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Cartoon Vocabulary (List 3)

1. deploy (verb) to arrange strategically
(di PLOY)
Link: TOY

2. writhe (verb) to cause to twist or bend; to suffer acutely
(ryth)
Link: RIDE

3. egg (verb) to encourage or incite to action
(eg)
Link: EGG

4. mete (verb) to distribute by or as if by measure; allot
(MEET)
Link: MEAT

5. nullify (verb) to make useless; cancel; undo
(NUL ih fy)
Link: FLY

6. embroil (verb) to involve in argument or hostile action; disorder
(im BROYL)
Link: BOIL

7. waffle (verb) to speak or write evasively
(WOF ul)
Link: WAFFLE

8. ascribe (verb) to attribute to a specific cause, source, or origin
(ah SKRIBE)
Link: TRIBE

9. enhance (verb) to improve; to intensify
(en HANS)
Link: DANCE

10. impair (verb) to cause to diminish, as in strength, value, or quality
(im PAIR)
Link: PEAR

Extra 5 words: chronology, commemorate, cower, decorum, deduction