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coagulate - To cause transformation of (a liquid or sol, for example) into or
as if into a soft, semisolid, or solid mass.
Synonyms: clot
Usage: The medical students watched blood coagulate as part of
their lesson in clotting reactions.
gibe - To make taunting, heckling, or jeering remarks.
Synonyms: barb, dig, shot
Usage: The maids looked at one another and laughed, while
pretty Melantho began to gibe at him contemptuously.
inveigh - To give vent to angry disapproval; protest vehemently.
Synonyms: rail
Usage: The detective had, indeed, good reasons to inveigh
against the bad luck which pursued him.
whet - Make keen or more accurate.
Synonyms: quicken, sharpen
Usage: These fragments of nourishment served only to whet my
hunger.
impede - Be a hindrance or obstacle to.
Synonyms: hinder
Usage: She is impeding the progress of our project.
