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1. disparage a. flatter lavishly

2. equivocate b. work against

3. titillate c. prohibit

4. adulate d. forgive

5. proscribe e. change hostility to friendliness

f. purposely talk in such a way as to be
6. obviate
vague and misleading

7. militate g. slander

8. malign h. play down

9. condone i. make unnecessary

10. placate j. tickle; stimulate pleasurably