Action Verbs - Vocab Quiz

To hold back

Restrain

To use

Utilize

To improve

Enhance

To fill again

Replenish

To guess

Surmise

To tell; reveal

Divulge

To drop rapidly

Plummet

Devise; invent

Concoct

To try; strive

Endeavor

Feed and Protect

Nurture

Persist; continue

Presevere

Read or examine

Peruse

Take the place of

Supplant

Value highly; love

Cherish

Recall the past

Reminisce

Search and rob

Pillage

Dislike intensely

Loathe

Search for food

Forage

To ignore

Disregard

To surround

Encompass

To use up

Deplete

To subdue

Quell

To increase

Augment

To tempt; lure

Entice

To find out

Ascertain

To misinterpret

Miscontrue

To take apart

Dismantle

Move back or away

Recede

Hit with a club... (def... ed = past tense)

Bludgeon

Throw overboard

Jettison

Happen again

Recure

To yield or die

Succumb

Enjoy the taste

Savor

To stick out

Protrude

Adorn; decorate

Embellish

Come into view

Emerge