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Definition: (verb) To be greater than something else, as in power, force, quantity, or importance; predominate.
Synonyms: overbalance, outweigh.
Usage: In balancing his faults with his perfections, the latter seemed rather to preponderate.
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  1. empower Definition: (verb) Give or delegate power or authority to. Synonyms: authorize. Usage: The army is now empowered to operate on a shoot-to-kill basis. Discuss

  2. egotism Definition: (noun) An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others. Synonyms: self-importance. Usage: I confess, too, that I was irritated by the egotism which seemed to demand that every line of my pamphlet should be devoted to his own special doings. Discuss

  3. disqualify Definition: (verb) Make unfit or unsuitable. Synonyms: indispose. Usage: Timmy's dream of joining the Air Force was shattered when he learned that his color blindness would disqualify him. Discuss

  4. embroil Definition: (verb) Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action. Synonyms: drag in, sweep up, tangle. Usage: Any hostilities could further embroil UN troops in the fighting. Discuss

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