GMAT preparation test: Vocabulary Exercise: Verb

v. burlesque
to plead on behalf of another; to mediate; to arbitrate; to intervene
to imitate in a non-serious manner; to mock
to make lower in quality; to degrade; to humiliate; to reduce the value of
to stay temporarily

v. scourge
to whip severely; to flog; to lash; to chastise
to bring into mutual relation; to connect
to enfeeble; to wear out; to weaken; to incapacitate
to cause to happen; to hasten; to urge

v. ossify
to stir action or feeling; to arouse; to induce; to instigate
to frustrate the expectations of; to perplex; to confuse
to turn to bone; to harden
to put side-by-side

v. correlate
to bring into mutual relation; to connect
to speak evil of; to slander
to interfere with; to hinder; to delay; to impede
to pray for evil; to invoke a curse

v. disentangle
to free from confusion; to extricate; to unknot; to release; to undo
to stir action or feeling; to arouse; to induce; to instigate
to soften by steeping in liquid; to disintegrate
to charge with a crime; to criticize; to accuse

v. denounce
to speak out against; to condemn; to accuse; to censure
to separate (a sentence or word) into parts and describe the function of each
to be stocked to overflowing; to pour out; to empty
act of investing into an enterprise; act of boarding a boat

v. stymie
to hinder; to obstruct; to impede
to soften by steeping in liquid; to disintegrate
to establish; to educate morally or spiritually; to improve; to strengthen
to rip or pull from; to split with violence; to disturb with a sharp noise; to tear

v. indemnify
to turn to bone; to harden
to plead in favor of
to make valid; to confirm; to approve; to sanction; to authorize
to insure against; to pay for loss or damage; to reimburse; to compensate

v. depict
to transform
to confirm the validity; to certify; to reinforce
to alleviate; to lessen; to soothe; to soften; to appease
to portray; describe; to characterize; to draw

v. mire
to search thoroughly; to look for diligently
to separate; to split; to branch off from a common point
to cause to get stuck in wet, soggy ground; to muddy
to inhibit; to make impossible; to prevent; to eliminate; to remove