Words List

To voluntarily refrain from engaging in a particular activity, especially when it is considered improper or unhealthy; often followed by "from."

To successfully bring a task or objective to its completion or conclusion; to carry out and finish a mission or goal.

To gradually gather or collect, often increasing over time; to heap up, as in accumulating wealth.

To successfully complete or accomplish a task; to bring something to a successful conclusion.

To look at with a sense of wonder, pleasure, or approval.

To publicly announce or promote a product, service, or idea in order to encourage people to buy or use it.

To make something easier to endure, lessen, or mitigate, such as alleviating sorrow or alleviating pain.

To disturb or bother a person in a way that displeases, troubles, or slightly irritates.

To determine or find out something with certainty or assurance; to discover the facts or truth.

To fasten, affix, join, or connect; for example, attaching a photograph to an application with a staple.

To become awake or cause someone or something to wake up.

To immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism.

To produce a loud and harsh sound, typically emitting a raucous noise.

To attack or batter with artillery fire.

To become wider or to make something wider.

The simple past tense and past participle of the verb "burn."

To set or ask for a specific price or fee, as in requiring $25 for leather gloves at that store.

To hold or treat with affection; to feel love for something or someone, such as one's native land.

To ascend or go up, typically using hands and feet or only feet, as in climbing up a ladder.

To forcefully strike against each other or one against the other; experience a violent impact or crash.

To bring together or join different things closely, forming a union or a whole.

To force or drive someone to take a particular action.

To express strong disapproval or judgment against something or someone.

To be made up or composed.

To force, compel, or oblige someone to do something.

To persist or carry on without stopping, especially after a break or interruption.

To tend to meet at a point or line; to incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.

To establish a systematic connection or relationship between; to organize the interdependence of two or more things, such as expenses and income.

To draw a conclusion from known or assumed information; to infer.

To subtract or take away, especially from a total or amount.