TOEFL verbal word list: Improving Vocabulary: English Verb

v. blight
to complete; to bring to perfection; to fulfill; to perfect
to confuse; to embarrass; to fluster; to worry
to erase; to cancel; to take out; to remove totally
to ruin; to decay; to destroy

v. harangue
to echo; to resonate; to resound
to waver from one course to another; to vary irregularly; to vacillate
to talk or write excitedly; to scold; to lecture
to banish; to exile; to withdraw from one's country; to expel

v. obtrude
to crush; to render void; to quell; to suppress; annul
to beg earnestly; to implore; to plead
to force oneself or one's ideas upon another; to thrust forward; to eject; to invade; to interrupt
to approve; to support; to tolerate; to permit

v. besmirch
to dirty; to stain; to sully; to soil
to trim; to decorate; to embellish; to adorn
to comply with; to consent to; to agree with; to concur
to speak or write at great length; to describe in full

v. immunize
to calm; to lessen in severity; to mollify; to relieve
to grow together; to merge; to unite
to make insusceptible to a disease
to display or wave boastfully

v. low
to punish through public criticism; to scold; to reprimand
to moo; to utter the sound made by cattle
to recognize; to perceive; to grasp; to comprehend
to accuse of wrongdoing; to cast discredit upon; to remove from office

v. waive
to declare sacred; to dedicate; to bless
to restate in a brief; concise form; to sum up; conclude; to summarize
to boast; to brag
to give up; to put off until later

v. recapitulate
to banish; to exile; to withdraw from one's country; to expel
to wind; to ramble; to roam; walk about aimlessly; carry on in a leisurely way; wander
to scold or blame loudly; to find fault with in abusive language; to condemn
to restate in a brief; concise form; to sum up; conclude; to summarize

v. consummate
to twist about (usually with pain)
to draw out; to extract from
to complete; to bring to perfection; to fulfill; to perfect
to estrange; to isolate; to requisition; to confiscate

v. temporize
to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen
to catch; to anticipate; to arrest; to understand; to conceive
to delay or refuse to commit oneself in order to gain time; to avoid an answer
to warn; to find fault; to reprove; to scold