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| 4743073754 | Prognosticate | Predict, foretell, forecast. "Market analysts must prognosticate economic fluctuations accurately in order to advise investors". | 0 | |
| 4743075417 | Maraud | Travel about in search of plunder, raid, pillage. "Medieval towns were walled and guarded to protect inhabitants from marauding bandits". | 1 | |
| 4743076432 | Upbraid | Scold, charge with something disgraceful, reproach. "The husband upbraided the wife for her extravagances". | 2 | |
| 4743077419 | Appraise | Set a value on, estimate the worth of. "The price at which authorities appraise a building determines its taxes". | 3 | |
| 4743078387 | Apprise | Give notice to, inform. "The soldier was captured because none could apprise him of the enemy's advance". | 4 | |
| 4743079728 | Stigmatize | Brand, mark as a criminal or disgraceful. "His odd appearance and secretive manner stigmatized him as weird; his classmates regarded him with suspicion". Originally, a "stigma" was a cut or brand on the skin to identify a criminal or slave. | 5 | |
| 4743082091 | Explicate | Explain the meaning of, interpret. "The French teacher explicated the grammar of the more difficult passages". | 6 | |
| 4743083495 | Parlay | Use one asset to gain more, exploit an advantage for further gain. "The merchant parlayed a small neighborhood business into a citywide chain of retail stores". | 7 | |
| 4743085883 | Parley | Confer, speak, especially with an enemy for the purpose of settling a dispute or reaching an agreement. "Both sides agreed to a truce in order to parley for the exchange of prisoners". | 8 | |
| 4743088521 | Wheedle | Nag, plead with, or coax in a flattering way. "With soft words the girl wheedled permission fro her reluctant guardian". | 9 | |
| 4743089903 | Renege | Go back on a promise or agreement. "Their assurances of good faith were hollow; they reneged on the agreement almost at once". | 10 | |
| 4743090662 | Desecrate | Defile a holy place, make unsanctified, profane. "They desecrated the church by seizing the man who had taken refuge there". | 11 |
