accumulate meaning gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity investigators have yet to accumulate enough evidence articulate meaning to express or explain your thoughts or feelings clearly in words she struggled to articulate her thoughts compile meaning produce a list or book by assembling information collected from other sources the local Authority must compile a list of the names and addresses of taxpayers confound meaning to confuse and surprise somebody the sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists contemplate meaning to think about whether you should do something you are too young to be contemplating retirement crinkle meaning to become covered with auto form a lot of things folds or lines especially in skin cloth or paper her face crinkled up in a smile designate meaning to describe somebody or something in a particular way the school has been designated a specialist Science Academy detain meaning to keep somebody in an official Place such as a police station a prison or a hospital and prevent them from leaving one man has been detained for questioning deviate meaning to be different from something the bus had to deviate from its usual route because of a road closure dissolve meaning to disappear to make something disappear the lights in the windows faded and the house dissolved Into Darkness again elaborate meaning very complicated and detailed carefully prepared and organized she had prepared a very elaborate meal evoke meaning bring or recall a feeling memory or image to the conscious mind the sight evok pleasant memories of his childhood exacerbate meaning make it a problem bad situation or negative feeling worse his aggressive reaction only exacerbated the situation extract mean meaning remove or take out especially by effort or Force the fossil are extracted from the chore Forge meaning to put a lot of effort into making something successful or strong so that it will last she forged a new career in the music business frown meaning to make a serious angry or worried expression by bringing your eyebrows closer together so that lines appear on your forehead she frowned with concentration furnish meaning to put Furniture in a house room Etc the room was furnished with antiques gleam meaning to shine with a pale clear light the house was gleaming with fresh white paint groan meaning to make a long deep sound because you are annoyed upset or in pain or with pleasure grown with something groan at something we all groaned at his terrible jokes haggle meaning to argue with somebody in order to reach an agreement especially about the price of something you can sometimes haggle a good discount lure meaning to persuade or trick somebody to go somewhere or to do something by promising them a reward young people Allure to the city by the prospect of a job and money necessitate meaning to make something necessary his new job necessitated him getting up at 6 preach meaning to give a religious talk in a public place especially in a church during a service she preached to the congregation about forgiveness pound meaning to hit or beat repeatedly with a lot of force nearly 50 people are still missing our After the Storm pounded the coast reside meaning to live in a particular place people who work in the city actually reside in neighboring towns scold meaning to speak angrily to somebody especially a child because they have done something wrong Rose scolded the child gently for her bad behavior speculate meaning form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence my colleagues speculate about my private life splatter meaning to speak quickly and with difficulty her father spluttered with indignation strive meaning to try very hard to achieve something we encourage all members to strive for the highest standards subtract meaning to take away something from something else so as to decrease the size number or amount programs were added and subtracted as called for