| Word | Meaning | Synonyms |
| Languish | 1. Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief | Pine away, waste, wilt |
| 2. Have a desire for something or someone who is not present | Yen, yearn, pine, ache | |
| 3. Become feeble | Fade | |
| Commiserate kuh-miz-uh-reyt | To feel or express sympathy or compassion | Condole (to condole with a friend whose father has died), Console, sympathize |
| Abhor | Detest (opposite of adore) | Abominate, Execrate(to curse; imprecate evil upon; damn; denounce: He execrated all who opposed him.), Loathe |
| Gormandize gawr-muhn-dahyz/deez | Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Binge (eat or drink more), Glut( The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall), Englut, Gorge, Ingurgitate (to eat greedily) |
| Condone | Excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with | Forgive , Pardon |
| Importune im-pawr-toon | 1. Beg persistently and urgently 2. To make improper advances toward another person | Insist, Entreat( to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg: to entreat the judge for mercy.), |
| Grovel | 1. Show submission or fear 2. Crawl at someone’s feet, literally kneel down before someone | Cower, Kowtow ( to act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference), Apple-polish( to curry favor with someone) |
| Covet | 1. To desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another’s property. (this is out of envy) 2. To wish for | Pine, long, ache, Begrudge(to be reluctant to give, grant, or allow: She did not begrudge the money spent on her children’s education.) |
| Malinger (muh-ling-ger) | Avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill/ feign sickness | Shirk, Sham, Loaf (to idle away time: He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing.) |
| Expiate (ek-spee-ayt) | Make amends for/atone for | Absolve(to set free or release, as from some duty, obligation, or responsibility: to be absolved from one’s oath), amend, remedy , compensate |
