart for a solemn purpose Dictate: command with authority Precipitate: start a sudden and premature action Emulate: vie with; (to be admired at)

Flaunt: to make a vulgar display. Flout: to treat with contempt. Flay: to criticize severely. Flail: to beat Prate: to talk foolishly. Rail: to utter loud complaints. Wreak: to inflict as vengeance. Raze: to demolish Cloy: to tire, as with too much sweet. Foist: to palm off slyly.

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Arrogating: taking or claiming unreasonably. Vitiate: to spoil Stultified: Made to appear foolish Alienate: to estrange; to separate, to make a stranger of Aggrieved: subjected to ill treatment; unjustly injured Confound: overwhelm; discomfort; perplex Blighted: caused to decay; ruined, frustrated; withered; impaired Denude: strip the covering from Countervail: offset; oppose with equal power; thwart Disdain: to scorn; to consider unworthy, to think unsuitable and beneath one. They are arrogating t o themselves the attributes of God Almighty. This cheap and sensational literature will vitiate the reading habits of our children. He attempted to make a gracious speech in reply but was stultified by him timidity. He seemed almost determined to alienate my affections. Every family was aggrieved by the new and extortionate taxes. They were so badly nourished that both intelligence and energy were blighted. If they practice what they...

Abjure: to disclaim; to renounce and forswear under oath. Ostracize: to exclude socially Repudiate: to refuse to acknowledge Proscribe: to prohibit Nullify: to make useless Confute: to prove to be wrong. Rescind: to appeal; to annul; to conceal

Languish – become weak. Commiserate – sympathize Abhor – detest, hate Gormandize – eat voraciously Condone – forgive Importune – ask ceaselessly Grovel – crawl at someone feet. C ovet - desire intensely Malinger – feign sickness; act sickness Expiate – atone for; repent for.