| Word | Meaning | Synonyms |
| Accentuate | 1. To give emphasis or prominence to. 2. To mark or pronounce with an accent. | Play up, highlight, point out, underline, spotlight, stress, accent, pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say |
| Epitomize | Embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | Typify, embody, personify, symbolize, stand for, represent |
| Burgeon | 1. To grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor. 2. To begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often fol. by out, forth). | Expand, augment, increase, germinate, mushroom proliferate |
| Imbue | 1. To impregnate or inspire, as with feelings, opinions, etc.: The new political leader was imbued with the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. 2. To saturate or impregnate with moisture, color, etc. | permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, Riddle (This word has multiple meanings, one of them being: Spread or diffuse through “His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks”) penetrate, perforate |
| Galvanize | 1. To stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current. 2. Medicine/Medical. to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced direct current 3. To startle into sudden activity; stimulate/startle. 4. To coat (metal, esp. iron or steel) with zinc. | shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback, startle |
| Mitigate | 1. To lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate. 2. To make less severe: to mitigate a punishment. 3. To make (a person, one’s state of mind, disposition, etc.) milder or more gentle; mollify; appease. | extenuate, palliate, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalize, reduce, relieve, allay, tranquilize |
| Excise | 1. To expunge, as a passage or sentence, from a text. 2. Remove by cutting 3. Levy an excise tax on | Expunge, cut out, expurgate |
| Engender | 1. To produce, cause, or give rise to: Hatred engenders violence. 2. To beget; procreate. | breed, spawn, engender, sire, generate, bring forth |
| Harry | 1. To harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts 2. To ravage, as in war; devastate: The troops harried the countryside. | Pillage, harass, gnaw, badger, harass, hassle, annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil |
| Catapult | 1. Shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult (A plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones) 2. Hurl as if with a sling | Hurl, hurtle, propel, impel |
| Obtrude | 1. To thrust (something) forward or upon a person, esp. without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one’s opinions upon others. 2. To thrust forth; push out. | Stick out, jut, cut in, infringe, horn in, intrude, interfere |
| Transfix | 1. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe 2. pierce with a sharp stake or point | magnetize, beguile, mesmerize, enamour, entrance, capture, impale, spellbind, fascinate, enchant, enthrall, charm, catch, intrigue, bewitch, becharm, enamor, spike, empale |
| Efface | 1. remove completely from recognition or memory 2. make inconspicuous 3. remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | rub out, score out, obliterate, wipe off, wipe out, erase, obscure, veil, blot out |
| Appropriate | 1. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc 2. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause 3. take possession of by force, as after an invasion | set aside, allow for, earmark usurp, capture, conquer, beguile, impound, confiscate, get hold of, take over, arrogate, seize |
