fester :: generate pus fete :: honor at a festival fetter :: shackle filch :: steal flagellate :: flog; whip flail :: thresh grain by hand; strike or slap flaunt :: display ostentatiously flay :: strip off skin; plunder fleck :: spot flinch :: hesitate; shrink flout :: reject; mock fluster :: confuse foist :: insert improperly; palm off foment :: stir up; instigate foster :: rear; encourage fritter :: waste fructify :: bear fruit frustrate :: thwart; defeat fulminate :: thunder; explode gainsay :: deny galvanize :: stimulate by shock; stir up gambol :: skip; leap playfully gape :: open widely garner :: gather; store up garnish :: decorate genuflect :: bend the knee as in worship germinate :: cause to sprout; sprout gerrymander :: change voting district lines in order to favor a political party gestate :: evolve, as in prenatal growth gibber :: speak foolishly gibe :: mock glaze :: cover with a thin and shiny surface glean :: gather leavings gloat :: express evil satisfaction; view malevolently glut :: overstock; fill to excess goad :: urge on gorge :: stuff oneself gouge :: tear out grovel :: crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate harrow :: break up ground after plowing; torture harry :: raid hew :: cut to pieces with ax or sword hibernate :: sleep throughout the winter hoodwink :: deceive; delude hypothecate :: mortgage; pledge as security imbibe :: drink in imbrue :: drench, stain, especially with blood imbue :: saturate; fill immolate :: offer as a sacrifice immure :: imprison; shut up in confinement impair :: worsen; diminish in value impale :: pierce impeach :: charge with crime in office; indict implement :: supply what is needed; furnish with tools |