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- complicate β To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with.
- mix up β an act or instance of mixing.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- muddle β to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- dirty β soiled with dirt; foul; unclean: dirty laundry.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- muddy β abounding in or covered with mud.
- disarrange β to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- disorder β lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disorganize β to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- combine β If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- unite β to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
- guess β to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- scatter β to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- disintegrate β to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- collect β If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- gather β to bring together into one group, collection, or place: to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
- join β to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- mend β to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- misunderstand β to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- compose β The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
- flatten β to make flat.
- straighten β make straight
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- smooth β free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- gloat β to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- praise β the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- delight β Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- please β (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- conceal β If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- scramble β to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- code β A code is a set of rules about how people should behave or about how something must be done.
- grow β to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- improve β to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- put together β assemble
- develop β When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
- create β To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- construct β to draw (a line, angle, or figure) so that certain requirements are satisfied
- aid β Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist β If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- preserve β to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- validate β to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.