dissimulate, tu quoque, sentimentalise, derange, eroticize, prevaricates, aggrandise, efface, inculpate, deprecates, expiating, eternalize, particularize, expostulate, abjuring, abstract noun, coarsen, dissembles, sentimentalize, elide, countermands, adumbrate, lisps, temporize, spites, obfuscate, philosophise, ramify, aggressing, addles, declaims, adduces, glamourise, mythologise, romanticise, hallowing, prettify, euphemize, relativize, inhere, betoken, anthropomorphise, evildoing, soever, balkanise, objective correlative, ravishes, sermonise, unperceived, elusion, unavenged, bastardise, expatiate, spiritualize, desolating, brutalise, contrive, moralize, universalize, mortifies, lionise, belittle, misconceive, militarise, monologuing, fa la, anent, cavil, protract, perjure, dehumanise, enunciate, reprove, brazened, revenges, cognize, nauseate, betray, cloy, distend, affronting, de trop, peradventure, inveigle, equivocate, shant, rends, counterpose, verbalise, ennoble, unheeding, scarify, vivify, fictionalise, overemphasise, gainsaid, partis, malign, hyperbolized, confect, blackens, confabulate

apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalize

mitigate, palliate