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Verbs of Energy.

Engender: to produce or bring into existence. Harry: to pester Catapult: to hurtle through the air. Obtrude: to thrust forward or force upon. Transfix: to make and hold motionless Efface: to wipe out. Appropriate: to take one's own use. Accentuate: to emphasize Epitomize: to summarize Burgeon: to put out buds Imbue: to fill Galvanize: to stimulate Mitigate: to soften Excise: to cut out.

VERBS OF EXCEPTIONAL POWER

How forcible are right words! - Job 6:25 Nonplussed: Taken aback; brought to mental stand still; puzzled; in a quandary Eulogized: praised highly; spoken in praise of life and character of someone. Exorcised: Cast out as something evil expelled by prayer. Engrossed: Absorbed; completely occupied. Maundering: Grumbling; murmuring incoherently Spawned: Generated or produced offspring brought forth abundantly. Actuate: Incited to action; impelled Pillories: Holds up to scorn; ridicules; abuses Subjugate: conquer; subdue; made subservient Asseverate: Assert emphatically: affirm positively; state solemnly Deigns:  condescends; thinks something worthy of some notice Countermand: Recall by a contrary order; cancel Expropriate: Takes from a private owner for public use; takes away from an individual for use by state. Disparage: speak slightly; undervalue (Another word some what stronger than disparage is DENIGRATE ) Berate : To scold severely; to rail at; to ...

Verbs of general value.

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...