appal

To survive, the currency may come to acquire a level of fiscal-policy co-ordination that will appal the British.

culminate

The next great set-top standby debate is brewing and will culminate in February 2009.

standby

Five ambulances are on standby at the port.

slump

The toy industry is in a slump.

assembly

May’s election saw Plaid slump to 11 seats - its worst tally since the assembly was established.

converge

Gaming and Hollywood continues to converge and these creatives are forging ahead with new cross-platform experiences.

segregate

A large detachment of police was used to segregate the two rival camps of protesters.

dignify

I’m not going to dignify his comments by reacting to them.

rattle

She slams the kitchen door so hard I hear dishes rattle.

There was a rattle of rifle fire.

inflate

You can begin to implement soft polices that are subtle,where you can slowly inflate.

evaporate

Once that develops into an oversupply profits evaporate and the investment spigot is turned off.

interrogate

The lawyer took two hours to interrogate the witness.

petition

She was reduced to having to petiton the court for the money to get her lawn mowed.

constrain

The heavier debt-servicing costs will contrain consumer budgets over the next year or so.

deplore

We deplore the shift to blogs, snippets,andtweets.

disrupt

It could disrupt the food chain there.