Word | Meaning | Synonyms |
Aver | 1. To assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner. | Declare, affirm, assert, avow, swear, |
Pander | To act as a pander; cater basely: to pander to the vile tastes of vulgar persons. (As a noun, pander means ‘a person who caters to or profits from the weaknesses or vices of others’) | Gratify, Brownnose (to curry favor; behave obsequiously) |
Beset | 1. To attack on all sides; assail; harass: to be beset by enemies; beset by difficulties. 2. To surround; hem in: a village beset on all sides by dense forest. 3. To set or place upon; bestud: a gold bracelet beset with jewels. | Chevy, Chivy (1. to chase; run after 2.to harass; nag; torment), harass, harry, hassle, encircle, snowed down, beleaguered, weighed down, plagued, inundated |
Adjure | Ask for or request earnestly | Beseech, conjure, entreat |
Inure | 1. To accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually fol. by to): inured to cold. 2. To come into use; take or have effect. | Enure, harden, habituate, |
Inveigle | To entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually fol. by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge. | Bait, seduce, charm, allure, coax, cajole, sweet talk, palaver, wheedle |
Belie | 1. to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice. 2. to misrepresent: The newspaper belied the facts | Give the lie to, misrepresent, pervert, gloss over |
Disgorge | 1. To eject or throw out from the throat, mouth, or stomach; vomit forth. 2. To surrender or yield (something, esp. something illicitly obtained). 3. To discharge forcefully or as a result of force. | Spew, eject, regurgitate, expel, throw up, Retch, Barf (Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth) |
Accost | 1. To confront boldly: The beggar accosted me for money. 2. (of prostitutes, procurers, etc.) to solicit for sexual purposes. 3. To approach, esp. with a greeting, question, or remark. | Hail, greet, Buttonhole, solicit, confront, challenge |
Coruscate kawr-uh-skeyt | to emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam. | Glister, scintillate, sparkle, shimmer, glisten, gleam |
Satiate | 1. To supply with anything to excess, so as to disgust or weary; surfeit. 2. To satisfy to the full; sate. | Overeat, overindulge, pig out, scarf out, gorge, glut, ingurgitate, Replete, Sate, surfeit, |
Incriminate | 1. Suggest that someone is guilty 2. Bring an accusation against; level a charge against | Accuse, criminate, pin on, frame, Arraign (Accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy) |