spelling list 12

Question 1

to increase the rate of movement, growth, or progress of something

Answer 1

accelerate

Question 2

to reduce to nothingness; to destroy the organized existence of anything

Answer 2

annihilate

Question 3

to give a detailed description
to mark physical borders of something

Answer 3

delineate

Question 4

to become or cause to become abnormally thin, as by starvation or sickness

Answer 4

emaciate

Question 5

to vary or change irregurarly; to waver

Answer 5

flucuate

Question 6

to start or begin; to take the first step
to introducee fundamentals of a new subject

Answer 6

initiate

Question 7

to make timid; to make fearful by threats or violence

Answer 7

intimidate

Question 8

to say or mention again or repeatedly

Answer 8

iterate

Question 9

to make or become less severe or painful; to moderate

Answer 9

mitigate

Question 10

to quiver, flutter, or tremble; to beat quickly, said especially of the heart

Answer 10

palpitate

Question 11

to concilliate a power; to cause to be favorably inclined

Answer 11

propitiate

Question 12

to prove existence or vadility with evidence or proof; to verify

Answer 12

substantiate