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Castigate

Posted 20 March 2010 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Castigate

cas·ti·gate

  • To criticize or chastise severely.
  • To inflict severe punishment on.

Synonyms: baste, bawl out, beat, berate

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Disport

Posted 19 March 2010 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Disport

dis·port

  • To amuse (oneself) in a light, frolicsome manner.
  • To display.

Synonyms: amusement, entertain, frolic, merriment

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Prevaricate

Posted 18 March 2010 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Prevaricate

pre·var·i·cate

  • To avoid telling the truth by being ambiguous, evading, or misleading.
  • To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate.

Synonyms: beat around the bush, beg the question, belie

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Enthrall

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en·thrall

  • To hold spellbound; captivate
  • To enslave.

Synonyms: absorb, beguile, bewitch

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Dally

Posted 14 March 2010 | By | Categories: Verb | Comments Off on Dally

dal·ly

  • To play amorously; flirt
  • To trifle; toy.
  • To waste time; dawdle.

Synonyms: boondoggle, drag, fool around, fool with

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