Week 7

justify: legitimize, substantiate (verb)

   synonym: advocate / condone / confirm

     Although milos explained for a long time, he could not justify borrowing his brother’s car without asking.

negate: make not true (verb)

   synonym: -

     Studying late into the night might help you learn more but sleeping less negate the positive effects

retain: keep (verb)

   synonym: absorb / cling to / contain

     Originally from France jean retains a hint of her French accent even today

constrain: limit activity of (verb)

   synonym: bind / constrict / curbstar

     Popular belief says that a pet fish's size is constrained by the site the size of the tank, but this is actually false.

constitute: be the pieces that make (verb)

   synonym: create / establish / aggregate

     Fifty states constitute the U.S.A.

emerge: come out (verb)

   synonym: appear / arrive / come up

     After a winter spend sleeping the bear emerges from cave.

consist: be made of (verb)

   synonym: dwell / subsist / abide

     The U.S. consists of fifty states.