DENOUNCE
/dɪˈnaʊns/

1. The government's economic policy has been denounced on all sides.
Amnesty International denounced the failure by the authorities to take action.

2. She denounced him to the police.

REINSTATE
/ˌriː.ɪnˈsteɪt/

1. The Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
2. The new director has reinstated weekly finance meetings.

noun: REINSTATEMENT
/ˌriː.ɪnˈsteɪt.mənt/

OVERFLOW
/ˌəʊ.vəˈfləʊ/
1. Because of heavy rain, the river may overflow its banks.
2. The bar was so full that people were overflowing into/onto the street.
3. They were overflowing with emotion at the birth of their baby.

POACH
/pəʊtʃ/
1. The farmer claimed that he shot the men because they were poaching on his land.
2. Jeff always poaches my ideas, and then pretends that they're his own.
3. Rival brokers have been sniffing around in a bid to poach talent.
4. We had poached eggs for breakfast.

ELICITE
/iˈlɪs.ɪt/
1. I could elicit no response from him.

2. Her tears elicited great sympathy from her audience.

noun: ELICITATION
/ɪˌlɪsɪˈteɪʃn/

DISRUPT
/dɪsˈrʌpt/
Heavy snow disrupted travel into the city this morning.
I’m not going to let him disrupt my life any longer.

noun: DISRUPTION
/dɪsˈrʌpʃn/
The strike caused serious disruptions.

BLEED

Energy companies bleed their customers - the bills are way to high!

ENJOY

She enjoys a good reputation because of her charity work.

The hotel enjoys a magnificent view of the harbour.

WEATHER

He has weathered two corruption scandals already.

POUND
/paʊnd/
She pounded on the door with her fists, pleading with him to let her out.
The rain was pounding heavily against the windows of the apartment.
I suddenly realized that my heart was pounding and beating so fast it hurt.
His throat was dry, and his head was pounding like a bass drum, but otherwise he felt ok

BLAST

The press blasted the government over it's economic policy.
Union leaders blasted the government for failing to tackle the jobs crisis.

DECIMATE
/ˈdes.ɪ.meɪt/

Populations of endangered animals have been decimated.

INVOKE
/ɪnˈvəʊk/
Police can invoke the law to regulate access to these places.

ENROL

/ɪnˈrəʊl/

Is it too late to enrol at the college?
I enrolled for/in/on the modern art course.
He is enrolled as a part-time student.
They want to enrol their children in their local school.

DILUTE
/daɪˈluːt/

1. Add some red wine to dilute the tomato sauce.

2. Opening NATO to new members may dilute its strength.

SWEEP
1. When I arrived he was sweeping the leaves from the driveway.
2. The fire swept (= spread quickly) through the house.
3. American minesweepers are sweeping the Arabian Sea.
4. The road sweeps down to the coast.

SUGGEST
/səˈdʒest/

1. Are you suggesting my husband’s been drinking?

2. Opinion polls suggest that only 10% of the population trust the government.
Current data suggests that there could be life on Mars.

SUE
/sjuː/

The railway may sue for damages (=in order to get money) because of loss of revenue.
He is being sued for divorce (=in order to end a marriage) by his wife.

She threatened to sue the magazine for libel.

LOOT
/luːt/

verb: Shops were looted and burned.

noun:
2. Two weeks later, police found the loot hidden in an abandoned warehouse.
3. Jodie came home from the mall with bags of loot.

CURB

The only way to curb the spread of the disease is by immunizing the entire population.

The city is trying new measures to curb pollution.

OVERSHADOW
/ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/

1. Karen has always felt overshadowed by her famous elder sister.

2. My happiness was overshadowed by the bad news.

PERCEIVE
/pəˈsiːv/
1. How do the French perceive the British?
Women's magazines are often perceived to be superficial.

2. Bill perceived a tiny figure in the distance.
I perceived a note of unhappiness in her voice.